PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between El Loco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Derek Neder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for El Loco has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Loco
vs
Neder

205 cm
22
275 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

193 cm
27
277 lbs
6 - 12 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, El Loco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Derek Neder!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Saam Ante and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Neder just misses with a punch to the body.
El Loco seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Loco throws a nice looking combination but Neder bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Loco throws a right and a left that Neder avoids nicely.
Loco lunges at Neder with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Neder's hand.
Neder walks into a jab.
Neder misses with an uppercut.
Loco avoids the body shot from Neder.
Loco changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Neder tries to avoid it but Loco manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Neder to the ground. Neder escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Loco with a hook.
Loco lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Loco shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Neder sprawls well. Neder wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Loco gets slowly back to his feet.
Neder misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Loco.
A big right from Neder misses.
Loco lands a nice hook to Neder's body. Neder takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Neder looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Loco blocks a jab.
Loco uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Neder.
Neder throws a hook but Loco avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Neder misses.
Neder takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Nice cross by Loco.
Neder walks into a stiff left hand from Loco.
A looping hook to the body misses from Neder. Loco does a little dance to reset his feet.
Neder takes a swing at Loco's ribcage but misses.
A jab from Loco finds it's way through Neder's defenses.
Loco scores with the left hand. Neder knows he should have avoided that one.
Loco tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Neder swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for El Loco. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Neder swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Neder takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Neder pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Neder swings for the body but Loco moves out of range.
Loco is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Nice jab there from Loco.
A big left from Neder misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Loco scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Loco paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Loco cracks Neder with an open hand slap.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neder with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Loco to score with a decent uppercut.
Loco throws out a powerful jab.
Loco stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Neder moves forwards but Loco connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A left and a right from Loco both land. Nice combination.
Loco fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Neder walks into a jab.
Loco misses with a wild combination.
Loco bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Neder's head.
Loco connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Neder is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Loco lands a glancing blow to the side of Neder's head.
A jab from Neder does it's job there.
Loco moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Loco cracks Neder with an open hand slap.
Neder has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Loco paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Loco is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Loco jabs Neder to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Loco lands with an uppercut that bounces Neder off the cage and back into range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loco fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Loco avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice cross by Loco.
Neder with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Loco to score with a decent uppercut.
Loco lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Loco jabs at Neder's body.
Neder will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Loco clobbers Neder with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Loco throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Loco with a nice cross.
Loco is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Neder takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
The fighters circling - Neder throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Loco lands a jab-cross combination.
Loco is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Loco, as that shot connected.
Neder misses with a straight right.
Loco scores with a punch to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Neder connects with a crisp jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Loco.
Loco moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Neder misses with a straight right.
Neder misses the shot to the body.
Loco looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Loco throws a right and a left that Neder avoids nicely.
Neder misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Loco.
Neder is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Loco.
Neder moves forwards but Loco connects with a nice, crisp jab.

Neder tries to sprawl but Loco drives through with a takedown into half guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Neder wants to get back to his feet.
Neder is looking to control Loco's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Neder avoid being mounted?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Neder wants to sweep but Loco has passed to side control!
Loco tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Neder can do anything to dispel that myth.
Loco working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Neder slaps away a takedown attempt from Loco, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Neder ducks right into an uppercut from Loco.
El Loco is winning the standup battle so far.
Some wild striking there from Loco.
Loco with a jab.
Loco lands a two punch combo.
Neder throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Loco sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Neder has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Loco finds it's way round the side to connect with Neder's head.
Loco scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Neder tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Loco was well out of range. Poor timing from Neder.
Loco fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Neder gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Loco.
Neder throws a jab but it's blocked by Loco.
Jab by Loco.
Loco keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Neder.
Loco throws a right hand that Neder ducks under and follows up with a left that Neder also avoids with ease.
Loco ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Neder looks to land a left hand but Loco moved out of range nicely.
Loco lunges at Neder with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Neder's hand.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Loco.
Neder throws a looping overhand right but Loco ducks down to avoid it.
Loco cracks Neder with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A swing and a miss from Neder.
Loco scores with a nice right hand.
Neder throws a hook but Loco blocks it.
Loco cracks a nice hook into Neder's ribs.
Loco throws a right and a left that Neder avoids nicely.
Loco lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Neder looks to land a left hand but Loco moved out of range nicely.
A jab lands there for Loco.

