PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joey Amidal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Amo Resbroko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Amidal comes to the cage accompanied by Act Like You Know. Resbroko has chosen Trillseeka as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Amidal
vs
Resbroko

191 cm
21
210 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

200 cm
20
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joey Amidal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Amo Resbroko!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, William Peck and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A lazy left from Amidal finds it's target.
Resbroko tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Amidal paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Resbroko shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Amidal pinned against the cage. Amidal gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Resbroko on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Amidal walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Resbroko checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Resbroko showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Amidal.
Amidal connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Resbroko uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Amidal.
Resbroko checks the leg kick.
Resbroko takes a jab right on the kisser.
Amidal shoots in for a takedown but Resbroko shows good takedown defense.
A nice leg kick lands there from Amidal.

Resbroko clinches.
Resbroko drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Amidal gets the underhooks and prevents it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Resbroko.
Resbroko fails to pull guard.
Joey Amidal has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Amo Resbroko.
Resbroko wants a takedown but no success here.
Amidal is looking to break free of the clinch but Resbroko has double underhooks.
Resbroko is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Resbroko goes for a takedown in the clinch but Amidal prevents it.
Amidal wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Resbroko has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Amidal is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Resbroko looks gassed!
Amidal gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Resbroko.

Resbroko breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Amidal tries to score with a low kick but Resbroko moves his leg out of the way.
Resbroko takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Amidal misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Resbroko shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Resbroko looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Amidal ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Resbroko moves out of range of the body kick.
Resbroko takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Amidal lands a nice looking body shot.
Resbroko takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Amidal scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Amidal with a jab.
Nice straight punches there by Amidal. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Amidal.
Left hook, right uppercut from Amidal.
Amidal does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Amidal lands a nice looking body shot.
Resbroko blocks a head kick by Amidal.
Resbroko takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Amidal displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Amidal is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Resbroko goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Amidal looks for the body kick but Resbroko saw that one coming.
Amidal thows a leg kick but Resbroko checks it
and Resbroko counters with a head kick.
Amidal works the jab nicely.
Amidal scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Amidal lands a glancing blow to the side of Resbroko's head.
Amidal connects with a right hand. Resbroko shakes it off.
Amidal takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Donk. Amidal catches Resbroko right on the button with a cross.
Amidal misses with a low kick.
Resbroko displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Amidal.
Resbroko on the wrong end of a nice hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Amidal lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Resbroko at a distance.
A left and a right from Amidal both land. Nice combination.
Amidal throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Resbroko stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Resbroko checks the leg kick.
Amidal lands with a right hand.
Amidal scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Resbroko wants to clinch.
Amidal changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Amidal cracks Resbroko with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Amidal throws a right and a left that both miss.
Amidal fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Amidal misses with a double jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Resbroko clinches with his opponent.
Resbroko landing knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Resbroko tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Resbroko drags the fight down to the ground.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Resbroko lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Amidal!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Amidal is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Resbroko looking to finish Amidal with some ground and pound. This is bad for Amidal!
Amidal takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Resbroko cracks Amidal with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Resbroko lands a big elbow.
Resbroko raining down shots from the mount!
Resbroko landing shots from mount.
Resbroko is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Amidal can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Resbroko lands a big elbow.
Amidal's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Resbroko scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Amidal takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Resbroko with good strikes from the mount here!
BOOM! Resbroko connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Resbroko landing strikes, looking to finish!
Amidal taking shots to the head.
Resbroko unloading with bombs!
Amidal is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
The referee warns Amidal that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Amidal is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Resbroko has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Resbroko working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Resbroko landing strikes from the mount.
Resbroko lands a big shot there that rocks Amidal but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Resbroko lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Amidal taking shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Resbroko punishing his opponent with strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Resbroko postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Amidal looks a forlorn figure.
Resbroko looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Amidal is bucking up trying to escape but Resbroko cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Amidal takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Resbroko with a couple of short strikes.
Resbroko landing shots from mount.
Amidal on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Amidal tries to get out of the position.
Amidal wants to get back to his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Resbroko landing strikes, looking to finish!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Amo Resbroko showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

A momentary lapse in concentration from Resbroko enables Amidal to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Resbroko manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Amidal looking to sit in guard and control but Resbroko gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Amidal is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Resbroko is controlling him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Resbroko gets to his feet - Amidal follows without any prompting.

Resbroko darts in and clinches Amidal up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Resbroko drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Resbroko stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Resbroko tries to pull guard but Amidal won't allow it.
Resbroko wants a takedown.
Joey Amidal has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Amo Resbroko.
Resbroko misses with a body punch.
Amidal wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Resbroko breaks the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Resbroko tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Resbroko has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Amidal wants to slow Resbroko down by chopping away at his legs.
Amidal throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Amidal keeps the fight on the outside.
Amidal fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Resbroko leaves Amidal with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Resbroko takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Joey Amidal is winning the standup battle so far.
Horrible takedown by Resbroko or perhaps it was just good defense by Amidal which made him look bad.
A left and a right from Amidal both land. Nice combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Resbroko moves in looking to clinch but Amidal pushes him off.
Amidal pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Resbroko back to the cage. Amidal follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Amidal fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Resbroko shoots and misses
and Amidal counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Resbroko has a takedown stuffed.
Resbroko shoots in looking for a takedown. Amidal tries to sprawl out of it but Resbroko keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Amidal manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Amidal scores with a shot to the body.
Joey Amidal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Amidal throws a half hearted mid kick.
Amidal keeps the fight on the outside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Amidal.

Resbroko rushes Amidal and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Resbroko jumps into guard, dragging Amidal to the mat.
Amidal throwing strikes but missing.
Amidal throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Resbroko works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Amidal working some strikes from top position.
Amidal missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Joey Amidal.
I think Amidal has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Peck scores the fight 29:29
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Joey Amidal!