PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Puppy Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rick Vaughn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Love comes to the cage accompanied by Otherside by Mackemore X Ryan Lewis. Vaughn comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Wild Thing kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Rick Vaughn has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Love
vs
Vaughn

187 cm
28
217 lbs
15 - 9 - 0

188 cm
31
226 lbs
17 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

XTREME PWNAGE: Down Under!
Steel Terror-Trition: Video Proven 160Q

XTREME PWNAGE: Down Under!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Puppy Love!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rick Vaughn!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Paul Tew and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Love swings for the body but Vaughn moves out of range.
Love thows a body shot but no joy.
Love lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Vaughn circles away quickly and effectively.
Vaughn misses with a looping left.
Vaughn takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

It looks like Rick Vaughn has been cut.
Vaughn throws a series of punches but Love moves out of range.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Love.
Vaughn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Love cracks Vaughn with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Love takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Vaughn tries to bum rush Love with a series of wild strikes but Love uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vaughn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Love.
Vaughn swings for the body but Love moves out of range.
Love connects with a body shot.
Love misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vaughn.
Love takes a swing at Vaughn's ribcage but misses.
Vaughn takes a swing at Love's ribcage but misses.
Nice body punch from Vaughn.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vaughn. Love does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vaughn goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Love looks to score with a jab to the body but Vaughn is just out of range.
Vaughn displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Love.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love shoots for a double leg takedown but Vaughn sprawls well. He's pushed Love's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Puppy Love. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vaughn fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Love misses with a looping left.
Love missing with a left hand there. Vaughn was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Vaughn scores with a jab to the head.
Love uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vaughn.
Love lands with an uppercut that bounces Vaughn off the cage and back into range.
A jab from Love misses.
Love just misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vaughn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Love.
Vaughn lands a lovely overhand right.
Love throws a hook but Vaughn avoids it easily.
Love jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A combination from Vaughn does no damage.
Vaughn lands with a cross.
A jab from Vaughn does it's job there.
Vaughn just misses with a punch to the body.
Vaughn moves forwards but Love connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Vaughn slaps away a takedown attempt from Love, before circling back to the center of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Love dives in and grabs Vaughn's left leg, looking for a takedown. Vaughn pushes down on Love's head and hops out.
Vaughn scores with the left hand. Love knows he should have avoided that one.
Vaughn fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Vaughn thows a body shot but no joy.
Love tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vaughn was well out of range. Poor timing from Love.
Love shoots for a double leg takedown but Vaughn sprawls well. He's pushed Love's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Love swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Love swings away with a body shot that misses
and Vaughn counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Vaughn connects with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rick Vaughn dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rick Vaughn's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Love throws a jab when Vaughn was well out of range.
Vaughn connects with a body shot.
Love swings widly with a right hand
and Vaughn makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Vaughn throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Love stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Vaughn throws a series of punches but Love avoids them all with ease.
Love throws a good cross that connects.
Love avoids a punch combination nicely.
Love throws a lazy uppercut
and Vaughn counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Love swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Vaughn throws a jab but it's blocked by Love.
Vaughn thows a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vaughn misses with a shot to the body
and Love cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Love.
Rick Vaughn is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Vaughn takes a swing at Love's ribcage but misses.
Vaughn loads up on a big right hand but Love slips the punch.
Nice defenses there by Vaughn.
Love bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Love takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Love cracks Vaughn with a right hand to the side of the head.
Vaughn thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vaughn misses the body punch
and Love counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Love dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vaughn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Love moves away.
Vaughn attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Vaughn throws an off balance right hand
and Love counters with a three punch combo that has Vaughn backing up. Vaughn nods at Love to acknowledge the strikes.
Love connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Vaughn momentarily.
Love avoids the body shot from Vaughn.
A looping hook to the body misses from Love. Vaughn does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vaughn misses with a hook to the body
and Love counters with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vaughn slips under a jab.
Love tries for a takedown but Vaughn sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Love on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Vaughn. Vaughn obviously looking to wear him down.
Vaughn scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Some wild striking there from Vaughn.
Love keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Vaughn.
Love misses with a straight left.
Vaughn misses with a looping left.
Vaughn scores with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Love uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vaughn.
Vaughn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Love was well out of range. Poor timing from Vaughn.
Vaughn fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Vaughn with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Vaughn showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Love.
Vaughn throws a series of punches but Love moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vaughn thows a left - swing and a miss!
Love fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Puppy Love will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Rick Vaughn's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Love works Vaughn's body with a nice hook.
Vaughn throws a big shot that misses.
Rick Vaughn seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Love missing with a left hand there. Vaughn was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Love lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A lazy left from Love finds it's target.
Nice shot lands for Vaughn.
Vaughn clobbers Love with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Vaughn lands a head shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vaughn slaps away a takedown attempt from Love, before circling back to the center of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vaughn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Love moves away.
Love misses with a few strikes there.
Love avoids the body shot from Vaughn.
Vaughn pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Love back to the cage. Vaughn follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Vaughn cracks Love with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

Love is rocked!
Vaughn dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Love throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Vaughn counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Love uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vaughn.
Vaughn throws a body punch but Love moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vaughn misses with a straight right.
Love blocks a leg kick.
Love looks to score with a jab to the body but Vaughn is just out of range.
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!
A combination from Love does no damage.
Vaughn listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Love scores with a nice head shot.
Good exchange - Vaughn coming out on top.
Oh Love is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Love thows a body shot but no joy.
Vaughn steps in with a hook that catches Love right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Vaughn follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Love looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rick Vaughn!
Rick Vaughn made sure to mention his sponsor, Crushed Designs (90% return on laundry service) in his post fight interview.