PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Karl De Groot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Torsten Ostergaard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ostergaard is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Bad Street, Atlanta, GA. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

De Groot
vs
Ostergaard

170 cm
29
158 lbs
28 - 11 - 0

183 cm
26
165 lbs
13 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Syndicate Nutrition (DUS)

Demonic Steel Clothing

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 28 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Karl De Groot!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Torsten Ostergaard!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Tarja Halkonen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ostergaard looks to throw the jab but De Groot is out of range.
An inside leg kick from De Groot misses.
De Groot ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ostergaard throws a leg kick but De Groot sees it coming and moves out of range.
Ostergaard misses with a head kick.
Ostergaard pivots, looking for a leg kick but De Groot is out of range and Ostergaard settles back down.
De Groot lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ostergaard's sensitive parts.
De Groot swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De Groot connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ostergaard fakes a jab and throws a low kick but De Groot checks it well.
De Groot swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A jab from De Groot misses.
Ostergaard throws a jab but it's blocked by De Groot.
De Groot tries to land a front kick but Ostergaard steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Ostergaard doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
That kick from Ostergaard tenderised De Groot's leg. De Groot is trying to keep his angry face on.
De Groot scores with a hook to the body. Ostergaard takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A punch lands to the side of De Groot 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
De Groot lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ostergaard's sensitive parts.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Groot connects with the punch.
De Groot misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Groot swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ostergaard tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ostergaard lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Donk. Ostergaard catches De Groot right on the button with a cross.
Karl De Groot seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ostergaard keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Ostergaard circles away from the clinch attempt.
De Groot blocks a head kick by Ostergaard.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ostergaard. That's going to slow De Groot down.
Ostergaard missing with a left hand there. De Groot was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ostergaard throws out a loose jab but De Groot uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Groot uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ostergaard.
Ostergaard walks into a jab.
De Groot fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ostergaard swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Ostergaard misses with a jab, cross combination.
De Groot keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
De Groot throws a body punch but Ostergaard moves out of range.
De Groot tries a head kick but it misses.
De Groot throws a leg kick but Ostergaard moved away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
De Groot fails to land with a series of punches.
De Groot lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ostergaard doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
De Groot wants to clinch up but Ostergaard keeps it at a distance.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from De Groot.
A lazy body kick from De Groot
and Ostergaard counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ostergaard on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
De Groot checks a low kick from Ostergaard.
De Groot throws a good cross that connects.
De Groot chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ostergaard can pounce on him.
Ostergaard closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ostergaard misses with a double jab.
De Groot takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
De Groot scores with a leg kick.
De Groot throws a body punch but Ostergaard moves out of range.
De Groot connects with a solid leg kick.
De Groot throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ostergaard's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
De Groot misses with a body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Groot avoids the head kick by Ostergaard.
De Groot ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
De Groot throws out a leg kick but Ostergaard moves out of range and De Groot only half commits.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as De Groot checks a leg kick.
Ostergaard misses with a straight right.
Ostergaard scores with a nice head shot.
Ostergaard throws an uppercut from half a mile away. De Groot sees it coming and avoids it easily.
De Groot swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De Groot is looking to wear down Ostergaard with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Ostergaard avoids the body shot from De Groot.
Ostergaard fakes a jab and throws a low kick but De Groot checks it well.
Ostergaard lets loose with a powerful body kick. De Groot will feel that in the morning.
Ostergaard rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but De Groot moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ostergaard tries to land a leg kick but De Groot saw it coming and moves away.
Ostergaard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
De Groot displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ostergaard throws out the jab.
Ostergaard fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but De Groot is out of range.
De Groot lands a nice shot to the body.
De Groot scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Ostergaard doesn't seem bothered though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ostergaard throws a chopping leg kick but De Groot manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
De Groot scores with a one two! Ostergaard had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Groot swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Ostergaard takes a kick to the side of the head.
Ostergaard does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
De Groot misses with a low kick.
Ostergaard ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De Groot moves away.
Ostergaard moves away from the strike by De Groot.
Ostergaard thows a left - swing and a miss!
De Groot connects with an inside leg kick.
De Groot thuds a left hand into Ostergaard's body.
De Groot fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ostergaard has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
De Groot checks a low kick from Ostergaard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De Groot uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
De Groot throws a quick inside leg kick.
De Groot jabs Ostergaard to the body, keeping him at a distance.
De Groot moves out of range as Ostergaard throws a body kick.
Nice body kick there by De Groot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Karl De Groot dominated that 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.

