PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sniper Bob (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Game Bred (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Bob
vs
Bred

188 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

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 Amsterdam, Sniper Bob!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Game Bred!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Saam Ante and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bred closes the distance and clinches.
Bred is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bob is keeping busy.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bred takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Bob avoids a wild elbow strike from Bred.
Bob leaning his opponent against the cage.
Bred throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bred tries to land a knee to the head but Bob blocks with his arms.
Bob leaning against his opponent.
Bob managing to block the knees to the body from Bred.
Bob blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bob avoiding damage as Bred throws knees to the body.
Bob stalling the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bred is trying to maintain a safe position but Bob gets an underhook and turns Bred into the cage.
Bred is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Bred misses with an elbow over the top.
Bob takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bob is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bred tries to land knees in the clinch but Bob avoids the damage to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bob takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Sniper Bob.

Bred has managed to clinch.
Bob'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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bred trying to stall but Bob improves his position.
Bred tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bob's elbow.
Bob controlling the action here for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Game Bred will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Bred closes the distance and clinches.
Bob is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Sniper Bob.

Bred takes the fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bred taking a breather.
The referee calls for Bob to work.
Bob has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bob as Bred tries to tie him up.
Bob stalling the fight.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Sniper Bob.

Bred darts in and clinches Bob up against the cage.
Bob just leaning against Bred, taking a breather.
Bred misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bob.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bred looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bob controlling the action here for a moment.
Bred is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Bob takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bob controlling the action here for a moment.
Bob blocks an elbow strike.
Bob just leaning against Bred, taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Sniper Bob.

Bred moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Game Bred will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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!

Bred takes the fight into the clinch.
Bred missing with knees to the body.
Bob displaying some good clinch control by pressing Bred up against the cage.
Bred trying to control the position but instead, Bob has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bred into the cage.
Bob has Bred pushed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bred pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bob stalls.
Bred pushes off an throws an elbow but Bob leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bob will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Bred up against the cage.
Bred tries to stall but Bob uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Bob stalling in the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Bred misses with the head strike.
Bred wants to stall.
A nice left hand lands by Bred.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bred trying to stall but Bob improves his position.
Bred letting Bob take a breather here.
Bred is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's four 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.
Bred fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bred crunches a lovely knee into Bob's ribcage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bred just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bob's brow.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Bob blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sniper Bob has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Game Bred is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bred looking to stall.

And that's the end of the fight!
Game Bred comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bred has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 28:30
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Game Bred!
In his post fight interview, Game Bred started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.