PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bono Estente (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Art Vandelay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Estente
vs
Vandelay

190 cm
23
216 lbs
11 - 9 - 0

188 cm
23
222 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great low kicks
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
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 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bono Estente!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Art Vandelay!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Saam Ante and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vandelay misses with a kick to the body
enabling Estente to counter with a crisp jab.
Vandelay throws a lazy body kick
letting Estente counter with a right hand.
Vandelay throws a sloppy head kick and Estente moves out of range easily.
Vandelay throws a sloppy head kick
and Estente counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd cheers as Estente lands an impressive looking overhand right. Vandelay doesn't seem phased though.
Estente avoids a punch combination nicely.
Vandelay misses with a left hand
and Estente counters with a straight right hand.
Estente bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Vandelay misses with a head kick.
Vandelay's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Estente connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Vandelay scrambles back to his feet.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Estente crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Vandelay - the referee stops the clock and Estente gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Vandelay. Estente manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vandelay misses with the body kick
and Estente counters with a straight right hand.
A lazy body kick from Vandelay
and Vandelay takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Estente pivots, looking for a leg kick but Vandelay is out of range and Estente settles back down.
The crowd cheers as Estente lands an impressive looking overhand right. Vandelay doesn't seem phased though.
Vandelay throws a head kick but Estente moves out of range.
Vandelay looks gassed!
Vandelay thows a leg kick but Estente checks it
and Estente counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Estente connects with a leg kick. Vandelay looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Estente scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Estente.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab from Estente.
A nice leg kick lands there from Estente.
Estente cracks Vandelay with a good jab.
Estente's corner calls for a 1-2. Estente obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Estente shoots in looking for a takedown but Vandelay manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Estente's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Estente lands a high kick!
Estente scores with a nice body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Estente scores with a nice head shot.
Estente cracks Vandelay with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Estente throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Estente scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
That kick from Estente tenderised Vandelay's leg. Vandelay is trying to keep his angry face on.
Estente swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Vandelay.
Nice takedown defense from Vandelay. No joy for Estente on that attempt.
Estente lands a nice looking body shot.
Estente digs a good body shot into Vandelay's ribs.
Estente lands a high kick!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Estente connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Estente, as that shot connected.
Estente feints and then cracks Vandelay's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Vandelay down.
Vandelay on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Estente. Estente obviously looking to wear him down.
Estente shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Vandelay pinned against the cage. Vandelay gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bono Estente. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Estente fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Vandelay.
Estente listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A lazy body kick from Vandelay
and Estente counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Vandelay throws a sloppy head kick
and Estente connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Estente jabs at Vandelay's body.
Estente tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Estente throws a body kick that misses.
Art Vandelay seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Estente thuds his shin into the meat of Vandelay's side.
Vandelay on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Estente scores with a jab.
Vandelay walks into a stiff left hand from Estente.
Some wild striking there from Estente.
Estente connects with a jab.
Estente lands with an uppercut that bounces Vandelay off the cage and back into rage.
Vandelay throws a lazy body kick
and Estente counters with a nice leg kick.
Estente fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Vandelay takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A decent looking cross lands there for Estente.
A slapping body kick lands there for Estente.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Estente clobbers Vandelay with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Estente scores with a punch to the head.
Estente scores with the left hand. Vandelay knows he should have avoided that one.
Estente changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Vandelay tries to avoid it but Estente manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Vandelay to the ground. Vandelay escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Estente connects with a right hand. Vandelay shakes it off.
Vandelay has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Estente lands with a good body shot.
A clash of legs there as Vandelay blocks the low kick.
Nice uppercut there from Estente.
Estente connects with a crisp jab.
Vandelay keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Vandelay tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Estente scores with a nice right hand.
Estente dodges the punch combination from Vandelay.
Estente is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Vandelay throws a body kick the misses
and Estente counters with a right hand to the body.
Estente explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Vandelay's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Estente, right into the meat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Estente lands a lovely overhand right.
Estente lands a nice looking kick to the body. Vandelay takes a step back to recover.
Estente moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bono Estente dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Thud! ouch! good body kick from Estente - that will leave a mark!
Good leg kick by Estente there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A head kick misses from Vandelay.
Vandelay gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Vandelay's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Estente connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Vandelay scrambles back to his feet.
Estente lands with a kick to the ribs.
Art Vandelay is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Estente connects with a good right hand that stumbles Vandelay. Vandelay circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Vandelay drops his hands momentarily and Estente takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A nice leg kick lands there from Estente.
Estente's corner calls for a 1-2. Estente obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Vandelay closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Estente lands with a good body shot.
Vandelay is breathing heavily.
Estente throws a wild body kick that Vandelay sees coming a mile off.
Estente works Vandelay's body with a nice hook.
Vandelay blocks the body kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Estente.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Estente scores with a takedown into Vandelay's guard.

Vandelay looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Estente passes into side control.

