PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bas Koning (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George West Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Koning
vs
West Jr

188 cm
21
197 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

185 cm
26
198 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bas Koning!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, George West Jr!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, David Schapiro and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Koning clinches with his opponent.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Koning.
Koning lands an elbow just above West Jr 's eye.
We've been hearing reports that Koning has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Koning lands a nice knee to the body.
West Jr tries to work over Koning's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Koning lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
West Jr misses with a body punch.
West Jr misses with a punch on the inside.
Koning landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Koning landing knees to the body.
West Jr looks winded!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Koning.
West Jr takes a knee right on the jaw!
Koning lands an elbow inside that West Jr shrugs off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice elbow from Koning.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
West Jr throws a head punch that misses.
Koning landing some nice looking knees to the body.
West Jr takes an elbow to the temple.
Koning lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
West Jr's coach down at Abobomination Training $700 13 LEGIT elite coaches was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on West Jr's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Koning using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Koning lands a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Koning stalls.
Koning is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Koning.
Koning crunches a lovely knee into West Jr's ribcage.
Koning working West Jr over with knees to the body.
Koning lands a nice knee to the body.
West Jr takes a knee right on the jaw!
Koning creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through West Jr's defenses.
Koning lands a nice knee to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Koning is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Koning lands a good knee to the midsection. West Jr won't want to take too many of those.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Koning landing some nice looking knees to the body.
West Jr takes a knee to the side of the body.
Koning lands a nice knee to the body.
Koning stalling the fight.
Knees to the body from Koning.
Koning scores with a knee to the head.
Koning putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has West Jr in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Koning scores a nice knee to the body.
Koning lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Koning.
Koning comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Koning unloads a knee to the mid-section. West Jr lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Koning unloads a knee to the mid-section. West Jr lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Koning using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Koning lands an elbow just above West Jr 's eye.
Koning putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has West Jr in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Koning with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koning slows down the pace here.
Koning landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Koning crunches a lovely knee into West Jr's ribcage.
Koning dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Koning unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Koning gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
West Jr doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Koning landing knees to the body.
Koning landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Koning lands a knee to the head.
Koning lands an elbow inside.
Koning is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
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!
Koning working West Jr over with knees to the body.
Koning landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Koning obliges.
Koning lands a damaging elbow.
Koning working West Jr over with knees to the body.
Koning avoiding damage.
West Jr doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Koning lands a damaging elbow.
Koning creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through West Jr's defenses.
Koning connects with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Koning.
Koning effectively controlling the action here.
Koning lands a nice elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Knees in the clinch landing for Koning.
Koning connects with a nasty looking knee right to West Jr's face.
West Jr takes a knee right on the jaw!
Koning connects with a nasty looking knee right to West Jr's face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

West Jr ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Koning closes the distance and clinches.
Bas Koning has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Koning utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Koning landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
West Jr working aggressively here.
Koning blocking some punches.
Koning blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
West Jr misses with some punches.
Koning has West Jr pressed against the cage.
West Jr misses with a punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A knee to the head by Koning.
West Jr is breathing heavily.
Koning landing knees to the body.
Koning lands a nice knee to the body.
West Jr tries to circle away but Koning has him pinned against the cage.
Koning slows down the pace here.
Koning lands an elbow just above West Jr 's eye.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Koning.
Koning blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Koning lands a knee to the body.
Koning stalling.
Koning lands an elbow that stopped West Jr in his tracks for a moment.
Koning 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.
Koning dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Koning lands a knee to the body.
Koning creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through West Jr's defenses.
West Jr misses with a body punch.
West Jr misses with a punch to the body.
West Jr takes an elbow to the temple.
Koning's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
West Jr misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koning landing knees to the body.
Koning with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Koning stalling against the cage.
Koning with a knee to the head.
Koning unloads a knee to the mid-section. West Jr lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Koning using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Koning obliges.
West Jr takes a knee right on the jaw!
West Jr takes a knee to the side of the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Koning takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Koning scores with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Koning.
West Jr misses with a short punch on the inside.
Koning lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Koning connects with a nasty looking knee right to West Jr's face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
West Jr misses with some punches.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Koning.
Koning stalling in the clinch.
Koning lands an elbow just above West Jr 's eye.
Koning landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Koning lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Koning.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Koning unloads a knee to the mid-section. West Jr lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Koning unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Koning lands a nice knee to the body.
Koning unloads a knee to the mid-section. West Jr lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
West Jr takes an elbow to the forehead.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Koning crunches a lovely knee into West Jr's ribcage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Koning.
A knee to the head by Koning.
West Jr takes an elbow to the temple.
Koning slows down the pace here.
Koning landing knees to the body.
Koning lands an elbow that stopped West Jr in his tracks for a moment.
West Jr on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Koning prevents West Jr from breaking the clinch.
Koning scores a nice knee to the body.
Koning holding his opponent close, against the cage.
West Jr takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Koning lands a nice knee to the body.
Koning lands an elbow inside.
Koning putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has West Jr 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.

