PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kill Bill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vaughn Dez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bill
vs
Dez

185 cm
24
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
23
170 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight 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, Kill Bill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vaughn Dez!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bill fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Bill shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Bill was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Dez keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Bill looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Dez working to try and regain half guard.
Dez manages to regain half guard. Good work.

Dez looking for subs from the bottom but Bill mounts him!
Bill unloading with bombs!

Bill moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Dez has worked his arm free - good work by Dez!

Bill wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Dez, who protects the arm well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dez is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Bill is controlling him well.
Bill misses with the ground and pound.
Dez is looking for a sweep.
Dez takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Dez takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Dez tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Dez is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

Bill tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Dez manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bill is concentrating on defense, preventing Dez from advancing position.
Bill is trying to control but can't.
Dez tries to pass the half guard into mount. Bill knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Dez is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Bill is trying to control but can't.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

Dez is working for a submission of some sort.
Dez tries to pass to full mount but Bill defends it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bill is not content to let Dez control the position.

Dez is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Dez tries to pass to full mount but Bill defends it.
Dez is trying to control the action in half guard but Bill is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Dez is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Bill is looking for a sweep. Dez is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Dez is working for a submission of some sort.
Bill is breathing heavily.

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.

Dez is working for a submission of some sort.

Dez stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Bill misses with a double jab
and Dez counters with a series of strikes. Bill will be more careful next time no doubt.
Dez misses with a takedown attempt

and Bill counters with a single leg into guard. Dez didn't expect that.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bill scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Bill in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Bill avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kill Bill dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Dez shoots and misses

and Bill counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Dez!
Dez is squirming around, avoiding Bill's attempts to control the action.
Dez regains half guard.
Dez gets back to full guard.
Dez controls Bill momentarily but Bill frees himself.
Bill wants to pass the guard but Dez is keeping the position.
Dez is trying to keep Bill in close.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bill avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Bill wants to control from the top but Dez keeps moving.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

Bill avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Bill stands and steps away. Dez gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Dez fails with the takedown

and Bill counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Dez actively working from the bottom here.
Bill is looking to pass Dez's guard but actually Dez recovers to full guard.
Bill pushes down on Dez's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Dez wants to control but Bill is keeping busy.
Bill trying to control from half guard but Dez is working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dez has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Bill is working away from the top position though.
Bill wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dez keeps working.
Dez is trying to maintain the position but Bill is very close to passing his half guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Dez shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Bill defends it nicely.
Kill Bill has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vaughn Dez.
Dez throws a series of strikes that have Bill backpedaling.
Dez with a lazy takedown attempt

and Bill counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Dez working hard to break the clinch.

Bill decides to pull guard.
Dez passes easily into side control. Nice work.

Dez tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dez wants to stand but Bill has his arm trapped.
Bill tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Dez easily slips into full mount!
Bill blocking the ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Dez throws some shoulder strikes here and then postures up. Oh, he's gone for an armbar! Bill has his hands clasped together but Dez breaks the hold and Bill is forced to tap! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over! That was lightning fast by Dez!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Vaughn Dez!