PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between De Ezel van de Reuzel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Sandler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Ezel van de Reuzel has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ezel van de Reuzel
vs
Sandler

201 cm
20
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
200 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, De Ezel van de Reuzel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bob Sandler!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Wagner Zegers and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sandler scores with a one two! van de Reuzel had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Sandler keeps the fight on the outside.
Sandler throws a jab but it's blocked by van de Reuzel.
van de Reuzel displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sandler throws out the jab.
Sandler misses with a few strikes there.
van de Reuzel looks to land a left hand but Sandler moved out of range nicely.
Sandler lands a right hook to the body.
Bob Sandler seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
van de Reuzel avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sandler misses with a wild combination.
Sandler rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but van de Reuzel moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A combination from Sandler does no damage.
van de Reuzel uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sandler.
van de Reuzel looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Sandler is fending him off so far but van de Reuzel persists. Nope, Sandler circles away and we're back to standing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
van de Reuzel dodges the punch combination from Sandler.

van de Reuzel shoots in and bounces Sandler off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
van de Reuzel preventing the sweep.
Sandler keeping moving, preventing van de Reuzel from controlling successfully.
Sandler tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Sandler keeping moving, preventing van de Reuzel from controlling successfully.
van de Reuzel postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Sandler avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
van de Reuzel in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
van de Reuzel tries to free his leg and advance position but Sandler is retaining full guard.
van de Reuzel will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Sandler wants to sweep but no luck.
Sandler looks gassed!
van de Reuzel missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
van de Reuzel fails with the takedown.
Sandler misses with a hook.

van de Reuzel fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sandler, pushing him back against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

van de Reuzel has hold of one of Sandler's legs. Sandler is fighting the takedown attempt but van de Reuzel gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Sandler 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 wants to control from the top but Sandler keeps moving.
Sandler working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from van de Reuzel.
van de Reuzel working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
van de Reuzel advances position into side control!
van de Reuzel is chipping away with strikes.
van de Reuzel wants to control but Sandler is keeping him busy.
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 looks up at the clock and then as Sandler takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, van de Reuzel smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Sandler is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
van de Reuzel works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
van de Reuzel lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
van de Reuzel landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
van de Reuzel knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sandler on the ground.
van de Reuzel working the head with strikes.
Sandler manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

van de Reuzel manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Sandler misses with a body shot.
van de Reuzel fails in his attempt to clinch.
van de Reuzel tries to clinch there but Sandler circles away.
van de Reuzel throws the left hand but Sandler avoids the punch easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

De Ezel van de Reuzel dominated that round.
That's time! van de Reuzel's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

van de Reuzel tries to clinch up.
Sandler throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
van de Reuzel takes one to the side of the head.
Sandler lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Sandler gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows van de Reuzel to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells van de Reuzel's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Sandler looking to hit a scissor sweep but van de Reuzel is one step ahead there.
van de Reuzel looking to sit in guard and control but Sandler gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
van de Reuzel on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if van de Reuzel tries to get out of the position.
van de Reuzel controlling the position.
Sandler is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sandler sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed van de Reuzel's guard.
Sandler prevents van de Reuzel from standing back up.
van de Reuzel regains full guard. Nicely done.
Sandler won't allow van de Reuzel to get back to his feet.
Sandler stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. van de Reuzel swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Sandler is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
van de Reuzel looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Sandler looking to pass the guard.

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

van de Reuzel fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sandler, pushing him back against the ropes.

van de Reuzel is trying to trip Sandler. He has hold of a leg but Sandler is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. van de Reuzel persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
van de Reuzel wants to control from the top but Sandler keeps moving.
van de Reuzel postures up in Sandler's guard and throws a big left but Sandler blocks it.
Sandler utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Sandler working for a triangle but van de Reuzel defends it easily.
van de Reuzel landing some decent shots from guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
van de Reuzel throwing strikes from guard but Sandler blocks nicely.
Sandler keeping moving, preventing van de Reuzel from controlling successfully.
van de Reuzel preventing the sweep.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
The fight stays on the outside here - van de Reuzel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

van de Reuzel has managed to clinch.

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.
Sandler is pressed up against the ropes. van de Reuzel has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Sandler down to the mat. Sandler avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
van de Reuzel tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Sandler paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sandler circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bob Sandler is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sandler gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A punch combination from Sandler misses.
van de Reuzel tries to clinch there but Sandler circles away.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from van de Reuzel.
van de Reuzel slips a jab from Sandler.
The fighters circling - Sandler throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sandler lands a right hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

De Ezel van de Reuzel dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

van de Reuzel closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Sandler did well to prevent van de Reuzel getting side control.
Sandler is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
van de Reuzel scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Sandler keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
van de Reuzel trying to advance position but Sandler counters by regaining guard.
van de Reuzel loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
van de Reuzel has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
van de Reuzel postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Sandler looking for a guillotine here but van de Reuzel defends easily.
Sandler takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
van de Reuzel with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's one minute gone in the round.
van de Reuzel distracts Sandler with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Sandler keeping moving, preventing van de Reuzel from controlling successfully.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as van de Reuzel accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells van de Reuzel's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
van de Reuzel stands up over Sandler, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
van de Reuzel keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Sandler's head.
van de Reuzel scoring with punches to the head and body.
Sandler looking for a sweep. Not yet Sandler, not yet.
van de Reuzel postures up and lands a big shot to Sandler's brow.
van de Reuzel lands a couple of decent looking shots.
van de Reuzel makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sandler keeping moving, preventing van de Reuzel from controlling successfully.
van de Reuzel stops Sandler from standing up.
van de Reuzel tries to free his leg and advance position but Sandler is retaining full guard.
van de Reuzel lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Sandler 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 trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
van de Reuzel is in close to Sandler's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Sandler manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Sandler is trying to stand up but he's being controlled by his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
van de Reuzel tries to reverse the position but Sandler maintains control.
van de Reuzel is controlling an arm, preventing Sandler from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.
van de Reuzel is trying to get to the ropes to help him get back to his feet.
van de Reuzel keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

Sandler working for a guillotine from mount but van de Reuzel is in no mood to give up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Sandler looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Sandler wants to take his opponent's back but van de Reuzel doesn't allow it.
Bob Sandler has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
van de Reuzel tries to hold on but Sandler postures up.
De Ezel van de Reuzel is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
van de Reuzel is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

And that's the end of the fight!
De Ezel van de Reuzel showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for van de Reuzel, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27

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