PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Romeo Long (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seb De Broekje (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Broekje is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Beck-Loser. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Long
vs
De Broekje

220 cm
18
278 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

195 cm
25
266 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Romeo Long!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Seb De Broekje!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Colin Fray and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Broekje misses with a series of wild punches.
No joy there for Long, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Long misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
De Broekje will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

De Broekje moves into range and clinches up with Long.
De Broekje is trying to break free.
De Broekje is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Long breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
De Broekje tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Long was well out of range. Poor timing from De Broekje.
De Broekje falls off balance throwing a combination
and Long counters with a good, hard body kick but De Broekje shrugs it off.
Long takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

De Broekje clinches with his opponent.
Long tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. De Broekje smiles and moves away.
De Broekje throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

De Broekje instigates a clinch.
De Broekje pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
De Broekje tries to throw a body punch but Long avoids it by throwing De Broekje back against the cage.
Long fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Romeo Long. That's going to take a lot out of him.
De Broekje is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Long goes for a takedown attempt but De Broekje pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
De Broekje lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Long circles away quickly and effectively.
Seb De Broekje is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
De Broekje throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
De Broekje swinging wildly here.
It looked like Long was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
No joy there for De Broekje, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Seb De Broekje seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

De Broekje clinches with his opponent.
De Broekje is trying to force a seperation but Long has the dominant position.
Long using the Thai plumb to throw knees but De Broekje has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A frustrated look appears on De Broekje's face as he tries to break the clinch.
De Broekje is looking to break free of the clinch but Long has double underhooks.
De Broekje misses with a knee strike.
De Broekje scores with a shot to the side of Long's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Long avoiding damage as De Broekje throws knees to the body.
Long fails to pull the fight into his guard.
De Broekje wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

De Broekje decides to pull guard.
Long postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Long has gone for a leg lock! De Broekje slips out almost immediately though and dives into Long's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Broekje looking to pass the guard.
De Broekje is still trying to improve position.

De Broekje gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

De Broekje moves into the clinch successfully.

Long manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Long is breathing heavily.
De Broekje trying to control the position from guard on top but Long is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
De Broekje throwing strikes from guard but Long blocks nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
De Broekje with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Broekje looking to sit in guard and control but Long gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Long will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

De Broekje escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Long gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

De Broekje has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Long off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
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!
De Broekje throws a right and a left that both miss.
Long went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.

Long manages to get an easy takedown there - catching De Broekje on his heels. He'll look to pass De Broekje's guard now, I'm sure.

De Broekje wriggles free and stands up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seb De Broekje dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

De Broekje misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
As De Broekje looks to move away, Long throws a big counter combo bu De Broekje just gets out of the way.
De Broekje throws a series of punches but Long moves out of range.
Long takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

It looks like Romeo Long has been cut.

De Broekje gets in close and instigates a clinch.
De Broekje has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
De Broekje has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Long is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Long keeps the fight in the clinch, despite De Broekje's efforts to push away.
De Broekje wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
De Broekje is trying to force a seperation but Long has the dominant position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Broekje wants to break the clinch but can't.
De Broekje has had enough of the clinch but Long keeps him there for the moment.
De Broekje tries to break free but Long pushes him back against the cage.
De Broekje throws a knee to the head but misses.

De Broekje breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.

De Broekje has managed to clinch.

Long escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

De Broekje clinches up against the cage.
De Broekje tries to break the clinch but Long is controlling the position.
De Broekje tries to break the clinch but Long is controlling the position.
De Broekje prevents a takedown attempt there.
Long has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. De Broekje avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
De Broekje wants to break free but Long has control.
De Broekje wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Long has him pressed against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, De Broekje throws an elbow but misses.
Long tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Romeo Long. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Long fails to pull the fight into his guard.

De Broekje breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Broekje throws a shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
De Broekje misses with a few strikes there.
Long avoids a punch combination nicely.
As De Broekje looks to move away, Long throws a big counter combo bu De Broekje just gets out of the way.
A combination from De Broekje does no damage.

De Broekje gets in close and instigates a clinch.
De Broekje lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
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!
De Broekje working hard to break the clinch.
De Broekje can't break the clinch.
De Broekje is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Long tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. De Broekje smiles and moves away.

De Broekje closes the distance and pushes Long back into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Broekje has had enough of the clinch but Long keeps him there for the moment.
De Broekje gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Long.
De Broekje is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Long gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

De Broekje breaks the clinch.
De Broekje throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
De Broekje swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Romeo Long is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
De Broekje fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A left and a right from De Broekje both land. Nice combination.
Some wild striking there from De Broekje.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Long showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from De Broekje.
Long keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
It looked like Long was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
De Broekje throws a combination that misses
and Long counters with an inside leg kick.
A shot to the liver by De Broekje. Beautiful body shot.
De Broekje misses with a body shot
and Long counters with a series of strikes. De Broekje will be more careful next time no doubt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Broekje misses with a two punch combination.
Long is looking for a counter combo.
De Broekje fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
De Broekje looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Long moves into the clinch.
Long using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seb De Broekje showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Romeo Long's cut.
That's time! Long's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

De Broekje clinches up against the cage.

Long breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Long shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. De Broekje manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
De Broekje wants to get back to his feet but Long passes into half guard.

De Broekje moves into full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Long throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as De Broekje works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Long throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Seb De Broekje has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Long postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Long distracts De Broekje with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

Long got a little sloppy there for a moment and De Broekje has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Long has managed to get both his arms back between De Broekje's legs - danger averted.
Long throws a big right hand that misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Long throws a big elbow that misses.
Long throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as De Broekje works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Long throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Long stands over his opponent and dives in with a flying punch! De Broekje throws up his legs and catches Long in a triangle! Oh this looks tight! Long tries to escape but he's forced to tap! Wow, fantastic work there by De Broekje! That came out of nowhere!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Seb De Broekje!
An intense looking Seb De Broekje took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'Me speak not zo goot englisch! Butt zengk you!'.