PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gert Oosthuizen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Piensavi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mike Piensavi is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Oosthuizen
vs
Piensavi

176 cm
23
169 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Gert Oosthuizen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mike Piensavi!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Paul Tew and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Piensavi lands a two punch combo.
Mike Piensavi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big right from Piensavi misses.
Piensavi works the jab nicely.
Piensavi digs a good body shot into Oosthuizen's ribs.
Piensavi thows a body shot but no joy.
Piensavi misses with a straight right.
Piensavi connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Piensavi stuns Oosthuizen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Piensavi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Piensavi looks to score with a jab to the body but Oosthuizen is just out of range.
Piensavi keeps the fight on the outside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Piensavi punishes Oosthuizen's body with a nice straight punch.
A jab from Piensavi misses.
Piensavi works the jab nicely.
Piensavi throws a shot to the body.
Piensavi throws a hook but Oosthuizen avoids it easily.
Oosthuizen takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Mike Piensavi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Piensavi scores with a nice head shot.
Piensavi digs a good hook to Oosthuizen's body.
Piensavi throws a series of punches but Oosthuizen moves out of range.
Piensavi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Oosthuizen.
Oosthuizen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Piensavi. Oosthuizen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Oosthuizen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Piensavi.
Piensavi misses with a body kick.
Piensavi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Oosthuizen moves away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Oosthuizen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Piensavi ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Oosthuizen has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Piensavi finds it's way round the side to connect with Oosthuizen's head.
Piensavi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Piensavi misses with a wild body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oosthuizen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Piensavi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Piensavi scores with a jab to the body.
Piensavi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Oosthuizen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Piensavi.
Oosthuizen is looking to clinch.
Oosthuizen defending well as Piensavi loads up on a big left hand.
Oosthuizen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Piensavi throws a jab when Oosthuizen was well out of range.
Oosthuizen doesn't manage to clinch there - Piensavi circles away.
Piensavi scores with a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Piensavi circles away from the clinch attempt.
Oosthuizen drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Oosthuizen takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Piensavi throws an overhand right that lands on Oosthuizen's shoulder, as Oosthuizen tries to avoid the shot.
Piensavi with a hook.
Piensavi lands a head shot.
Oosthuizen avoids the body shot from Piensavi.
Piensavi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Piensavi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Piensavi thuds a left hand into Oosthuizen's body.
Piensavi lands a nice looking body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Piensavi dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Oosthuizen takes a jab right on the kisser.
Piensavi lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Oosthuizen throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Piensavi's waist but Piensavi gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Oosthuizen off to one side.
Piensavi connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Piensavi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Piensavi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Piensavi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Piensavi digs a good hook to Oosthuizen's body.
Piensavi throws a body punch but Oosthuizen moves out of range.
Piensavi listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Oosthuizen takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oosthuizen ducks under a wild hook from Piensavi.
Piensavi throws a series of punches but Oosthuizen moves out of range.
Piensavi misses with a hook.
Piensavi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Oosthuizen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Piensavi throws an overhand right that lands on Oosthuizen's shoulder, as Oosthuizen tries to avoid the shot.
Piensavi scores with a crisp jab that stopped Oosthuizen in his tracks.
Oosthuizen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Piensavi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Piensavi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Piensavi misses with a wild body shot.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Piensavi.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Piensavi catches Oosthuizen with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Piensavi sizes up Oosthuizen with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A big left from Piensavi misses.
A big right from Piensavi misses.
Piensavi fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Oosthuizen looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Oosthuizen takes one to the chin there.
A jab from Piensavi finds it's way through Oosthuizen's defenses.
Piensavi keeps the fight on the outside.
Piensavi throws a jab when Oosthuizen was well out of range.
Oosthuizen wants to clinch up but Piensavi keeps it at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Piensavi throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Oosthuizen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Piensavi looks to throw the jab but Oosthuizen is out of range.
Piensavi scores with a jab to the head.
Oosthuizen moves in looking to clinch but Piensavi pushes him off.
Oosthuizen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Piensavi throws out the jab.
Oosthuizen takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A shot to de liver by Piensavi. Beautiful body shot.
Oosthuizen avoids the body shot from Piensavi.
Piensavi wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Piensavi throws a big shot that misses.
Piensavi smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Piensavi lands with an uppercut that bounces Oosthuizen off the cage and back into rage.
Piensavi punishes Oosthuizen's body with a nice straight punch.
Good exchange - Piensavi coming out on top.
Oosthuizen looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Piensavi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Oosthuizen.
Oosthuizen misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Piensavi works over Oosthuizen's head and body with a nice combination.
Oosthuizen avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Piensavi 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!

Piensavi stalks Oosthuizen and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Oosthuizen's face. Oosthuizen staggers backwards, shaken.
Piensavi uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Oosthuizen slips under a jab from Piensavi.
Oosthuizen tries to clinch up but Piensavi circles away and keeps his distance.
Oosthuizen defending well as Piensavi loads up on a big left hand.
Oosthuizen is looking to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Piensavi throws a big shot that misses.
Oosthuizen moves in looking to clinch but Piensavi pushes him off.
A swing and a miss from Piensavi.
A jab from Piensavi finds it's way through Oosthuizen's defenses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oosthuizen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Piensavi scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Piensavi takes a swing at Oosthuizen's ribcage but misses.
Oosthuizen takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Piensavi throws the left hand but Oosthuizen avoids the punch easily.
Oosthuizen moves forwards but Piensavi connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Piensavi looks to score with a jab to the body but Oosthuizen is just out of range.
Piensavi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Piensavi swings for the body but Oosthuizen moves out of range.
Piensavi cracks Oosthuizen with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

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.
Oosthuizen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Piensavi connects with a right hand. Oosthuizen shakes it off.
Piensavi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Oosthuizen was well out of range. Poor timing from Piensavi.
Oosthuizen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Piensavi.
Piensavi connects with a jab.
Oosthuizen takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Piensavi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Piensavi misses the jab.
Oosthuizen takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Piensavi circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gert Oosthuizen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Piensavi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Oosthuizen.
Piensavi fails to land with a series of punches.
Piensavi thows a body shot but no joy.
A nice combination there by Piensavi.
Piensavi misses with a looping right.
Piensavi misses with a hook. Oosthuizen ducked under it nicely.
Piensavi throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Piensavi looks to score with a jab to the body but Oosthuizen is just out of range.
Piensavi lands a nice hook to Oosthuizen's body. Oosthuizen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Piensavi looks to score with a jab to the body but Oosthuizen is just out of range.
Piensavi blocks a jab.
Oosthuizen slips a jab from Piensavi.
Piensavi throws a right and a left that both miss.
Oosthuizen takes one to the side of the head.
Piensavi works over Oosthuizen's head and body with a nice combination.
Piensavi jabs at Oosthuizen's body.

Oosthuizen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Piensavi blocks a body shot from Oosthuizen.
Oosthuizen struggles to land a body shot inside as Piensavi controls his hands.
Mike Piensavi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Piensavi looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Oosthuizen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Piensavi.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Piensavi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Piensavi winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 26:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Piensavi!