PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Denis Andreas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Gonzalez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Andreas's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Dragging Dead Bodies in Blue Bags Up Really Long Hills. Jose Gonzalez looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Andreas
vs
Gonzalez

183 cm
22
173 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
19
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Denis Andreas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jose Gonzalez!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Winston Howard and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonzalez thows a leg kick but Andreas checks it

and Andreas holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Andreas lands an elbow that stopped Gonzalez in his tracks for a moment.
Andreas has Gonzalez pressed against the cage.

Gonzalez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Andreas tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Gonzalez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Andreas gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Andreas with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Andreas manages to break the clinch.
Andreas chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gonzalez fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andreas fails in his attempt to clinch.

Andreas has taken the fight to the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Andreas - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Gonzalez is trying to break free.
Andreas is struggling to control the position.
Gonzalez goes for a takedown in the clinch but Andreas prevents it.
Gonzalez looks gassed!
Gonzalez being controlled against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Denis Andreas.
The fight stays on the outside here - Andreas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Andreas is looking to clinch but Gonzalez is avoiding it.

Andreas has managed to clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Andreas.
Gonzalez fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Denis Andreas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jose Gonzalez.
Andreas with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Jose Gonzalez has been cut.
Andreas effectively controlling the action here.
Andreas stops a takedown attempt from Gonzalez.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andreas unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gonzalez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Andreas landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Andreas obliges.
Andreas'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.
Gonzalez takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Andreas.
Andreas utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

Andreas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A chopping leg kick lands by Andreas.
Andreas tries to clinch but Gonzalez moves out of range.
Andreas throws a nice outside leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Andreas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Andreas instigates a clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Andreas connects with a knee to the head.
Andreas lands a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Denis Andreas dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jose Gonzalez's cut.
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.

Andreas tries to close the distance and clinch but Gonzalez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Andreas has taken the fight to the clinch.
Andreas is stalling here.
Gonzalez takes an elbow to the temple.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Gonzalez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Andreas scores with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Andreas obliges.
Andreas is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Gonzalez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gonzalez is breathing heavily.
Andreas comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andreas lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Andreas manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

Andreas breaks from the clinch.
Andreas is looking to slow Gonzalez down with leg kicks.
Andreas scores with a leg kick.
Andreas tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Gonzalez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gonzalez takes a shot to the body in his stride.

Andreas rushes Gonzalez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Andreas obliges.
Andreas utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Denis Andreas has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Andreas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A solid leg kick lands there for Andreas.
Denis Andreas is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Andreas is looking to clinch.
Andreas tries to close the distance and clinch but Gonzalez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Andreas instigates a clinch.
Andreas with a knee to the head.
Andreas is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.

Andreas's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Andreas clinches up with Gonzalez and pushes him back against the cage.
Andreas lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Andreas looking to throw knees to the head but Gonzalez is blocking nicely.
Andreas is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Andreas for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Andreas is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Andreas taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Denis Andreas.
Andreas buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gonzalez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Andreas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gonzalez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Andreas is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gonzalez can do to turn this around?
Andreas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Andreas fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Andreas scoring well with a low kick there.
Gonzalez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Andreas.
Andreas fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Denis Andreas dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jose Gonzalez's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Andreas moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Gonzalez shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Andreas defends it nicely.
Andreas fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Gonzalez on the side of the head.

Andreas closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Andreas content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Andreas with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Andreas dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Andreas lands a damaging elbow.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Andreas takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Andreas seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andreas lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Andreas.
The referee calls for Andreas to work.
Andreas gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Denis Andreas.
Andreas tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Gonzalez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Andreas scores with a decent looking hook.
Andreas tries to clinch up but Gonzalez circles away and keeps his distance.
Denis Andreas is winning the standup battle so far.
A good leg kick by Andreas.
Andreas throws a good cross that connects.

Andreas closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Andreas unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Gonzalez's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Andreas is stalling here.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Andreas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Andreas gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Andreas manages to break the clinch.
Gonzalez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Andreas throws a nice inside leg kick.
Andreas throws a leg kick which misses Gonzalez's front leg but catches the back leg as Gonzalez tries to avoid it.

Andreas closes the distance and pushes Gonzalez back into the cage.
Gonzalez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gonzalez wants a takedown but no success here.
Andreas stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Gonzalez fails to pull guard.
Denis Andreas is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Denis Andreas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jose Gonzalez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Andreas with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Andreas slows down the pace here.
Andreas lands a good knee to the midsection. Gonzalez won't want to take too many of those.
Andreas lands an elbow just above Gonzalez 's eye.
The referee is keeping an eye on Andreas - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Andreas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

And that's the end of the fight!
Denis Andreas showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Andreas 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 30:25
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 30:25
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Denis Andreas!
Denis Andreas bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.