PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Edmundo Vascaino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and King Simba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). King Simba has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Edmundo Vascaino's chin.

Vascaino
vs
Simba

199 cm
24
258 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

196 cm
25
245 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Edmundo Vascaino!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, King Simba!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Frank Dennis and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vascaino tries to clinch but Simba moves out of range.
Vascaino tries to clinch
and Simba cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Simba circles away from the clinch attempt
and Simba counters with a nice uppercut.
Vascaino tries to close the distance and clinch up but Simba swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Simba throws a right and a left that both miss.
Vascaino tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Simba manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Vascaino tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting Simba counter with a right hand.
Vascaino has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Vascaino there as he acknowledges the shot.
Simba throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vascaino darts in trying to clinch
and Simba counters with a straight right hand.

Vascaino has taken the fight to the clinch.
Simba gets through Vascaino's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Vascaino throws a head punch that misses.
Vascaino lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Simba backwards.
Vascaino misses with some punches.
Vascaino swings wildly with an uppercut but Simba uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vascaino lands a nice elbow.
Vascaino doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Vascaino misses with some punches.
Simba is looking to break free of the clinch but Vascaino has double underhooks.
Simba blocks an uppercut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Vascaino.
Simba blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Simba blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Simba tries for a takedown. No joy.
Vascaino throws a punch but it's blocked by Simba.
Vascaino has a couple of punches blocked by Simba.
Vascaino fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vascaino makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Vascaino working aggressively here.
Simba working hard to break the clinch.
Vascaino working aggressively here.
Vascaino misses with a punch on the inside.
Simba takes a shot to the head.
Vascaino working aggressively here.
Vascaino tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vascaino lands a shoulder strike.
Vascaino fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vascaino pushes off an throws an elbow but Simba leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Vascaino lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Simba backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vascaino swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Vascaino fails to land.
Vascaino misses with some punches.
Vascaino pushes Simba back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Simba blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vascaino misses with an elbow strike.
Vascaino lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Vascaino swings wildly with an uppercut but Simba uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Vascaino.
With the fighters up against the cage, Vascaino throws an elbow but misses.
Simba's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Vascaino lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Vascaino throws an elbow but misses.
Vascaino lands with a left to the head.
Vascaino lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Simba backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Simba tries to break free but Vascaino pushes him back against the cage.
Vascaino lands an elbow inside.
Vascaino lands an elbow inside.
Vascaino lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Simba backwards.
Vascaino prevents a takedown attempt there.
Simba goes for a takedown in the clinch but Vascaino prevents it.
Edmundo Vascaino has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of King Simba.
Vascaino misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vascaino lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Simba backwards.
Still in the clinch, Vascaino scores with a nice short uppercut.
Vascaino working aggressively here.
Vascaino tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vascaino lands with a light punch inside.
Vascaino scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Simba can't break the clinch.
Simba wants to break free but Vascaino has control.
Vascaino throws an elbow that misses.
Vascaino lands a hook that snaps the head of Simba backwards.
Simba blocks an elbow strike.
Vascaino fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vascaino lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Vascaino throws an elbow that misses.
Vascaino fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vascaino misses with a hook from the clinch.
Simba avoids a wild elbow strike from Vascaino.
Vascaino lands a nice uppercut.
Vascaino misses with a punch on the inside.
Vascaino misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edmundo Vascaino dominated that round.
That's time! Vascaino's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Simba gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Vascaino lands a hook that snaps the head of Simba backwards.
Simba's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Vascaino misses with a punch on the inside.
Vascaino lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Simba backwards.
Vascaino lands a nice uppercut.
A short uppercut from Vascaino.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vascaino.
A frustrated look appears on Simba's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Vascaino throws an elbow but it misses.
Vascaino lands an elbow just above Simba 's eye.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vascaino doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Vascaino.
Vascaino pushes Simba back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Simba takes an elbow to the temple.
Vascaino pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Vascaino lands with a left to the head.
Vascaino pushes off an throws an elbow but Simba leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Vascaino misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vascaino doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Vascaino.
Vascaino lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right from Vascaino.
Vascaino scores with a nice hook to the head.
Simba wants to break free but Vascaino has control.
Edmundo Vascaino has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Simba is trying to break free.
Vascaino swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Simba blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vascaino scores with a shoulder strike.
Vascaino swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Simba blocking some punches.
Simba tries for a takedown but Vascaino manages to get underhooks.
Vascaino tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Vascaino fails to land.
Vascaino creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Simba blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Vascaino.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Simba is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Simba has had enough of the clinch but Vascaino keeps him there for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vascaino doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Vascaino throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Vascaino gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Vascaino.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Vascaino.
Vascaino misses with a hook from the clinch.
Vascaino swings wildly with an uppercut but Simba uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short uppercut from Vascaino.
Vascaino lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Vascaino misses with a hook from the clinch.
Vascaino lands with a right to the head.
Simba's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Vascaino lands an elbow inside that Simba shrugs off.
Simba tries to break the clinch but Vascaino is controlling the position.
Simba can't get the takedown.
Vascaino creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Simba's defenses.
Simba drops down looking for an ankle pick but Vascaino pulls his leg out and moves away.
Edmundo Vascaino has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of King Simba.
The fight stays on the outside here - Vascaino looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vascaino tries to clinch there but Simba circles away.
Vascaino fails in his attempt to clinch.
Vascaino tries to clinch up
and Simba counters with a one-two to the body.
Vascaino fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Simba throws a nice looking combination but Vascaino bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Simba scores with a three punch combo!
Simba circles away from the clinch attempt.
Simba avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Vascaino fails in his attempt to clinch.
Vascaino moves to clinch but Simba breaks away
letting Simba counter with a right hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Simba circles away from the clinch attempt
and Simba counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edmundo Vascaino dominated that second round.
That's time! Vascaino's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

