PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brah At Hammed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Royston De Noteboom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying De Noteboom's choice of entrance music: Rotting Christ - Snowing Still. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

At Hammed
vs
De Noteboom

190 cm
33
265 lbs
16 - 14 - 0

185 cm
41
233 lbs
38 - 19 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Brah At Hammed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 38 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Royston De Noteboom!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Anni Minnemäki and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
At Hammed darts in trying to clinch
and De Noteboom counters with a stiff right hand.

It looks like Brah At Hammed has been cut.
De Noteboom avoids the head kick by At Hammed.
De Noteboom takes a head kick and keeps coming.
At Hammed misses with a straight right.
At Hammed tries to close the distance and clinch but De Noteboom swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
At Hammed tries a low kick but De Noteboom avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
At Hammed throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

At Hammed fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. De Noteboom sprawls well initially but At Hammed persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
At Hammed wants to take a breather but De Noteboom is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

At Hammed is trying to work for a kimura but De Noteboom is defending well.

At Hammed wants to work for an arm triangle but De Noteboom is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

At Hammed is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and De Noteboom defends it well.

At Hammed is looking for a kimura but De Noteboom is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for At Hammed to get the leverage.

At Hammed looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

At Hammed is working for a kimura from half guard. He's really concentrating on the hold and it's allowed De Noteboom to slip a leg under and get back to full guard.
De Noteboom keeping full guard, as At Hammed tries to pass.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as De Noteboom holds on and takes a little breather.
At Hammed trying to control the position from guard on top but De Noteboom is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
De Noteboom checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
De Noteboom avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
At Hammed scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
At Hammed is looking to clinch.
At Hammed throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
At Hammed fails with an attempt to clinch.
De Noteboom slips under a jab from At Hammed.
At Hammed connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
De Noteboom checks a leg kick.
At Hammed looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
At Hammed throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
At Hammed wants to clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
At Hammed moves in looking to clinch but De Noteboom pushes him off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brah At Hammed dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brah At Hammed's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

At Hammed connects with the punch.

At Hammed gets in close and instigates a clinch.
At Hammed is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that De Noteboom can do to turn this around?

At Hammed pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
At Hammed throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around De Noteboom's waist but De Noteboom gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing At Hammed off to one side.
At Hammed throws a head kick that De Noteboom semi-blocks.
At Hammed throws a big shot that misses.
At Hammed throws a low kick but De Noteboom moves out of range easily.
Brah At Hammed seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Noteboom circles away from the clinch attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
At Hammed tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
At Hammed tries to clinch there but De Noteboom circles away.
Brah At Hammed is winning the standup battle so far.
De Noteboom keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from At Hammed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
At Hammed closes the distance but De Noteboom moves to the side

and De Noteboom decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in At Hammed's guard.
De Noteboom connects with a couple of short punches.
At Hammed avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
De Noteboom postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
At Hammed looking to hit a scissor sweep but De Noteboom is one step ahead there.
At Hammed has his hands on De Noteboom's head, controlling the position.
De Noteboom scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
At Hammed is trying to control the position but De Noteboom postures up.
At Hammed wants to sweep but no luck.
At Hammed is trying to control the position from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
At Hammed throws a push kick but De Noteboom slaps the foot to one side.
At Hammed explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
De Noteboom avoids the head kick by At Hammed.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by At Hammed.
At Hammed attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

De Noteboom tries to keep at a distance but At Hammed has taken the fight into the clinch.
At Hammed tries to work over De Noteboom's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

At Hammed's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
At Hammed connects with a crisp jab.

At Hammed has De Noteboom up against the cage in a clinch.
At Hammed with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Royston De Noteboom has been cut.
De Noteboom stalling the fight.
De Noteboom blocks an uppercut.

De Noteboom breaks from the clinch.
At Hammed doesn't manage to clinch there - De Noteboom circles away.
Royston De Noteboom is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from At Hammed. De Noteboom does a little dance to reset his feet.
De Noteboom tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
At Hammed misses with a takedown attempt - De Noteboom sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from At Hammed is defended easily by De Noteboom.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brah At Hammed. That's going to take a lot out of him.
At Hammed tries to score with a low kick but De Noteboom moves his leg out of the way.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
De Noteboom swats away the attempt to clinch by At Hammed.
De Noteboom keeps the fight on the outside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brah At Hammed dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

At Hammed tries to clinch up.
At Hammed scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
At Hammed looks to score with a jab to the body but De Noteboom is just out of range.
At Hammed explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by At Hammed.
At Hammed misses with a hook.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as De Noteboom checks a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
At Hammed misses with a head kick.
No luck for At Hammed with that takedown attempt.
A nice leg kick lands there from At Hammed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from At Hammed.
At Hammed pivots, looking for a leg kick but De Noteboom is out of range and At Hammed settles back down.
At Hammed is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
At Hammed tries to score a power double leg takedown but De Noteboom sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten At Hammed somewhat.
At Hammed tries to clinch up.
At Hammed lands with a good body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
At Hammed tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
At Hammed pulls out of a head kick attempt.
At Hammed pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
At Hammed wants to clinch

and De Noteboom counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
De Noteboom with a flurry of punches that miss.

At Hammed has an active guard here but De Noteboom has managed to pass into half guard.
At Hammed is looking to control De Noteboom's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can At Hammed avoid being mounted?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Noteboom missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
At Hammed is staying active underneath De Noteboom, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
At Hammed wants to control but De Noteboom is keeping busy.
Royston De Noteboom has got the better of the ground game so far.
At Hammed is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
At Hammed wants to improve his position but De Noteboom is controlling well.
At Hammed is trying to control but De Noteboom passes into side control!
De Noteboom working the head with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
At Hammed is trying to improve his position.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw De Noteboom working his ground and pound in the gym.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
At Hammed is trying to control De Noteboom's posture but De Noteboom avoids it.
At Hammed manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
De Noteboom is concentrating on defense, preventing At Hammed from advancing position.

At Hammed is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but De Noteboom still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, De Noteboom has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
De Noteboom is putting a hurting on At Hammed here, landing some big shots from side control.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Brah At Hammed.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for At Hammed, 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:28
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:28
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brah At Hammed!
After winning the bout, Brah At Hammed thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.