PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Huxi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Quita Ioptoa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Thomas Huxi has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Huxi
vs
Ioptoa

170 cm
26
190 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

199 cm
25
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Determined

HGH Nutrients Q160-Q158

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thomas Huxi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Quita Ioptoa!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Radbod Blank and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ioptoa blocks a head kick by Huxi.
Huxi throws a series of punches but Ioptoa moves out of range.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Ioptoa enables Huxi to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Ioptoa manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.

Huxi gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Huxi throws a sloppy head kick and Ioptoa moves out of range easily.
Ioptoa throws a head kick that misses.
Ioptoa misses with a head kick.
Ioptoa slips under a jab from Huxi.
Huxi misses with the combination.
No luck for Huxi with that takedown attempt.
Huxi connects with a right hand. Ioptoa shakes it off.
Ioptoa avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ioptoa throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ioptoa throws a nice looking combination but Huxi bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Huxi fails to land with a series of punches.
Huxi throws a head kick that misses.
Thomas Huxi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A left and a right from Huxi both land. Nice combination.
A punch combination from Ioptoa misses.
Ioptoa throws a push kick but Huxi slaps the foot to one side.
Huxi throws a right hand that Ioptoa ducks under and follows up with a left that Ioptoa also avoids with ease.
Ioptoa throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Huxi.
Huxi misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Huxi lands a front kick.
Quita Ioptoa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ioptoa throws a combination that misses
and Huxi counters with a left to the body.
Huxi lands a jab-cross combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Huxi throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Huxi thows a body kick. Ioptoa tries to catch it but that hurt him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Huxi throws a body kick that misses.
Ioptoa misses with a double jab.
Huxi with a lazy takedown attempt

and Ioptoa counters by moving into the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Thomas Huxi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ioptoa keeps control of Huxi as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ioptoa is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Huxi gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Ioptoa breaks from the clinch.
Huxi shoots in looking for a takedown but Ioptoa manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Huxi's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Huxi throws a head kick but Ioptoa moves out of range.

A jab-cross combination lands for Huxi and sends Ioptoa crashing to the mat! Huxi follows him down to the mat - Ioptoa regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!

Ioptoa is rocked!
Huxi throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Ioptoa is still in real trouble! Can Huxi finish him?
Ioptoa is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huxi missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ioptoa seems to have recovered his senses.
Huxi thows a huge punch but Ioptoa dodges it nicely.
Huxi sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Ioptoa defending well though.
Huxi not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Huxi stands up out of the half guard.
Huxi avoids the body shot from Ioptoa.
Huxi misses with a wild combination.
Nice shot by Huxi.
Huxi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ioptoa moves out of range as Huxi throws a body kick.
Huxi misses with a body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Huxi looks to land a combination but Ioptoa avoids it well.
Huxi misses with a low kick as Ioptoa jumps back.
Sloppy strikes from Ioptoa. Those never looked like landing.
Ioptoa tries to bum rush Huxi with a series of wild strikes but Huxi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Huxi looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Huxi is looking to land body kicks.
Huxi blocks a head kick by Ioptoa.
Huxi blocks a head kick by Ioptoa.
Huxi throws a right and a left that Ioptoa avoids nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ioptoa misses with a wild body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ioptoa fails to land with a series of punches.
Nice cross by Huxi.
Ioptoa blocks a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thomas Huxi dominated that round.
That's time! Huxi's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Huxi lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Ioptoa backs up against the cage.
Thomas Huxi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Huxi throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Huxi tries a head kick but it misses.
Huxi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Huxi throws a combination that misses
and Ioptoa counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Huxi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ioptoa avoids the head kick by Huxi.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Huxi throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Huxi throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Ioptoa's waist but Ioptoa gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Huxi off to one side.
Huxi looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Huxi rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ioptoa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Huxi lands a jab-cross combination.
Ioptoa will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Huxi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ioptoa.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ioptoa tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Ioptoa fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Huxi throws a push kick but Ioptoa slaps the foot to one side.
Ioptoa tries to bum rush Huxi with a series of wild strikes but Huxi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Huxi misses with the body kick
and Ioptoa counters with a body kick that stops Huxi in his tracks momentarily.
Huxi throws a nice looking combination but Ioptoa bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Huxi blocks a low kick nicely.
Ioptoa tries a head kick but it misses.
Huxi throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Huxi goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ioptoa rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Huxi moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A leg kick checked by Ioptoa.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Huxi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ioptoa.
Huxi moves out of range of the leg kick from Ioptoa.
Huxi swinging wildly here.
Ioptoa stuffs the takedown attempt from Huxi. Huxi gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Thomas Huxi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Huxi throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ioptoa misses with a series of wild punches.
Ioptoa dodges the punch combination from Huxi.
Huxi tries a head kick but it misses.
Ioptoa throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Huxi.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huxi throws a nice looking combination but Ioptoa bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ioptoa swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Huxi throws a head kick that misses.
A big right from Huxi misses.
Huxi throws a right and a left that Ioptoa avoids nicely.
Ioptoa blocks the body kick.
Nice body kick there by Ioptoa.
Huxi throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Huxi shoots in for a double leg but Ioptoa sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Thomas Huxi is winning the standup battle so far.
Sloppy strikes from Ioptoa. Those never looked like landing.
Ioptoa tries a head kick but it misses.

