PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mars Brawl (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ophas Iamsaard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brawl comes to the cage accompanied by Dr. Dre - Kush ft. Snoop Dogg, Akon. Iamsaard has chosen Orono Wor Petchpun Highlight as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Brawl
vs
Iamsaard

190 cm
25
148 lbs
6 - 7 - 1

175 cm
26
142 lbs
1 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mars Brawl!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ophas Iamsaard!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Saam Ante and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Iamsaard swats away the attempt to clinch by Brawl.

Brawl closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Brawl is stalling here.
Brawl lands an elbow inside that Iamsaard shrugs off.

It looks like Ophas Iamsaard has been cut.
Iamsaard wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Brawl really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Iamsaard wants to break free but Brawl has control.
Brawl stalling against the cage.
Brawl cracks Iamsaard with a nice body shot.
Iamsaard takes a knee right on the jaw!
Brawl landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Brawl's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

Brawl breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Brawl tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Iamsaard manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Brawl doesn't manage to clinch there - Iamsaard circles away.
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!

Brawl clinches with his opponent.
Brawl putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Iamsaard in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good body shot from Brawl.
Iamsaard looks winded!
Iamsaard has had enough of the clinch but Brawl keeps him there for the moment.
Brawl lands a right hand.
Brawl gets through Iamsaard's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Brawl.
Brawl lands a nice knee to the body.
Brawl lands a nice shot to the body.
Brawl working Iamsaard over with knees to the body.
Brawl scores with a hook to the body.
Brawl lands a knee to the head.
Brawl lands with a left to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Brawl.
Brawl landing knees to the head.
Brawl lands a body shot in the clinch.
Brawl connects with a knee to the head.
Brawl lands a body punch.
Brawl landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Brawl lands a nice knee to the body.
Brawl lands a nice knee to the body.
Brawl landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Brawl connects with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brawl avoiding damage.
Brawl lands an elbow inside that Iamsaard shrugs off.
Brawl lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Iamsaard working hard to break the clinch.
Brawl lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Brawl creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Iamsaard's defenses.

Brawl pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Brawl takes the fight into the clinch.
Iamsaard is trying to break the clinch but Brawl is controlling him.
Iamsaard is trying to push Brawl away but Brawl has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Brawl obliges.
Brawl slowing the pace effectively.
Brawl lands an uppercut.
Brawl using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Brawl lands a knee to the head.

Iamsaard is rocked!
Brawl lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Iamsaard is still on wobbly legs! Can Brawl finish him?
Brawl taking a breather.
Knees to the body from Brawl.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Iamsaard's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Brawl connects with a knee to the head.
Brawl lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Brawl lands a left hand.
Brawl jerks Iamsaard's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Iamsaard drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Brawl goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Brawl because Iamsaard was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Mars Brawl!
Mars Brawl decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.