PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Sandis Nilenders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Deere (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Deere looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Nilenders
vs
Deere

177 cm
27
180 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

180 cm
19
170 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Counter fighter
Experienced

Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sandis Nilenders!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Deere!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Aafke Stam and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Deere throws a sloppy head kick

and Nilenders moves into the clinch.
Deere looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Deere is trying to break the clinch but Nilenders is controlling him.
Nilenders using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Deere takes a knee to the side of the body.
Deere wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nilenders landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nilenders unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nilenders.
Nilenders crunches a lovely knee into Deere's ribcage.
Deere wants to break free but Nilenders has control.
Nilenders putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Deere in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Deere wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nilenders unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nilenders landing knees to the body.
Nilenders landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nilenders landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nilenders.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nilenders obliges.
Nilenders landing knees to the body.
Deere is trying to break free.
Knees to the body from Nilenders.
Nilenders lands a knee to the body.
Deere takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nilenders obliges.
Deere takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nilenders.
Nilenders using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nilenders unloads a knee to the mid-section. Deere lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nilenders landing knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nilenders landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nilenders landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nilenders working Deere over with knees to the body.
Nilenders putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Deere in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Deere wants to stall.
Nilenders utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nilenders obliges.
Nilenders landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Deere wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nilenders working Deere over with knees to the body.
Nilenders landing knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nilenders is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nilenders.
Deere takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nilenders unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nilenders lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nilenders.
Nilenders landing knees to the body.
Nilenders is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nilenders lands a knee to the body.
Nilenders landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nilenders crunches a lovely knee into Deere's ribcage.
Nilenders unloads a knee to the mid-section. Deere lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nilenders.
Nilenders prevents Deere from breaking the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Deere takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nilenders putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Deere in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nilenders landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nilenders working Deere over with knees to the body.
Deere takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nilenders landing knees to the body.
Nilenders scores a nice knee to the body.
Nilenders utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Nilenders utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Nilenders scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nilenders lands a good knee to the midsection. Deere won't want to take too many of those.
Nilenders scores a nice knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sandis Nilenders dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Deere misses with a lunging right hand

and Nilenders holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Nilenders lands a knee to the body.
Nilenders working Deere over with knees to the body.
Nilenders is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nilenders is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nilenders landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nilenders unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nilenders using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nilenders scores a nice knee to the body.
Nilenders lands a nice knee to the body.
Nilenders crunches a lovely knee into Deere's ribcage.
Nilenders putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Deere in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Deere is breathing heavily.
Nilenders landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nilenders obliges.
Nilenders is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Deere can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Deere takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nilenders scores a nice knee to the body.
Nilenders is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nilenders landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nilenders lands a knee to the body.
Nilenders working Deere over with knees to the body.
Nilenders crunches a lovely knee into Deere's ribcage.
Nilenders scores a nice knee to the body.
Sandis Nilenders has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nilenders using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
We've been informed that Deere has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Nilenders landing knees to the body.
Nilenders landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nilenders using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nilenders landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nilenders crunches a lovely knee into Deere's ribcage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nilenders obliges.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knees in the clinch landing for Nilenders.
Nilenders landing knees to the body.
Nilenders unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nilenders unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nilenders lands a good knee to the midsection. Deere won't want to take too many of those.
Nilenders is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Deere takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nilenders putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Deere in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nilenders landing knees to the body.
Nilenders landing knees to the body.
Nilenders working Deere over with knees to the body.
Deere has had enough of the clinch but Nilenders keeps him there for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nilenders lands a good knee to the midsection. Deere won't want to take too many of those.
Nilenders lands a knee to the body.
Nilenders lands a good knee to the midsection. Deere won't want to take too many of those.
Nilenders unloads a knee to the mid-section. Deere lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nilenders landing knees to the body.
Nilenders landing knees to the body.
Nilenders lands a good knee to the midsection. Deere won't want to take too many of those.
Nilenders lands a nice knee to the body.
Nilenders landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nilenders is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nilenders landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nilenders unloads a knee to the mid-section. Deere lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nilenders lands a knee to the body.
Nilenders lands a nice knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nilenders.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nilenders landing knees to the body.
Nilenders landing knees to the body.
Nilenders utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Nilenders crunches a lovely knee into Deere's ribcage.
Nilenders unloads a knee to the mid-section. Deere lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nilenders.
Knees to the body from Nilenders.
Nilenders utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nilenders unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees to the body from Nilenders.
Nilenders putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Deere in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sandis Nilenders dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Deere throws a head kick that misses

and Nilenders counters by clinching up.
Nilenders lands a nice knee to the body.
Deere takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nilenders unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nilenders crunches a lovely knee into Deere's ribcage.
Knees to the body from Nilenders.
Nilenders lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nilenders.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nilenders obliges.
Nilenders using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Nilenders.
Deere takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nilenders unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Deere takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nilenders unloads a knee to the mid-section. Deere lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nilenders landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nilenders is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nilenders.
Nilenders working Deere over with knees to the body.
Deere takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knees to the body from Nilenders.
Nilenders unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nilenders obliges.
Nilenders unloads a knee to the mid-section. Deere lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nilenders lands a knee to the body.
Deere takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knees to the body from Nilenders.
Nilenders landing some nice looking knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nilenders scores a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nilenders using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nilenders landing knees to the body.
Nilenders landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nilenders landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nilenders lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nilenders.
Nilenders utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Nilenders using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nilenders lands a good knee to the midsection. Deere won't want to take too many of those.
Nilenders unloads a knee to the mid-section. Deere lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nilenders obliges.
Nilenders landing knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nilenders landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nilenders landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nilenders crunches a lovely knee into Deere's ribcage.
Nilenders working Deere over with knees to the body.
Nilenders is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nilenders landing knees to the body.
Nilenders lands a good knee to the midsection. Deere won't want to take too many of those.
Nilenders unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nilenders obliges.
Nilenders putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Deere in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nilenders unloads a knee to the mid-section. Deere lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Deere takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knees to the body from Nilenders.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nilenders is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nilenders lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Nilenders.
Nilenders lands a nice knee to the body.
Nilenders prevents Deere from breaking the clinch.
Nilenders crunches a lovely knee into Deere's ribcage.
Nilenders landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nilenders unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nilenders scores a nice knee to the body.
Nilenders landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nilenders obliges.
Nilenders landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nilenders obliges.
John Deere has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nilenders utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sandis Nilenders showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Nilenders, 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:25
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:25
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sandis Nilenders!