PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Alika Mumea (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karl De Groot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Mumea
vs
De Groot

175 cm
23
153 lbs
8 - 0 - 0

170 cm
20
155 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

BEST NUTRITION,no doping

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alika Mumea!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Karl De Groot!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Daniel Blasius and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Groot fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mumea manages to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from De Groot. Mumea does a little dance to reset his feet.
De Groot takes a swing at Mumea's ribcage but misses.
Mumea misses with a hook to the body
and De Groot counters with a right hand to the body.
De Groot scores with a jab to the body.
De Groot is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Mumea rather than just go for the knockout.
De Groot throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A shot to the body from De Groot misses
letting Mumea counter with a right hand.
De Groot throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
De Groot looks to land a right hand but Mumea moved out of range.
Mumea with a poor takedown
and De Groot counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Mumea thinking.
De Groot throws out a loose jab but Mumea uses good head movement to avoid it.
No joy there for De Groot, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
De Groot takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Mumea tests De Groot's chin there with a solid looking shot.
De Groot bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Mumea's head.
Mumea misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Mumea has managed to clinch.
De Groot stalling in the clinch but Mumea improves position.
A short right from De Groot.
Mumea lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of De Groot backwards.
Mumea can't find room to land a body shot as De Groot controls the action.
A hook to the body from De Groot.
De Groot wants to break the clinch but can't.

De Groot breaks the clinch.
Mumea checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
De Groot comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Mumea misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
De Groot misses with a hook.
De Groot lands a jab to Mumea's midsection.
De Groot connects with a body shot.
Mumea uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from De Groot.
De Groot throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mumea sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Groot swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mumea slips under a jab.
De Groot listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Mumea swings for the body but De Groot moves out of range.
De Groot jabs Mumea right on the nose. Mumea blinks but takes it well.
Mumea is looking to land body kicks.
De Groot misses with a shot to the body
and Mumea counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mumea misses the jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from De Groot. Mumea does a little dance to reset his feet.
De Groot will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Karl De Groot is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
De Groot swings away with a body shot that misses
and Mumea counters with a stiff right hand.
Mumea takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Nice uppercut lands for De Groot. That snapped Mumea's head back.
De Groot throws a hook to the side of Mumea's head but Mumea sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mumea is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by De Groot.
Mumea misses with an uppercut.
A slow jab from De Groot misses its intended target.
De Groot misses with an uppercut. Mumea saw that one coming.
De Groot fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
De Groot keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
De Groot misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mumea.
De Groot is looking to clinch but Mumea is avoiding it.
De Groot wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
De Groot throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Mumea counters with a straight right hand.
Mumea throws the left hand but De Groot avoids the punch easily.
Mumea jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mumea steps to the side to avoid the strikes from De Groot.
Mumea misses with a takedown
and De Groot counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alika Mumea. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mumea misses with a straight right.
The fighters circling - De Groot throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
De Groot scores with a crisp jab that stopped Mumea in his tracks.
De Groot steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mumea.
Nice straight punches there by De Groot. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of De Groot.
De Groot scores with a one two! Mumea had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
De Groot is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Mumea had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
A jab from Mumea misses.
Mumea lands with a right hand.
Mumea throws a big shot that misses.
Mumea misses the shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
De Groot swings for the body but Mumea moves out of range.
Mumea looks to score with a jab to the body but De Groot is just out of range.
De Groot misses with a body punch
and Mumea counters with a stiff right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Karl De Groot dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

De Groot takes a swing at Mumea's ribcage but misses.
De Groot connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Good exchange - De Groot coming out on top.
De Groot throws a nice looking combination but Mumea bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
De Groot jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
De Groot attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Mumea throws a jab when De Groot was well out of range.
Mumea looks to score with a jab to the body but De Groot is just out of range.
Mumea swings and misses with a shot to the body
and De Groot counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Mumea thinking.
De Groot takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Mumea's corner calls for a 1-2. Mumea obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A jab from De Groot misses.
Mumea connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Donk. Mumea catches De Groot right on the button with a cross.
Mumea avoids the body shot from De Groot.
Karl De Groot seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Groot connects with a jab.
Mumea tries to clinch but De Groot moves out of range.
Mumea fails with an attempt to clinch.
A swing and a miss from Mumea.
Mumea checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Mumea takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Mumea looks to land a left hand but De Groot moved out of range nicely.
Mumea moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Mumea takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Mumea ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De Groot moves away.
Mumea pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A slow jab from De Groot misses its intended target.
De Groot swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Mumea counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
De Groot thumps Mumea with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Groot cracks Mumea with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Mumea tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
De Groot throws a combination that misses

and Mumea counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Mumea is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A body shot lands from Mumea.
Stalling in the clinch from Mumea.
Mumea lands a body shot.
De Groot lands with a short head shot on the inside.
De Groot looking to stall.

