PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ossilus Chiarmanda (ranked 3113 p4p, 333 weight class) and Gregory McVaughn (ranked 3329 p4p, 350 weight class). Chiarmanda comes to the cage accompanied by National Anthem of Tajikstan. Gregory McVaughn is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Chiarmanda
vs
McVaughn

175 cm
39
162 lbs
31 - 23 - 0

171 cm
35
155 lbs
13 - 7 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Woodshins' Ship

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 23 - 0, fighting out of London, Ossilus Chiarmanda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 2, fighting out of New York, Gregory McVaughn!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Stewart Dunkirk and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McVaughn throws a solid leg kick but Chiarmanda takes the impact on his shin and smiles at McVaughn.
Chiarmanda throws a right hand that McVaughn ducks under and follows up with a left that McVaughn also avoids with ease.
McVaughn throws a counter combo.
Chiarmanda has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
McVaughn is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Chiarmanda.
McVaughn lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
McVaughn stuns Chiarmanda with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

Chiarmanda moves into the clinch.
Chiarmanda makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice left hand lands by McVaughn.

Chiarmanda pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Chiarmanda moves into range and clinches up with McVaughn.
Chiarmanda lands an elbow just above McVaughn 's eye.
McVaughn connects with a nasty looking knee right to Chiarmanda's face.

Chiarmanda manages to break the clinch.

Chiarmanda darts in and clinches McVaughn up against the cage.
McVaughn with a knee to the head.
Chiarmanda is trying to force a seperation but McVaughn has the dominant position.
Chiarmanda tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Chiarmanda tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Chiarmanda lands a right hand that snaps the head of McVaughn backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chiarmanda.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chiarmanda is looking to break free of the clinch but McVaughn has double underhooks.
McVaughn has Chiarmanda pressed against the cage, preventing Chiarmanda from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Chiarmanda wants to break the clinch but can't.
McVaughn throws a punch but it's blocked by Chiarmanda.
McVaughn lands a knee to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chiarmanda.
McVaughn misses with a punch to the body.
McVaughn stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Chiarmanda working aggressively here.
Chiarmanda misses with a punch on the inside.
McVaughn scores with a shot to the side of Chiarmanda's head.
Chiarmanda is trying to break free.

Chiarmanda escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McVaughn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by McVaughn as he connects with a hook.
McVaughn swings away with a leg kick that misses.
McVaughn circles away from the clinch attempt.
Chiarmanda closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
McVaughn ducks under a wild hook from Chiarmanda.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McVaughn is looking to slow Chiarmanda down with leg kicks.
Chiarmanda fails in his attempt to clinch.
McVaughn feints a counter leg kick.
Gregory McVaughn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chiarmanda lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but McVaughn circles away quickly and effectively.
We've been informed that McVaughn has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chiarmanda is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

McVaughn pushes Chiarmanda up against the cage in a clinch.
McVaughn tries a knee to the head but Chiarmanda blocks it.

Chiarmanda's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
McVaughn clobbers Chiarmanda with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Chiarmanda is looking to clinch.
Chiarmanda looks to score with a jab to the body but McVaughn is just out of range.
McVaughn keeps the fight on the outside.

McVaughn gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Chiarmanda working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Chiarmanda lands a left hand.

Chiarmanda manages to break the clinch.
McVaughn throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chiarmanda displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McVaughn throws out the jab.
McVaughn scores with a decent looking hook.
Chiarmanda tries to close the distance and clinch up but McVaughn swats him away and circles back towards the center.
McVaughn wants to counter with a clinch but Chiarmanda pushes him away.
Chiarmanda throws the left hand but McVaughn avoids the punch easily.
McVaughn plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Chiarmanda tries to clinch up but McVaughn circles away and keeps his distance.

Chiarmanda darts in and clinches McVaughn up against the cage.
Chiarmanda can't break the clinch.
McVaughn lands an elbow just above Chiarmanda 's eye.
Chiarmanda misses with the head strike.
McVaughn lands an elbow that stopped Chiarmanda in his tracks for a moment.
Chiarmanda tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right handed body shot lands from McVaughn.
Chiarmanda stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Chiarmanda takes a shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McVaughn dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Chiarmanda throws a knee to the head but misses.
McVaughn working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
McVaughn tries to throw a body punch but Chiarmanda avoids it by throwing McVaughn back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chiarmanda trying to land knees to the body.
Chiarmanda looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
McVaughn tries to land a knee to the head but Chiarmanda blocks with his arms.
Nice elbow from Chiarmanda.
Chiarmanda is trying to break free.
McVaughn works on Chiarmanda's body with a couple of short punches.
McVaughn lands a left hand.
Chiarmanda takes a shot to the head.
Chiarmanda misses with an elbow strike.
McVaughn has Chiarmanda pressed against the cage, preventing Chiarmanda from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McVaughn.
McVaughn lands a right hand that snaps the head of Chiarmanda backwards.
Chiarmanda lands a right hand that snaps the head of McVaughn backwards.
McVaughn lands an uppercut.
McVaughn working aggressively here.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McVaughn lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Chiarmanda unloads a knee to the mid-section. McVaughn lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Chiarmanda fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Chiarmanda swings wildly with an uppercut but McVaughn uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from McVaughn.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gregory McVaughn dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Chiarmanda tries to clinch but McVaughn is having none of it.

