PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe The One Armed Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randolf Vicious (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

The One Armed Man
vs
Vicious

185 cm
18
240 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
18
255 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

Good wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joe The One Armed Man!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Randolf Vicious!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The One Armed Man wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The One Armed Man tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Vicious paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The One Armed Man fails with an attempt to clinch.
The One Armed Man lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The One Armed Man is looking to clinch but Vicious is avoiding it.
The One Armed Man is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

The One Armed Man has managed to clinch.
The One Armed Man pushes Vicious back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The One Armed Man stops a takedown attempt from Vicious.

The One Armed Man pulls Vicious into guard.
Vicious must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Vicious postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Vicious throws a strike but The One Armed Man rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The One Armed Man throwing strikes from guard but Vicious blocks nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vicious striking off his back but it's not causing The One Armed Man any problems.
Vicious throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Vicious should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
The One Armed Man lands a couple of digs.
Vicious really doesn't want to stay on the ground with The One Armed Man. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Vicious is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Vicious throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Vicious is striking but The One Armed Man is not phased and passes to half guard.
Vicious on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The One Armed Man drops an elbow to the side of Vicious's head.
Vicious throws a sloppy strike from the bottom. He's now off balance and The One Armed Man manages to pass to side control.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
The One Armed Man lands a few punches from side control.
Vicious wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vicious tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Vicious is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Vicious is looking for a sweep.
The One Armed Man lands some shots froms side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
The One Armed Man lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Vicious down.
Vicious takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Vicious is looking to work his way out of this bad position but The One Armed Man is controlling him well.
The One Armed Man avoids the strikes from the bottom by Vicious.
The One Armed Man 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.
Vicious looks gassed!
The One Armed Man is putting a hurting on Vicious here, landing some big shots from side control.
Vicious throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe The One Armed Man dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Vicious takes a shot right to the bread basket.

Vicious feints and as The One Armed Man raises his hands in defense, Vicious changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The One Armed Man trying to control the position.
The One Armed Man has control of Vicious's left arm, preventing Vicious from doing any damage.
The One Armed Man working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Vicious.
Vicious throws and elbow that misses. The One Armed Man uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Vicious's guard. Nice move by The One Armed Man!

That's one minute gone in the round.
The One Armed Man passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
The One Armed Man prevents Vicious from standing back up.
Vicious is breathing heavily.
Vicious is trying to escape back to his feet but The One Armed Man uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Vicious taking punishment in the form of punches.

Vicious throws The One Armed Man to one side and escapes!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The One Armed Man connects with a good right hand that stumbles Vicious. Vicious circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Vicious misses with a hook to the body
and The One Armed Man counters with a one-two to the body.
The One Armed Man connects with a body shot.
Joe The One Armed Man is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Good shot there by The One Armed Man.
The One Armed Man lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The One Armed Man connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
The One Armed Man jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
The One Armed Man lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Vicious at a distance.
Vicious looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? The One Armed Man is fending him off so far but Vicious persists. Nope, The One Armed Man circles away and we're back to standing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The One Armed Man lands with a straight right. Vicious didn't see that one coming.
Vicious takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The One Armed Man wants to clinch.
Jab, jab by The One Armed Man - just one landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The One Armed Man scores with a jab to the body.
The One Armed Man with a nice cross.
The One Armed Man punishes Vicious's body with a nice straight punch.
The One Armed Man throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Vicious on the side of the head.
Vicious takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The One Armed Man ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Vicious takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

The One Armed Man gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The One Armed Man is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The One Armed Man landing knees to the head.
The One Armed Man utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by The One Armed Man.
The One Armed Man wants a takedown.
The One Armed Man gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Vicious.
The One Armed Man softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Vicious tries to break free but The One Armed Man pushes him back against the cage.
Vicious wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but The One Armed Man has him pressed against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The One Armed Man gets underhooks to prevent Vicious's takedown attempt.
Joe The One Armed Man has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Randolf Vicious.

The One Armed Man manages to break the clinch.
Vicious swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Vicious takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe The One Armed Man dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

The One Armed Man scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Joe The One Armed Man seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The One Armed Man tries to clinch but Vicious moves out of range.
The One Armed Man jabs Vicious right on the nose. Vicious blinks but takes it well.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts The One Armed Man, as that shot connected.
The One Armed Man lands a nice looking body shot.
The One Armed Man lands a two punch combo.
The fight stays on the outside here - The One Armed Man looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The One Armed Man tries to clinch there but Vicious circles away.
Nice jab there from The One Armed Man.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Vicious.
The One Armed Man with a hook.
The One Armed Man tries to clinch there but Vicious circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The One Armed Man tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Vicious manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Vicious takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A cross from The One Armed Man lands.
The One Armed Man connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Vicious momentarily.
The One Armed Man works over Vicious's head and body with a nice combination.
The One Armed Man tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Vicious paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The One Armed Man lands a really nice looking cross but Vicious seems unphased.
Vicious takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The One Armed Man lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Vicious takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Joe The One Armed Man is winning the standup battle so far.
The One Armed Man tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Vicious manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The One Armed Man's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and The One Armed Man duly obliges.
The One Armed Man tests Vicious's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Vicious on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left and a right from The One Armed Man both land. Nice combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Good shot there by The One Armed Man.
The One Armed Man throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Vicious stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The One Armed Man digs a good hook to Vicious's body.
The One Armed Man lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The One Armed Man tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Vicious paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The One Armed Man defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Vicious.
Vicious has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
The One Armed Man scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
The One Armed Man scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
The One Armed Man slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
The One Armed Man sizes up Vicious with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Nice jab there from The One Armed Man.

Vicious gets tackled into the cage by The One Armed Man. The One Armed Man maintains the clinch.
The One Armed Man is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Vicious can do to turn this around?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The One Armed Man putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Vicious in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Vicious wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

The One Armed Man ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. The One Armed Man no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Vicious with a flurry of punches that miss.
Viciousis looking to pass into half guard but The One Armed Man pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now The One Armed Man is in guard.
The One Armed Man slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Vicious.
Joe The One Armed Man is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Vicious throws a strike from the bottom but The One Armed Man passes into side control!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vicious wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
The One Armed Man trying to control the position but Vicious is working away.
The One Armed Man in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vicious throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
The One Armed Man landing strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joe The One Armed Man showed his dominance in that final round.
Well The One Armed Man has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Joe The One Armed Man!
Judge Suge Night scores the fight for Joe The One Armed Man!
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for Joe The One Armed Man!

Joe The One Armed Man wins by unanimous decision!