PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Leonard Heath (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ontari Vagos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Heath
vs
Vagos

181 cm
26
190 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

190 cm
19
190 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Leonard Heath!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ontari Vagos!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Aleksandr Martynov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vagos misses with a shot to the body
and Heath counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Vagos misses with an uppercut
and Heath counters with a straight right hand.
Heath keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vagos waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Heath.
Heath defending well as Vagos loads up on a big left hand.
Vagos throws a body punch but Heath moves out of range.
Vagos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Heath tries to close the distance and clinch up but Vagos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Vagos feints the counter takedown.
Heath moves in looking to clinch but Vagos pushes him off.
Vagos misses with a left hand
letting Heath counter with a right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vagos. Heath does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vagos throws a body punch but Heath moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Heath tries to clinch but Vagos moves out of range.
Heath tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Vagos defends well and Heath ends up having to push Vagos into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Heath fails with a takedown attempt.
Heath is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heath is looking to clinch.
Vagos throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Heath is looking to clinch but Vagos is avoiding it.
Heath dives in and grabs Vagos's left leg, looking for a takedown. Vagos pushes down on Heath's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Leonard Heath. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Heath takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Vagos throws a left and a right that both miss
and Heath counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ontari Vagos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Vagos digs a good body shot into Heath's ribs.
Vagos takes a swing at Heath's ribcage but misses.
Heath checks the leg kick nicely there.
Vagos misses with the combination.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Vagos 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 Heath has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Heath and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Heath throwing a counter right hand but Vagos manages to avoid it.
Vagos misses with an uppercut. Heath saw that one coming.
Vagos misses the shot to the body.
Vagos stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Vagos wants it to stay on the feet.
Heath fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Vagos tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Heath - just one landing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Heath lands with an overhand left.
A shot to the body from Vagos misses
and Heath connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Heath doesn't manage to clinch there - Vagos circles away.
Heath is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Vagos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Vagos throws a body shot but no joy.
Heath closes the distance looking to clinch

and Vagos counters with a single leg into guard. Heath didn't expect that.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Heath is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Vagos showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Vagos passes into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vagos working Heath over with strikes.
Vagos looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Vagos passes to side control.
Vagos just content to control the position.
Heath is trying to get back to half guard.
Heath is working hard here to advance position.
Vagos landing a few strikes.
Vagos landing strikes.
Vagos just content to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heath is looking for a sweep.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Vagos is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Heath will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Vagos landing a few strikes.
Vagos gets to mount! Heath was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.

Vagos has control of Heath's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Heath regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Vagos looking to control and managing it successfully.
Vagos working Heath over with strikes here.
Vagos scoring with strikes but Heath is staying in there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ontari Vagos dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Heath tries to clinch up.
Heath doesn't manage to clinch there - Vagos circles away.
Vagos with the counter takedown but Heath avoids it easily.
Vagos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Heath displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Vagos throws out the jab.
Ontari Vagos seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Vagos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Heath shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Vagos defends it nicely.
Heath fails in his attempt to clinch.
Heath darts in looking for a takedown but Vagos gets double underhooks and turns Heath into the cage.
Vagos feints the counter takedown.
Vagos throws a body punch but Heath moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vagos misses with a body shot
and Heath cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Heath keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vagos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Heath shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Vagos napping and manages to drive through into side control!
You can see the frustration on Vagos's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vagos is looking for a sweep.
Vagos can't do much from the bottom here.
Vagos tries to bench press Heath off him but Heath keeps the position.

Heath goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Vagos rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Heath's guard! Nice work there by Vagos!
Heath has momentary wrist control but Vagos slips an elbow through the middle.
Vagos's corner is telling him to maintain position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vagos lands a couple of digs.
Heath being controlled here, momentarily.

Heath is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Vagos connects with a couple of short punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vagos forces his way into half guard.
Heath tries to get to full guard but Vagos has control of the leg.
Vagos stalling.
Heath manages to get to full guard.
Heath has momentary wrist control but Vagos slips an elbow through the middle.

Vagos drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Vagos as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Heath screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Vagos! Nice submission victory there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Ontari Vagos!
Ontari Vagos took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.