PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ming Tollie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and charly brandy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying brandy's choice of entrance music: boom boom pow. Ming Tollie looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Tollie
vs
brandy

197 cm
21
173 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

180 cm
21
170 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ming Tollie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, charly brandy!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Paul Aken and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

brandy shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Tollie's guard.
Tollie looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
brandy wants to control from the top but Tollie keeps moving.
brandy is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
brandy trying to control the position from guard on top but Tollie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
brandy controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Despite being in the dominant position, charly brandy just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Tollie shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and brandy counters with a nice double leg into guard.
brandy trying to control but Tollie is working from the bottom.
brandy not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
brandy trying to control but Tollie is working from the bottom.
brandy sitting in guard, not really doing much.
brandy trying to control but Tollie is working from the bottom.

Despite being in the dominant position, charly brandy just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

brandy closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
brandy moves into full mount! Tollie won't be happy about that!
brandy tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
brandy looking to control but Tollie is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
brandy controlling from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Tollie is wriggling around here but as he tries to escape, brandy has taken his back.
Tollie staying busy and making it hard for brandy to control.
Tollie is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by brandy.
brandy's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
brandy is looking to control Tollie but Tollie is wriggling around and keeping busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

charly brandy dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

brandy thumps Tollie with a low kick.
brandy closes this distance looking for a takedown but Tollie circles away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tollie shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and brandy counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
brandy is keen to just control but Tollie is a slippery customer.
brandy frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
brandy takes his opponent's back. Perhaps a chance to lock up a rear naked choke here.
brandy has good solid back control here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Despite being in the dominant position, charly brandy just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
brandy shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Tollie counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
It looks like Tollie is going to stand back up.
brandy has his hands clasped together around Tollie's back. He's all about the action.
Tollie really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
brandy has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Tollie is working away from the top position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tollie seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
brandy trying to control from the bottom.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Tollie displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from brandy.
Ming Tollie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of charly brandy.

Tollie gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows brandy to score an easy takedown into full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but charly brandy will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

brandy wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Tollie gets caught flat footed, as brandy shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
brandy trying to control but Tollie is working from the bottom.
brandy's corner is telling him to maintain position.
brandy wants to control from the top but Tollie keeps moving.
brandy is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
brandy controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

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.
brandy wants to control from the top but Tollie keeps moving.

Despite being in the dominant position, charly brandy just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

brandy shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Tollie's guard.
brandy trying to control the position from guard on top but Tollie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
brandy 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.
charly brandy has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tollie has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but brandy can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Tollie had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. brandy is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Tollie Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take brandy's back instead.
brandy just trying to survive but Tollie is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
brandy rolls, trying to escape but Tollie keeps control of the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Tollie doesn't have the hooks in and brandy manages to turn into his guard.
brandy trying to control the position from guard on top but Tollie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Tollie had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. brandy is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Tollie Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take brandy's back instead.
brandy has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
I really don't envy brandy right now.

And that's the end of the fight!
charly brandy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got brandy winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Albert Achterberg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... charly brandy!