PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Deron Bryant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maximillian Van Goethe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bryant
vs
Van Goethe

198 cm
23
208 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

190 cm
18
213 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Deron Bryant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Maximillian Van Goethe!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Lou da Vinci and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bryant throws a right hand that Van Goethe ducks under and follows up with a left that Van Goethe also avoids with ease.
Bryant tries to clinch up but Van Goethe circles away and keeps his distance.
Van Goethe misses the shot to the body.
Bryant tries to clinch up but Van Goethe circles away and keeps his distance.
Van Goethe throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bryant sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Van Goethe thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bryant misses with a body kick.
Van Goethe displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bryant throws out the jab.
Bryant defending well as Van Goethe loads up on a big left hand.
Van Goethe throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bryant.

Bryant gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Bryant prevents Van Goethe from breaking the clinch.
Bryant blocks an uppercut.
Bryant misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Bryant.
Bryant is trying to drag Van Goethe to the mat but Van Goethe just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Bryant stalls.
Van Goethe doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bryant presses Van Goethe against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Van Goethe is looking to break free of the clinch but Bryant has double underhooks.
Van Goethe tries to break the clinch but Bryant is controlling the position.
Van Goethe prevents the takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bryant.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bryant as Van Goethe tries to tie him up.
Bryant lands with a short shot to the head.
Van Goethe is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Van Goethe wants to break free but Bryant has control.

Bryant's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Van Goethe throws an overhand right that lands on Bryant's shoulder, as Bryant tries to avoid the shot.
Van Goethe misses with an uppercut.
Bryant staying out of range there.
Bryant tries to clinch there but Van Goethe circles away.
Van Goethe misses with a straight right.

Bryant instigates a clinch.
Van Goethe is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.

Bryant breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Van Goethe misses with a straight left.
Van Goethe cracks Bryant with an open hand slap.
Bryant fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Deron Bryant. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bryant moves out of range of the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bryant swings for the body but Van Goethe moves out of range.
Van Goethe avoids the head kick by Bryant.
Van Goethe lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Bryant is looking to clinch.
Bryant takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Bryant slips a jab from Van Goethe.
A left and a right from Van Goethe both land. Nice combination.

Bryant clinches with his opponent.
Van Goethe throws a head punch that misses.
Van Goethe misses with a hook from the clinch.
Van Goethe is looking to break free of the clinch but Bryant has double underhooks.
Van Goethe is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Van Goethe wants to break free but Bryant has control.
Van Goethe has had enough of the clinch but Bryant keeps him there for the moment.
Van Goethe wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bryant has him pressed against the cage.
Bryant unloads a knee to the mid-section. Van Goethe lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Van Goethe looks gassed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Bryant manages to break the clinch.
Van Goethe takes a head kick and keeps coming.

It looks like Maximillian Van Goethe has been cut.
Bryant explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.

Bryant gets a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bryant manages to break the clinch.
A jab from Bryant finds it's way through Van Goethe's defenses.

Bryant clinches with his opponent.

Bryant breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bryant tries to clinch but Van Goethe moves out of range.
Van Goethe swings for the body but Bryant moves out of range.

Bryant gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Van Goethe is looking to control Bryant's arms but Bryant gets an underhook and turns him. Now Van Goethe has his back to the cage.
Bryant using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Van Goethe creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bryant lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bryant keeps control of Van Goethe as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bryant working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Van Goethe misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bryant controlling the action here for a moment.

Bryant pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Van Goethe swinging wildly here.
Van Goethe throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Bryant counters by clinching up.
Bryant tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A left hand lands to the body for Van Goethe.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bryant escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bryant moves out of range as Van Goethe strikes.
Nice body kick there by Bryant.

Bryant moves into the clinch.
Bryant leaning his opponent against the cage.
Van Goethe is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Bryant gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Van Goethe being controlled here, momentarily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bryant stops Van Goethe from standing up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Deron Bryant dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Maximillian Van Goethe's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Bryant darts in and clinches Van Goethe up against the cage.
Bryant stalls.
Bryant blocks an uppercut.
Bryant has Van Goethe pressed against the cage, preventing Van Goethe from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Van Goethe is trying to break free.
Van Goethe tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Bryant.
Bryant lands a left hand that snaps the head of Van Goethe backwards.
Van Goethe wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short left from Bryant.
Van Goethe takes a shot to the head.
Van Goethe wants to break free but Bryant has control.
Bryant lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Van Goethe is trying to break the clinch but Bryant has him pressed against the cage.
Bryant misses with a punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bryant has Van Goethe pressed against the cage, preventing Van Goethe from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Van Goethe lands with a light punch inside.
Bryant unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Van Goethe is breathing heavily.
Van Goethe being controlled against the cage.
Van Goethe can't break the clinch.
Bryant lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Goethe tries to circle away but Bryant has him pinned against the cage.
Bryant stalling the fight.
Bryant gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Van Goethe is looking to break free of the clinch but Bryant has double underhooks.

