PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bob Large (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Aerts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Large comes to the cage accompanied by Blue - U Make Me Wanna . Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Large
vs
Aerts

192 cm
23
248 lbs
13 - 2 - 0

192 cm
27
240 lbs
22 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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Hellraiser Fightgear ($10 Clothing)

Brute

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bob Large!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Peter Aerts!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Roosa Järviläinen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Large moves out of range of the strikes.
Large throws a hook to the side of Aerts's head but Aerts sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Large fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Aerts manages to avoid it.
Aerts lands a right hook to the body.
Aerts scores with a punch to the head.

Large drives through and clinches with Aerts against the cage.
Large lands a shot to the body.
Aerts is trying to break free.
Large pushes Aerts back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Aerts misses with an elbow over the top.
Large scores with a shoulder strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Aerts blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Aerts lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Aerts tries a body shot but Large blocks it.
Large pushes off an throws an elbow but Aerts leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Aerts misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Aerts pushes Large back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Large lands a nice shot to the body.
Large lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Aerts backwards.
Large blocks the elbow strike.
Large blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Aerts throws a head punch that misses.
Aerts scores with a knee to the head.
Aerts lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Large takes a knee to the side of the body.
Aerts with a knee to the head.
Aerts scores a nice knee to the body.
Aerts fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Aerts.
Aerts tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Aerts throws an elbow but misses.
Aerts misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Aerts misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Large.

Large pulls Aerts into guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Large 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.
Aerts looking to sit in guard and control but Large gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Large loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Aerts really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Large. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Large landing some decent shots from guard.
Large trying to control but Aerts is working from the bottom.
Large throwing strikes but missing.
Large missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Large is looking to work some ground and pound but Aerts has wrist control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Large is looking to work some ground and pound but Aerts has wrist control.
Large is looking to work some ground and pound but Aerts has wrist control.
Aerts preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Aerts avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Large is looking to advance position but Aerts has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Large wants to control but Aerts is having none of it.
Large is desperately trying to improve his position but Aerts has a good base and remains in mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Large wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Aerts tries to keep control of the position but Large is staying busy.
Aerts keeps control of the position as Large tries to break free.
Large is working hard here to advance position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Large turns into Aerts and is now in his guard.
Aerts avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
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 Bob Large will probably get the nod.
That's time! Large's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Aerts fails to land with a series of punches.
Large throws a right hand that Aerts ducks under and follows up with a left that Aerts also avoids with ease.
Large staying out of range there.
Aerts blocks a jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Aerts looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Aerts throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Aerts displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Large throws out the jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Large misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Aerts.
Large uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Aerts.
Aerts misses with a right hand
and Large connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Large throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Aerts lets loose with a powerful body kick. Large will feel that in the morning.
Large checks a leg kick.
Aerts ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Aerts lands a slapping body shot.
Aerts looks to score with a jab to the body but Large is just out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Large takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Aerts walks forward, straight into a front kick from Large.
Large misses the shot to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Large there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Large misses with a straight left.
Aerts scores with a nice head shot.
Aerts misses with a hook
and Large counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Aerts.
Aerts misses with a low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Large. Aerts does a little dance to reset his feet.
Large swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Large lands with an overhand left.
Large pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Aerts goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Aerts misses the shot to the body.
Aerts throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Large's head.
Aerts throws a body kick that misses.
Large misses with a head kick.
Aerts turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Aerts waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Large.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Aerts throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Large stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Aerts tries to close the distance and clinch but Large swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Large cracks Aerts with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Large misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Aerts.
Decent striking displayed by Aerts there.
Aerts throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Large smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Large throws a lazy right hand but Aerts sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Large lunges at Aerts with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Aerts's hand.
Large bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Large lands with a thumping leg kick.

Large moves into range and clinches up with Aerts.
Aerts throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Large is leaning against Aerts and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Large misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Aerts tries to land knees in the clinch but Large avoids the damage to the body.
Large tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Large scores with a hook to the body.
Large blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Aerts misses with a punch to the body.
Aerts lands an elbow inside that Large shrugs off.

Large has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Aerts uses from the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Large is trying to control the position but Aerts postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Large escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Aerts gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Large looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Large looking for a triangle here. Aerts is fighting it but it looks tight! Large pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Aerts is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Bob Large!
Bob Large retains his heavyweight title!
Bob Large took some time post fight to say the following; 'Just an another easy victory for Bob!'.