PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Petar Tadic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and De Ezel van de Reuzel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Tadic
vs
Ezel van de Reuzel

185 cm
20
203 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

201 cm
20
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Petar Tadic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, De Ezel van de Reuzel!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Nard Betker and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tadic moves out of range of the strikes.
van de Reuzel is trying hard to land a takedown here. Tadic sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Tadic moves away from the strike by van de Reuzel.
Tadic slips a jab from van de Reuzel.
Tadic misses with a series of wild punches.
Tadic defending well as van de Reuzel loads up on a big left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tadic with a body punch. A glancing blow.

van de Reuzel has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
van de Reuzel lands a body shot.
van de Reuzel can't get the takedown.
van de Reuzel drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Petar Tadic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of De Ezel van de Reuzel.

van de Reuzel lands a takedown into guard.
Tadic is breathing heavily.
Tadic looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
van de Reuzel wants to control from the top but Tadic keeps moving.
van de Reuzel pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tadic is keeping the position for now.
van de Reuzel must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
van de Reuzel not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Tadic looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Tadic throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
van de Reuzel lands a couple of digs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
van de Reuzel lands a couple of digs.
van de Reuzel keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Tadic's head.
Tadic is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
van de Reuzel working some strikes from top position.
van de Reuzel works over Tadic with some ground and pound from guard.
van de Reuzel really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Tadic. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
van de Reuzel trying to control but Tadic is working from the bottom.
van de Reuzel with a nice head shot there.
van de Reuzel working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Tadic might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
van de Reuzel has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Tadic is proving hard to escape from.
van de Reuzel content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
van de Reuzel chips away with some ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
van de Reuzel preventing the sweep.
van de Reuzel trying to control the position from guard on top but Tadic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
van de Reuzel works over Tadic with some ground and pound from guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
van de Reuzel seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Tadic has momentary wrist control but van de Reuzel slips an elbow through the middle.
van de Reuzel scoring with some ground and pound.
Tadic trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
van de Reuzel wants to control from the top but Tadic keeps moving.
van de Reuzel keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Tadic's head.
van de Reuzel chips away with some ground and pound.
Tadic trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
van de Reuzel trying to control the position from guard on top but Tadic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
van de Reuzel landing some decent shots from guard.
van de Reuzel works over Tadic with some ground and pound from guard.

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.

Tadic throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
van de Reuzel lands a couple of elbows.
van de Reuzel forces his way into half guard.
van de Reuzel lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Tadic is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. van de Reuzel lands a nice short elbow.
van de Reuzel scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
van de Reuzel working the head and body with strikes.
van de Reuzel scoring with strikes to the body and head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

De Ezel van de Reuzel dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

van de Reuzel scores with a hook.

It looks like Petar Tadic has been cut.
van de Reuzel throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tadic sees it coming and avoids it easily.
van de Reuzel throws a looping overhand right but Tadic ducks down to avoid it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Tadic 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 van de Reuzel has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from van de Reuzel and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Tadic slips a straight right by van de Reuzel.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice sprawl there from Tadic as van de Reuzel shoots in.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
van de Reuzel keeps the fight on the outside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
van de Reuzel throws a shot from downtown. Tadic moves away and avoids it.
van de Reuzel ducks under a wild hook from Tadic.

van de Reuzel has Tadic up against the ropes in a clinch.
van de Reuzel scores with a hook to the body.

van de Reuzel turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and van de Reuzel manages to end up in side control.
van de Reuzel landing a few strikes.
Check out the look on van de Reuzel's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
van de Reuzel connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Tadic some visible discomfort.
van de Reuzel in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
van de Reuzel scoring with punches and elbows.
Tadic taking punishment in the form of punches.
van de Reuzel working the body and head with strikes.
Tadic misses with a strike from the bottom.
Tadic is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on van de Reuzel's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
van de Reuzel is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Still in half guard, van de Reuzel seems content to control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tadic wants to get back to full guard but van de Reuzel has mounted him!
van de Reuzel landing shots from mount.
van de Reuzel scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Tadic?
Tadic throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
van de Reuzel breaks from Tadic's wrist control and lands an elbow.
van de Reuzel fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
van de Reuzel working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
van de Reuzel unloading with bombs!
van de Reuzel punishing his opponent with strikes.
van de Reuzel raining down shots from the mount!
Tadic is desperately trying to improve his position but van de Reuzel has a good base and remains in mount.
van de Reuzel with shots to the head and body - Tadic looks very uncomfortable down there.
Tadic is wriggling around trying to escape.
Tadic is working hard here to advance position.
De Ezel van de Reuzel has got the better of the ground game so far.
van de Reuzel lands a heavy elbow.
van de Reuzel landing shots from mount.
Tadic is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Tadic keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Tadic wants to control but van de Reuzel is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
van de Reuzel fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
van de Reuzel with a couple of short strikes.
van de Reuzel lands a nice shot to the head.
van de Reuzel looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
van de Reuzel is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Tadic can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
van de Reuzel fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
van de Reuzel avoids the attempt from Tadic to control.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
van de Reuzel prevents Tadic from getting the reversal.
van de Reuzel has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Tadic's face.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tadic takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Tadic is bucking up trying to escape but van de Reuzel cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Tadic is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

De Ezel van de Reuzel showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Petar Tadic's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Tadic attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

van de Reuzel moves into the clinch.
Tadic gets underhooks to prevent van de Reuzel's takedown attempt.

van de Reuzel turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Tadic taking a bit of punishment here - van de Reuzel scoring with strikes.
van de Reuzel working the ground and pound.
Tadic takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tadic misses with a strike from the bottom.
Tadic wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
van de Reuzel scoring with punches and elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tadic is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
van de Reuzel works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
van de Reuzel scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Tadic to see if he's OK.
Tadic throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
van de Reuzel working the ground and pound from side control.
van de Reuzel cracks Tadic with an elbow. That is naaassty.
van de Reuzel working the ground and pound.
Tadic tries to improve position but can't.
Tadic is working to avoid the ground and pound but van de Reuzel connects with a decent elbow.
Tadic is looking to reverse the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Tadic fails with the takedown
and van de Reuzel counters with a stiff right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
van de Reuzel scores with a nice right hand.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
van de Reuzel looks to throw the jab but Tadic is out of range.
Tadic with a poor takedown
and van de Reuzel counters with a nice uppercut.
van de Reuzel misses with an uppercut.
van de Reuzel is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Tadic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tadic fails to land with a series of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tadic falls off balance throwing a combination
and van de Reuzel counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tadic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
van de Reuzel swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tadic slips under a jab from van de Reuzel.

van de Reuzel has Tadic up against the ropes in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
van de Reuzel wants a takedown but no success here.

van de Reuzel has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Tadic is trying to keep an underhook but van de Reuzel manages to get the takedown into half guard.

Tadic has one foot on van de Reuzel's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Petar Tadic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

van de Reuzel decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Tadic misses with some strikes from the bottom.
van de Reuzel scoring with strikes to the body and head.
De Ezel van de Reuzel is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tadic punching from the bottom.
van de Reuzel blocks the strikes from Tadic.
van de Reuzel is taking a breather. Tadic says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
van de Reuzel trying to control the action but Tadic is working from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
De Ezel van de Reuzel comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well van de Reuzel has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 27:30
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... De Ezel van de Reuzel!