PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ruud Gullit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex The Lion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

Gullit
vs
The Lion

160 cm
26
141 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

169 cm
26
145 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ruud Gullit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Alex The Lion!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Bart Greer and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gullit throws a right and a left that The Lion avoids nicely.
The Lion slips a straight right by Gullit.

The Lion has managed to clinch.
The Lion working aggressively here.
The Lion makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The Lion swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Lion.
A head punch on the inside from The Lion fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gullit.
A head punch on the inside from The Lion fails to land.
The Lion lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The Lion misses with a hook to the ribs.
The Lion doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for The Lion.
The Lion misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gullit blocks an uppercut.
A short left from The Lion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Lion tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The Lion tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from The Lion.
The Lion can't find room to land a body shot as Gullit controls the action.
The Lion doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The Lion has a couple of punches blocked by Gullit.
A nice left hand lands by The Lion.
The Lion lands with a short shot to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from The Lion.
The Lion misses with some punches.
Gullit definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
The Lion lands a left hand.
The Lion makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gullit blocks a body shot from The Lion.
The Lion lands a nice uppercut.
Gullit prevents a body shot from The Lion.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Lion tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The Lion misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The Lion tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short uppercut from The Lion.
The Lion doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The Lion tries a body shot but Gullit blocks it.
The Lion lands a hook to the side of the head.
The Lion throws a head punch that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Lion working aggressively here.
The Lion throws a head punch that misses.
The Lion makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The Lion has a couple of punches blocked by Gullit.
A head punch blocked on the inside by The Lion.
The Lion doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The Lion tries to work over Gullit's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Lion tries a body shot but Gullit blocks it.
The Lion misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The Lion softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The Lion has a couple of punches blocked by Gullit.
A head punch on the inside from The Lion fails to land.
The Lion swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The Lion misses with a short punch on the inside.
The Lion can't find room to land a body shot as Gullit controls the action.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, The Lion creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gullit slows down the pace here.
The Lion working aggressively here.
The Lion lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The Lion misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gullit looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gullit tries to circle away but The Lion has him pinned against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, The Lion creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The Lion keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gullit's efforts to push away.
The Lion working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gullit blocking some punches.
Gullit blocking some punches.
The Lion misses with a punch on the inside.
The Lion misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gullit prevents a body shot from The Lion.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Lion goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The Lion misses with the head strike.
The Lion pushes Gullit back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Lion lands with a light punch inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex The Lion dominated that round.
That's time! Gullit's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

The Lion is looking to clinch but Gullit is avoiding it.
Gullit lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but The Lion circles away quickly and effectively.
Gullit throws a hook but The Lion blocks it.
Gullit circles away from the clinch attempt.
The Lion tries to clinch up.
Gullit misses with a two punch combination.
Gullit misses with a hook.
Gullit lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but The Lion circles away quickly and effectively.
Gullit circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gullit swats away the attempt to clinch by The Lion.
The Lion tries to close the distance and clinch but Gullit swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The Lion moves in looking to clinch but Gullit pushes him off.
The fight stays on the outside here - The Lion looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Alex The Lion seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gullit avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The Lion tries to clinch but Gullit moves out of range.
The Lion wants to clinch up but Gullit keeps it at a distance.
The Lion is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gullit throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Gullit.
Gullit misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gullit throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ruud Gullit is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fight stays on the outside here - The Lion looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sloppy strikes from Gullit. Those never looked like landing.

The Lion rushes Gullit and presses him up against the cage.
Gullit blocks an uppercut.
A short right from The Lion on the inside.
The Lion misses with the head strike.
The Lion pushes Gullit back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Gullit blocks an uppercut.
The Lion goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short body shot lands from The Lion as the two fighters clinch.
The Lion lands a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice left hand lands by The Lion.
The Lion doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The Lion stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Alex The Lion seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The Lion lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gullit backwards.
The Lion swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gullit has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The Lion working aggressively here.
Gullit's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The Lion lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gullit backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Lion.
A shot in the inside from The Lion.
The Lion goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by The Lion.

