PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Karl De Groot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aitch Bubbles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bubbles has chosen Burn Apollo as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

De Groot
vs
Bubbles

170 cm
30
158 lbs
31 - 12 - 0

180 cm
33
167 lbs
21 - 6 - 3

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

Syndicate Nutrition (DUS)
Steel Penn's Laundry 93%

Brute

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 31 - 12 - 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 21 - 6 - 3, fighting out of Sydney, Aitch Bubbles!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, John Mangel and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Groot misses with a hook. Bubbles ducked under it nicely.
Bubbles lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bubbles keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
De Groot throws a poor cross that misses
and Bubbles counters with a nice body shot.
De Groot misses with a takedown
and Bubbles counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A low kick from De Groot misses
and Bubbles cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A nice leg kick lands there from De Groot.
Bubbles thows a body shot but no joy.
Bubbles keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
De Groot throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
De Groot avoids a punch combination nicely.
De Groot misses with a body shot.
De Groot throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from De Groot lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Bubbles has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Bubbles and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
De Groot throws a hook but Bubbles blocks it.
De Groot connects with a solid leg kick.
Karl De Groot seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bubbles misses with a low kick.
Bubbles connects with a nice looking jab.
De Groot connects with the punch.
De Groot throws the kick towards the body but Bubbles avoids it.
De Groot misses with a hook to the body

and Bubbles counters by moving into the clinch.
De Groot slows down the pace here.
A short uppercut from Bubbles.
Bubbles fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from De Groot.
Bubbles tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bubbles using the Thai plumb to throw knees but De Groot has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bubbles doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bubbles wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A short left from De Groot.

De Groot breaks the clinch.
A swing and a miss from Bubbles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bubbles tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Groot was well out of range. Poor timing from Bubbles.
Bubbles throws a hook to the side of De Groot's head but De Groot sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bubbles wants to slow De Groot down by chopping away at his legs.
Bubbles sizes up De Groot with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bubbles walks into a stiff left hand from De Groot.
De Groot lands a jab.
De Groot ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bubbles moves away.
De Groot tries to bum rush Bubbles with a series of wild strikes but Bubbles uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from De Groot, right into the meat.
A lazy left from De Groot finds it's target.
De Groot misses with a leg kick.

De Groot drives through and clinches with Bubbles against the cage.
Bubbles avoiding damage.
Bubbles is trying to break the clinch but De Groot has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Groot lands an uppercut.
Bubbles swings wildly with an uppercut but De Groot uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Groot blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bubbles softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bubbles blocks a body shot from De Groot.

Bubbles breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jab, jab by De Groot - just one landing.
A jab from Bubbles misses.
Bubbles tests De Groot's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bubbles misses the shot to the body.
De Groot lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bubbles has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
De Groot lands a right hook to the body.
Bubbles checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
De Groot tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bubbles swats him away and circles back towards the center.
De Groot thuds a left hand into Bubbles's body.
Bubbles takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for De Groot.
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!
Bubbles on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
De Groot takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Aitch Bubbles is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Bubbles checks a leg kick.
De Groot thuds a left hand into Bubbles's body.
Bubbles looks to land a left hand but De Groot moved out of range nicely.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from De Groot, right into the meat.
Bubbles scores with a hook to the body. De Groot takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
De Groot ducks under a wild hook from Bubbles.
Bubbles checks the leg kick.
De Groot moves in looking to clinch but Bubbles pushes him off.

