PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dude Dudder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hiroyuki Hanzo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hiroyuki Hanzo has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Dudder
vs
Hanzo

175 cm
22
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
24
198 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Prefers standup

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dude Dudder!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hiroyuki Hanzo!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Patrick Alders and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hanzo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hanzo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Hanzo gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hanzo controlling the action here for a moment.
Dudder takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hanzo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dudder.
Hanzo lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dudder blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dudder on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dudder avoiding damage as Hanzo throws knees to the body.
Hanzo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dudder's defenses.
Dudder on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dudder managing to block the knees to the body from Hanzo.
Dudder wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hanzo has him pressed against the cage.
Dudder managing to block the knees to the body from Hanzo.
Dudder tries to break the clinch but Hanzo is controlling the position.
Dudder wants to break the clinch but can't.
Dudder can't break the clinch.
Hanzo lands a nice elbow.
Hanzo lands an elbow inside that Dudder shrugs off.
Hanzo keeps control of Dudder as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Dudder is looking to break free of the clinch but Hanzo has double underhooks.
Hanzo trying to land knees to the body.
Dudder is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hanzo lands an elbow inside.

Dudder escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hanzo tries to clinch up but Dudder circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dudder lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Hanzo lands a nice looking kick to the body. Dudder takes a step back to recover.
Dudder throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hanzo slips a straight right by Dudder.
A punch lands to the side of Hanzo 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Dudder takes a swing at Hanzo's ribcage but misses.
Dude Dudder seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Hanzo clinches with his opponent.
Dudder has had enough of the clinch but Hanzo keeps him there for the moment.
Dudder is trying to break free.
Hanzo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dudder.
Dudder tries to break the clinch but Hanzo is controlling the position.
Dudder is trying to force a seperation but Hanzo has the dominant position.
Dudder tries to circle away but Hanzo has him pinned against the cage.
Hanzo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dudder avoids it.
Dudder wants to break free but Hanzo has control.
Hanzo stalling in the clinch.
Dudder avoiding damage as Hanzo throws knees to the body.
Dudder wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hanzo has him pressed against the cage.
Hanzo keeps control of Dudder as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hanzo has Dudder pressed against the cage, preventing Dudder from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hanzo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dudder is breathing heavily.
Hanzo missing with knees to the body.
Dudder tries to break the clinch but Hanzo is controlling the position.
Hanzo keeps control of Dudder as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Dudder looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanzo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dudder is defending well for now.
Dudder blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hanzo tries to land knees in the clinch but Dudder avoids the damage to the body.
Dudder on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dudder is trying to force a seperation but Hanzo has the dominant position.
Dudder avoiding damage as Hanzo throws knees to the body.
Hanzo dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Dudder managing to block the knees to the body from Hanzo.
Hanzo prevents Dudder from breaking the clinch.
Hanzo tries to land knees in the clinch but Dudder avoids the damage to the body.
Dudder is trying to force a seperation but Hanzo has the dominant position.
Dudder has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hanzo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dudder.
Dudder managing to block the knees to the body from Hanzo.
A frustrated look appears on Dudder's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Dudder wants to break the clinch but can't.
Dudder has had enough of the clinch but Hanzo keeps him there for the moment.
Hanzo trying to land knees to the body.
Dudder is looking to break free of the clinch but Hanzo has double underhooks.
Dudder blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dudder is trying to break free.
Hanzo lands a knee to the body.
Dudder has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hanzo taking a breather.
Hanzo lands an elbow inside that Dudder shrugs off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanzo lands a nice elbow.
Dudder on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dudder has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Dudder tries to circle away but Hanzo has him pinned against the cage.
Dudder wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Dudder is trying to break the clinch but Hanzo has him pressed against the cage.
Dudder tries to circle away but Hanzo has him pinned against the cage.
Hanzo trying to land knees to the body.
Dudder is trying to break free.
Hanzo trying to land knees to the body.
Hanzo has Dudder pressed against the cage, preventing Dudder from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hanzo has Dudder pressed against the cage, preventing Dudder from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dudder avoiding damage as Hanzo throws knees to the body.
Dudder blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dudder wants to get back to striking at distance but Hanzo won't allow it.
Hanzo lands an elbow just above Dudder 's eye.
A frustrated look appears on Dudder's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Nice elbow from Hanzo.
Hanzo lands an elbow inside.
Dudder takes an elbow to the forehead.
Dudder is trying to break free.
Hanzo manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Dudder wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hanzo stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Dudder wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hanzo has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Dudder wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hanzo has him pressed against the cage.
Hanzo working Dudder over with knees to the body.
Hanzo crunches a lovely knee into Dudder's ribcage.
Nice elbow from Hanzo.
Hanzo tries to land knees in the clinch but Dudder avoids the damage to the body.
Dudder working hard to break the clinch.
Hanzo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dudder working hard to break the clinch.
Hanzo prevents Dudder from breaking the clinch.
Dudder wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hanzo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dudder is trying to break the clinch but Hanzo is controlling him.
Hanzo scores a nice knee to the body.
Dudder takes an elbow to the temple.
Hanzo is struggling to control the position.
Dudder managing to block the knees to the body from Hanzo.
Hanzo taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Hanzo lands a nice knee to the body.
Hanzo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hanzo lands a knee to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hanzo stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Hanzo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Hanzo shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Dudder pinned against the cage. Dudder gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Hanzo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dudder paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dudder lands with a good body shot.
Dudder stuffs the takedown attempt from Hanzo. Hanzo gets slowly back to his feet.
Dudder changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Dudder connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Dudder misses with a double jab.
Dudder jabs at Hanzo's body.
Dudder lands a nice shot to the body.
Dudder scores with a shot to the body.