It looks like Ruud Gullit has been cut.
The Lion lands with a left to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Lion fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The Lion fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The Lion misses with some punches.
Gullit blocks an uppercut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by The Lion as Gullit tries to tie him up.
The Lion misses with a short punch on the inside.
The Lion lands with a light punch inside.
Gullit wants to break the clinch but can't.
The Lion swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The Lion working aggressively here.
The Lion lands with a short shot to the head.
The Lion lands with a right to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Lion tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The Lion tries to throw a body punch but Gullit avoids it by throwing The Lion back against the cage.
The Lion throws a head punch that misses.
The Lion throws a punch but it's blocked by Gullit.
Gullit blocks a body shot from The Lion.
The Lion tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The Lion lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The Lion throws a punch but it's blocked by Gullit.
The Lion tries to work over Gullit's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The Lion is leaning against Gullit and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Gullit blocks a punch to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Lion has a couple of punches blocked by Gullit.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gullit tries to break the clinch but The Lion is controlling the position.
The Lion throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gullits head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex The Lion showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ruud Gullit's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

The Lion tries to clinch up.
Gullit has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
The Lion tries to clinch but Gullit moves away
and The Lion takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

The Lion closes the distance and pushes Gullit back into the cage.
Gullit is trying to stall.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gullit.
The Lion misses with a punch to the body.
A short left from The Lion.
The Lion tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gullit is trying to break the clinch but The Lion has him pressed against the cage.
The Lion lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The Lion misses with a hook from the clinch.
The Lion tries to work over Gullit's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The Lion struggles to land a body shot inside as Gullit controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from The Lion fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Lion lands a nice uppercut.
The Lion misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gullit looking to stall.
Gullit blocking some punches.
The Lion swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The Lion has a couple of punches blocked by Gullit.
The Lion lands a body punch in the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for The Lion.
The Lion pushes Gullit back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The Lion lands with a left to the head.
Gullit is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but The Lion is keeping busy.
The Lion throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from The Lion.
The Lion tries to work over Gullit's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Lion working aggressively here.
A nice right hand lands inside from The Lion.
Gullit working hard to break the clinch.
The Lion misses with a hook from the clinch.
The Lion throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The Lion tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The Lion tries to throw a body punch but Gullit avoids it by throwing The Lion back against the cage.
The Lion lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gullit backwards.
The Lion can't find room to land a body shot as Gullit controls the action.
The Lion working aggressively here.
Gullit is trying to force a seperation but The Lion has the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gullit looking to slow down the pace here.
Gullit blocks an uppercut.
The Lion tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The Lion lands with a left to the head.
Gullit is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but The Lion is keeping busy.
The Lion fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from The Lion on the inside.
The Lion swings wildly with an uppercut but Gullit uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gullit prevents a body shot from The Lion.
The Lion tries to throw a body punch but Gullit avoids it by throwing The Lion back against the cage.
The Lion tries a body shot but Gullit blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from The Lion as the two fighters clinch.
The Lion throws a punch but it's blocked by Gullit.
The Lion misses with a hook to the ribs.
The Lion misses with a punch on the inside.
The Lion works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Gullit blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The Lion has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The Lion misses with the head strike.
A short left from The Lion.
The Lion misses with a short punch on the inside.
The Lion tries to work over Gullit's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Lion prevents Gullit from breaking the clinch.
A shot in the inside from The Lion.
The Lion swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex The Lion really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ruud Gullit's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Some wild striking there from Gullit.
Gullit misses with a hook.
The Lion tries to clinch up but Gullit circles away and keeps his distance.
Gullit misses the jab.
The Lion moves in looking to clinch but Gullit pushes him off.
No joy there for Gullit, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A body shot lands from The Lion.
The Lion misses with a punch to the body.
Gullit taking a breather.
The Lion works on Gullit's body with a couple of short punches.
Gullit blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The Lion doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gullit wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gullit is really struggling to find his range with his punches. The Lion's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Lion has a couple of punches blocked by Gullit.
The Lion swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The Lion lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gullit blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The Lion throws a head punch that misses.
The Lion misses with a body punch.
The Lion scores with a shoulder strike.
The Lion working aggressively here.
Gullit can't break the clinch.
The Lion can't find room to land a body shot as Gullit controls the action.
The Lion gets through Gullit's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The Lion misses with the head strike.
The Lion misses with the head strike.
The Lion works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from The Lion.
The Lion lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Gullit is rocked!
Gullit tries to circle away but The Lion has him pinned against the cage.
Oh Gullit is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The Lion tries to throw a body punch but Gullit avoids it by throwing The Lion back against the cage.
Gullit seems to have got his legs back now.
The Lion throws a punch but it's blocked by Gullit.
Gullit prevents a body shot from The Lion.
The Lion misses with a short punch on the inside.
The Lion misses with the head strike.
Gullit blocks an uppercut.
The Lion lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gullit backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Lion swings wildly with an uppercut but Gullit uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Lion swings wildly with an uppercut but Gullit uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Lion misses with a hook to the ribs.
The Lion misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gullit blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The Lion lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The Lion swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The Lion fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The Lion misses with a hook from the clinch.
The Lion tries to throw a body punch but Gullit avoids it by throwing The Lion back against the cage.
The Lion misses with the head strike.
Gullit fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The Lion lands a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Lion struggles to land a body shot inside as Gullit controls his hands.
The Lion gets through Gullit's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gullit blocks a body shot from The Lion.
The Lion throws a punch but it's blocked by Gullit.
Gullit blocks a body shot from The Lion.
The Lion swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The Lion tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gullit blocks a body shot from The Lion.
The Lion lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The Lion tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gullit's elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Lion misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gullit blocking some punches.
The Lion tries a body shot but Gullit blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex The Lion dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Ruud Gullit's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

