PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Beanie Braids (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Prince (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Braids comes into the arena with I Made It" (Cash Money Heroes) blaring out of the sound system. Prince has chosen 50 cent outta control as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Braids
vs
Prince

190 cm
23
153 lbs
3 - 7 - 0

190 cm
22
155 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Intelligent

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 3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Beanie Braids!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bob Prince!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Daniel Blasius and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prince avoids the head kick by Braids.
A looping hook to the body misses from Prince. Braids does a little dance to reset his feet.
Prince tries to close the distance and clinch up but Braids swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Prince circles away from the clinch attempt.
Braids takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Prince wants to clinch

and Braids counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Braids.

Braids breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Prince misses with a shot to the body
and Braids counters with a leg kick.
Braids darts in trying to clinch

and Prince counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Prince.
Nice body punch from Braids.
Braids trying to control the position but instead, Prince has worked for underhooks and has pushed Braids into the ropes.
A frustrated look appears on Prince's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Braids breaks the clinch.
Braids misses with a wild combination.
Prince throws a lazy body kick
and Braids counters with a one-two to the body.
Prince is looking to clinch.
Braids lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

Prince is rocked!
Braids closes the distance but Prince moves to the side
and Prince counters with a solid body kick.
Prince tries to clinch up.
Braids throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Braids darts in trying to clinch
and Prince counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Braids tries to clinch up but Prince circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Braids rushes Prince and presses him up against the ropes.
Prince looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Braids breaks from the clinch.
Braids misses with a leg kick
and Prince counters with a left to the body.
Prince lands a jab to Braids's midsection.
Prince swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Braids clinches.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Braids is struggling to control the position.

Braids manages to break the clinch.

Braids pushes Prince up against the ropes in a clinch.

Braids escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Prince tries to clinch but Braids moves away
and Braids counters with a slapping leg kick.
Braids moves in looking to clinch but Prince pushes him off.
Braids really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Braids scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Braids misses with a wild body shot.

Braids clinches with his opponent.
Prince tries to break free but Braids pushes him back against the ropes.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.

Prince breaks from the clinch.
Braids closes the distance but Prince moves to the side

and Prince counters by clinching up.
Prince lands a left hand.

Braids pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Braids throws a sloppy head kick and Prince moves out of range easily.
Prince is looking to score with low kicks.
Braids tries to clinch up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Prince tries to clinch up.
Prince fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Braids manages to avoid it.
Braids takes a jab right on the kisser.

It looks like Beanie Braids has been cut.
Donk. Prince catches Braids right on the button with a cross.
Braids circles away from the clinch attempt

and Braids holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Braids is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Prince keeps control of Braids as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Prince wants to get back to striking at distance but Braids won't allow it.
Prince wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Braids lands a body shot in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Beanie Braids dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Beanie Braids's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Braids misses with a hook.
Prince wants to clinch
and Braids counters with a big head kick but Prince shrugs it off.
Braids misses with a jab to the body
and Prince counters with a one-two to the body.
Prince circles away from the clinch attempt
and Prince makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A thudding body kick lands there by Braids!
Braids fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Prince is out of range.
Braids wants to clinch but Prince slips to the side
and Prince counters with a nice low kick that buckles Braids's knee momentarily.
Braids throws a left and a right that both miss
and Prince counters with an inside leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Prince closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Braids breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Prince throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Braids stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Prince, right into the meat.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Prince has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Prince stalling.
Prince missing with knees to the body.
Braids misses with a punch to the body.
Prince lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Prince escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Braids pivots, looking for a leg kick but Prince is out of range and Braids settles back down.
Braids blocks a head kick by Prince.
Braids closes the distance but Prince moves to the side
and Prince cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prince is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Prince attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Braids throws a nice outside leg kick.
Prince wants to clinch up but Braids keeps it at a distance.
Beanie Braids is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Prince moves into range and clinches up with Braids.
Braids wants to break the clinch but can't.
Braids is trying to break the clinch but Prince has him pressed against the ropes.
Braids taking a breather.
Prince wants to break the clinch but can't.
Braids stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Prince is trying to break the clinch but Braids is controlling him.
Prince wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Braids wants to stall.
Prince wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Braids being controlled against the ropes.
A frustrated look appears on Prince's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Braids dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Prince has had enough of the clinch but Braids keeps him there for the moment.
Braids stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

Prince manages to break the clinch.
Prince looks to land a combination but Braids avoids it well.
Prince lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Prince.

