PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rob Dyrdek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lonnie Vaughn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rob Dyrdek has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Dyrdek
vs
Vaughn

170 cm
22
177 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

185 cm
21
184 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rob Dyrdek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lonnie Vaughn!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Columbo Gatti and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vaughn throws a leg kick but Dyrdek checks it.
Vaughn misses with a wild body shot.
Vaughn throws a sloppy body shot
and Dyrdek counters with a two punch combo.
Vaughn does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Dyrdek tries to clinch up.
Dyrdek takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Vaughn has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Vaughn throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dyrdek sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dyrdek seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.

Dyrdek has closed the distance and engaged Vaughn in a clinch.
Dyrdek tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vaughn.
Vaughn throws a head punch that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dyrdek controlling the action here for a moment.
Vaughn pressing his opponent against the cage.
Dyrdek fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Vaughn managing to block the knees to the body from Dyrdek.
Vaughn looking to stall.
Dyrdek lands with a short shot to the head.
Vaughn wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Vaughn trying to control the position but instead, Dyrdek has worked for underhooks and has pushed Vaughn into the cage.
Dyrdek lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Dyrdek leaning against his opponent.
Vaughn misses with some punches.

Vaughn manages to break the clinch.
Vaughn throws a good cross that connects.
Vaughn looks to land a combination but Dyrdek avoids it well.
A counter left hand to the body from Dyrdek misses its target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vaughn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dyrdek.
Dyrdek moves out of range as Vaughn strikes.
Vaughn lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dyrdek circles away quickly and effectively.

Dyrdek forces Vaughn back against the cage and clinches.
Dyrdek lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dyrdek scores with an uppercut up the middle.
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!
Vaughn struggles to land a body shot inside as Dyrdek controls his hands.
Dyrdek missing with knees to the body.
Vaughn misses with a punch to the body.
Dyrdek missing with knees to the body.
Vaughn being controlled against the cage.
Vaughn wants to break free but Dyrdek has control.
A short body shot lands from Vaughn as the two fighters clinch.
Vaughn dodges an elbow strike from Dyrdek.
Dyrdek gets through Vaughn's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Vaughn creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Vaughn.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Dyrdek displaying some good clinch control by pressing Vaughn up against the cage.
Dyrdek gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Dyrdek scores with a shoulder strike.
Vaughn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Vaughn is looking to break free of the clinch but Dyrdek has double underhooks.
Vaughn letting Dyrdek take a breather here.
Vaughn pressing his opponent against the cage.
Dyrdek taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Dyrdek stalling against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vaughn is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Vaughn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vaughn.
A right hand to the body from Dyrdek.
A bit of stalling here from Vaughn.
Vaughn lands a shot to the body.
Vaughn misses with some punches.
Dyrdek slowing the pace effectively.
Dyrdek pushes Vaughn back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Vaughn looking to slow down the pace here.
Dyrdek has Vaughn pressed against the cage.
Vaughn misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vaughn trying to control the position but instead, Dyrdek has worked for underhooks and has pushed Vaughn into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Rob Dyrdek will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Dyrdek blocks a jab.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Vaughn lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Dyrdek has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Dyrdek and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Dyrdek tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Dyrdek moves into the clinch.
Vaughn lands with a light punch inside.
Vaughn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dyrdek working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Dyrdek tries to throw a body punch but Vaughn avoids it by throwing Dyrdek back against the cage.
Dyrdek lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dyrdek makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Dyrdek - that landed with a thud.
Vaughn can't find room to land a body shot as Dyrdek controls the action.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dyrdek dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Vaughn lands a hook that snaps the head of Dyrdek backwards.
Vaughn managing to block the knees to the body from Dyrdek.
Vaughn wants to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Dyrdek just leaning against Vaughn, taking a breather.
Vaughn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dyrdek dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Vaughn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dyrdek lands a left hand that snaps the head of Vaughn backwards.
Vaughn misses with a body punch.
Dyrdek blocks an uppercut.
Dyrdek keeps control of Vaughn as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Vaughn takes a shot to the head.
The referee calls for Dyrdek to work.
Vaughn swings wildly with an uppercut but Dyrdek uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dyrdek throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vaughn blocks it with crossed arms.
Vaughn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dyrdek's elbow.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Dyrdek takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Dyrdek displaying some good clinch control by pressing Vaughn up against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Dyrdek for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Dyrdek stalling in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Vaughn.
Dyrdek throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vaughn blocks it with crossed arms.
Vaughn stalling in the clinch but Dyrdek improves position.
Dyrdek lands a body shot.
Vaughn letting Dyrdek take a breather here.
Vaughn stalling the fight.
Dyrdek is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Vaughn is keeping busy.
Vaughn stalling in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dyrdek throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Dyrdek misses with a punch to the body.
Vaughn blocks an elbow strike from Dyrdek.

