PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Royston De Noteboom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Falcon Falconowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think De Noteboom might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Rotting Christ - Snowing Still. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

De Noteboom
vs
Falconowski

185 cm
33
228 lbs
23 - 9 - 0

193 cm
27
260 lbs
13 - 10 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 23 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Royston De Noteboom!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Falcon Falconowski!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Falconowski connects with a good right hand that stumbles De Noteboom. De Noteboom circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Falconowski closes the distance and clinches up with De Noteboom, looking for a takedown. Falconowski pushes De Noteboom against the cage but De Noteboom circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Falconowski throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Falconowski misses with a series of wild punches.
De Noteboom looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Falconowski is fending him off so far but De Noteboom persists. Nope, Falconowski circles away and we're back to standing.
Falconowski throws a predictable looking body shot

and De Noteboom counters with a takedown into side control.
De Noteboom is working Falconowski over with some ground and pound from side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Noteboom taking a breather here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Falconowski gets back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Falconowski regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from De Noteboom.
De Noteboom loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
De Noteboom throwing strikes but missing.
De Noteboom slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Falconowski not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
De Noteboom wants to control from the top but Falconowski keeps moving.
De Noteboom sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Falconowski's guard.
De Noteboom missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Falconowski is looking to control De Noteboom's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Falconowski avoid being mounted?
Falconowski keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Falconowski won't allow De Noteboom to pass to mount.
Falconowski is trying to maintain the position but De Noteboom is very close to passing his half guard.
Falconowski is looking to improve his position.
De Noteboom missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Falconowski manages to get to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Noteboom throws a big right hand that misses.
De Noteboom stopping the sweep attempt from Falconowski.
De Noteboom wants to control from the top but Falconowski keeps moving.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Royston De Noteboom dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

De Noteboom shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Falconowski pinned against the cage. Falconowski gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Falconowski throws a big shot that misses.
Falconowski swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Falconowski closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
De Noteboom 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.
Falconowski slows the pace down in half guard.
De Noteboom is looking to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Falconowski sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. De Noteboom defending well though.
De Noteboom won't allow Falconowski to pass to mount.
Still in half guard, Falconowski seems content to control.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Falcon Falconowski wasn't active enough on the ground.
Falconowski misses with a right hand

and De Noteboom counters with a shoot takedown. Falconowski fights it but they end up in guard.
De Noteboom postures up in Falconowski's guard and throws a big left but Falconowski blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Noteboom trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Falconowski being controlled here, momentarily.
Falconowski keeping moving, preventing De Noteboom from controlling successfully.
De Noteboom trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
De Noteboom with a flurry of punches that miss.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Noteboom trying to control but Falconowski is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Royston De Noteboom wasn't doing enough on the ground.
De Noteboom uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Falconowski.
A looping hook to the body misses from Falconowski. De Noteboom does a little dance to reset his feet.
De Noteboom keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
De Noteboom looks for a takedown but Falconowski sprawls well.
Falconowski misses with a right hand
and De Noteboom counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
De Noteboom defending well as Falconowski loads up on a big left hand.
Falconowski misses with a shot to the body

and De Noteboom counters with a shoot takedown. Falconowski fights it but they end up in guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Noteboom throws an elbow that misses. Falconowski uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in De Noteboom's guard. Nice move by Falconowski!
Falconowski looking to pass the guard.
Falconowski postures up in De Noteboom's guard and throws a big left but De Noteboom blocks it.
Falconowski throws a big elbow that misses.
Falconowski with a flurry of punches that miss.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Falconowski throws an elbow that misses. De Noteboom uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Falconowski's guard. Nice move by De Noteboom!
De Noteboom is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Royston De Noteboom will probably get the nod.
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.

