PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Peter Aerts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rey Destroyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rey Destroyer acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.

Aerts
vs
Destroyer

192 cm
26
240 lbs
18 - 10 - 0

192 cm
25
265 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Peter Aerts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rey Destroyer!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Roosa Järviläinen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aerts leaves Destroyer with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Aerts pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Destroyer takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Destroyer takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Destroyer on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Aerts rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Destroyer counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Destroyer.

Destroyer manages to pull guard.
Aerts is looking to stand up but Destroyer won't let him.
Aerts is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Destroyer controlling the position.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Aerts lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aerts leaves Destroyer with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Aerts throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aerts lands a jab to Destroyer's midsection.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Aerts.
Aerts throws a series of punches but Destroyer avoids them all with ease.
Peter Aerts is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Aerts connects with a solid leg kick.
Aerts cracks Destroyer with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Destroyer blocks the body kick.
Peter Aerts seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Destroyer drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Aerts is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Destroyer.
Destroyer with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Aerts to score with a decent uppercut.
Aerts scores with a jab to the head.
A swing and a miss from Aerts.
Destroyer stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Aerts.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Aerts scores with a hook to the body. Destroyer takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Destroyer fails with a takedown attempt.
Peter Aerts has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rey Destroyer.
Aerts bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Destroyer's head backwards.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Aerts.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aerts misses with an uppercut. Destroyer saw that one coming.
Aerts bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Aerts works the jab nicely.
Aerts slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

It looks like Rey Destroyer has been cut.
Aerts connects with a solid leg kick.
Destroyer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Aerts misses with a body shot.
Destroyer tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Destroyer tries to clinch up but Aerts circles away and keeps his distance.
Destroyer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Aerts.
Destroyer tries to close the distance and clinch up but Aerts swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Aerts misses with a series of wild punches.

Destroyer moves into range and clinches up with Aerts.
Aerts misses with some punches.
Destroyer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Aerts's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Destroyer fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aerts lands an elbow that stopped Destroyer in his tracks for a moment.
Aerts gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Aerts crunches a lovely knee into Destroyer's ribcage.
Destroyer looks gassed!
Aerts putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Destroyer in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

Aerts breaks from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aerts jabs at Destroyer's body.
Aerts keeps Destroyer at a distance using the push kick.
Aerts lands a glancing blow to the side of Destroyer's head.
Aerts connects with a crisp jab.
Aerts is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Aerts wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Aerts connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A slapping body kick lands there for Aerts.
Nice body punch from Aerts.
Aerts connects with a crisp jab.
Aerts looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Aerts explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Aerts scores with a punch to the head.
Aerts throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Aerts wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Destroyer takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Aerts lands a front kick.
Aerts throws a shot to the body.
Destroyer's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Destroyer takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Destroyer takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Aerts listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Aerts keeps Destroyer at a distance using the push kick.
Aerts lands a high kick!

That has opened up Rey Destroyer's cut even more.
Aerts lands a nice shot to the body.
Aerts lands with a kick to the ribs.
Aerts lands with a hook. Destroyer tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Aerts works Destroyer's body with a nice hook.
Both fighters circling a little - Aerts finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Aerts stuns Destroyer with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Aerts scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Destroyer doesn't seem bothered though.
Aerts connects with a leg kick. Destroyer looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Destroyer on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Aerts. Aerts obviously looking to wear him down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter Aerts dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rey Destroyer's cut.
That's time! Aerts's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Aerts connects with the punch.
Rey Destroyer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Aerts lands a lovely overhand right.
Good standup being displayed there by Aerts as he connects with a hook.
Destroyer tries to score a power double leg takedown but Aerts sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Destroyer somewhat.
Good leg kick by Aerts there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Aerts works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Aerts throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Destroyer tries to close the distance and clinch but Aerts swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nice straight punches there by Aerts. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Aerts.
Aerts dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Destroyer. That did some damage!
Aerts throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Destroyer is breathing heavily.
Aerts scores with a jab to the body.
Destroyer takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Aerts with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Destroyer walks forward, straight into a front kick from Aerts.
A left lands for Aerts.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aerts scores with a kick to the midsection.
Aerts throws a head kick that Destroyer semi-blocks.
Nice uppercut there from Aerts.

The cut above Rey Destroyer's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Destroyer gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Destroyer blocks a head kick by Aerts.
Aerts throws a leg kick which misses Destroyer's front leg but catches the back leg as Destroyer tries to avoid it.
Destroyer avoids a punch combination nicely.
Peter Aerts is winning the standup battle so far.
Destroyer takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Aerts bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Destroyer has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Aerts.
Aerts fakes the leg kick and cracks Destroyer in the body.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Aerts.
Aerts throws a front kick that sends Destroyer stumbling back into the ropes.
That kick from Aerts tenderised Destroyer's leg. Destroyer is trying to keep his angry face on.
Aerts lands a nice hook to Destroyer's body. Destroyer takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Aerts scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Destroyer steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Aerts. That one must have hurt.
Aerts explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Aerts scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Aerts thuds his shin into the meat of Destroyer's side.
Aerts scores with a nice right hand.
Destroyer sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Aerts cracks Destroyer with a right hand to the side of the head.
Aerts lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Destroyer tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Aerts paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Aerts connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Destroyer momentarily.
Aerts swats away the attempt to clinch by Destroyer.
Destroyer takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Destroyer tries to clinch there but Aerts circles away.
Aerts is looking to slow Destroyer down with leg kicks.
A nice leg kick lands there from Aerts.
Destroyer takes a kick to the side of the head.

Rey Destroyer's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Aerts. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Aerts.
Aerts delivers a nice body kick.
Destroyer on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Aerts lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Aerts throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Aerts throws a head kick that half lands.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Rey Destroyer's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Peter Aerts!
After winning the bout, Peter Aerts thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.