PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bernard Alman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jean Claude Mousasi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mousasi comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Hi-Gate: Pitchin kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Jean Claude Mousasi is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Alman
vs
Claude Mousasi

179 cm
18
165 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

176 cm
22
156 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bernard Alman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jean Claude Mousasi!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Paulsen Ambrosius and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Alman instigates a clinch.
Alman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Alman stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Alman lands a knee to the body.
Alman is working Mousasi over against the cage.
Mousasi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Alman is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Mousasi is keeping busy.
Alman connects with a knee to the head.

Mousasi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mousasi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Mousasi darts in and clinches Alman up against the cage.
Alman is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Mousasi is keeping busy.
Alman prevents Mousasi from breaking the clinch.
Mousasi takes a knee to the side of the body.
Mousasi has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Alman keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mousasi's efforts to push away.
Alman stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Mousasi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Alman misses with a knee strike.
Mousasi wants to get back to striking at distance but Alman won't allow it.
Alman tries to work over Mousasi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mousasi managing to block the knees to the body from Alman.

Mousasi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Mousasi scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mousasi lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Alman trying to control here.
Alman is breathing heavily.
Mousasi lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Mousasi working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Alman keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Mousasi performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Mousasi lands with a punch from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

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.
Mousasi slips a nice elbow through Alman's hands, connecting with Alman's forehead.
Mousasi working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Mousasi decides to stand and escape the position.
Mousasi circles away from the clinch attempt

and Mousasi counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Mousasi seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Mousasi lands strikes from half guard.
Mousasi scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mousasi with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mousasi lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Mousasi is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Mousasi sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Alman defending well though.
Mousasi has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Mousasi missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Mousasi keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Alman wants to control but Mousasi is keeping busy.
Mousasi working the head and body with strikes.

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.
Mousasi prevents Alman from improving his position.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Alman knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Mousasi on the ground.

Mousasi stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Alman to get to his feet.
Alman tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Mousasi shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Alman's guard.
Mousasi content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mousasi trying to control the position from guard on top but Alman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Alman has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Mousasi has passed into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jean Claude Mousasi dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Mousasi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mousasi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

Mousasi shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Alman is trying to defend but Mousasi finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Mousasi seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Alman looks like he's trying to stand up.
Jean Claude Mousasi has got the better of the ground game so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Mousasi stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Mousasi fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Alman looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

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

Mousasi moves into the clinch.
Mousasi lands a body shot.
Alman unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Alman is pressed up against the cage. Mousasi has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Alman down to the mat. Alman avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Alman moves out of range as Mousasi throws a body kick.
Alman tries to clinch but Mousasi is having none of it.

Mousasi tries to keep at a distance but Alman has taken the fight into the clinch.
Mousasi wants a takedown.
Alman is looking to control Mousasi's arms but Mousasi gets an underhook and turns him. Now Alman has his back to the cage.
Mousasi can't break the clinch.
Alman stalling.
Alman lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mousasi backwards.
Alman tries to land knees in the clinch but Mousasi avoids the damage to the body.
Alman is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Mousasi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alman keeps the fight on the outside.
Mousasi shoots in looking for a takedown. Alman tries to sprawl out of it but Mousasi keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Alman manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Bernard Alman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jean Claude Mousasi.

Alman closes the distance and clinches.
Alman lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Mousasi lands a body punch.

Alman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mousasi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bernard Alman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Alman wants to clinch.
Alman is looking to clinch but Mousasi is avoiding it.

Mousasi darts in and clinches Alman up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alman prevents Mousasi from breaking the clinch.
A short right from Alman on the inside.
Alman trying to control the position but instead, Mousasi has worked for underhooks and has pushed Alman into the cage.
Alman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mousasi.
Mousasi tries to pull guard but Alman holds him up against the cage and eventually Mousasi drops back down to his feet.
Alman lands an elbow that stopped Mousasi in his tracks for a moment.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mousasi.
Mousasi blocking some punches.
Alman keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mousasi's efforts to push away.
Mousasi working hard to break the clinch.
Mousasi lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Alman or not.
Alman struggles to land a body shot inside as Mousasi controls his hands.
Alman slowing the pace effectively.
Alman misses with a punch on the inside.

Mousasi lands a takedown into guard.
Alman keeping moving, preventing Mousasi from controlling successfully.
Mousasi postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mousasi with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Mousasi wants to control from the top but Alman keeps moving.

Mousasi gets to his feet - Alman follows without any prompting.
Alman uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mousasi.

Alman rushes Mousasi and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Mousasi managing to block the knees to the body from Alman.

Mousasi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mousasi misses with a jab, cross combination.
Alman throws a head kick that half lands.
Alman looks to clinch
and Mousasi counters with a left and a right that stings Alman.
Mousasi throws a lazy head kick

and Alman counters by clinching up.
Alman cracks Mousasi with a nice body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jean Claude Mousasi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Mousasi dips to his left and cracks Alman with an uppercut!
Mousasi lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Alman circles away quickly and effectively.
Mousasi misses with a few strikes there.
Mousasi misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mousasi connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Mousasi tries to clinch there but Alman circles away.

Alman gets a clinch.
Mousasi fails to pull guard.

Mousasi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Horrible takedown by Mousasi or perhaps it was just good defense by Alman which made him look bad.
Alman tries to clinch there but Mousasi circles away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mousasi takes a kick to the side of the head.
Alman fakes the leg kick and cracks Mousasi in the body.
Alman lands a head kick!
Bernard Alman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mousasi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Alman throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Mousasi's head.
Alman scores with a head kick.
Mousasi swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Alman tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Mousasi counters with a leg kick.
Alman ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Alman is looking to clinch.

Alman instigates a clinch.

Mousasi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mousasi misses with a takedown attempt
and Alman counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bernard Alman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jean Claude Mousasi.

Alman gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Mousasi has had enough of the clinch but Alman keeps him there for the moment.
Mousasi has had enough of the clinch but Alman keeps him there for the moment.
Alman utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alman looking to stall.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Mousasi avoiding damage as Alman throws knees to the body.
Mousasi working hard to break the clinch.
Alman putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mousasi in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Alman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Alman is trying to break the clinch but Mousasi is controlling him.

Mousasi has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Alman uses from the top position.
Alman would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Mousasi is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Mousasi working over Alman with some ground and pound. Alman looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Mousasi is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mousasi is trying to control the action in half guard but Alman is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Mousasi is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Alman is refusing to be controlled, as Mousasi sits in half guard.
Mousasi wants to stand up but Alman has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Mousasi not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Alman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mousasi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mousasi fails with a takedown attempt.

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.
Mousasi swats away the attempt to clinch by Alman.
Alman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mousasi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bernard Alman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mousasi drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Alman doesn't manage to clinch there - Mousasi circles away.
Mousasi shoots in but no luck this time.
Alman tries to clinch there but Mousasi circles away.
Alman tries to clinch there but Mousasi circles away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Mousasi gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Alman misses with a knee to the head.
Alman is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Jean Claude Mousasi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Alman missing with knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bernard Alman showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Mousasi 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jean Claude Mousasi!