The Lion darts in and clinches Gullit up against the cage.
The Lion keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gullit's efforts to push away.
The Lion works on Gullit's body with a couple of short punches.
The Lion working aggressively here.
Gullit blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The Lion misses with some punches.
Gullit blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gullit is looking to break free of the clinch but The Lion has double underhooks.
The Lion lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The Lion has Gullit pressed against the cage, preventing Gullit from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gullit blocks a body shot from The Lion.
Gullit prevents a body shot from The Lion.
The Lion misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from The Lion fails to land.
Good body shot from The Lion.
The Lion lands a hook to the side of the head.
The Lion misses with some punches.
Gullit has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The Lion throws a head punch that misses.
The Lion tries to throw a body punch but Gullit avoids it by throwing The Lion back against the cage.
Gullit is looking to break free of the clinch but The Lion has double underhooks.
The Lion tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The Lion misses with a punch to the body.
The Lion throws a head punch that misses.
The Lion swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gullit blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Lion lands an uppercut.
The Lion tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The Lion lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Gullit or not.
Gullit wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but The Lion has him pressed against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from The Lion.
The Lion misses with a hook to the ribs.
The Lion lands a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right from The Lion.
Gullit looking to stall.
Gullit misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Lion.
Gullit taking a breather.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Lion swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The Lion swings wildly with an uppercut but Gullit uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Lion can't find room to land a body shot as Gullit controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Lion.
Gullit takes a shot to the head.
Gullit is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but The Lion is keeping busy.
The Lion has a couple of punches blocked by Gullit.
The Lion lands a nice shot to the body.
Gullit blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The Lion misses with the head strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Lion misses with a punch on the inside.
The Lion tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The Lion is working Gullit over against the cage.
The Lion throws a punch but it's blocked by Gullit.
The Lion scores with a hook to the body.
The Lion tries to throw a body punch but Gullit avoids it by throwing The Lion back against the cage.
The Lion struggles to land a body shot inside as Gullit controls his hands.
Ruud Gullit has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

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

The Lion closes the distance and pushes Gullit back into the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Lion cracks Gullit with a nice body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Lion lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The Lion throws a head punch that misses.
The Lion lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by The Lion.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alex The Lion comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got The Lion winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Peter Branson scores the fight 45:50
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 45:50
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alex The Lion!
Our winner, Alex The Lion, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.