De Groot drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De Groot trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Bubbles is pulling down on De Groot's head to control his posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Karl De Groot dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Nice uppercut lands for De Groot. That snapped Bubbles's head back.
Bubbles dodges the punch combination from De Groot.
De Groot lands an overhand right.
De Groot takes a jab right on the kisser.
A bone on bone clash there as Bubbles blocks the leg kick.
Bubbles slips under a jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bubbles. That's going to slow De Groot down.
Bubbles moves out of range as De Groot throws a body kick.
Bubbles digs a good body shot into De Groot's ribs.
De Groot tries to clinch up but Bubbles circles away and keeps his distance.
De Groot takes a swing at Bubbles's ribcage but misses.
De Groot misses with a low kick.
De Groot misses with a hook.
De Groot throws a shot from downtown. Bubbles moves away and avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Groot scoring well with a low kick there.
Bubbles throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bubbles goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Bubbles with a body punch. A glancing blow.
De Groot dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bubbles. That did some damage!
De Groot is looking to land body kicks.
De Groot looking to land some kicks to the body here.
De Groot connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
De Groot throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bubbles throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A decent looking body kick lands there for De Groot.
De Groot slips a straight right by Bubbles.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from De Groot lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Bubbles has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Bubbles and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
De Groot ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bubbles moves away.
De Groot misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bubbles misses with a low kick.
De Groot pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Karl De Groot is winning the standup battle so far.
De Groot misses with a wild body shot.
De Groot fails with an attempt to clinch.
De Groot with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
De Groot throws a leg kick
and De Groot takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bubbles misses with a body shot.
Bubbles throws a body kick that misses.
De Groot keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
De Groot tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
De Groot lands a slapping body shot.
Bubbles slips a straight right by De Groot.
De Groot dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bubbles. That did some damage!
Bubbles scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Bubbles moves out of range of the strikes.
A jab from De Groot misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bubbles 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 lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bubbles's sensitive parts.
De Groot looks to land a right hand but Bubbles moved out of range.
De Groot fails with a takedown attempt.
De Groot checks a leg kick nicely.
De Groot slips under a jab.
Bubbles misses with a few strikes there.
Bubbles misses with a looping right.
De Groot closes this distance looking for a takedown but Bubbles circles away.
Bubbles tries to clinch
letting De Groot counter with a right hand.
De Groot misses with a right hand
and Bubbles counters with a low kick, right behind De Groot 's knee.
A thudding body kick lands there by Bubbles!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Groot tries to land a leg kick but Bubbles saw it coming and moves away.
Bubbles throws a leg kick but De Groot sees it coming and moves out of range.
De Groot lands a nice shot to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for De Groot.
De Groot throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
De Groot lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bubbles's sensitive parts.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Groot will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Karl De Groot. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bubbles shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
De Groot scores with a nice head shot.
De Groot looks to score with a jab to the body but Bubbles is just out of range.
De Groot tries for a takedown but Bubbles sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bubbles uses good head movement to avoid the hook from De Groot.
De Groot tries to clinch up
and Bubbles counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Karl De Groot dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Bubbles feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to De Groot's calf.
Bubbles throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
De Groot slips under a jab.
De Groot misses with a body shot.
De Groot misses with a jab, cross combination.
De Groot throws a lazy uppercut
and Bubbles counters with a nice kick to the body.
Bubbles blocks the body kick.
De Groot punishes Bubbles's body with a nice straight punch.
Bubbles lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A looping hook to the body misses from De Groot. Bubbles does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bubbles takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
De Groot misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
De Groot tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bubbles swats him away and circles back towards the center.
De Groot tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
De Groot scores with the left hand. Bubbles knows he should have avoided that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Groot throws a lazy head kick
and Bubbles counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bubbles swings for the body but De Groot moves out of range.
Bubbles closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
De Groot fails with the takedown
and Bubbles counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bubbles moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Bubbles moves out of range of the strikes.
De Groot throws a push kick but Bubbles slaps the foot to one side.
Bubbles lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
De Groot takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
De Groot throws a poor cross that misses
and Bubbles counters with a nice leg kick.
De Groot throws a head kick that misses.

Bubbles has closed the distance and engaged De Groot in a clinch.
Bubbles tries a body shot but De Groot blocks it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A shot in the inside from De Groot.
Aitch Bubbles has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bubbles trying to control the position but instead, De Groot has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bubbles into the cage.
Bubbles swings away with an uppercut that misses.
De Groot goes for a takedown attempt but Bubbles pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
De Groot misses with a leg kick.
De Groot throws a looping overhand right but Bubbles ducks down to avoid it.
Bubbles goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Bubbles throws a push kick but De Groot slaps the foot to one side.
Bubbles avoids the head kick by De Groot.
Bubbles pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bubbles on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Bubbles swings for the body but De Groot moves out of range.
Bubbles throws out a leg kick but De Groot moves out of range and Bubbles only half commits.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Groot throws a big shot that misses.
Bubbles avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bubbles connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed De Groot momentarily.
Bubbles tries to clinch there but De Groot circles away.
Bubbles wants to clinch.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! De Groot crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Bubbles - the referee stops the clock and De Groot gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Bubbles. De Groot manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
De Groot tried to score with a low kick but Bubbles checks it.
A bone on bone clash there as Bubbles blocks the leg kick.
The fighters circling - Bubbles throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bubbles misses with a jab, cross combination.
De Groot misses with an attempted mid kick.
Bubbles swats away the attempt to clinch by De Groot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Groot throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
De Groot is looking to slow Bubbles down with leg kicks.
A looping hook to the body misses from De Groot. Bubbles does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bubbles checks the leg kick nicely there.
Bubbles sizes up De Groot with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Bubbles throws an ugly left hook that misses
and De Groot counters with a nice uppercut.
De Groot misses with a straight left.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Bubbles lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and De Groot has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from De Groot and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
De Groot lets loose with a powerful body kick. Bubbles will feel that in the morning.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bubbles takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
De Groot lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bubbles at a distance.
Bubbles uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Bubbles avoids the head kick by De Groot.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Aitch Bubbles.
I think De Groot has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 29:28
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Karl De Groot!
Karl De Groot decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.