Bas Koning dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action!

West Jr takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
West Jr is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A left lands for Koning.
Koning throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

West Jr gets tackled into the cage by Koning. Koning maintains the clinch.
Koning with a knee to the head.
Koning blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Koning dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
West Jr looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Koning stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
West Jr misses with a punch on the inside.
Koning connects with a nasty looking knee right to West Jr's face.
Koning is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that West Jr can do to turn this around?
West Jr misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Koning.
West Jr misses with a hook to the ribs.
Koning unloads a knee to the mid-section. West Jr lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
West Jr takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Koning landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Koning with a knee to the head.
West Jr takes an elbow to the forehead.
Koning lands a good knee to the midsection. West Jr won't want to take too many of those.
Koning working West Jr over with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Koning obliges.
Koning lands an elbow inside that West Jr shrugs off.
Koning landing knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Koning crunches a lovely knee into West Jr's ribcage.
Koning lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Koning lands a good knee to the midsection. West Jr won't want to take too many of those.
Koning landing knees to the head.
Koning putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has West Jr in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Koning.
Koning landing knees to the head.
West Jr throws a punch but it's blocked by Koning.
West Jr doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
West Jr avoiding damage as Koning throws knees to the body.
Koning with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Koning trying to land knees to the body.
Koning unloads a knee to the mid-section. West Jr lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Koning working West Jr over with knees to the body.
West Jr throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Koning unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Koning blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Koning connects with a nasty looking knee right to West Jr's face.
Koning keeps control of West Jr as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Koning with a knee to the head.
Koning landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koning slows down the pace here.
West Jr misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Koning creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through West Jr's defenses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Koning.
Nice elbow from Koning.
Koning using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
West Jr lands with a light punch inside.
Koning lands a nice knee to the body.
Koning lands a knee to the body.
West Jr takes a knee to the side of the body.
Koning unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Koning landing knees to the head.
West Jr misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Koning is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Koning lands a good knee to the midsection. West Jr won't want to take too many of those.
Koning using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Koning landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Koning unloads a knee to the mid-section. West Jr lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
West Jr takes an elbow to the forehead.
West Jr takes an elbow to the temple.
Koning putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has West Jr in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
West Jr tries to work over Koning's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Koning blocks an uppercut.
West Jr takes an elbow to the temple.
West Jr takes a knee right on the jaw!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for West Jr.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
West Jr misses with a hook from the clinch.
Koning missing with knees to the body.
West Jr throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Konings head.
Koning lands a good knee to the midsection. West Jr won't want to take too many of those.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bas Koning clearly takes that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

West Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Koning moves away.
West Jr tests Koning's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Koning ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
West Jr slips under a jab from Koning.
Koning ducks under a wild hook from West Jr.
West Jr with a hook.

