PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Clarence Malone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henk Hooijbroek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Clarence Malone has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Malone
vs
Hooijbroek

169 cm
18
177 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

220 cm
18
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Clarence Malone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Henk Hooijbroek!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Aafke Stam and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hooijbroek clinches with his opponent.
Malone misses with a hook from the clinch.

Malone breaks the clinch.
Malone throws a right hand that Hooijbroek ducks under and follows up with a left that Hooijbroek also avoids with ease.

Hooijbroek closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Malone to the mat! Malone manages to get full guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Hooijbroek stays in close to Malone's body and controls the position.
Hooijbroek really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Malone. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Hooijbroek stands and steps away. Malone gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Malone throws a series of punches but Hooijbroek moves out of range.
Malone closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Hooijbroek fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Malone, pushing him back against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Malone.

Hooijbroek gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hooijbroek is keen to just control but Malone is a slippery customer.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Malone is trying to control but can't.
Hooijbroek is trying to control the action in half guard but Malone is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Hooijbroek wants to stand but his hand is trapped. Malone uses the opportunity to regain full guard.
Malone keeping moving, preventing Hooijbroek from controlling successfully.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Henk Hooijbroek.

Hooijbroek scores with a takedown into Malone's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hooijbroek advances to half guard.
Malone wants to control but Hooijbroek is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Hooijbroek with the ground and pound but Malone uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Malone throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Hooijbroek trying to control but Malone is working from the bottom.
Malone keeping full guard, as Hooijbroek tries to pass.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hooijbroek advances position into side control!
Hooijbroek is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Hooijbroek trying to control the action but Malone is working from the bottom.
Hooijbroek tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malone is trying to control Hooijbroek's posture but Hooijbroek avoids it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Clarence Malone just wasn't active enough.

Hooijbroek clinches with his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Henk Hooijbroek dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Hooijbroek moves into range and clinches up with Malone.
Malone avoiding damage as Hooijbroek throws knees to the body.

Malone breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Malone tries to keep at a distance but Hooijbroek has taken the fight into the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Malone.
Hooijbroek pushes off an throws an elbow but Malone leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Malone tries to pull guard but Hooijbroek holds him up against the cage and eventually Malone drops back down to his feet.
Hooijbroek scores with a shot to the side of Malone's head.
Hooijbroek keeps control of Malone as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Malone pulls guard.
Malone doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Hooijbroek is looking to work some ground and pound but Malone has wrist control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hooijbroek pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Malone is keeping the position for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Malone seems keen to control Hooijbroek's posture.
Hooijbroek sitting in guard, not really doing much.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Henk Hooijbroek wasn't active enough on the ground.

Hooijbroek clinches up against the cage.

Hooijbroek has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Malone uses from the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hooijbroek is looking to stand back up but Malone counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Hooijbroek.
Malone throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Hooijbroek taking some punishment here, with Malone in his half guard.
Malone takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Henk Hooijbroek has got the better of the ground game so far.
Hooijbroek trying to control but Malone postures up.
Hooijbroek slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Hooijbroek working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Malone.
Malone throws a big elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hooijbroek is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Hooijbroek not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Hooijbroek preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Malone scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Hooijbroek has control of Malone's left arm, preventing Malone from doing any damage.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Malone loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Malone working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Malone throws a big right hand that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hooijbroek controls Malone momentarily but Malone frees himself.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Malone accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hooijbroek trying to control the position.
Hooijbroek throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Malone in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Malone with a flurry of punches that miss.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Malone working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Hooijbroek has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Malone is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Hooijbroek is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hooijbroek throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Malone blocks it with crossed arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Henk Hooijbroek will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Malone's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Hooijbroek drives through and clinches with Malone against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

Malone's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Malone checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

Hooijbroek darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Malone is trying to stand.
Malone is trying to control but can't.
Malone could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hooijbroek is just content to waste time from the top position. Malone takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Hooijbroek wants to stand but Malone is controlling his posture from full guard.
Malone is trying to control the position but Hooijbroek postures up.
Hooijbroek trying to control the position from guard on top but Malone is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Henk Hooijbroek was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Hooijbroek shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Hooijbroek was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hooijbroek trying to control the action but Malone is working from the bottom.
Malone has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Hooijbroek working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hooijbroek controls the position.
Malone wants to control but Hooijbroek postures up.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Henk Hooijbroek was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Malone closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Malone jumps guard.
Malone looking to control.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Clarence Malone.
A left and a right from Hooijbroek both land. Nice combination.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Hooijbroek.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hooijbroek looking to control but instead Malone has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Hooijbroek trying to control the action but Malone is working from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Henk Hooijbroek comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Hooijbroek has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Henk Hooijbroek!
A less than humble Henk Hooijbroek misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.