PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Joe Dekkers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bart Boyle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bart Boyle acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Dekkers
vs
Boyle

175 cm
29
154 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

178 cm
19
165 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
World class MT
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Joe Dekkers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bart Boyle!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Steve Erwin and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dekkers lands a front kick.
Dekkers connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

Dekkers rushes Boyle and presses him up against the cage.
Dekkers lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Bart Boyle has been cut.
Dekkers putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Boyle in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Boyle drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Dekkers gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Dekkers unloads a knee to the mid-section. Boyle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Boyle looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dekkers holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Dekkers lands an elbow inside.
Dekkers lands an elbow inside that Boyle shrugs off.
Dekkers putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Boyle in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dekkers lands a damaging elbow.
Dekkers lands a nice knee to the body.
Dekkers comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Boyle takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dekkers stalling against the cage.
Dekkers gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That has opened up Bart Boyle's cut even more.
Boyle takes an elbow to the forehead.
Dekkers utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Dekkers creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Boyle's defenses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dekkers.

The cut above Bart Boyle's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Dekkers lands a nice elbow.
Dekkers lands a good knee to the midsection. Boyle won't want to take too many of those.
Dekkers lands an elbow inside.
Dekkers lands an elbow just above Boyle 's eye.
Dekkers slows down the pace here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dekkers.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dekkers gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Bart Boyle's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Dekkers comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Joe Dekkers!