Vaughn breaks the clinch.
Dyrdek walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Vaughn attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Dyrdek is looking for a counter combo.
Vaughn pivots, looking for a leg kick but Dyrdek is out of range and Vaughn settles back down.
Vaughn misses with a jab, cross combination.
Vaughn will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Rob Dyrdek is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dyrdek is looking to clinch.
Dyrdek checks a low kick from Vaughn.
It looked like Dyrdek was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Nice cross by Vaughn.
Vaughn throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vaughn lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

It looks like Rob Dyrdek has been cut.
A swing and a miss from Vaughn.
Vaughn is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

Dyrdek drives through and clinches with Vaughn against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vaughn.
A body shot lands from Dyrdek.
Vaughn being controlled against the cage.
Dyrdek has Vaughn pushed against the cage.
Vaughn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dyrdek's elbow.
Vaughn misses with a punch to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Vaughn works on Dyrdek's body with a couple of short punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Lonnie Vaughn will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Rob Dyrdek's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Vaughn missing with a left hand there. Dyrdek was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Vaughn misses with a few strikes there.
Dyrdek tries a head kick but it misses.
Dyrdek is looking to clinch.
Vaughn throws a shot from downtown. Dyrdek moves away and avoids it.
A head kick misses from Dyrdek.
Vaughn throws a big shot that misses.
It looked like Dyrdek was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
A left lands for Vaughn.
Dyrdek takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Dyrdek buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vaughn catches Dyrdek with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Decent striking displayed by Vaughn there.
Dyrdek keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Vaughn misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vaughn throws a sloppy head kick and Dyrdek moves out of range easily.
Vaughn throws a head kick but Dyrdek moves out of range.

Dyrdek forces Vaughn back against the cage and clinches.
Dyrdek lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Dyrdek blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rob Dyrdek has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Dyrdek taking a breather.
Vaughn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dyrdek throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Vaughn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dyrdek has Vaughn pressed against the cage.
Dyrdek lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Vaughn lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dyrdek backwards.
A short left from Dyrdek.
Vaughn has had enough of the clinch but Dyrdek keeps him there for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dyrdek throws a head punch that misses.
Vaughn wants to stall.
Dyrdek with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dyrdek blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Vaughn looking to stall.
Dyrdek taking a breather.
Vaughn's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Vaughn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dyrdek tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Vaughn is trying to maintain a safe position but Dyrdek gets an underhook and turns Vaughn into the cage.
A short right from Dyrdek on the inside.
Dyrdek lands a right hand.
Vaughn throws a head punch that misses.
Dyrdek lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Lonnie Vaughn has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dyrdek is trying to maintain a safe position but Vaughn gets an underhook and turns Dyrdek into the cage.

Vaughn breaks from the clinch.
Vaughn tries to work over Dyrdek's front leg with a kick but Dyrdek checks it.
Dyrdek misses with a double jab.
Vaughn with a nice cross.
Dyrdek tries to clinch there but Vaughn circles away.
Vaughn rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dyrdek moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Dyrdek has Vaughn up against the cage in a clinch.
Vaughn works on Dyrdek's body with a couple of short punches.
Vaughn throws a punch but it's blocked by Dyrdek.
Dyrdek leaning against his opponent.
Dyrdek throws a head punch that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Vaughn creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Vaughn as the two fighters clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Vaughn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Vaughn lands a hook that snaps the head of Dyrdek backwards.
Dyrdek trying to control the position but instead, Vaughn has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dyrdek into the cage.
Dyrdek tries to stall but Vaughn uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Vaughn blocks an uppercut.
Vaughn lands a body shot.
Vaughn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vaughn struggles to land a body shot inside as Dyrdek controls his hands.
Dyrdek stalling in the clinch but Vaughn improves position.
The referee calls for Dyrdek to work.
Dyrdek tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vaughn's elbow.
Dyrdek trying to stall but Vaughn improves his position.
Vaughn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Lonnie Vaughn.
I think Vaughn has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Alyssa Summers scores the fight 28:29
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:27
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Lonnie Vaughn!
Lonnie Vaughn seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.