PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Robin Verbeek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mad Child (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Verbeek
vs
Child

185 cm
25
140 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

171 cm
25
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Robin Verbeek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mad Child!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Daniel Blasius and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Verbeek avoids a punch combination nicely.
Verbeek with a lazy takedown attempt
and Child cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Child keeps the fight on the outside.
Verbeek shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Child pinned against the cage. Child gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Verbeek fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Robin Verbeek. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Verbeek shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Child defends it nicely.
Child misses with a jab, cross combination.
Verbeek rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Child counters with a three punch combo that has Verbeek backing up. Verbeek nods at Child to acknowledge the strikes.
Verbeek slips a jab and a cross from Child.
Child lands a jab-cross combination.
Verbeek tries to land a body kick
and Child counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Verbeek on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Child stalks Verbeek and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Verbeek's face. Verbeek staggers backwards, shaken.
Child works over Verbeek's head and body with a nice combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Child stuffs the takedown attempt from Verbeek. Verbeek gets slowly back to his feet.

Verbeek scores with a takedown into Child's guard.
Verbeek is breathing heavily.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Verbeek trying to control but Child is working from the bottom.
Child wants to stand but Verbeek is controlling the position.
Child is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Verbeek is looking to work some ground and pound but Child has wrist control.
Verbeek is looking to work some ground and pound but Child has wrist control.
Verbeek trying to control the position from guard on top but Child is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Child wants to stand up but Verbeek is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Verbeek postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Verbeek is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Child preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Verbeek landing with the ground and pound.
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!
Verbeek tries to free his leg and advance position but Child is retaining full guard.
Verbeek trying to control but Child is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Child uses the cage to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Child avoids a kick to the body.
Verbeek takes a kick to the side of the head.
Child swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

so Verbeek counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Verbeek cracks Child with a solid left hand.
Verbeek throws an elbow that misses. Child uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Verbeek's guard. Nice move by Child!
Verbeek will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Verbeek is adopting a defensive guard.
Child trying to control the position from guard on top but Verbeek is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Verbeek on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Verbeek tries to get out of the position.
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!
Child wanted to stand there but Verbeek had control of the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Child stands and steps away. Verbeek gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Child stuffs the takedown attempt from Verbeek. Verbeek gets slowly back to his feet.
Child throws a one two combo.
Child throws a one two combo.
Child scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Child connects with a leg kick. Verbeek looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Verbeek closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Child did well to prevent Verbeek getting side control.
Verbeek really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Child has one foot on Verbeek's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Child throws a head kick but Verbeek moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Robin Verbeek will probably get the nod.
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.

Child shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Verbeek eats them both and turns towards Child to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Verbeek.
Verbeek shoots in for a double leg but Child sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Child misses with a combination

and Verbeek counters with a shoot takedown. Child fights it but they end up in guard.
Verbeek sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Child keeping moving, preventing Verbeek from controlling successfully.
Verbeek prevents Child from getting back to his feet.
Verbeek has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Child is proving hard to escape from.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Child pushes Verbeek off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Verbeek doesn't manage to clinch there - Child circles away.
Child moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Child looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Child misses with a two punch combination.
Verbeek misses with a takedown attempt - Child sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Robin Verbeek. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Verbeek misses with an uppercut
and Child counters with a leg kick.
Child is working the combinations to good effect here.
Child misses with a jab, cross combination.
A nice combination there by Child.
Verbeek shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Child pinned against the cage. Child gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Child throws a one two combo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Child.
Child keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Child throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Verbeek stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Child lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Verbeek at a distance.
Child avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Child throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Verbeek fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
A left lands for Child.
Verbeek tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Verbeek fails with a takedown attempt.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Child!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Child displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Verbeek.
Child lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Child fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Verbeek on the side of the head.
Verbeek shoots in and drives through. Child sprawls well.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Child!

Verbeek dives in and scores a takedown into Child's guard.
Verbeek scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Verbeek prevents Child from getting back to his feet.
Child is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Verbeek makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Verbeek looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Verbeek throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Child works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Verbeek won't allow Child to get back to his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Verbeek trying to control but Child is working from the bottom.
Child looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Verbeek trying to control but Child is working from the bottom.

We're going to have a standup here because Robin Verbeek wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Verbeek manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Child on his heels. He'll look to pass Child's guard now, I'm sure.
Verbeek in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robin Verbeek dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

A good leg kick by Child.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Verbeek.
Child tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Child wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Verbeek knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Child on the ground.
Verbeek scoring with punches and elbows.
A lull in the action here as Verbeek stalls from top position.

Verbeek has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
No luck for Verbeek with that takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice combination there by Child.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Verbeek is defended easily by Child.
Mad Child seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Child delivers a nice body kick.
Child turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Child lands a head kick. Verbeek smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Child stuffs the takedown attempt from Verbeek. Verbeek gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Robin Verbeek. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Verbeek with a poor takedown
and Child makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Child lands a head kick!
Child throws a head kick but Verbeek moves out of range.
Child fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Verbeek will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Verbeek is trying hard to land a takedown here. Child sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Child misses with a series of wild punches.
Child misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mad Child is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Verbeek shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Child as he jumps to the side.
Left hook, right uppercut from Child.
Verbeek looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Child lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Child lands with a kick to the ribs.

Child tries to sprawl but Verbeek drives through with a takedown into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Verbeek throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Verbeek prevents Child from standing back up.

Verbeek wants to work for an arm triangle but Child is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Verbeek thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Verbeek looks to land a strike but Child avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Verbeek throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Child has his feet on Verbeek's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Child stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Child wants it to stay on the feet.
Child looks to land a combination. Verbeek sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Verbeek connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Sloppy strikes from Child. Those never looked like landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Child scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Verbeek tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Child swivels and escapes.
Child throws a series of punches but Verbeek moves out of range.
Robin Verbeek seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Verbeek is defended easily by Child.
Child connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Robin Verbeek is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Verbeek fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Child goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Verbeek showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Child.
Mad Child has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Verbeek lands with an overhand left.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Verbeek.

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 Robin Verbeek.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Verbeek, 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Robin Verbeek!