A jab from Falconowski finds it's way through De Noteboom's defenses.
Falconowski just misses with a punch to the body.
De Noteboom shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Falconowski cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Falcon Falconowski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Falconowski tries to sprawl but De Noteboom drives through with a takedown into half guard.
De Noteboom thows a huge punch but Falconowski dodges it nicely.
De Noteboom missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
De Noteboom throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Falconowski to regain full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Noteboom throws a strike but Falconowski rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Falconowski in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
De Noteboom preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Falconowski working some strikes from top position.
Falconowski lands a couple of elbows.
De Noteboom preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Falconowski trying to control but De Noteboom is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Noteboom avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Falconowski in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Falconowski pushes down on De Noteboom's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Falconowski passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for De Noteboom!
Falconowski prevents De Noteboom from getting the reversal.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Falconowski thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
De Noteboom avoids a series of strikes thrown by Falconowski.
Falconowski connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Falconowski with good strikes from the mount here!
Falconowski punching from mount but De Noteboom doing a good job of avoiding damage.
De Noteboom regains half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Falconowski is trying to control. De Noteboom wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Falconowski throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Falconowski is stalling here. De Noteboom is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Falconowski seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and De Noteboom has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Falconowski holds on to De Noteboom's head and controls the position momentarily.
De Noteboom throwing strikes but Falconowski manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Falcon Falconowski really dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Falconowski shoots in for a takedown but De Noteboom shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Falconowski misses with a straight right.
Falconowski scores with a nice body kick.
De Noteboom shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Falconowski as he jumps to the side.
De Noteboom takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
De Noteboom takes one to the chin there.
De Noteboom ducks under a wild hook from Falconowski.
Falconowski throws a jab but it's blocked by De Noteboom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Noteboom slips a jab from Falconowski.
Falcon Falconowski seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Falconowski swings for the body but De Noteboom moves out of range.

De Noteboom drives through with a takedown into guard.
De Noteboom trying to control but Falconowski is working from the bottom.
Falconowski looking for a sweep. Not yet Falconowski, not yet.
De Noteboom in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Royston De Noteboom overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
De Noteboom trying to control the position from guard on top but Falconowski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Noteboom throws a big right hand that misses.
De Noteboom trying to control the position from guard on top but Falconowski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Royston De Noteboom wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Falconowski misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Noteboom.
De Noteboom slips under a jab.
Falconowski scores with a nice body kick.
Falconowski thuds a left hand into De Noteboom's body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Falconowski loads up on a big right hand but De Noteboom slips the punch.
Falconowski lands with a cross.
Falconowski lands a head shot.
De Noteboom steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Falconowski.
Falconowski shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has De Noteboom pinned against the cage. De Noteboom gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
De Noteboom misses with a takedown attempt - Falconowski sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Falconowski is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by De Noteboom.
Falconowski throws a hook but De Noteboom blocks it.
Falconowski tries to score a power double leg takedown but De Noteboom sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Falconowski somewhat.
Royston De Noteboom has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Falcon Falconowski.
De Noteboom displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Falconowski.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Falconowski pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Falcon Falconowski dominated that fourth round.
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!

Falconowski misses with an uppercut.
Falconowski throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

It looks like Royston De Noteboom has been cut.
Falconowski lands with a cross.
De Noteboom shoots in for a double leg but Falconowski sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Falconowski connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed De Noteboom momentarily.
Falconowski lands a jab to the nose.
A solid leg kick lands there for Falconowski.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice cross by Falconowski.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Noteboom with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Falconowski to score with a decent uppercut.
Falconowski misses with a lunging right hand

and De Noteboom counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Falconowski is refusing to be controlled, as De Noteboom sits in half guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
De Noteboom is looking to stall here but Falconowski recovers full guard.
De Noteboom working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Falconowski working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from De Noteboom.
Falconowski working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from De Noteboom.
De Noteboom trying to control the position from guard on top but Falconowski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Noteboom stays in close to Falconowski's body and controls the position.

We're going to have a standup here because Royston De Noteboom wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Falconowski misses with a right hand
and De Noteboom counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Falconowski tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Noteboom was well out of range. Poor timing from Falconowski.
De Noteboom uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Falconowski.
Falconowski throws a right hand that misses
and De Noteboom counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
De Noteboom misses with a takedown attempt - Falconowski sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Falconowski throws a combination. De Noteboom tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Falconowski throws a big shot that misses.
Falconowski loads up on a big right hand but De Noteboom slips the punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Falconowski misses with a body punch
and De Noteboom counters with a nice uppercut.
Falconowski misses with a straight right.
Falconowski moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A head kick misses from Falconowski.
De Noteboom looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Falconowski throws a hook but De Noteboom blocks it.
Nice straight punches there by Falconowski. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Falconowski.

And that's the end of the fight!
Falcon Falconowski comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Falconowski has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 47:48
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 47:48
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 47:48

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Falcon Falconowski!
Falcon Falconowski is the new heavyweight champion!
Falcon Falconowski decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.