De Groot throws a leg kick which misses Ostergaard's front leg but catches the back leg as Ostergaard tries to avoid it.
De Groot misses with a body shot.
A shot to the body from Ostergaard misses
letting De Groot counter with a right hand.
De Groot tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ostergaard was well out of range. Poor timing from De Groot.
De Groot pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ostergaard cracks the inside of De Groot's front leg.
De Groot keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ostergaard.
Ostergaard walks into a left hand.
De Groot throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ostergaard drops his hands momentarily and De Groot takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Ostergaard throws a jab when De Groot was well out of range.
De Groot moves in looking to clinch but Ostergaard pushes him off.
Karl De Groot is winning the standup battle so far.
De Groot feints and then cracks Ostergaard's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ostergaard down.
De Groot paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
De Groot throws a low kick but Ostergaard avoids it.
De Groot scores with a nice body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

De Groot clinches.
De Groot tries to throw a body punch but Ostergaard avoids it by throwing De Groot back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Come on Ostergaard - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Ostergaard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ostergaard misses with the head strike.
Ostergaard fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
De Groot tries to work over Ostergaard's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ostergaard misses with a hook from the clinch.
De Groot working aggressively here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from De Groot.
De Groot lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
De Groot lands a nice uppercut.
Ostergaard tries to throw a body punch but De Groot avoids it by throwing Ostergaard back against the cage.
De Groot lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
De Groot lands a left hand.
A right hook to the body lands for De Groot.
De Groot misses with a punch to the body.
De Groot lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, De Groot just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ostergaard's brow.
De Groot lands an uppercut.
De Groot tries a body shot but Ostergaard blocks it.
De Groot tries to throw a body punch but Ostergaard avoids it by throwing De Groot back against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from De Groot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ostergaard works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
De Groot has a couple of punches blocked by Ostergaard.
Ostergaard blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ostergaard has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ostergaard scores with a shot to the side of De Groot's head.
De Groot working aggressively here.
De Groot tries to work over Ostergaard's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
De Groot lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
De Groot stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ostergaard is trying to maintain a safe position but De Groot gets an underhook and turns Ostergaard into the cage.
De Groot is trying to break free.
De Groot misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Groot lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
De Groot being controlled against the cage.
De Groot putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ostergaard in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ostergaard is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
De Groot misses with a body punch.
Nice elbow from De Groot.
De Groot works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
De Groot blocks a body shot from Ostergaard.
De Groot blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by De Groot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from De Groot.
De Groot scores with a nice hook to the head.
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!
Ostergaard scores with a shot to the side of De Groot's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from De Groot.
Ostergaard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ostergaard has a couple of punches blocked by De Groot.
De Groot tries a body shot but Ostergaard blocks it.
De Groot misses with a punch to the body.
De Groot can't find room to land a body shot as Ostergaard controls the action.
De Groot tries a body shot but Ostergaard blocks it.
De Groot lands an elbow inside.
De Groot makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Ostergaard is rocked!
Karl De Groot has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ostergaard throws a punch but it's blocked by De Groot.
Ostergaard is still on wobbly legs! Can De Groot finish him?
De Groot lands a body punch.
Ostergaard is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
De Groot lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ostergaard backwards.
De Groot lands a big right hand that drops Ostergaard! The killer instinct kicks in and De Groot finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by De Groot!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Karl De Groot!
After winning the bout, Karl De Groot thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.