PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Geese Fury (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simon Vale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vale has chosen Motorhead-Iron Fist as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Simon Vale was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Fury
vs
Vale

187 cm
22
227 lbs
13 - 8 - 0

190 cm
29
245 lbs
10 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Geese Fury!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Simon Vale!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Steve Montenegro and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fury misses with a hook.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Vale! But no joy.
A big left from Vale misses.
Vale pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Fury back to the cage. Vale follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Vale ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fury moves away.
Vale displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fury throws out the jab.
Vale scores with a nice strike.
Vale misses with a lunging right hand
and Fury counters with a stiff right hand.
A good leg kick by Vale.
Vale looks to throw the jab but Fury is out of range.
Fury throws a shot from downtown. Vale moves away and avoids it.
Simon Vale seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vale connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Fury scores with a shot to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Vale misses with a hook
letting Fury counter with a right hand.
Vale tries to bum rush Fury with a series of wild strikes but Fury uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Fury wants to clinch up but Vale keeps it at a distance.
Vale paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Vale misses with a straight left.
Vale jabs Fury right on the nose. Fury blinks but takes it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fury throws a body punch but Vale moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Fury. Those never looked like landing.
Vale swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Fury connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

It looks like Simon Vale has been cut.
Fury has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Hellfire Antechamber in the buildup to the fight.
Fury on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Vale tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fury was well out of range. Poor timing from Vale.
Fury bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Vale's head backwards.
Fury takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Vale just misses with a punch to the body.
Vale throws a hook but Fury avoids it easily.
Fury lands a jab to the head.
Vale connects with the punch.
Vale throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Vale scores with a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vale moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Vale has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Fury is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Vale.
Fury looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
As Fury backs off Vale throws a huge counter combo but Fury manages to avoid it all.
Vale throws a jab but it's blocked by Fury.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vale slips under a jab.
Vale misses with a wild body shot.
Fury missing with a left hand there. Vale was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Vale slips under a jab.
Vale slips a straight right by Fury.
Vale ducks under a wild hook from Fury.
It seemed like Vale was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Fury fails to land with a series of punches.
A nice inside leg kick there by Vale. That's going to slow Fury down.
Fury misses with a looping right.
Fury misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Vale lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Vale thuds his right hand into Fury's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Vale misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Vale darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Vale catches Fury with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Fury ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Vale keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vale digs a good body shot into Fury's ribs.
Vale is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Fury had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Fury drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Fury avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Vale takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Vale just misses with a punch to the body.
Vale lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Vale.
Vale connects with a body shot that sends Fury's belly button to the back.
Fury is looking to clinch.
Vale looks to score with a jab to the body but Fury is just out of range.
Fury just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice jab there from Fury.
Vale is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fury.
A jab from Fury does it's job there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vale throws a lazy right hand but Fury sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fury throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fury is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

Fury has closed the distance and engaged Vale in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vale lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Fury backwards.
Fury throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Vales head.
Fury lands a right hand that snaps the head of Vale backwards.
Vale has a couple of punches blocked by Fury.
Vale tries to work over Fury's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fury misses with a body punch.
A body shot lands from Vale.
Vale tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fury's elbow.
Vale wants a takedown.
A short right from Fury on the inside.
Vale scores with a shot to the side of Fury's head.
Fury lands a left hand.
Fury lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice right hand lands inside from Vale.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Vale creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fury tries to throw a body punch but Vale avoids it by throwing Fury back against the cage.
Fury misses with a punch to the body.
Vale lands a body punch in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Simon Vale will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Simon Vale's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Fury takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Vale takes a swing at Fury's ribcage but misses.
A slow jab from Fury misses its intended target.
Vale misses with a few strikes there.
Vale scoring well with a low kick there.
Fury drops his hands momentarily and Vale takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Vale misses with a low kick.
Fury throwing a counter right hand but Vale manages to avoid it.
Fury thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fury swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vale misses the jab.
Vale throws a shot to the body.
Simon Vale seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vale misses with a hook. Fury ducked under it nicely.
Fury appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Vale has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nice uppercut there from Vale.
Fury swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vale misses the jab.
Vale misses with a looping right.
Vale with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vale digs a good body shot into Fury's ribs.
Vale misses with a wild combination.

Fury takes the fight into the clinch.
Fury throws an elbow but it misses.
Fury gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Fury misses with an elbow strike.
Fury throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Vale lands a nice uppercut.
Fury can't find room to land a body shot as Vale controls the action.
Vale tries a body shot but Fury blocks it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Fury.
Fury lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Vale.
Vale is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fury is defending well for now.
Vale is leaning against Fury and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vale pushes Fury back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Vale.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fury scores with a shot to the side of Vale's head.
Vale blocks an uppercut.
Fury has Vale pressed against the cage, preventing Vale from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Fury misses with an elbow over the top.
Fury is pushing Vale up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Fury blocks an uppercut.
Fury gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Fury wants to stall.
Vale lands a hook to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Fury.
Vale tries for a takedown. No joy.
Geese Fury has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Fury lands an elbow inside that Vale shrugs off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Vale.

