PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Steven Charmant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brad Byrne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Charmant's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, NerdNerd. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Charmant
vs
Byrne

181 cm
24
176 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
18
184 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Steven Charmant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Brad Byrne!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Aafke Stam and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Byrne closes the distance and pushes Charmant back into the cage.
Byrne drops down looking for an ankle pick but Charmant pulls his leg out and moves away.
Byrne wants to clinch up but Charmant keeps it at a distance.

Byrne gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Charmant breaks from the clinch.
Charmant paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Byrne tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Charmant paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Charmant goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Charmant circles away from the clinch attempt.
Charmant appears to be looking for a big counter.

Charmant dives in and scores a takedown into Byrne's guard.
Charmant controls from within his opponent's guard.
Byrne thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Byrne is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Charmant defends well.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Byrne working for submissions but it's allowed Charmant to get to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Charmant prevents Byrne from standing back up.
Charmant trying to control the pace.

Byrne looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Charmant in particular looking to stall.
Byrne is looking for a sweep. Charmant is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Byrne misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Charmant looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Byrne is trying to stand back up but Charmant is controlling him

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Charmant is working for a kimura but Byrne is defending it quite comfortably.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Byrne looking for a kimura from the bottom but Charmant passes into side control!
Byrne pushes Charmant away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Charmant gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Charmant advances to mount.
Byrne wants to try and get back to his feet.
Byrne is looking to get to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charmant controlling from mount.
Byrne throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Byrne is working to get back to half guard.
Byrne is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Charmant with a couple of short strikes.
Charmant controlling the position easily from mount.
Byrne swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Charmant prevents Byrne from getting the reversal.
Byrne sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.

Byrne is defending against the submission attempts here by Charmant.
Charmant is taking a breather. Byrne says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Charmant is breathing heavily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Byrne looking for submissions off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steven Charmant dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A momentary lapse in concentration from Charmant enables Byrne to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Charmant manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.

Byrne has gone for a leg lock! Charmant slips out almost immediately though and dives into Byrne's guard.

Byrne looking for a guillotine here but Charmant defends easily.
Charmant tries to stand but Byrne is controlling from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Byrne has an active guard here but Charmant has managed to pass into half guard.
Charmant with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Byrne strikes from the bottom but Charmant passes into mount!
Charmant can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Byrne is looking to escape.
Byrne is trying desperately to improve position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Charmant wants to control the pace but Byrne is squirming around nicely.
Charmant prevents Byrne from getting the reversal.
Charmant cracks Byrne with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Byrne regains half guard.
Charmant content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

Byrne looking for a kimura from the bottom but Charmant passes into side control!
Byrne tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Charmant wants to lay and pray for a moment but Byrne keeps working.
Charmant is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Byrne can do to turn this around?
Charmant advances to full mount.
Byrne is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charmant looking to control and managing it successfully.
Charmant's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Byrne is in all sorts of trouble here.
Byrne regains half guard.

Byrne looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Charmant is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Charmant decides to return to a standing position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Byrne fails with an attempt to clinch.

Byrne closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Charmant to the mat! Charmant manages to get full guard.
Byrne throws a big elbow that misses.
Charmant controlling the position.

Byrne is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Byrne passes Charmant's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Byrne missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Byrne is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Charmant has managed to free his arm - good work.

Byrne is working for a kimura but Charmant is defending it quite comfortably.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Brad Byrne will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Charmant keeps the fight on the outside.

Charmant drives through with a takedown into Byrne's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.

Byrne is looking for a triangle here but Charmant uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Byrne is trying to improve his position.
Charmant takes advantage of some sloppy striking from Byrne to pass into mount.
Byrne can't escape the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Charmant has control of Byrne's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Byrne regains control of the situation pretty easily.

Charmant has control of Byrne's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Byrne regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Byrne is looking to get to half guard.
Byrne throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Byrne is squirming around, avoiding Charmant's attempts to control the action.
Byrne is working to get back to half guard.

Charmant wants to finish this one by submission but Byrne is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Charmant.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Charmant blocks Byrne's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Charmant has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Byrne's face.
Charmant dominating with strikes here.
Byrne is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Byrne regains half guard.
Byrne tries to get to full guard but Charmant has control of the leg.
Byrne throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Byrne is trying to stand.
Byrne wants to get back to full guard.
Charmant is figuring out what he wants to do next.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Byrne has hold of a guillotine but he's not going to be able to crank on it really with only half guard, so it's no trouble for Charmant. Oh but Byrne has got full guard now! Oh boy! This one could be over very soon! Charmant goes limp - he's gone! Byrne jumps up and celebrates with the crowd - fantastic submission finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Brad Byrne!
In defeat, Steven Charmant stepped up to the mic, saying 'At least i played fair, and gave what i got.'.