PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Strong Condition (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sven Eager (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sven Eager will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Condition
vs
Eager

200 cm
19
210 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

187 cm
18
212 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Black Belt Nutrition #=========||=========#

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Strong Condition!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sven Eager!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Saam Ante and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Condition keeps Eager at a distance using the push kick.
Eager fails to land with a series of punches.
Condition lands a nice leg kick that just misses Eager's sensitive parts.
Eager throws a series of punches but Condition moves out of range.
Good shot there by Eager.

Condition tries to keep at a distance but Eager has taken the fight into the clinch.
Condition landing some nice looking knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Condition.
Eager is looking to break free of the clinch but Condition has double underhooks.
Condition scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Sven Eager has been cut.
Condition landing knees to the body.
Eager looks gassed!
Condition scores with a knee to the head.
Condition unloads a knee to the mid-section. Eager lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Condition landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Condition working Eager over with knees to the body.
Condition scores with a knee to the head.
Condition lands a knee to the body.
Condition lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Eager takes a knee right on the jaw!
Condition with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Condition unloads a knee to the mid-section. Eager lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Condition using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Condition scores with a knee to the head.
Eager is trying to break the clinch but Condition has him pressed against the cage.
Condition lands a good knee to the midsection. Eager won't want to take too many of those.
Condition lands a knee to the head.
Condition lands a nice knee to the body.
Condition using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Condition with a knee to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Condition.
Condition connects with a nasty looking knee right to Eager's face.
Condition scores with a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Condition breaks the clinch.

Condition takes the fight into the clinch.
The referee calls for Condition to work.
Eager fails to pull guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Condition crunches a lovely knee into Eager's ribcage.
Condition lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Eager is trying to drag Condition to the mat but Condition just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
A knee to the head by Condition.
Condition stalling the fight.
Condition has Eager pressed against the cage, preventing Eager from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Condition connects with a knee to the head.
Condition slowing the pace effectively.
Condition lands a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Condition.
Condition unloads a knee to the mid-section. Eager lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Condition with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Condition is struggling to control the position.
Eager takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Condition obliges.
Condition putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Eager in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Condition slows down the pace here.
Condition scores a nice knee to the body.
Condition crunches a lovely knee into Eager's ribcage.

Condition breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Condition gets tackled into the cage by Eager. Eager maintains the clinch.
Condition connects with a nasty looking knee right to Eager's face.
Eager wants to break the clinch but can't.
Condition is stalling here.
Condition lands a knee to the body.
Condition is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Condition lands a nice knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stalling in the clinch from Condition.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Condition.
Eager being controlled against the cage.
Condition with a knee to the head.
Eager wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Condition lands a nice knee to the body.
Condition unloads a knee to the mid-section. Eager lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Condition lands a nice knee to the body.
Condition putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Eager in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Condition unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Condition with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Strong Condition dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sven Eager's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Eager chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Condition can pounce on him.
Condition fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Condition keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Condition clinches up with Eager and pushes him back against the cage.
Condition putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Eager in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Condition with a knee to the head.
Eager is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Condition has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Condition using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Condition breaks from the clinch.
Condition lands a head kick!
Strong Condition is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Eager takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Eager is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Condition closes the distance and clinches.
Condition has a couple of punches blocked by Eager.
Condition crunches a lovely knee into Eager's ribcage.
Condition is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Eager can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Condition lands a nice knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Condition obliges.
Condition using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Eager tries to break free but Condition pushes him back against the cage.
Condition crunches a lovely knee into Eager's ribcage.
Condition landing knees to the body.

Condition breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Condition throws a nice head kick!

That has opened up Sven Eager's cut even more.

Condition has Eager up against the cage in a clinch.
Condition with a knee to the head.
Condition is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Eager being controlled against the cage.
Eager is trying to push Condition away but Condition has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Condition putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Eager in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Condition connects with a nasty looking knee right to Eager's face.
Condition lands a knee to the body.
Condition scores with a knee to the head.
Condition landing knees to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Condition.
Eager has a couple of punches blocked by Condition.
Condition with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Strong Condition has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Condition breaks the clinch.