Vale escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A telegraphed right hand from Vale misses the target.
Vale fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Vale connects with an inside leg kick.
Fury takes a jab right on the kisser.
Fury takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Vale lands with a nice combination. Fury backs away looking to recover.
Fury's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Vale connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Fury scrambles back to his feet.
Fury misses with an uppercut.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Vale lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Fury has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Fury and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Fury works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fury throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Vale sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Fury on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Vale. Vale obviously looking to wear him down.
Vale avoids the body shot from Fury.
Vale moves out of range as Fury strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fury throws a left and a right that both miss
and Fury takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Vale throws a body punch but Fury moves out of range.
Fury jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Vale scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Vale misses with a wild body shot.
Fury tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Vale counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Fury moves away from the strike by Vale.

Fury closes the distance and clinches.
With the fighters up against the cage, Fury throws an elbow but misses.
Vale scores with a shot to the side of Fury's head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Fury lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Vale backwards.
Fury makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fury pushes Vale back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Fury is pressed up against the cage. Vale has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Fury down to the mat. Fury avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
A jab from Fury misses.
Vale looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Simon Vale showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Simon Vale's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Fury moves out of range of the strikes.
Fury changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

Vale throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Fury was covering up waiting for the punch and Vale finishes the takedown easily into guard.

Fury has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Vale off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Fury uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vale.
Vale ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Vale looks to score with a jab to the body but Fury is just out of range.
Vale avoids the body shot from Fury.
Fury throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vale tries to score with a low kick but Fury moves his leg out of the way.
Fury tries to clinch but Vale is having none of it.
Vale drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Fury defends it well.
Vale misses with a hook. Fury ducked under it nicely.
Fury was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A slapping leg kick lands for Vale.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vale fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fury manages to avoid it.
Fury swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fury throws a right hand that misses
and Vale cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Vale throws a leg kick but Fury sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Geese Fury is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fury throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fury swings for the body but Vale moves out of range.
Vale looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Fury looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Fury throws out a loose jab but Vale uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vale looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Fury tries to clinch up but Vale circles away and keeps his distance.
Vale scores with a nice right hand.
Fury throws a body shot but no joy.
Fury cracks Vale with a good jab.
Vale pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fury swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Fury scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Fury wants to clinch up but Vale keeps it at a distance.
Vale scores with a hook.
Geese Fury has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fury swings for the body but Vale moves out of range.
Fury throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Vale throws out a counter right but Fury avoids it with no problem.
Fury gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Vale.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vale connects with the punch.
Fury wants to clinch but Vale slips to the side
and Vale counters with a left and a right that stings Fury.
Vale throws a jab but it's blocked by Fury.
Fury looks to throw the jab but Vale is out of range.
Jab by Vale.
Fury throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fury connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Fury is looking to clinch but Vale is avoiding it.
Fury throws a right hand that Vale ducks under and follows up with a left that Vale also avoids with ease.
Fury scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Fury swings for the body but Vale moves out of range.
Vale drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Fury defends it well.
Vale scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Fury throws a body punch but Vale moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vale scores with a crisp jab that stopped Fury in his tracks.
Vale keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fury.
Vale scores with a nice head shot.
Fury is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The fighters circle momentarily. Vale darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vale. Fury does a little dance to reset his feet.
A counter left hand to the body from Fury misses its target.
Fury takes a jab right on the kisser.
Fury throws a jab but it's blocked by Vale.
Simon Vale is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Fury jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vale. Fury does a little dance to reset his feet.
Donk. Vale catches Fury right on the button with a cross.
Fury on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Donk. Vale catches Fury right on the button with a cross.
Nice defenses there by Vale.
Vale waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fury.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fury tries to close the distance and clinch up but Vale swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Vale was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vale lands a two punch combo.
Fury takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Vale thuds a left hand into Fury's body.
Vale feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Fury's calf.
Vale fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Fury checks it well.
Vale fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Vale with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Vale scores with a hook to the body. Fury takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Vale scores with a crisp jab that stopped Fury in his tracks.
Fury fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Fury ducks under a wild hook from Vale.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fury fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Vale takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fury looks to land a right hand but Vale moved out of range.
Fury defending well as Vale loads up on a big left hand.
It looked like Fury wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Fury takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

And that's the end of the fight!
Simon Vale comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Vale winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Simon Vale!
Post fight, Simon Vale took to the microphone: 'The book of Vale just kicked your ass. All Hale Vale.'.