PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between zac attack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jari de Mur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). de Mur is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by around the world. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

attack
vs
de Mur

220 cm
23
150 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

173 cm
22
155 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Very confident

Syndicate Drugs

CBK MMA Nutrition
Win Nutritional

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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, zac attack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jari de Mur!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paul Aken and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

attack fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. de Mur sprawls well initially but attack persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
de Mur wants to control but attack is keeping busy and won't allow it.

attack is looking for a kimura here.
de Mur is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of attack's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take attack's back!
de Mur avoiding attack 's attempts to control his hands.

de Mur working for the choke.
de Mur gets his hands free as attack looks to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

de Mur tightening his grip on attack, looking for the choke.
de Mur doesn't have the hooks in and attack manages to turn into his guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
attack postures up.

attack is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
de Mur looking for a sweep. Not yet de Mur, not yet.
attack advances position into side control!

attack is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, de Mur has escaped the position, nice work there.
de Mur tries to improve position but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

attack is trying to get an arm triangle but de Mur is defending well.
de Mur wants to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
attack wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by de Mur, who protects the arm well.
attack really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
attack is breathing heavily.
de Mur is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
de Mur is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

attack thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
de Mur tries for a takedown but attack sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
de Mur throws a jab when attack was well out of range.
de Mur misses with a jab, cross combination.
de Mur swinging wilding here.
de Mur connects with a single shot there.
de Mur swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
attack shoots and misses
and de Mur connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
de Mur lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but attack circles away quickly and effectively.
A punch combination from de Mur misses.
attack with a lazy takedown attempt
and de Mur counters with a one-two to the body.
attack showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from de Mur.
de Mur tries to bum rush attack with a series of wild strikes but attack uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
zac attack seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four 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.
attack tries for a takedown but de Mur circles away easily

and de Mur counters with a single leg into guard. attack didn't expect that.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for zac attack. That's going to take a lot out of him.
attack keeping moving, preventing de Mur from controlling successfully.
de Mur trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

attack is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

de Mur thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
de Mur postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
de Mur must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
de Mur wants to control from the top but attack keeps moving.
attack will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

de Mur drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and de Mur jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

attack is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

attack doesn't succeed with the takedown
and de Mur counters with a one-two to the body.
attack tries for a takedown but de Mur circles away easily
and de Mur counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
attack keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
attack fails with the takedown
and de Mur counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for zac attack. That's going to take a lot out of him.
de Mur connects with a good right hand that stumbles attack. attack circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
attack tries for a takedown but de Mur circles away easily
and de Mur counters with a left and a right that stings attack.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
attack tries for a takedown but de Mur circles away easily
and de Mur counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
attack gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and de Mur counters with a two punch combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
de Mur misses with a low kick.
A punch combination from de Mur misses.

de Mur gets a takedown into half guard.
attack is looking to control de Mur's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can attack avoid being mounted?
de Mur wants to control but attack is keeping him busy.

attack actively working from the bottom here.

de Mur is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

attack is defending against the submission attempts here by de Mur.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
attack is looking to improve his position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
attack tries for a takedown but de Mur circles away easily

and de Mur counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by de Mur.

de Mur got a little sloppy there for a moment and attack has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, de Mur has managed to get both his arms back between attack's legs - danger averted.

de Mur drops back looking for a leg! attack is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and attack manages to kick de Mur off! de Mur jumps back into attack's guard.

attack is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

attack looking for submissions from the bottom but instead de Mur passes into half guard.
attack keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
It looks like de Mur is going to stand back up.

de Mur is working for a kimura but attack is defending it quite comfortably.

de Mur is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. attack doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time de Mur.

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.
de Mur not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
attack trying to control from the bottom.

attack is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but de Mur pulls his head out easily.
de Mur throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
de Mur gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and attack counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

attack thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
de Mur keeping moving, preventing attack from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jari de Mur showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

de Mur stalks attack and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into attack's face. attack staggers backwards, shaken.

attack shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. de Mur is trying to defend but attack finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
attack looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
de Mur wants to improve his position but attack is controlling well.

attack is working for a submission of some sort.
de Mur tries to roll over but attack keeps him under control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
de Mur is looking to control attack's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can de Mur avoid being mounted?
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
de Mur won't allow attack to pass to mount.
de Mur pushes attack off looking to stand but attack dives back in and keeps control.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
de Mur shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as attack sprawls well. attack wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. de Mur gets slowly back to his feet.
de Mur misses with a double jab.
attack fails with the takedown

and de Mur counters with a takedown into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
attack can't do much from the bottom here.
attack manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

attack is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
attack prevents de Mur from standing back up.
de Mur moves into full guard.
attack trying to control but de Mur is working from the bottom.
attack wants to stand but de Mur has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
de Mur keeping moving, preventing attack from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

de Mur is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
attack looking to sit in guard and control but de Mur gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as de Mur accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

attack looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! de Mur has picked attack up and slammed him! attack can't keep hold of the triangle and de Mur manages to pass to side control!

de Mur wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by attack, who protects the arm well.

de Mur wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by attack, who protects the arm well.
attack tries to improve position but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
attack wants to get back to his feet.
attack is trying to control de Mur's posture but de Mur avoids it.
de Mur in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
attack is looking for a sweep.
attack is not content to let de Mur control the position.
attack struggling a bit here.
Jari de Mur has got the better of the ground game so far.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
de Mur chopping away at his opponent's legs.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jari de Mur comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well de Mur 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 27:30
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jari de Mur!