McVaughn gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A short left from Chiarmanda.
Chiarmanda creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Chiarmanda tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Chiarmanda escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McVaughn swats away the attempt to clinch by Chiarmanda.
McVaughn has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
McVaughn keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Chiarmanda.
Chiarmanda takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A chopping leg kick lands by McVaughn.
Gregory McVaughn seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice shot lands for McVaughn.
Chiarmanda is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chiarmanda scores with a body shot.
McVaughn chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Chiarmanda misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chiarmanda misses with a few strikes there.
Ossilus Chiarmanda is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

McVaughn takes the fight into the clinch.
Chiarmanda blocks an elbow strike.
Chiarmanda is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
McVaughn gets through Chiarmanda's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Chiarmanda blocks a body shot from McVaughn.
Chiarmanda throws a head punch that misses.
Chiarmanda tries to circle away but McVaughn has him pinned against the cage.
Chiarmanda tries to break free but McVaughn pushes him back against the cage.
McVaughn is working Chiarmanda over against the cage.
McVaughn prevents Chiarmanda from breaking the clinch.
Gregory McVaughn seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
McVaughn tries to throw a body punch but Chiarmanda avoids it by throwing McVaughn back against the cage.

Chiarmanda's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Chiarmanda wants to clinch up but McVaughn keeps it at a distance.
McVaughn wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Chiarmanda fails with an attempt to clinch.
McVaughn looks like he wants to counter punch here.
McVaughn scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
McVaughn steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Chiarmanda.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McVaughn ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
McVaughn changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McVaughn misses with a jab, cross combination.
McVaughn dips to his left and cracks Chiarmanda with an uppercut!
McVaughn looks to land a right hand but Chiarmanda moved out of range.
Chiarmanda tries to clinch but McVaughn moves out of range.

McVaughn gets tackled into the cage by Chiarmanda. Chiarmanda maintains the clinch.
McVaughn using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Chiarmanda misses with a short punch on the inside.
Chiarmanda throws a blind hook that connects with the side of McVaughns head.
Chiarmanda throws a punch but it's blocked by McVaughn.
McVaughn managing to block the knees to the body from Chiarmanda.
McVaughn content to slow the pace in the clinch.
McVaughn with a knee to the head.
McVaughn lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by McVaughn.
McVaughn is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
McVaughn misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chiarmanda misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nice elbow from Chiarmanda.
McVaughn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Chiarmanda blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Chiarmanda breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
McVaughn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chiarmanda.
Chiarmanda seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Chiarmanda lands with a cross.
McVaughn looks to land a combination but Chiarmanda avoids it well.
McVaughn lands a jab to Chiarmanda's midsection.
McVaughn avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

McVaughn gets tackled into the cage by Chiarmanda. Chiarmanda maintains the clinch.
Chiarmanda tries to break free but McVaughn pushes him back against the cage.
McVaughn gets through Chiarmanda's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Chiarmanda has had enough of the clinch but McVaughn keeps him there for the moment.
A nice left hand lands by McVaughn.
Chiarmanda working aggressively here.
McVaughn keeps control of Chiarmanda as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
McVaughn avoiding damage as Chiarmanda throws knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chiarmanda goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Chiarmanda pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chiarmanda takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Chiarmanda wants to clinch up but McVaughn keeps it at a distance.
Chiarmanda tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McVaughn was well out of range. Poor timing from Chiarmanda.
McVaughn lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
McVaughn on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Chiarmanda moves out of range of the strikes.
McVaughn throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Chiarmanda on the side of the head.
McVaughn digs a good hook to Chiarmanda's body.
McVaughn connects with a good right hand that stumbles Chiarmanda. Chiarmanda circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
McVaughn throws out a powerful jab.
McVaughn swats away the attempt to clinch by Chiarmanda.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Chiarmanda.
Chiarmanda is looking to clinch but McVaughn is avoiding it.
Chiarmanda on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by McVaughn. McVaughn obviously looking to wear him down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gregory McVaughn showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Chiarmanda closes the distance and clinches.
McVaughn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Chiarmanda trying to land knees to the body.
McVaughn blocks an uppercut.
McVaughn trying to land knees to the body.
Chiarmanda missing with knees to the body.
Chiarmanda lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
McVaughn avoids the elbow strike from Chiarmanda, against the cage.
Chiarmanda takes an elbow to the forehead.
Chiarmanda has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Chiarmanda lands a hook that snaps the head of McVaughn backwards.
Chiarmanda wants to break free but McVaughn has control.
McVaughn scores with a nice hook to the head.
McVaughn lands a knee to the body.
McVaughn lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
McVaughn with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, McVaughn just misses with a elbow thrown towards Chiarmanda's brow.
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!

Chiarmanda breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
McVaughn avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Chiarmanda swinging wildly here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McVaughn lands a high kick!
Chiarmanda tries to clinch there but McVaughn circles away.
McVaughn is looking to clinch.
McVaughn connects with a single shot there.
Chiarmanda is looking to clinch.

McVaughn clinches with his opponent.
Chiarmanda throws a head punch that misses.
Chiarmanda working aggressively here.
McVaughn is leaning against Chiarmanda and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
McVaughn lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Chiarmanda backwards.
McVaughn blocks an elbow strike from Chiarmanda.
McVaughn lands with a short punch from the clinch.
McVaughn lands an elbow just above Chiarmanda 's eye.
Chiarmanda misses with the head strike.

Chiarmanda breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chiarmanda checks a low kick from McVaughn.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McVaughn circles away from the clinch attempt

and McVaughn counters with a crisp one two that drops Chiarmanda! McVaughn thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Chiarmanda to his feet! Chiarmanda is in big trouble!

Chiarmanda is rocked!
McVaughn cracks Chiarmanda with a hook to the temple - Chiarmanda is on wobbly legs here! McVaughn swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Chiarmanda falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! McVaughn wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Gregory McVaughn!
After winning the bout, Gregory McVaughn thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.