Braids darts in and clinches Prince up against the ropes.
Prince is trying to break the clinch but Braids has him pressed against the ropes.
Braids lands a body shot in the clinch.

Prince pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Braids fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Prince misses
and Braids counters with a left to the body.
Braids tries to clinch but Prince moves away

and Prince holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Braids crunches a lovely knee into Prince's ribcage.

Braids pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Prince is looking to clinch.
Braids throws a nice looking combination but Prince bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A big right from Braids misses.
Braids throws a head kick that Prince semi-blocks.
Prince steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Braids. That one must have hurt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Braids keeps the fight on the outside.
Braids closes the distance but Prince moves to the side
and Prince counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Braids thinking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bob Prince showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Beanie Braids's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Braids lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Prince has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Prince and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Prince circles away from the clinch attempt.
Braids throws a left and a right that both miss

and Prince counters by moving into the clinch.
Prince is trying to break the clinch but Braids is controlling him.
Braids just leaning against Prince, taking a breather.
Prince tries to break the clinch but Braids is controlling the position.
Braids works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

Braids escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Braids misses with a low kick as Prince jumps back.

Prince rushes Braids and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body punch from Prince - that landed with a thud.
Prince stalling in the clinch but Braids improves position.
Braids has Prince pressed against the ropes, preventing Prince from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Braids stalling the fight.

Braids's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Prince misses with the combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prince throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Braids counters with a left to the body.
Prince misses with a body punch
and Braids counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Braids looks for the body kick but Prince saw that one coming.

Braids closes the distance and clinches.
Braids looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Prince takes a knee to the side of the body.
Braids works on Prince's body with a couple of short punches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Prince.
Prince lands with a left to the head.
Braids is trying to stall.

Braids breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Prince throws a sloppy body shot
and Braids counters with a big head kick but Prince shrugs it off.

Prince closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Prince breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Prince looks to clinch
and Braids makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Braids misses with an attempted mid kick.
Prince throws a low kick, looking for Braids's leg but Braids calmly moves out of range.
Braids keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Prince tries to clinch but Braids moves out of range.
A clash of legs there as Prince blocks the low kick.
Braids swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Prince counters with a slapping leg kick.
Braids checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Braids tries to clinch but Prince is having none of it.

Prince closes the distance and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Braids tries to break free but Prince pushes him back against the ropes.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Braids wants to stall.
A short body shot lands from Braids as the two fighters clinch.
Braids keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Prince's efforts to push away.

Braids breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Prince doesn't manage to clinch there - Braids circles away.
Prince connects with a crisp jab.
Braids tries to clinch but Prince moves out of range.
Prince changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Prince stalks Braids and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Braids's face. Braids staggers backwards, shaken.
Braids swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Prince counters with a three punch combo that has Braids backing up. Braids nods at Prince to acknowledge the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Braids circles away from the clinch attempt
and Braids counters with a head kick. That will keep Prince thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Braids is looking to wear down Prince with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Braids misses with a few strikes there.
Braids throws a head kick that misses
and Prince counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Braids circles away from the clinch attempt.
Prince throws a leg kick that is checked

and Braids counters by clinching up.
Prince wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Braids is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Maybe Braids would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Braids tries to work over Prince's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Bob Prince.
I think Prince has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 for Bob Prince!
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight for Bob Prince!
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight for Bob Prince!

Bob Prince wins by unanimous decision!