TGC 19 PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jean Luc Bardem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simon Stroef (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Simon Stroef has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Luc Bardem
vs
Stroef

190 cm
20
225 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

212 cm
18
273 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Big heart

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Dragon

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jean Luc Bardem!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Simon Stroef!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Daniel Blasius and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bardem closes the distance and clinches.

Bardem manages to break the clinch.

Bardem moves into the clinch successfully.

Bardem escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bardem misses with a jab, cross combination.

Stroef gets tackled into the cage by Bardem. Bardem maintains the clinch.

Bardem's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jean Luc Bardem seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Stroef.
Bardem fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Stroef is out of range.

Bardem moves into the clinch successfully.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Stroef drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Bardem gets the underhooks and prevents it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bardem turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Stroef can't do much from the bottom here.
Stroef is not content to let Bardem control the position.
Bardem just content to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stroef wants to control but Bardem postures up.
Bardem trying to control the action but Stroef is working from the bottom.

Jean Luc Bardem has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

Stroef tries to keep at a distance but Bardem has taken the fight into the clinch.

Bardem escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bardem pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Stroef has his takedown stuffed

and Bardem moves into the clinch.
Jean Luc Bardem has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Simon Stroef.

Bardem breaks from the clinch.

Bardem clinches up against the cage.

Bardem breaks from the clinch.
Bardem throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bardem throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bardem throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bardem slips a straight right by Stroef.

Bardem closes the distance and clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stroef is trying to stall.
Stroef is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Bardem is defending well.
Stroef is trying to pull guard but Bardem turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Stroef is trying to break the clinch but Bardem is controlling him.

Bardem's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Stroef has a takedown stuffed.

Bardem moves into range and clinches up with Stroef.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Bardem breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Stroef displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bardem throws out the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Bardem pushes Stroef up against the cage in a clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Bardem leaning against his opponent.

Bardem escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Bardem fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Stroef to the ground. Bardem is now in Stroef's guard.
Stroef looking to control.

Stroef looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Bardem might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Stroef has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Bardem doesn't defend quickly enough and Stroef has managed to lock this one up! Can Bardem escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Stroef on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Simon Stroef!

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A

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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
65%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eugenio Caporale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mscibor Olszewicz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mscibor Olszewicz has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Caporale
vs
Olszewicz

178 cm
20
188 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

187 cm
20
185 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Decent knees
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Eugenio Caporale!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mscibor Olszewicz!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Albert Achterberg and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch lands to the side of Olszewicz 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Olszewicz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Caporale.
Caporale tries to land a leg kick but Olszewicz saw it coming and moves away.
Caporale avoids the head kick by Olszewicz.
Olszewicz throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Nice jab there from Caporale.
Olszewicz on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Caporale swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Olszewicz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
An inside leg kick from Caporale misses.
Caporale throws an overhand right that lands on Olszewicz's shoulder, as Olszewicz tries to avoid the shot.
Olszewicz looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Olszewicz takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Caporale throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Olszewicz throws a head kick but Caporale moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Olszewicz.
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!
Olszewicz ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mscibor Olszewicz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Caporale works Olszewicz's body with a nice hook.
A head kick misses from Olszewicz.
Olszewicz tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Caporale counter with a right hand.
Caporale connects with a crisp jab.
Olszewicz throws a sloppy head kick and Caporale moves out of range easily.
Olszewicz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A shot to the liver by Caporale. Beautiful body shot.
Caporale lands a body shot.
Olszewicz walks into a left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Olszewicz blocks a low kick nicely.
Olszewicz moves to clinch but Caporale breaks away
and Olszewicz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Olszewicz tries to close the distance and clinch but Caporale swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Olszewicz takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Olszewicz lands a head kick. Caporale smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caporale uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Olszewicz.
Caporale wants to slow Olszewicz down by chopping away at his legs.
Olszewicz takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Caporale misses with a series of wild punches.
Caporale throws out a loose jab but Olszewicz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Caporale lands with a cross.
Olszewicz tries to clinch up but Caporale circles away and keeps his distance.
Caporale throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Olszewicz wants to clinch

and Caporale holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Olszewicz with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Olszewicz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Caporale is defending well for now.
Olszewicz is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Olszewicz is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caporale is trying to pull guard but Olszewicz has him pressed against the cage.
Caporale displaying some good clinch control by pressing Olszewicz up against the cage.
Caporale tries to work over Olszewicz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Caporale misses with a punch to the body.
Olszewicz with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Eugenio Caporale has been cut.
Olszewicz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Caporale is defending well for now.
Olszewicz missing with knees to the body.
Olszewicz lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Olszewicz tries to land knees in the clinch but Caporale avoids the damage to the body.
Olszewicz unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A frustrated look appears on Caporale's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Caporale lands a takedown into guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Olszewicz wants to sweep but no luck.
Caporale's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Caporale throwing strikes from guard but Olszewicz blocks nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Caporale landing with the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Olszewicz being controlled here, momentarily.
Olszewicz is trying to keep Caporale in close.
Caporale's corner is telling him to maintain position.

Eugenio Caporale has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Olszewicz avoids the body shot from Caporale.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Caporale fails to land with a series of punches.
Olszewicz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Caporale was well out of range. Poor timing from Olszewicz.
A cross from Caporale lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eugenio Caporale dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Eugenio Caporale's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Olszewicz misses with a head kick.
Olszewicz misses with a head kick.
Caporale scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Olszewicz throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Caporale is looking to score with low kicks.
Olszewicz moves forwards but Caporale connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Olszewicz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Caporale paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Olszewicz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Olszewicz walks into a left hand.
Olszewicz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Olszewicz throws a head kick but Caporale moves out of range.
Olszewicz tries to clinch up but Caporale circles away and keeps his distance.