De Groot breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mumea misses with a hook.
De Groot lands with a nice body punch.
De Groot misses with a jab, cross combination.
De Groot throws a leg kick but Mumea sees it coming and moves out of range.
A jab from Mumea does it's job there.

Mumea drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mumea sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but De Groot is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Mumea has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
De Groot is trying to control Mumea's posture but Mumea avoids it.
Mumea tries to score with some ground and pound. De Groot controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
You can see the frustration on De Groot's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Mumea in side control lands a decent elbow.
Mumea misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Mumea scores with punches from side control.
Mumea postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Mumea in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
The ground and pound from Mumea seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Mumea are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Mumea scores with a couple of short elbows.
Mumea tries to score with some ground and pound. De Groot controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
A lull in the action here.
De Groot wants to control but Mumea postures up.
Sloppy strikes there by Mumea.
De Groot is looking for a sweep.
Mumea scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at De Groot to see if he's OK.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mumea trying to control the position but De Groot is working away.
Mumea scoring with punches from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alika Mumea dominated that second round.
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.

De Groot swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
De Groot misses with a shot to the body
and Mumea counters with a left to the body.
Mumea moves out of range of the strikes.
Mumea ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
De Groot throws a looping overhand right but Mumea ducks down to avoid it.
De Groot moves in looking to clinch but Mumea pushes him off.
De Groot is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Horrible takedown by Mumea or perhaps it was just good defense by De Groot which made him look bad.
A combination from De Groot does no damage.
A looping hook to the body misses from De Groot. Mumea does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mumea thows a body shot but no joy.
De Groot misses with a jab to the body
and Mumea counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
The crowd cheers as Mumea lands an impressive looking overhand right. De Groot doesn't seem phased though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mumea misses with a takedown attempt - De Groot sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
De Groot lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
De Groot scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
De Groot scores with a jab to the head.
De Groot bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Mumea's head.
De Groot throws a sloppy body shot
and Mumea counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps De Groot thinking.
Mumea blocks a leg kick.
De Groot throws a nice inside leg kick.
De Groot is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Mumea.
De Groot misses with a straight right.
De Groot throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
De Groot uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mumea.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Groot throws an overhand right that lands on Mumea's shoulder, as Mumea tries to avoid the shot.
Mumea throws a right and a left that De Groot avoids nicely.
Mumea takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
De Groot throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mumea looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

Mumea shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in De Groot's guard.
De Groot utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Mumea in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Mumea trying to control the position from guard on top but De Groot is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mumea pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. De Groot is keeping the position for now.
De Groot looking to control.
Mumea missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mumea trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mumea throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as De Groot works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
De Groot just misses with a punch to the body.
A swing and a miss from De Groot.
De Groot misses with a hook. Mumea ducked under it nicely.
Mumea tries to land a front kick but De Groot steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Mumea throws a hook but De Groot avoids it easily.
Karl De Groot seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A shot to the body from De Groot misses
and Mumea counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
De Groot scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Mumea shoots for a double leg takedown but De Groot sprawls well. He's pushed Mumea's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alika Mumea. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mumea tries to clinch up but De Groot circles away and keeps his distance.
Mumea takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Mumea misses with a telegraphed body shot
and De Groot counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mumea avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
De Groot looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
De Groot circles away from the clinch attempt.
De Groot misses with a body shot.
De Groot blocks a head kick by Mumea.
De Groot misses with a straight right.
De Groot avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A jab from Mumea does it's job there.
Mumea tries to close the distance and clinch but De Groot swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
De Groot throws a looping overhand right but Mumea ducks down to avoid it.
De Groot tests Mumea's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Mumea lands a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alika Mumea clearly takes that round.
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.

De Groot fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Mumea uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from De Groot.

Mumea feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
De Groot working a defensive guard here.
Mumea wants to pass the guard but De Groot is keeping the position.
De Groot is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Mumea working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of De Groot's head.
Mumea pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. De Groot is keeping the position for now.
Mumea trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mumea in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Mumea is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Mumea slips under a jab from De Groot.
Mumea looks to score with a jab to the body but De Groot is just out of range.
A big left from De Groot misses.
A big right from De Groot misses.
De Groot punishes Mumea's body with a nice straight punch.
Mumea looks for a takedown but De Groot sprawls well.
Mumea looks for a takedown but De Groot sprawls well.
De Groot lands with a right hand.

