PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sap De Aardwortel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pietkriek Gumbi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pietkriek Gumbi will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

De Aardwortel
vs
Gumbi

175 cm
19
143 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

169 cm
27
135 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sap De Aardwortel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pietkriek Gumbi!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Paul Aken and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gumbi changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

Excellent takedown into side control there by De Aardwortel.
De Aardwortel landing strikes.
Gumbi takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
De Aardwortel fails to land a wild elbow strike.
De Aardwortel postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Gumbi managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by De Aardwortel.
De Aardwortel throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
De Aardwortel throws an elbow but Gumbi slips to the side and avoids it well.
De Aardwortel throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
De Aardwortel working the head and body with strikes.
De Aardwortel has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Aardwortel controls the position.
Gumbi is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Gumbi managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by De Aardwortel.
De Aardwortel in side control, throwing shots but Gumbi defends.
De Aardwortel working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
De Aardwortel cracks Gumbi with a big elbow.
De Aardwortel scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Gumbi to see if he's OK.
De Aardwortel scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Gumbi to see if he's OK.
De Aardwortel works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Aardwortel has knee on belly and moves into mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Aardwortel lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
De Aardwortel controlling the pace for now.
De Aardwortel putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
De Aardwortel landing strikes from the mount and Gumbi is in trouble!
De Aardwortel working the ground and pound effectively.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, De Aardwortel cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Aardwortel lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Gumbi takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
De Aardwortel breaks from Gumbi's wrist control and lands an elbow.
De Aardwortel postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Gumbi looks a forlorn figure.
De Aardwortel scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Gumbi?
Gumbi trying desperately to get to his feet.
De Aardwortel landing shots from mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Aardwortel landing shots from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, De Aardwortel cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
De Aardwortel lands with some strikes.
Gumbi in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
De Aardwortel scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The referee warns Gumbi that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
De Aardwortel raining down shots from the mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
De Aardwortel looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

Gumbi is rocked!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De Aardwortel working the ground and pound effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sap De Aardwortel dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

De Aardwortel decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Gumbi really doesn't want to stay on the ground with De Aardwortel. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
De Aardwortel lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
De Aardwortel working Gumbi over with strikes.
Gumbi blocking the ground and pound attempt from De Aardwortel.
De Aardwortel moves nicely into side control.
De Aardwortel scoring with punches from side control.
Check out the look on De Aardwortel's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
De Aardwortel scores with a couple of short elbows.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The strikes coming from De Aardwortel are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gumbi takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Gumbi takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
De Aardwortel is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Gumbi's shoulder. That is not cool.
De Aardwortel grinds an elbow into Gumbi's temple.
Gumbi is pushing De Aardwortel's head away, looking to escape. De Aardwortel manages to hold on to the position though.
De Aardwortel lands an elbow.
De Aardwortel working the ground and pound from side control.
De Aardwortel scores with a couple of short elbows.
Gumbi on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Aardwortel lands a few punches from side control.
De Aardwortel cracks Gumbi with a big right hand but Gumbi just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
De Aardwortel is working Gumbi over with some ground and pound from side control.
De Aardwortel landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
De Aardwortel lands a few punches from side control.
De Aardwortel landing a few strikes.
De Aardwortel landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
De Aardwortel misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
De Aardwortel controls the position from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Aardwortel working the head with strikes.
Gumbi on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
De Aardwortel lands some shots froms side control.
De Aardwortel working the body and head with strikes.
De Aardwortel controls the position.
Gumbi on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Gumbi takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Gumbi takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Aardwortel is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Gumbi will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
De Aardwortel working the ground and pound.
De Aardwortel advances to mount.
De Aardwortel unloading with bombs!
De Aardwortel scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Gumbi?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gumbi is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
De Aardwortel looking to finish Gumbi with some ground and pound. This is bad for Gumbi!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sap De Aardwortel 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!

De Aardwortel walks into a straight right hand from Gumbi.

De Aardwortel feints and as Gumbi raises his hands in defense, De Aardwortel changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
De Aardwortel trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
De Aardwortel distracts Gumbi with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
De Aardwortel postures up in Gumbi's guard and throws a big left but Gumbi blocks it.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells De Aardwortel's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
De Aardwortel throwing strikes from guard but Gumbi blocks nicely.
De Aardwortel lands a couple of elbows.
De Aardwortel throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Aardwortel scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
De Aardwortel in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
De Aardwortel sitting in guard here, content to control.
De Aardwortel landing some decent shots from guard.
De Aardwortel not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
De Aardwortel is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gumbi can do to turn this around?
De Aardwortel has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
De Aardwortel loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Aardwortel makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
De Aardwortel advances position into side control!
De Aardwortel scoring with punches and elbows.
De Aardwortel connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Gumbi some visible discomfort.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gumbi taking punishment in the form of punches.
De Aardwortel lands a decent elbow from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Aardwortel lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
De Aardwortel lands a decent elbow from side control.
De Aardwortel is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Gumbi's shoulder. That is not cool.
Gumbi takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Gumbi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gumbi on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
De Aardwortel remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Sap De Aardwortel overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Aardwortel lands a few punches from side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
De Aardwortel connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Gumbi some visible discomfort.
The ground and pound from De Aardwortel seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sap De Aardwortel showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for De Aardwortel, 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 30:24
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:24
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sap De Aardwortel!