Koning pushes West Jr up against the cage in a clinch.
West Jr misses with a hook from the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from West Jr.
West Jr throws a head punch that misses.
Koning is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
West Jr swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Koning blocks a body shot from West Jr.
West Jr takes a knee to the side of the body.
Koning lands a damaging elbow.
West Jr is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
West Jr fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koning lands an elbow inside.
Koning lands a nice knee to the body.
Koning connects with a knee to the head.
West Jr misses with a short punch on the inside.
West Jr takes an elbow to the forehead.
West Jr tries to break the clinch but Koning is controlling the position.
West Jr struggles to land a body shot inside as Koning controls his hands.
West Jr takes an elbow to the temple.
Koning landing knees to the body.
Koning lands a knee to the body.
Koning landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Koning.
Koning blocks an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Koning lands a knee to the body.
Koning lands a damaging elbow.
Stalling in the clinch from Koning.
Koning unloads a knee to the mid-section. West Jr lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koning slowing the pace effectively.
Koning utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Koning lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Koning scores a nice knee to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
West Jr swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Koning blocks an uppercut.
Koning using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Koning.
Knees to the body from Koning.
Koning utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Koning using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koning scores a nice knee to the body.
Koning lands an elbow that stopped West Jr in his tracks for a moment.
West Jr misses with a punch on the inside.
West Jr takes a knee to the side of the body.
Koning has West Jr pressed against the cage.
Koning gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Koning gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Koning using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Koning landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Koning scores a nice knee to the body.
Koning lands an elbow just above West Jr 's eye.
Koning putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has West Jr in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
West Jr takes a knee to the side of the body.
Koning landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koning is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Koning stalling against the cage.
Koning avoiding damage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Koning obliges.
Koning utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Koning utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Koning.
West Jr takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Koning prevents a body shot from West Jr.
The referee calls for Koning to work.
Koning lands a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bas Koning had his way with George West Jr in that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Koning scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
West Jr checks a leg kick nicely.
West Jr uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Koning has time to react.
A big left from Koning misses.
Koning scores with a hook.
Koning lunges at West Jr with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by West Jr's hand.
Koning fails to land with a series of punches.
Koning takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Koning jabbing away but nothing is landing.
West Jr ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Koning jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Koning throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd cheers as West Jr lands an impressive looking overhand right. Koning doesn't seem phased though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Koning uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from West Jr.
West Jr scores with the left hand. Koning knows he should have avoided that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Koning. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Koning.
West Jr throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Koning looks to land a right hand but West Jr moved out of range.
Koning closes the distance but West Jr moves to the side
enabling West Jr to counter with a crisp jab.
A slow jab from Koning misses its intended target.
Koning ducks under a wild hook from West Jr.
Koning tests West Jr's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bas Koning seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Koning ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Koning moves out of range as West Jr strikes.
West Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Koning moves away.
Koning throws a body punch but West Jr moves out of range.
West Jr fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Koning manages to avoid it.
Koning misses with a body shot
and West Jr counters with a nice uppercut.
West Jr thuds a left hand into Koning's body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
West Jr connects with a crisp jab.
West Jr avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
West Jr throws out a counter right but Koning avoids it with no problem.
West Jr misses with an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
West Jr thows a left - swing and a miss!
West Jr throws a body punch but Koning moves out of range.
Koning lands with a hook. West Jr tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A big left from West Jr misses.
West Jr lands a body shot.
Koning scores with a nice right hand.
West Jr throws a body shot but no joy.
Koning tries to counter by moving into the clinch but West Jr manages to circle out of the way.
Koning takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
West Jr is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Koning throws a jab but it's blocked by West Jr.
Koning fails to land with a series of punches.

Koning forces West Jr back against the cage and clinches.
West Jr takes an elbow to the temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
West Jr lands with a right to the head.
West Jr has a couple of punches blocked by Koning.
A knee to the head by Koning.
Koning crunches a lovely knee into West Jr's ribcage.
Koning creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through West Jr's defenses.
Knees to the body from Koning.
Koning lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
West Jr takes an elbow to the forehead.
A bit of stalling here from Koning.
Koning's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Koning lands a good knee to the midsection. West Jr won't want to take too many of those.
Koning scores a nice knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Koning takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Stalling in the clinch from Koning.
Koning seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Bas Koning is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Bas Koning.
Koning tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Koning jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Koning closes the distance but West Jr moves to the side
and West Jr cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Koning throws a hook but West Jr blocks it.
Koning throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
West Jr defending well as Koning loads up on a big left hand.
Koning misses with a leg kick.
Koning ducks under a wild hook from West Jr.
George West Jr has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
West Jr misses with a wild body shot.
West Jr moves in looking to clinch but Koning pushes him off.
West Jr looks to score with a jab to the body but Koning is just out of range.
Koning defending well as West Jr loads up on a big left hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bas Koning showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Koning, 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 50:42
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 50:43
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 50:43

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bas Koning!
Bas Koning really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that V-Mask Clothing (10%) logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.