Bryant escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Maximillian Van Goethe is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bryant just misses with a punch to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bryant looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Van Goethe looks to land a combination but Bryant avoids it well.
Van Goethe on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Van Goethe misses with a straight left.
Van Goethe throws a lazy right hand but Bryant sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bryant feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Van Goethe's calf.
Bryant lands with a cross.
No joy there for Bryant, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Bryant rushes Van Goethe and presses him up against the cage.
Bryant blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Bryant breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bryant slips under a jab from Van Goethe.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bryant moves into range and clinches up with Van Goethe.
Bryant working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Van Goethe creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bryant is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

Bryant breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bryant darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Maximillian Van Goethe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bryant stuns Van Goethe with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Van Goethe might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Bryant lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Bryant misses with a combination
and Van Goethe connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bryant bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bryant doesn't manage to clinch there - Van Goethe circles away.

Bryant moves into the clinch successfully.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Bryant manages to break the clinch.
Bryant takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bryant looks to land a right hand but Van Goethe moved out of range.
Van Goethe stuns Bryant with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bryant uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Van Goethe.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Goethe misses the jab.
A cross from Van Goethe lands.
Van Goethe misses with a straight left.
Bryant fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bryant walks into a straight right hand from Van Goethe.
Bryant scores with a decent looking hook.
Van Goethe keeps the fight on the outside.
Bryant ducks under a wild hook from Van Goethe.
Van Goethe loads up on a big right hand but Bryant slips the punch.
No joy there for Van Goethe, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Van Goethe looks to throw the jab but Bryant is out of range.

Bryant gets a clinch.
Van Goethe lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Deron Bryant has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Van Goethe wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bryant has him pressed against the cage.

Bryant breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bryant connects with a high kick.
Van Goethe punishes Bryant's body with a nice straight punch.
Deron Bryant is winning the standup battle so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bryant lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

That has opened up Maximillian Van Goethe's cut even more.
Van Goethe swats away the attempt to clinch by Bryant.
Bryant closes the distance looking to clinch
and Van Goethe cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bryant tries to clinch but Van Goethe is having none of it.
Bryant misses with the combination.
Van Goethe swats away the attempt to clinch by Bryant.
Bryant slips under a jab.
Bryant slips a jab from Van Goethe.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Van Goethe misses with a looping right.
Van Goethe misses with a body shot

and Bryant counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bryant.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

Bryant manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Deron Bryant dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Maximillian Van Goethe's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Van Goethe throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Deron Bryant is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bryant.
Bryant rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Van Goethe moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Bryant instigates a clinch.

Bryant breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bryant closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Van Goethe misses with a combination
and Bryant counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Bryant ducks under a wild hook from Van Goethe.

Bryant has taken the fight to the clinch.
Van Goethe misses with some punches.
Van Goethe wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Van Goethe wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bryant working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bryant scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A body shot lands from Bryant.
Van Goethe takes a shot to the head.
Bryant unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bryant is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Van Goethe can do to turn this around?
Bryant lands a knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bryant.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bryant pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bryant misses with a body shot
and Van Goethe counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Bryant gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Bryant working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Van Goethe wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bryant has him pressed against the cage.
Bryant blocking some punches.
Van Goethe takes an elbow to the temple.
Nice body punch from Bryant - that landed with a thud.
Van Goethe takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bryant lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Bryant's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bryant fails to land with a series of punches.
Van Goethe swings away with a body shot that misses
and Bryant counters with a two punch combo.
Bryant ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Bryant swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bryant defending well as Van Goethe loads up on a big left hand.

Bryant moves into the clinch.

Bryant breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Van Goethe misses with a straight left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Van Goethe misses.

Bryant has closed the distance and engaged Van Goethe in a clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Bryant breaks the clinch.
Bryant lands with a good body shot.
Van Goethe throws a big shot that misses.
Van Goethe throws the left hand but Bryant avoids the punch easily.
Bryant slips under a jab.
Bryant avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bryant moves away from the strike by Van Goethe.
Van Goethe swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Bryant counters with a left to the body.
Van Goethe keeps the fight on the outside.
Van Goethe stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bryant.
Bryant avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bryant tries to close the distance and clinch up but Van Goethe swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bryant avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bryant is looking to wear down Van Goethe with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Goethe looks to land a left hand but Bryant moved out of range nicely.
Bryant dodges the punch combination from Van Goethe.
Van Goethe has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

Bryant drives through and clinches with Van Goethe against the cage.
Bryant is leaning against Van Goethe and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

Bryant breaks the clinch.
Bryant fails with a takedown attempt.

Bryant forces Van Goethe back against the cage and clinches.
Bryant controlling the action here for a moment.
Van Goethe wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bryant working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Bryant manages to break the clinch.
Van Goethe throws a lazy right hand but Bryant sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bryant clinches up against the cage.
Deron Bryant is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Van Goethe is trying to force a seperation but Bryant has the dominant position.
Van Goethe looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Van Goethe tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The referee calls for Bryant to work.
Van Goethe wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Van Goethe taking a breather.
Bryant prevents Van Goethe from breaking the clinch.
Bryant lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bryant prevents Van Goethe from breaking the clinch.
Van Goethe has had enough of the clinch but Bryant keeps him there for the moment.
Van Goethe wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bryant has him pressed against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bryant keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Van Goethe's efforts to push away.
Van Goethe is looking to control Bryant's arms but Bryant gets an underhook and turns him. Now Van Goethe has his back to the cage.
Maximillian Van Goethe has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Van Goethe wants to get back to striking at distance but Bryant won't allow it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Deron Bryant showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bryant has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 John Roberts scores the fight 30:27
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:26
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Deron Bryant!