Hanzo moves into the clinch.
Hanzo trying to land knees to the body.
Dudder wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dudder wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hanzo just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dudder's brow.
Hanzo has Dudder pressed against the cage, preventing Dudder from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hanzo is breathing heavily.
Dudder tries to circle away but Hanzo has him pinned against the cage.
Dudder tries to break the clinch but Hanzo is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Hanzo displaying some good clinch control by pressing Dudder up against the cage.
Dudder can't break the clinch.
Hanzo lands a damaging elbow.
Hanzo is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Hanzo lands a nice elbow.
Dudder wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hanzo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dudder.
Dudder is looking to break free of the clinch but Hanzo has double underhooks.
Dudder is trying to break the clinch but Hanzo is controlling him.
Dudder can't break the clinch.
Hanzo keeps control of Dudder as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Dudder blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hanzo has Dudder pressed against the cage, preventing Dudder from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dudder on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dudder has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Dudder managing to block the knees to the body from Hanzo.
Dudder tries to circle away but Hanzo has him pinned against the cage.
Hanzo lands a knee to the body.
Hanzo lands an elbow inside that Dudder shrugs off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Dudder can't break the clinch.
Dudder tries to circle away but Hanzo has him pinned against the cage.
Dudder wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hanzo has him pressed against the cage.
Hanzo's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Hanzo missing with knees to the body.
Dudder managing to block the knees to the body from Hanzo.
Hanzo avoiding damage.
Dudder wants to break the clinch but can't.
Dudder wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hanzo has him pressed against the cage.
Hanzo has Dudder pressed against the cage, preventing Dudder from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dudder tries to break free but Hanzo pushes him back against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hanzo obliges.
Nice elbow from Hanzo.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Dudder wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hanzo trying to land knees to the body.
Dudder is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Dudder is trying to break free.
Dudder has had enough of the clinch but Hanzo keeps him there for the moment.
Hanzo lands a nice knee to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Dudder wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dudder wants to break free but Hanzo has control.
A frustrated look appears on Dudder's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Dudder tries to break free but Hanzo pushes him back against the cage.
Hanzo stalling.
Hanzo lands an elbow just above Dudder 's eye.
Hanzo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dudder is defending well for now.
Hanzo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dudder is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Dudder blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dudder has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Dudder on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hanzo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dudder.
Hanzo missing with knees to the body.
Dudder wants to break the clinch but can't.
Dudder working hard to break the clinch.
Hanzo lands an elbow inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Dudder looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dudder wants to get back to striking at distance but Hanzo won't allow it.
Dudder tries to break free but Hanzo pushes him back against the cage.
Dudder is trying to break free.
Hanzo lands an elbow just above Dudder 's eye.
Hanzo prevents Dudder from breaking the clinch.
Hanzo crunches a lovely knee into Dudder's ribcage.
Dudder blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's four 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.
Dudder on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dudder wants to get back to striking at distance but Hanzo won't allow it.
Hanzo trying to land knees to the body.
Dudder is trying to break the clinch but Hanzo is controlling him.
Dudder blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dudder wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hanzo has him pressed against the cage.
Dudder on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hanzo misses with an elbow strike.
Dudder is looking to break free of the clinch but Hanzo has double underhooks.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hanzo throws an elbow but misses.
Dudder tries to break the clinch but Hanzo is controlling the position.
Hanzo prevents Dudder from breaking the clinch.
Dudder tries to break free but Hanzo pushes him back against the cage.
Hanzo missing with knees to the body.
Dudder tries to break the clinch but Hanzo is controlling the position.
Dudder is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hanzo prevents Dudder from breaking the clinch.
Hanzo keeps control of Dudder as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hanzo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dudder.
Nice elbow from Hanzo.
Dudder is trying to force a seperation but Hanzo has the dominant position.
Hanzo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dudder.
Dudder tries to circle away but Hanzo has him pinned against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Dudder's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Dudder avoiding damage as Hanzo throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hiroyuki Hanzo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Hanzo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dudder lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Hanzo wants to clinch.
Dudder with a hook.
Hanzo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dudder lands a nice looking body shot.
Dudder takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hanzo shoots in and drives through. Dudder sprawls well.
Dudder tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hanzo was well out of range. Poor timing from Dudder.
Dudder rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hanzo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dudder ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hanzo moves away.
Hanzo pivots, looking for a leg kick but Dudder is out of range and Hanzo settles back down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dudder throws a body punch but Hanzo moves out of range.
Dudder scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Dudder moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Dudder dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dudder goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Dudder lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Hanzo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanzo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hanzo tries to clinch but Dudder is having none of it.
Dudder lands a nice looking body shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Dudder swings for the body but Hanzo moves out of range.
A shot to de liver by Dudder. Beautiful body shot.
Hanzo misses with a head kick.
Nice body punch from Dudder.
Dudder moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Dudder connects with a body shot.
A lazy left from Dudder finds it's target.
Dudder just misses with a punch to the body.
Dudder tests Hanzo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hanzo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Dudder finds it's way round the side to connect with Hanzo's head.
Dudder just misses with a punch to the body.
Dudder thuds a left hand into Hanzo's body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dudder. Hanzo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dudder listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Hanzo tries to clinch up.
Hanzo takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dudder swats away the attempt to clinch by Hanzo.
Dudder connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Dudder tries to keep at a distance but Hanzo has taken the fight into the clinch.
Dudder has had enough of the clinch but Hanzo keeps him there for the moment.
Dudder tries to circle away but Hanzo has him pinned against the cage.
Hanzo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hanzo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dudder.
Dudder looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dudder is trying to break the clinch but Hanzo has him pressed against the cage.
Dudder is looking to break free of the clinch but Hanzo has double underhooks.
Stalling in the clinch from Hanzo.
Hanzo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dudder's efforts to push away.
Dudder tries to circle away but Hanzo has him pinned against the cage.
Hanzo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dudder's defenses.