That's two 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.

De Groot closes the distance and clinches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from De Groot.
De Groot tries to work over Mumea's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mumea is working for takedown but De Groot is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alika Mumea. That's going to take a lot out of him.
De Groot lands a right hand.
De Groot tries a body shot but Mumea blocks it.
De Groot trying to control the position but instead, Mumea has worked for underhooks and has pushed De Groot into the cage.
A frustrated look appears on De Groot's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Mumea has De Groot pressed against the cage, preventing De Groot from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
De Groot lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mumea backwards.
Mumea taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
De Groot is trying to force a seperation but Mumea has the dominant position.
Mumea lands a right hand that snaps the head of De Groot backwards.
De Groot struggles to land a body shot inside as Mumea controls his hands.
A right hand to the body from Mumea.
De Groot blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
De Groot wants to break free but Mumea has control.
De Groot trying to stall but Mumea improves his position.
Mumea lands a shoulder strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Groot digs a right hand underneath Mumea's ribcage. Mumea let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Mumea misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from De Groot.

De Groot breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mumea showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from De Groot.
De Groot is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
De Groot thows a body shot but no joy.
Mumea takes one to the chin there.
Mumea uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De Groot.
De Groot missing with a left hand there. Mumea was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mumea throws a left and a right that both miss
and De Groot counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Mumea doesn't manage to clinch there - De Groot circles away.
Mumea misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
De Groot avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Mumea misses with a wild body shot.
Mumea misses with an uppercut. De Groot saw that one coming.
De Groot misses with a hook.
Mumea tries to clinch up.
Mumea takes a shot right to the bread basket.
De Groot thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mumea thows a body shot but no joy.
De Groot misses with a looping right.
De Groot misses with a looping right.

Mumea clinches.
De Groot misses with a shot to the kidneys.
De Groot is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Mumea is keeping busy.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mumea just misses with a elbow thrown towards De Groot's brow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Karl De Groot will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

De Groot changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Mumea tries to clinch but De Groot moves out of range.
Mumea throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mumea tries a head kick but it misses.
Mumea uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from De Groot.
Mumea swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
De Groot misses with a double jab
enabling Mumea to counter with a crisp jab.
De Groot avoids the body shot from Mumea.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mumea waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract De Groot.
Mumea takes a body punch but keeps moving.
De Groot throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mumea doesn't manage to clinch there - De Groot circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Groot misses the jab.
De Groot staying out of range there.
Mumea takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
De Groot pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
De Groot throws a shot from downtown. Mumea moves away and avoids it.
De Groot swats away the attempt to clinch by Mumea.
De Groot is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Mumea.
Nice shot lands for Mumea.
De Groot misses with a body shot.

That's two 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.
De Groot swings for the body but Mumea moves out of range.
De Groot tries a low kick but Mumea avoids it.
De Groot misses with a body shot.

Mumea clinches up against the cage.
De Groot wants to break the clinch but can't.
De Groot swings away with an uppercut that misses.

De Groot breaks from the clinch.
Mumea throws a predictable looking body shot
letting De Groot counter with a right hand.
Mumea slips a jab from De Groot.
Mumea misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Groot.
De Groot lands a nice shot to the body.
Mumea displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as De Groot throws out the jab.
Mumea uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De Groot.
De Groot gets cracked there but stands up to it.
De Groot throws a hook to the side of Mumea's head but Mumea sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Groot tries to clinch up
letting Mumea counter with a right hand.
Mumea tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but De Groot paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mumea tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Groot was well out of range. Poor timing from Mumea.
De Groot throws a sloppy body shot

and Mumea counters with a single leg into guard. De Groot didn't expect that.
Mumea wants to control from the top but De Groot keeps moving.
Mumea is looking to work some ground and pound but De Groot has wrist control.
Mumea trying to control the position from guard on top but De Groot is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
De Groot trying to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mumea looking to pass the guard.
Mumea with a flurry of punches that miss.
Mumea throws a big right hand that misses.
De Groot keeping full guard, as Mumea tries to pass.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Mumea steps to the side to avoid the strikes from De Groot.
De Groot misses with a hook to the body

and Mumea decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in De Groot's guard.
De Groot is trying to control the position from the bottom.
De Groot looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Mumea slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alika Mumea showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Mumea has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 49:47
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 48:47
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 48:47

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alika Mumea!
Alika Mumea is the new featherweight champion!