Estente decides to stand back up. Estente steps back and let's Vandelay get back to his feet.
Estente lands a leg kick that knocks Vandelay off balance momentarily.
Vandelay takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Estente lands a body shot.
Estente connects with a leg kick. Vandelay looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A good leg kick by Estente.
Estente throws a good cross that connects.
Nice takedown defense from Vandelay. No joy for Estente on that attempt.
Vandelay misses with the body kick
and Estente counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Art Vandelay is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vandelay on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Vandelay on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Estente. Estente obviously looking to wear him down.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Estente throws a front kick aimed at Vandelay's knee but Vandelay avoids it well.
Vandelay on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Estente lands a jab to the nose.
Estente lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Estente looks for the body kick but Vandelay saw that one coming.
Vandelay throws a body kick the misses
and Estente counters with a straight right hand.
Vandelay has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Estente.
A solid body kick from Estente.
Vandelay throws a low kick but Estente moves out of range easily.
Estente throws out a powerful jab.
Vandelay gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Estente counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Estente cracks Vandelay with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Vandelay lands with a nice body kick.
Jab, jab by Estente - just one landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Estente lands a nice looking body kick.
Vandelay moves forwards but Estente connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Estente shoots in but no luck this time.
A solid leg kick lands there for Estente.
Vandelay throws a lazy head kick
and Estente counters with a slapping leg kick.
Bono Estente is winning the standup battle so far.
A low kick from Vandelay is predictable there
and Vandelay takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Estente connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Estente throws a series of strikes that have Vandelay backpedaling.
Vandelay misses with a double jab
and Estente counters with a low kick, right behind Vandelay 's knee.
Vandelay throws a head kick that misses
and Estente connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Estente tries a low kick but Vandelay avoids it.
Nice uppercut lands for Estente. That snapped Vandelay's head back.
Estente lands with a good body shot.
Vandelay is looking to score with low kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Estente.
Vandelay throws a head kick that misses
and Estente counters with a leg kick.
No luck for Estente with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bono Estente. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A low kick from Vandelay is predictable there
and Estente counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Estente listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A decent looking cross lands there for Estente.
Vandelay throws a head kick that misses.
Estente lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Estente.
Vandelay tries to land a body kick
and Estente counters with a stiff right hand.
Estente jabs Vandelay to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Estente throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vandelay throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Vandelay tries a head kick but it misses.
Vandelay has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Estente.
Vandelay takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bono Estente dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Vandelay misses with a double jab
and Estente counters with a nice leg kick.
Estente throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Vandelay throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Vandelay takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Vandelay.
A chopping leg kick lands by Estente.
Vandelay shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Vandelay takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Estente fails with a takedown attempt.
Nice sprawl there from Vandelay as Estente shoots in.
Estente shoots for a takedown but Vandelay saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bono Estente. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A low kick from Vandelay misses
and Estente counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Vandelay throws a head kick that misses
and Estente counters with an outside leg kick.
Estente lands a nice hook to Vandelay's body. Vandelay takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Estente lands a nice shot that snaps Vandelay's head back.
Vandelay misses with the body kick
and Estente counters with a nice uppercut.
Vandelay on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Vandelay looks to throw a body kick
and Estente counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Donk. Estente catches Vandelay right on the button with a cross.
Vandelay misses with the body kick
and Estente counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Estente cracks Vandelay with an open hand slap.
Estente lands with an uppercut that bounces Vandelay off the cage and back into rage.
Vandelay takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A head kick by Vandelay misses
and Estente counters with a straight right hand.
Estente uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Vandelay has time to react.
A lazy body kick from Vandelay
and Estente counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Estente scores with a nice right hand.
Vandelay avoids the head kick by Estente.
Vandelay misses with the body kick
and Estente counters with a straight right hand.
Art Vandelay has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Estente shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Vandelay is trying to defend but Estente finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Vandelay tries to kick Estente off but Estente keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Vandelay wants to improve his position but Estente is controlling well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Vandelay looking for submissions off his back.
Estente controlling the action here.
Vandelay tries to get to full guard but Estente has control of the leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Estente gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Vandelay misses with a body kick.
Estente lands a leg kick that knocks Vandelay off balance momentarily.
Vandelay throws a body kick the misses
and Estente counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Vandelay throws a low kick, looking for Estente's leg but Estente calmly moves out of range.
Vandelay keeps Estente at a distance using the push kick.
Estente feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Vandelay's calf.
Vandelay on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Vandelay on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Estente pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Estente is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Vandelay can do to turn this around?
Vandelay misses with a kick to the body
and Estente counters with a nice kick to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vandelay misses with a kick to the body
and Estente counters with an outside leg kick.
Estente thuds his right hand into Vandelay's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Estente lands a nice leg kick that just misses Vandelay's sensitive parts.
Good shot there by Estente.
Estente lands a jab.
Vandelay throws a leg kick that is checked
and Estente counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Estente scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Bono Estente is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Estente throws a front kick that sends Vandelay stumbling back into the cage.
Estente feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Vandelay's calf.
Estente is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Vandelay throws a sloppy head kick
and Estente counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vandelay misses with a kick to the body
and Estente counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Estente works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A low kick from Vandelay misses
and Estente counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Estente buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Vandelay takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bono Estente showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Estente 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:25
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:25
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bono Estente!