Caporale moves into the clinch successfully.
Olszewicz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Caporale.
A short right from Caporale.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Caporale tries for a takedown. No joy.
A short body shot lands from Caporale as the two fighters clinch.
Olszewicz prevents Caporale from breaking the clinch.

Caporale pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Olszewicz has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Olszewicz there as he acknowledges the shot.
Olszewicz tries to clinch but Caporale moves out of range.
Caporale shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A punch combination from Caporale misses.

Olszewicz gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Caporale to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Caporale slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Olszewicz is trying to keep Caporale in close.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olszewicz is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Caporale lands a nice looking body shot.
A jab from Olszewicz misses.
Caporale moves out of range of the body kick from Olszewicz.
Caporale slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Olszewicz drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Caporale throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Olszewicz on the side of the head.
Caporale scores with a jab to the jaw.
Olszewicz ducks right into an uppercut from Caporale.

Olszewicz is rocked!
Caporale cracks Olszewicz on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Olszewicz falls backwards against the cage. Caporale follows up with more strikes that drop Olszewicz to his knees. Caporale keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Olszewicz! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eugenio Caporale!
During a confident post fight interview, Eugenio Caporale thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
74%

Main event

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lucifrous Satanous (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Albredo Bastiani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Satanous comes into the arena with Put You To Bed blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Satanous
vs
Bastiani

184 cm
25
260 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

194 cm
20
233 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Determined

Steel Penn's All 160
Sex Panther Supplements

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lucifrous Satanous!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Albredo Bastiani!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Wagner Zegers and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Satanous takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Satanous throws a jab but it's blocked by Bastiani.

Satanous closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Bastiani did well to prevent Satanous getting side control.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

Satanous is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Satanous lands a nice short elbow.
Bastiani wants to get back to his feet.
Satanous is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Bastiani preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Satanous missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bastiani tries to get to full guard but Satanous has control of the leg.
Bastiani really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Satanous. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Satanous content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Bastiani misses with an uppercut. Satanous saw that one coming.
Satanous throws a nice looking combination but Bastiani bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Satanous misses with a looping right.
A jab from Bastiani does it's job there.
Bastiani misses with a body shot.
Satanous misses with a looping left.
Bastiani throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Satanous on the side of the head.
Satanous shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Bastiani throws a big shot that misses.
Bastiani throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bastiani stuns Satanous with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bastiani just misses with a punch to the body.
Satanous on the wrong end of a nice hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bastiani thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bastiani slaps away a takedown attempt from Satanous, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Bastiani lands a slapping body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bastiani uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Satanous.
Bastiani punishes Satanous's body with a nice straight punch.
Satanous looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Bastiani moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Nice shot by Bastiani.
A nice combination there by Bastiani.

It looks like Lucifrous Satanous has been cut.
Satanous swings for the body but Bastiani moves out of range.
Bastiani throws a right hand that Satanous ducks under and follows up with a left that Satanous also avoids with ease.
Bastiani throws a lazy right hand but Satanous sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A big left from Bastiani misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bastiani ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Bastiani has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bastiani working hard to break the clinch.
Satanous leaning his opponent against the cage.
Bastiani misses with a punch to the body.
Bastiani throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Satanous blocks it with crossed arms.
Bastiani misses with a punch on the inside.
Bastiani tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Satanous's elbow.
Bastiani working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bastiani.
Bastiani tries for a takedown but Satanous manages to get underhooks.
Bastiani misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Satanous tries to pull guard but Bastiani forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lucifrous Satanous. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Satanous jumps guard.
Satanous is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Satanous throws his legs up looking for a submission but Bastiani uses it to pass to side control.
Satanous is letting Bastiani control him for a moment.
Bastiani throwing strikes but Satanous manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bastiani avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Satanous.
Bastiani is looking for a sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Albredo Bastiani dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lucifrous Satanous's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Satanous shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Bastiani as he jumps to the side.
Satanous misses with a takedown attempt - Bastiani sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Satanous takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Albredo Bastiani seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bastiani wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Lucifrous Satanous seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bastiani uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Satanous.
Satanous moves forwards but Bastiani connects with a nice, crisp jab.

Bastiani gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Bastiani can do anything to dispel that myth.
Satanous postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Satanous trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bastiani has control of Satanous's left arm, preventing Satanous from doing any damage.
Satanous loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Satanous trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Bastiani holds on and takes a little breather.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Satanous passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Bastiani struggling a bit here.
Satanous throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Bastiani taking punishment in the form of punches.
Bastiani avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Satanous.
Bastiani wants to get back to his feet.
You can see the frustration on Bastiani's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Bastiani is not content to let Satanous control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Satanous has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Satanous landing punches.
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!
Bastiani can't escape the position.
Satanous lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Satanous wants to finish this one by submission but Bastiani is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Satanous.
Bastiani is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The referee warns Bastiani that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Bastiani is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Satanous is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Satanous avoids the attempt from Bastiani to control.
Satanous lands a big shot there that rocks Bastiani but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Bastiani is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bastiani is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Satanous is staying active.
Satanous breaks from Bastiani's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Bastiani is rocked!
Satanous softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Bastiani is out cold! Satanous jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lucifrous Satanous!
Lucifrous Satanous retains his heavyweight title!
After the fight, Lucifrous Satanous was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.