PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Altare (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bismarck De Jager (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Jager has chosen Afrikanerhart as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. This should be fireworks!

Altare
vs
De Jager

185 cm
23
197 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

189 cm
22
210 lbs
7 - 3 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Big Bear Nutrition 160Q

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Altare!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Bismarck De Jager!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Tiny Johnson and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Altare just misses with a punch to the body.
De Jager misses with a hook to the body
and Altare cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Altare blocks a head kick by De Jager.
Altare loads up on a big right hand but De Jager slips the punch.
De Jager throws a left and a right that both miss
and Altare makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
De Jager pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Altare ducks under a wild hook from De Jager.
Altare ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De Jager moves away.
De Jager takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Jager throws a right hand that Altare ducks under and follows up with a left that Altare also avoids with ease.
Altare scores with a push kick.
De Jager throws a sloppy body shot
and De Jager takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

It looks like Bismarck De Jager has been cut.
Altare wants to land a leg kick but De Jager is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Jager swings away with a leg kick that misses.
No joy there for De Jager, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A jab lands there for De Jager.
Altare lands a leg kick that knocks De Jager off balance momentarily.
Altare uses good head movement to avoid the hook from De Jager.
Altare throws an off balance right hand
enabling De Jager to counter with a crisp jab.
De Jager throws a lazy uppercut
and De Jager takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
De Jager throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Altare makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Altare is looking to slow De Jager down with leg kicks.
Altare takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
De Jager shoots for a takedown but Altare saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Altare throws a sloppy head kick and De Jager moves out of range easily.
De Jager was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Altare walks into a stiff left hand from De Jager.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Altare blocks a low kick nicely.
Altare throws a head kick that misses.
De Jager steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Altare.
De Jager throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Altare sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A jab lands there for Altare.
De Jager jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Altare tries to counter by moving into the clinch but De Jager manages to circle out of the way.
John Altare is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
De Jager throws a body shot but no joy.
Altare attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

Altare closes the distance and pushes De Jager back into the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Altare.
De Jager is trying to push Altare away but Altare has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Altare has De Jager pressed against the cage, preventing De Jager from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Altare.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Altare.
De Jager can't find room to land a body shot as Altare controls the action.
De Jager misses with a hook from the clinch.
De Jager misses with a shot to the kidneys.
De Jager working some nice short punches in the clinch.

De Jager breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A jab from De Jager does it's job there.
De Jager fails to land with a series of punches.
Altare scores with a jab. De Jager acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Altare seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
De Jager misses with a takedown

and Altare moves into the clinch.
De Jager tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Altare's elbow.
De Jager goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Altare lands a right hand.
Altare misses with a punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for De Jager.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Jager working aggressively here.
Altare works on De Jager's body with a couple of short punches.
De Jager lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Altare pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
De Jager throws a combination that misses
letting Altare counter with a right hand.
Altare feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to De Jager's calf.
De Jager walks into a stiff left hand from Altare.
Altare scores with a hook to the body. De Jager takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Altare fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. De Jager looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
De Jager looks winded!
De Jager looks to land a left hand but Altare moved out of range nicely.
Altare seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Altare scores with a shot to the body.
Altare pulls out of a head kick attempt.
De Jager unleashes a big counter combination but Altare bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Altare lands a nice leg kick that just misses De Jager's sensitive parts.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Altare dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bismarck De Jager's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Altare throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Altare is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that De Jager can do to turn this around?
A low kick from De Jager misses

and Altare counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Altare throws a punch but it's blocked by De Jager.
Altare has De Jager pressed against the cage.
De Jager doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Altare misses with a punch to the body.
De Jager tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

De Jager manages to break the clinch.
De Jager throws a leg kick
enabling Altare to counter with a crisp jab.
Altare changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Altare. De Jager does a little dance to reset his feet.
De Jager swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
De Jager on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
John Altare is winning the standup battle so far.
Altare feints and then cracks De Jager's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow De Jager down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Altare clobbers De Jager with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Altare throws a body kick that misses.
De Jager looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Altare tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
De Jager connects with a nice looking jab.
Altare scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
De Jager pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A solid leg kick lands there for Altare.
De Jager avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
De Jager lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Altare thumps De Jager with a low kick.
De Jager misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Altare counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

De Jager shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Altare is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
De Jager wants to control from the top but Altare keeps moving.
Altare controlling the position.
De Jager stays in close to Altare's body and controls the position.
De Jager wants to control from the top but Altare keeps moving.
Altare wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Altare looking to control.
Altare on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Altare tries to get out of the position.
De Jager pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Altare is keeping the position for now.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Altare uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De Jager.
Altare misses with a double jab
and De Jager counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Altare goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
De Jager swinging wildly here.
Altare wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Altare walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. De Jager checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Altare connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That has opened up Bismarck De Jager's cut even more.
De Jager swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Altare with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Altare moves away from the strike by De Jager.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Altare finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Altare showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from De Jager.
The fighters circling - Altare throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Altare lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
De Jager avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
De Jager now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Altare misses with a low kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Altare keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
De Jager throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
De Jager on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Altare fakes high and swings low for a body shot but De Jager manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Altare dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bismarck De Jager's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

De Jager swings for the body but Altare moves out of range.
Altare throws a leg kick that is checked
and De Jager counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Altare ducks right into an uppercut from De Jager.
Altare misses with a kick to the body.
Altare defending well as De Jager loads up on a big left hand.
Altare moves out of range of the strikes.
De Jager's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
De Jager on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
De Jager throws a leg kick but Altare checks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Jager misses with a hook. Altare ducked under it nicely.
As De Jager tries to get set, Altare tries to push him back and clinch up but De Jager manages to avoid the attempt.
Altare throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Altare misses with a body kick.
Altare misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Altare moves out of range as De Jager strikes.
You can see that De Jager has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Altare dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from De Jager. Altare does a little dance to reset his feet.
Altare throws a quick counter kick to the body but De Jager avoids it.
De Jager throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Altare on the side of the head.
Altare cracks De Jager with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

Altare cracks De Jager with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Altare has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning De Jager to stand back up!

De Jager is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Jager avoids a kick to the body.
De Jager has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Altare.
Altare looks for the body kick but De Jager saw that one coming.
Altare uses good head movement to avoid the hook from De Jager.
Bismarck De Jager has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
John Altare is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Altare feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to De Jager's calf.
Altare scores with a punch to the head.
De Jager doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Altare tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Altare moves out of range as De Jager strikes.
Nice body kick there by Altare.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Altare here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
De Jager throws a leg kick
and Altare counters with a low kick, right behind De Jager 's knee.
Altare throws a shot to the body.
Good leg kick by Altare there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Altare thuds his shin into the meat of De Jager's side.
Altare steps to the side to avoid the strikes from De Jager.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Jager swings for the body but Altare moves out of range.
A good leg kick by Altare.
Altare doesn't manage to clinch there - De Jager circles away.
De Jager lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Nice body kick from Altare.
Altare scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
De Jager walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
De Jager walks into a jab.

Altare moves into the clinch.
De Jager has a couple of punches blocked by Altare.
De Jager tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Altare's elbow.
De Jager pushes Altare back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Altare blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from De Jager fails to land.
De Jager fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
De Jager tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Altare's elbow.
De Jager tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
De Jager tries to work over Altare's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
De Jager working aggressively here.
De Jager can't find room to land a body shot as Altare controls the action.
De Jager tries to work over Altare's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
De Jager tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
De Jager tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
De Jager tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Altare blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Altare showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Altare, 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Altare!
A relieved looking John Altare thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.