Dudder's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dudder ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hanzo moves away.
Dudder scores with a jab. Hanzo acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Hanzo lands a head kick!
Hanzo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dudder connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Dudder is looking to wear down Hanzo with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Dudder keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Dudder takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Hanzo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dudder swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dudder swats away the attempt to clinch by Hanzo.
Dude Dudder is winning the standup battle so far.
Dudder looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hanzo takes one on the button.
Dudder lands with a good body shot.
Hanzo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dudder fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hanzo looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A shot to de liver by Dudder. Beautiful body shot.
Dude Dudder has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hanzo throws a right hand that Dudder ducks under and follows up with a left that Dudder also avoids with ease.
Dudder scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hanzo doesn't seem bothered though.
Dudder ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Dudder fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Dudder scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Dudder lands with a nice combination. Hanzo backs away looking to recover.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dudder wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Dudder misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hanzo.
Dudder comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Dudder thuds his right hand into Hanzo's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Dudder lands a nice looking body shot.
Hanzo throws a head kick but Dudder moves out of range.
Dudder throws a body punch but Hanzo moves out of range.
Dudder looks to score with a jab to the body but Hanzo is just out of range.
Hanzo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Dudder lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Hanzo throws the kick towards the body but Dudder avoids it.
Hanzo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hanzo takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hanzo has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Dudder lands a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hanzo takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

Hanzo instigates a clinch.
Dudder throws a head punch that misses.
Hanzo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dudder.
Dudder lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hanzo backwards.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dude Dudder showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Hanzo 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 28:29
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hiroyuki Hanzo!