PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Big Guns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brendan Ryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Guns's entrance music is RENEGADE MASTER. A fine choice. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Guns
vs
Ryan

185 cm
23
200 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

188 cm
23
195 lbs
2 - 2 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Big Guns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Brendan Ryan!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Paul Aken and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice shot lands for Ryan.
Guns gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Ryan swinging wilding here.
Guns takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Ryan swats away the attempt to clinch by Guns.
Ryan scores with a shot to the body.
Guns tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ryan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ryan lands a really nice looking cross but Guns seems unphased.
Nice body punch from Ryan.
Guns is looking to clinch but Ryan is avoiding it.
Some wild striking there from Ryan.
Guns moves in looking to clinch but Ryan pushes him off.
Guns throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ryan misses with a body shot

and Guns counters by moving into the clinch.
Ryan taking a breather.
A bit of stalling here from Guns.
Still in the clinch, Ryan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Guns digs a right hand into Ryan's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ryan's gas tank.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryan is trying to maintain a safe position but Guns gets an underhook and turns Ryan into the cage.
Ryan stalling in the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ryan as Guns tries to tie him up.
Ryan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ryan stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Guns tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ryan's elbow.

Ryan successfully pulls guard.
Ryan is adopting a defensive guard.
Guns has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Guns preventing the sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Guns has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Ryan is proving hard to escape from.
Guns trying to control but Ryan 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.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Ryan is on top in guard.
Ryan throwing strikes but missing.
Ryan in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Guns is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Ryan with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ryan is looking to work some ground and pound but Guns has wrist control.
Ryan with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ryan postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ryan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Guns swivels though and keeps the full guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Ryan swats away the attempt to clinch by Guns.
Ryan throws a leg kick which misses Guns's front leg but catches the back leg as Guns tries to avoid it.
Guns scores with a punch to the head.
Ryan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Guns moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ryan lands with a nice body punch.
Ryan cracks Guns with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Brendan Ryan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ryan ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ryan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Guns doesn't seem bothered though.
Guns is breathing heavily.
Ryan lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Guns slips a straight right by Ryan.
No joy there for Guns, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Left hook, right uppercut from Ryan.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ryan changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Guns takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ryan throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Ryan scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Ryan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

Guns is rocked!
Ryan misses with a low kick.
Oh Guns is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Guns tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Ryan is able to avoid easily.
Guns seems to have got his legs back now.
Guns ducks right into an uppercut from Ryan.
Ryan lands with a shot to the body.
Ryan tries to land a front kick but Guns steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Ryan swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Guns.
Ryan connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Ryan stuns Guns with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ryan scores with a leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Guns checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Guns keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A combination from Guns does no damage.
Ryan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Guns drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brendan Ryan dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Ryan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Ryan lands a nice shot to the body.
Left hook, right uppercut from Ryan.
Ryan throws a right and a left that Guns avoids nicely.
Guns tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ryan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A jab from Ryan misses.
Ryan smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Ryan misses with a takedown

and Guns counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Guns.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ryan.
Guns letting Ryan take a breather here.
Ryan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Guns wants to stall.
A short right from Ryan.

Ryan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ryan scores with a body shot.
Ryan misses with a looping left.
Brendan Ryan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Guns throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ryan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Guns walks into a stiff left hand from Ryan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Ryan.
Ryan throws a leg kick but Guns checks it.
Guns ducks under a wild hook from Ryan.
Guns takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ryan scores with a nice head shot.
Ryan thuds his right hand into Guns's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Ryan shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Guns slips under a jab.
Guns tries to clinch but Ryan is having none of it.
Guns drops his hands momentarily and Ryan takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Ryan throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Guns stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ryan scores with a three punch combo!
Ryan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Guns moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ryan misses with a low kick.
Ryan lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ryan with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ryan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Guns was well out of range. Poor timing from Ryan.
A punch combination from Ryan misses.
A decent looking cross lands there for Ryan.
Big Guns is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ryan wants to land a leg kick but Guns is out of range.
Ryan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ryan lands the left hand.
Guns tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ryan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Guns wants to clinch up but Ryan keeps it at a distance.

Ryan shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Guns napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Ryan is working Guns over with some ground and pound from side control.
Guns takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Ryan wants to lay and pray for a moment but Guns keeps working.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ryan scores with a couple of short elbows.
Ryan is chipping away with strikes.
Ryan fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Ryan scoring with punches and elbows.
Guns is trying to improve his position.
Guns on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Guns tries to get out of the position.
Ryan is chipping away with strikes.
An elbow from Ryan crashes against the mat.
Guns taking a bit of punishment here - Ryan scoring with strikes.
Ryan in side control, just content to control the action for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ryan trying to control the position but Guns is working away.
Ryan tries to score with some ground and pound. Guns controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Ryan trying to control the action but Guns is working from the bottom.
Guns parries the strikes from Ryan easily there. Ryan is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Guns to escape.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sloppy strikes there by Ryan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brendan Ryan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Ryan throws a looping overhand right but Guns ducks down to avoid it.
Guns doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Ryan scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The fighters circle momentarily. Ryan darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Guns scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Guns looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Ryan misses with a low kick.
Ryan throws a body punch but Guns moves out of range.
Guns scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Ryan bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Guns's head.
Guns takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Ryan misses with a wild combination.
Ryan connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Guns's hands.
Ryan shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Guns but Guns pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Ryan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ryan has a takedown stuffed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryan misses with a two punch combination.
Ryan missing with a left hand there. Guns was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ryan lands the left hand.
Ryan moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Ryan throws a hook but Guns avoids it easily.
Ryan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Guns wants to clinch up but Ryan keeps it at a distance.
Ryan throws a jab when Guns was well out of range.
Ryan throws a sloppy body shot
and Guns counters with a series of strikes. Ryan will be more careful next time no doubt.
Ryan throws the left hand but Guns avoids the punch easily.
Guns misses with a jab, cross combination.
Guns is looking to clinch but Ryan is avoiding it.
Guns walks into a straight right hand from Ryan.
Ryan tries for a takedown but Guns sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Big Guns has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brendan Ryan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Guns checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Ryan scores with a shot to the body.
Ryan misses with a body shot.
Guns checks the leg kick nicely there.
Ryan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Guns tries to close the distance and clinch but Ryan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Guns keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ryan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Guns circles away quickly and effectively.
Ryan shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Guns but Guns pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Guns checks a low kick from Ryan.
Ryan works over Guns's head and body with a nice combination.
Ryan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Guns was well out of range. Poor timing from Ryan.
Guns avoids the body shot from Ryan.
Guns takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Ryan scores with a one two! Guns had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guns checks the leg kick.
A left lands for Ryan.
Ryan lands a nice shot to the body.
Ryan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Guns tries to clinch there but Ryan circles away.
Guns staying out of range there.
Ryan lands a nice shot that snaps Guns's head back.
Big Guns has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ryan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ryan throws a hook but Guns avoids it easily.
Ryan connects with a jab.
Ryan misses with an uppercut. Guns saw that one coming.
Guns showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ryan.
Ryan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ryan fails with a takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guns lands a body shot.
Big Guns is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ryan loads up on a big right hand but Guns slips the punch.
Ryan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Guns.
Guns tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ryan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Guns counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Ryan scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Guns takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
The fight stays on the outside here - Guns looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Guns wants to clinch.
Ryan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ryan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Guns takes a swing at Ryan's ribcage but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brendan Ryan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Ryan 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 Albert Achterberg scores the fight 25:30
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 25:30
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brendan Ryan!