The fight stays on the outside here - Vascaino looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Vascaino fails with an attempt to clinch.
Vascaino darts in trying to clinch
and Simba makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Vascaino looks to clinch
and Simba connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A shot to the liver by Simba. Beautiful body shot.
Vascaino tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Simba paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Vascaino takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Simba avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Vascaino is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Simba can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Simba throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Simba throws a hook but Vascaino avoids it easily.
Simba lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Simba scores with a jab to the body.
Vascaino has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Simba.
Simba wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Simba throws a one two combo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vascaino tries to clinch
and Simba counters with a right hand to the body.
Simba throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Simba cracks Vascaino with a good jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vascaino showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Simba.
Simba misses with a two punch combination.
A shot to the liver by Simba. Beautiful body shot.
Vascaino looks to clinch

and Simba counters with a shoot takedown. Vascaino fights it but they end up in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Simba sitting in guard, not really doing much.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by King Simba.
Vascaino tries to clinch up
and Simba counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Simba fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Vascaino wants to clinch up but Simba keeps it at a distance.
Simba misses with a body shot.
Vascaino takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Vascaino darts in trying to clinch
and Simba cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Edmundo Vascaino seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vascaino tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Simba manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Vascaino fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Simba, pushing him back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Nice elbow from Vascaino.
Vascaino prevents Simba from breaking the clinch.
Vascaino misses with an elbow over the top.
Simba tries to break free but Vascaino pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Vascaino fails to land.
Vascaino lands an elbow inside.
Vascaino doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vascaino.
Vascaino swings wildly with an uppercut but Simba uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vascaino lands with a right to the head.
Simba tries to break free but Vascaino pushes him back against the cage.
Vascaino swings wildly with an uppercut but Simba uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vascaino misses with some punches.
King Simba has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Simba blocks an elbow strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vascaino tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Simba wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Vascaino has him pressed against the cage.
Vascaino has a couple of punches blocked by Simba.
Simba is trying to break free.
Vascaino lands a hook to the side of the head.
Vascaino lands a hook to the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
King Simba comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Vascaino has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 George Francis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Edmundo Vascaino!