Huxi gets a takedown into half guard.
Ioptoa is looking for a sweep. Huxi is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ioptoa works his way to full guard. Good work.
Huxi trying to control the position from guard on top but Ioptoa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Ioptoa uses the cage to get back to his feet.
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.
Huxi throws a hook but Ioptoa blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thomas Huxi dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Ioptoa throws a sloppy head kick and Huxi moves out of range easily.
Huxi tries to bum rush Ioptoa with a series of wild strikes but Ioptoa uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ioptoa looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ioptoa swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Huxi tries a head kick but it misses.
Ioptoa moves out of range of the body kick from Huxi.
Huxi blocks a head kick by Ioptoa.
Huxi gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Ioptoa counters with a nice leg kick.
A head kick misses from Ioptoa.
Huxi misses with a low kick.
Huxi swinging wildly here.
Huxi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ioptoa.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ioptoa tries a head kick but it misses.
Huxi tries to land a front kick but Ioptoa steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Huxi throws a series of punches but Ioptoa avoids them all with ease.
Ioptoa finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Ioptoa throws a nice looking combination but Huxi bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A leg kick checked by Huxi.
Ioptoa showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Huxi.
Huxi throws a series of punches but Ioptoa avoids them all with ease.
Ioptoa has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Huxi finds it's way round the side to connect with Ioptoa's head.
Huxi looks to land a combination but Ioptoa avoids it well.
Huxi pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Ioptoa.
Ioptoa misses with a few strikes there.
Ioptoa throws a head kick that misses.
Ioptoa takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Huxi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ioptoa tries a head kick but it misses.
Huxi has a takedown stuffed.
Huxi just misses with a punch to the body.
Huxi throws a half hearted mid kick.
A head kick misses from Huxi.
Huxi throws out a leg kick but Ioptoa moves out of range and Huxi only half commits.
Huxi throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ioptoa avoids the head kick by Huxi.
Ioptoa misses with a few strikes there.
Ioptoa avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Huxi dives in and grabs Ioptoa's left leg, looking for a takedown. Ioptoa pushes down on Huxi's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Thomas Huxi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Huxi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Huxi misses with a series of wild punches.
Ioptoa throws a right and a left that both miss.
Huxi throws a leg kick but Ioptoa moved away.
Ioptoa stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Ioptoa wants it to stay on the feet.
Ioptoa tries to bum rush Huxi with a series of wild strikes but Huxi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Thomas Huxi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ioptoa avoids the head kick by Huxi.
Ioptoa stuffs the takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ioptoa swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ioptoa tries to bum rush Huxi with a series of wild strikes but Huxi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Huxi goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ioptoa throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Ioptoa looks to land a combination but Huxi avoids it well.
Huxi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Huxi throws a series of punches but Ioptoa moves out of range.
Huxi throws a head kick but Ioptoa moves out of range.
Huxi scores with a nice head shot.
Huxi throws a right and a left that both miss.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ioptoa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Huxi closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Ioptoa quickly recovers to half guard.
Quita Ioptoa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Huxi is trying to control the action in half guard but Ioptoa is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thomas Huxi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Huxi, 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thomas Huxi!