PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Willie Conway (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johannes van Bruggen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Conway
vs
van Bruggen

188 cm
20
217 lbs
5 - 3 - 1

185 cm
20
210 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Battalion Athletics
Vicious Nutrition (159 Recovery With Proof)

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 5 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Willie Conway!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Johannes van Bruggen!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paulsen Ambrosius and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Conway takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Conway bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
van Bruggen connects with a right hand. Conway shakes it off.
van Bruggen scores with a hook to the body. Conway takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A cross from van Bruggen lands.
Conway lands with a nice body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Conway misses with an attempted mid kick.
Conway feints and then cracks van Bruggen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow van Bruggen down.

Conway gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows van Bruggen to score an easy takedown into full guard.
van Bruggen stopping the sweep attempt from Conway.
van Bruggen's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conway looking to control.
van Bruggen in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
van Bruggen throwing strikes but missing.
van Bruggen connects with a couple of short punches.
van Bruggen missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
van Bruggen slips nicely into half guard.
Conway avoiding damage under a succession of punches from van Bruggen.

That's two 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.
van Bruggen throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
van Bruggen is trying to control. Conway wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
van Bruggen might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Conway kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
van Bruggen is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
van Bruggen trying to control the pace.
van Bruggen not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
van Bruggen not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Conway keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
van Bruggen sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Conway defending well though.
Conway keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
van Bruggen with the ground and pound but Conway uses the opportunity to regain guard.
van Bruggen tries to free his leg and advance position but Conway is retaining full guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Conway ducks down and throws a hook to the body but van Bruggen moves away.
van Bruggen checks the leg kick nicely there.

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.
van Bruggen lands a slapping body shot.

van Bruggen darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Conway tries to get to full guard but van Bruggen has control of the leg.
van Bruggen thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Conway's head.
van Bruggen thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
van Bruggen takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
van Bruggen seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johannes van Bruggen dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

van Bruggen lands a jab to Conway's midsection.
Conway moves out of range as van Bruggen strikes.
van Bruggen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Conway takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Conway staying out of range there.
van Bruggen is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Conway throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from van Bruggen.

van Bruggen shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
van Bruggen is trying to control. Conway wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
van Bruggen trying to pass the guard but Conway defending well.
van Bruggen has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
van Bruggen seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Conway does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
van Bruggen working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
van Bruggen not landing any meaningful shots this time.
van Bruggen slips a nice elbow through Conway's hands, connecting with Conway's forehead.
van Bruggen with the ground and pound but Conway uses the opportunity to regain guard.
van Bruggen postures up in Conway's guard and throws a big left but Conway blocks it.
van Bruggen stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Conway swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
van Bruggen in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
van Bruggen controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
van Bruggen stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Conway swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
van Bruggen is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Conway wants to sweep but no luck.
van Bruggen postures up in Conway's guard and throws a big left but Conway blocks it.
Conway keeping full guard, as van Bruggen tries to pass.
Conway preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

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.
van Bruggen advances position into side control!
van Bruggen wants to lay and pray for a moment but Conway keeps working.

van Bruggen tries for a kimura but Conway is defending well.
van Bruggen looks up at the clock and then as Conway takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, van Bruggen smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Conway prevents van Bruggen from moving into mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johannes van Bruggen 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!

Conway throws a body kick that misses.
Conway fakes high and swings low for a body shot but van Bruggen manages to avoid it.
van Bruggen throws a jab but it's blocked by Conway.

van Bruggen looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Conway is refusing to be controlled, as van Bruggen sits in half guard.
van Bruggen looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
van Bruggen working Conway over with strikes.
Conway is trying to control but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conway blocking the ground and pound attempt from van Bruggen.
van Bruggen is pressing down on Conway's thigh, looking to free his foot. Conway is holding on for now.
Conway is staying active underneath van Bruggen, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Conway keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
A head kick misses from Conway.
Conway uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from van Bruggen.
Conway works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Conway throws a low kick but it's checked well by van Bruggen.
van Bruggen with a jab.
van Bruggen throws a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conway dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on van Bruggen. That did some damage!
van Bruggen throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Conway stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Conway displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from van Bruggen.
Nice uppercut there from van Bruggen.
Willie Conway is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
van Bruggen lands a slapping body shot.
van Bruggen scores with a punch to the head.

van Bruggen shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Conway's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Conway lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for van Bruggen!
van Bruggen is trying desperately to improve position.
van Bruggen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
van Bruggen is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Conway controlling from the full mount.
Conway looking to control but van Bruggen is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Johannes van Bruggen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

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.
van Bruggen keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Willie Conway has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Conway misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
van Bruggen wants to control but Conway is having none of it.
van Bruggen manages to regain half guard. Good work.

And that's the end of the fight!
Johannes van Bruggen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well van Bruggen 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johannes van Bruggen!