PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Leo Vuce (ranked 3184 p4p, 3348 weight class) and Danny Sullivan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vuce's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, MC Yankoo. The crowd seem to be enjoying Sullivan's choice of entrance music: The Pogues - Streams of Whiskey. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Vuce
vs
Sullivan

180 cm
33
145
19 - 21 - 0

173 cm
26
145
10 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Leo Vuce!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Danny Sullivan!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Gwen Towbar and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sullivan clinches with his opponent.

Vuce jumps guard.
Sullivan passes Vuce's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Sullivan tries to pass to full mount but Vuce defends it.
Vuce misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Vuce misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Vuce wants to get back to full guard.
Sullivan is keen to just control but Vuce is a slippery customer.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vuce tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Sullivan perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Sullivan uses his free foot to push down on Vuce's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Vuce.
Sullivan blocks Vuce's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vuce swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Vuce is looking to get to half guard.
Sullivan fails to move to back control.
Vuce is looking to improve his position but Sullivan isn't that keen on the idea.
Vuce throwing hammer fists to the chest of Sullivan. What's that going to do exactly?
Sullivan blocks Vuce's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Vuce tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Vuce bucks up and throws Sullivan to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vuce fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Vuce wants to clinch up but Sullivan keeps it at a distance.

Vuce darts in and clinches Sullivan up against the cage.
Vuce really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Vuce successfully pulls guard.
Vuce scores with a couple of body punches from the bottom.
Sullivan trying to control the position from guard on top but Vuce is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Sullivan stands up and waves to Vuce to follow him.
Vuce moves to clinch but Sullivan breaks away
and Sullivan counters with a nice body shot.
Leo Vuce seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Sullivan shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Sullivan showed some decent athleticism there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vuce is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Sullivan's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Sullivan's back!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sullivan is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Sullivan wants to get back to his feet.

Vuce working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Sullivan tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Sullivan in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Vuce with good strikes from the mount here!
Vuce with the ground and pound from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vuce lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Vuce looking to ground and pound but Sullivan is blocking nicely.

Vuce is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Sullivan has managed to escape the submission attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sullivan avoids a series of strikes thrown by Vuce.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sullivan sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Vuce thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sullivan's head.
Vuce throwing shots but Sullivan is blocking nicely.
Vuce working Sullivan over with strikes.
Vuce misses with a head shot. Sullivan uses the momentum to regain guard.
Sullivan can't keep his opponent in guard - Vuce advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Vuce lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Sullivan is trying to stand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Leo Vuce 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.

Vuce closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Sullivan's guard.

Vuce decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Sullivan, up you get!

Vuce has taken the fight to the clinch.

Vuce jumps guard.
Vuce throws some shots to the body, keeping his opponent honest.
Vuce striking from his own guard.
Vuce is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sullivan can do to turn this around?
Vuce keeping moving, preventing Sullivan from controlling successfully.
Sullivan wants to get up but he can't break Vuce's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sullivan trying to control the position from guard on top but Vuce is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sullivan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Vuce is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vuce will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Vuce tries to strike from the bottom.

Vuce has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Sullivan is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Vuce is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Sullivan to keep the fight standing.

Sullivan gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Vuce trying to strike off his back.
Vuce has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Sullivan prevents Vuce from getting back to his feet.
Sullivan wants to pass the guard but Vuce is keeping the position.
Vuce is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sullivan avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Vuce.

Vuce is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Vuce throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Sullivan to regain full guard.
Sullivan working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Vuce.

Vuce gets to his feet. Sullivan looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Vuce connects with a high kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Vuce.

Vuce stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Sullivan avoids the head kick by Vuce.
Sullivan lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Sullivan swats away the attempt to clinch by Vuce.
Leo Vuce is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Vuce has managed to clinch.

Vuce decides to pull guard.
Sullivan is looking to advance position but Vuce has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

Sullivan is looking to get to half guard.
Vuce avoids the attempt from Sullivan to control.
Vuce lands with some strikes.
Vuce lands with some strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Vuce cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

Sullivan is rocked!
Vuce cracks Sullivan with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leo Vuce!
Our winner, Leo Vuce, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.