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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nelson Country (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bert Starius (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.
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270 lbs
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180 cm
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230 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Nelson Country!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bert Starius!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Richard Clark and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Starius connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
It looks like Nelson Country has been cut.
Starius swings for the body but Country moves out of range.
Country seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Nelson Country seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Country moves out of range as Starius strikes.
Starius displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Country.
Starius has taken the fight to the clinch.
Country blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Country fails to pull guard.
Country is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Starius gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nelson Country. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Starius stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Country is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Starius pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Country wants a takedown but no success here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Country is looking to take this one to the mat.
Country jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Starius walks away with a smile on his face. Country gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Country fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Country shoots in and drives through. Starius sprawls well.
Horrible takedown attempt by Country or perhaps it was just good defense by Starius, which made it look bad.
Despite the aggression on Starius's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Starius throws a lazy right hand but Country sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Starius throws a jab but it's blocked by Country.
Country tries to score a power double leg takedown but Starius sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Country somewhat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Starius does no damage.
Starius misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Country.
Starius tries to sprawl but Country drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Country is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Country thows a huge punch but Starius dodges it nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Country missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Starius is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Country thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Starius wants to improve his position but Country is controlling well.
Starius keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Country not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Country sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Starius defending well though.
Starius trying to hold on to Country's head to control him but Country postures up.
Starius keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Country throwing shots but Starius is blocking nicely.
Country thows a huge punch but Starius dodges it nicely.
Starius has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Country 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.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Country trying to mount his opponent but Starius defends it.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Country misses with a body shot
and Starius counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Starius uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Country.
Country will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Country shoots in for a takedown but Starius shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A countering left hand to the body from Starius misses.
Country tries to clinch but Starius is having none of it.
Country shoots for a takedown but Starius saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Country moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Country shoots in for a takedown but Starius shows good takedown defense.
Starius scores with a punch to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bert Starius dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nelson Country's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Country with a poor takedown
and Starius counters with a left to the body.
Country shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Starius defends it nicely.
Country looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Country fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nelson Country. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Country shoots for a takedown but Starius saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Starius swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Starius with a nice cross.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Country defending well as Starius loads up on a big left hand.
Country quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Starius fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Country will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Starius displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Country.
Starius looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Starius gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Country to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Starius manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Country manages to get himself to full guard.
Starius has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Country is proving hard to escape from.
Starius has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Starius won't allow Country to sweep him here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Starius wanted to stand there but Country had control of the position.
Starius looking to sit in guard and control but Country gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Starius looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Country puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Country not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Country looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Starius is staying active underneath Country, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Country thows a huge punch but Starius dodges it nicely.
Starius gets back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Starius avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Country missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Country being controlled here momentarily.
Starius avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Country trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Starius managing to control the position.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Starius misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Country.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Nice takedown defense from Starius. No joy for Country on that attempt.
Country shoots for a double leg takedown but Starius sprawls well. He's pushed Country's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Starius looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Country shoots in and drives through. Starius sprawls well.
Nelson Country is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Country on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Country steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Starius.
Bert Starius is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Country fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Starius avoids it really well and circles away.
Bert Starius seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Country ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Country shoots for a takedown but Starius saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bert Starius showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Nelson Country's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Country with a poor takedown
and Starius connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Country dives in for a single leg takedown but Starius sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Starius cracks Country with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Country shoots in for a takedown but Starius shows good takedown defense.
Starius swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nelson Country. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Starius missing with a left hand there. Country was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Starius throws out a loose jab but Country uses good head movement to avoid it.
Country takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Country misses with a takedown attempt
and Starius counters with a stiff right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Starius throws a series of punches but Country moves out of range.
Starius throws a looping overhand right but Country ducks down to avoid it.
Country tries to counter with a takedown but Starius is quick to defend against it.
Country takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Country ducks right into an uppercut from Starius.
Starius wants to clinch.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Country.
Country with a poor takedown
and Starius counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Country ducks under a wild hook from Starius.
Country is trying hard to land a takedown here. Starius sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Country fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Starius now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Starius, as that shot connected.
Starius lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Country circles away quickly and effectively.
Country tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Starius manages to circle out of the way.
Starius lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Country fails with a takedown attempt.
Starius lands a slapping body shot.
Starius ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Starius clinches up with Country and pushes him back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Starius lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Starius stops a takedown attempt from Country.
Starius lands with a light punch inside.
Starius breaks the clinch.
Nice defenses there by Country.
Country ducks under a wild hook from Starius.
Country shoots for a takedown but Starius saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Country throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Starius was covering up waiting for the punch and Country finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Country with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Country throws an elbow that misses. Starius uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Country's guard. Nice move by Starius!
Country is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Country has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Starius is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
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!
Country changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Starius fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Country misses with a wild combination.
Country shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Nelson Country has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Country seems to be working for a kimura but Starius defends the submission attempt.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bert Starius comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Starius 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bert Starius!
An out of breath Bert Starius thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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