Condition fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Eager, pushing him back against the cage.
Condition scores with a knee to the head.
Condition connects with a knee to the head.
Condition prevents Eager from breaking the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Eager has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Eager is trying to break the clinch but Condition is controlling him.
Condition unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Condition unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Condition landing knees to the body.
Condition lands a good knee to the midsection. Eager won't want to take too many of those.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Condition trying to control the position but instead, Eager has worked for underhooks and has pushed Condition into the cage.

Condition manages to break the clinch.
Condition scores with a head kick. Eager tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
A punch combination from Eager misses.

Condition takes the fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eager tries to break free but Condition pushes him back against the cage.
Condition scores with a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Eager's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Condition will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Eager up against the cage.
Condition scores with a knee to the head.
Condition connects with a nasty looking knee right to Eager's face.
Eager misses with a punch on the inside.
Condition lands a nice knee to the body.
Eager wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Condition has him pressed against the cage.
A knee to the head by Condition.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Condition's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Eager swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Strong Condition is winning the standup battle so far.
Condition throws a nice inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Strong Condition dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sven Eager's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Eager gets a clinch.
Condition crunches a lovely knee into Eager's ribcage.
A knee to the head by Condition.
Condition scores with a knee to the head.
Eager takes a knee to the side of the body.
Condition scores with a knee to the head.
Condition landing knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Condition.
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!
Knees to the body from Condition.
A knee to the head by Condition.
Condition keeps control of Eager as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Condition working Eager over with knees to the body.
Condition connects with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Condition lands a knee to the body.
Condition keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Eager's efforts to push away.
Condition lands a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Condition putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Eager in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Condition lands a good knee to the midsection. Eager won't want to take too many of those.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Condition.
Condition has Eager pressed against the cage, preventing Eager from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Eager takes a knee to the side of the body.
Condition crunches a lovely knee into Eager's ribcage.
Condition lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Condition with a knee to the head.
Condition effectively controlling the action here.
Condition blocks an uppercut.
A bit of stalling here from Condition.
Eager swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Condition prevents Eager from breaking the clinch.
Condition with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Condition.
Eager wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Condition lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Eager wants to break free but Condition has control.
Condition landing knees to the body.
Eager is trying to break the clinch but Condition has him pressed against the cage.
Condition is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Eager wants to break free but Condition has control.
Eager misses with a punch on the inside.
Condition putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Eager in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Condition scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Condition.
Eager is trying to break free.
Condition scores a nice knee to the body.
Condition scores with a knee to the head.
Condition is struggling to control the position.
Condition keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Eager's efforts to push away.
Condition with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eager tries to break free but Condition pushes him back against the cage.
Condition landing knees to the head.
Condition scores with a knee to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Condition landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Eager jumps guard but Condition turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Condition scores with a knee to the head.
Condition is struggling to control the position.
Condition keeps control of Eager as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Condition pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Eager looks to land a combination but Condition avoids it well.
Eager fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Condition fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Condition closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Condition with a knee to the head.
Condition crunches a lovely knee into Eager's ribcage.
Condition connects with a nasty looking knee right to Eager's face.
Strong Condition is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Condition connects with a knee to the head.
Condition lands a good knee to the midsection. Eager won't want to take too many of those.
Condition looking to throw knees to the head but Eager is blocking nicely.
Eager wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Condition has him pressed against the cage.
Eager misses with some punches.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Condition lands a good knee to the midsection. Eager won't want to take too many of those.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Eager wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Condition landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Condition's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sven Eager has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Condition moves into the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Strong Condition showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Condition has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Strong Condition!
Strong Condition took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Black Belt Nutrition #=========||=========# for their support in the buildup to the fight.