Neder shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Loco manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Neder sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neder slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Neder is trying to keep Loco in close.
Loco won't allow Neder to sweep him here.
Neder has a closed guard, preventing Loco from standing up.
Loco pushing down on Neder's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Loco is thwarting Neder's attempts to control the position.

Loco gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Neder thows a body shot but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loco moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Neder throws a jab but it's blocked by Loco.
Neder throws a hook but Loco blocks it.
Loco lands a right hook to the body.
Nice body punch from Loco.
Loco lands a really nice looking cross but Neder seems unphased.
Loco lands a nice looking body shot.
Loco throws a series of strikes that have Neder backpedaling.
Loco lands with an overhand left.
Loco keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Loco pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Neder back to the cage. Loco follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Neder with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Loco to score with a decent uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Neder misses with a body shot.
Jab by Loco.
Loco looks to land a combination. Neder sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
El Loco is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Loco's corner calls for a 1-2. Loco obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neder has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Loco finds it's way round the side to connect with Neder's head.
Neder gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Loco.
Neder on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Loco feints a jab promting Neder to slip. Loco then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Neder slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Loco uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Neder.
Loco steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Neder.
Loco lands a really nice looking cross but Neder seems unphased.
A slow jab from Neder misses its intended target.
Loco bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Loco cracks Neder with a good jab.
Loco is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Neder can do to turn this around?
Loco connects with a right hand. Neder shakes it off.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Loco lands a nice hook to Neder's body. Neder takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Loco scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Loco connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Neder throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Loco sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

El Loco dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Neder gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Neder throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Neder throws a body punch but Loco moves out of range.
Nice shot by Loco.
Loco lands a jab to the head.
Loco lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Neder circles away quickly and effectively.
Loco connects with a jab.
A jab from Neder misses.
Loco moves out of range as Neder strikes.
Neder throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Neder tries for a takedown but Loco sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Loco works over Neder's head and body with a nice combination.
Loco blocks a jab.
Loco lands an overhand right.
Loco scores with a three punch combo!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Loco connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Loco throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Neder on the side of the head.
Sloppy strikes from Loco. Those never looked like landing.
Left hook, right uppercut from Loco.

Neder looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Neder content to stall in guard here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Loco controls Neder momentarily but Neder frees himself.
Loco is pulling down on Neder's head to control his posture.
Neder wants to control from the top but Loco keeps moving.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Neder feints and as Loco raises his hands in defense, Neder changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Neder wants to pass the guard but Loco is keeping the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Loco keeping moving, preventing Neder from controlling successfully.
Neder trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Loco not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Neder stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Loco swivels though and keeps the full guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Loco lands with a right hand.
Neder throws a lazy right hand but Loco sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Neder throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A right-left combo lands from Loco.
Loco looks to land a combination. Neder sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Loco lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Loco shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Loco scores with a four punch combination!
Loco bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Loco uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Neder.
Neder slips a jab and a cross from Loco.
Neder misses with a wild body shot.
Loco throws a series of strikes that have Neder backpedaling.
Loco uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Neder.
Loco stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Neder throws a hook but Loco avoids it easily.
Loco is working the combinations to good effect here.
Good shot there by Loco.
Loco lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Neder backs up against the cage.
Neder throws a body punch but Loco moves out of range.
Loco goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Neder takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Neder will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
El Loco is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Loco keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Neder has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Loco finds it's way round the side to connect with Neder's head.
Loco paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice straight punches there by Loco. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Loco.
Neder is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Loco.
Loco lands a slapping body shot.
Derek Neder has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Loco connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Loco moves out of range as Neder strikes.
Left hook, right uppercut from Loco.
Loco connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Neder's hands.
Loco lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
The fighters circling - Neder throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A left and a right from Loco both land. Nice combination.
Loco cracks Neder with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Neder swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Loco swinging wildly here.

And that's the end of the fight!
El Loco showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Loco, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 for El Loco!
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight for El Loco!
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight for El Loco!

El Loco wins by unanimous decision!