PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dough Brinks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Milk Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dough Brinks looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Brinks
vs
Man

194 cm
18
147 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

198 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dough Brinks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Milk Man!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Wagner Zegers and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Man drops Brinks with a nice combination! Man dives into Brinks's guard, looking to finish!

Brinks is rocked!
Brinks has control of Man's left arm, preventing Man from doing any damage.
Oh Brinks is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Brinks preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Brinks controlling the position.
Brinks seems to have got his legs back now.
Man postures up.
Brinks keeping moving, preventing Man from controlling successfully.

Brinks is working an open guard so Man takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Brinks.
Brinks really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Brinks is breathing heavily.
Brinks moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

Man shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Brinks manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Man passes Brinks's left leg - he's now in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

Man decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.

Man rushes Brinks and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Man has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Brinks is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Brinks gets underhooks to prevent Man's takedown attempt.

Man manages to break the clinch.

Man closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Man lands in his opponent's guard.

Man decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brinks has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Man throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Brinks.
Man is looking to clinch.
Brinks shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Man counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brinks wants to improve his position but instead Man has moved into half guard.
Brinks is trying to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man passes to full mount!
Man avoids the attempt from Brinks to control.
Man lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Man takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
I looks like Man might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Man throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Brinks because Man loaded up on that one.
Brinks tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Man looking to control and managing it successfully.
Man working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Man sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Milk Man dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Man shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Man prevents Brinks from improving his position.
Brinks wants to control but Man is keeping busy.

Man decides to return to a standing position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Man cracks Brinks with a right hand to the side of the head.

Man closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Brinks did well to prevent Man getting side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man is thwarting Brinks's attempts to control the position.
Brinks is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Man controlling the pace.
Brinks is looking for a sweep. Man is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Man lands strikes from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Man wants to stand up but Brinks is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Brinks trying to control from the bottom.
Man wants to lay and pray for a moment but Brinks keeps working.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Brinks tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Man counters with a nice double leg into side control. Brinks won't be happy with that.
Brinks is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Man asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Brinks gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Man scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Brinks?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man controlling the pace for now.
Brinks is squirming around, avoiding Man's attempts to control the action.
Man is in the full mount, landing 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.
Man trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Brinks is wriggling around trying to escape.
Man lands with some strikes.
Brinks is in a horrible position here. Man smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Man avoids the attempt from Brinks to control.
Brinks is looking to improve his position but Man isn't that keen on the idea.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Milk Man showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Man tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Man tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Brinks tests Man's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Brinks shoots in for a takedown but Man shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

Man takes the fight into the clinch.
Brinks gets underhooks to prevent Man's takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Man tries to pull guard but Brinks holds him up against the cage and eventually Man drops back down to his feet.
A short uppercut from Man.

Man drags the fight down to the ground.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Brinks content to stall in guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man is trying to control the position but Brinks postures up.
Man throws a nice elbow from the bottom.
Man not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Man is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Brinks is controlling him.
Brinks trying to control but Man is working from the bottom.

That's two 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.

Man looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Man wants to sweep here but Brinks controlling him for the moment.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Brinks shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Man manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Brinks wants to control from the top but Man keeps moving.
Brinks wants to stand but Man has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man controlling Brinks's posture.
Man wants to control but Brinks passes easily into half guard.
Brinks seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Man is not content to let Brinks control the position.
Man is looking for a sweep. Brinks is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Man blocking the ground and pound attempt from Brinks.

Man pushes Brinks off and gets back to his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Danga de danga de dang - Brinks scores with a four punch combination!

Brinks rushes Man and presses him up against the cage.
Dough Brinks has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Milk Man is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Man breaks the clinch.

Man fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Brinks sprawls well initially but Man persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Milk Man.
I've got Man 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 28:30
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 28:29
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Milk Man!