PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sandor Clegane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abe De Vries (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Vries has chosen Sigur Ros - Svefn-g-englar as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. This should be a great matchup!

Clegane
vs
De Vries

207 cm
27
290 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

198 cm
27
250 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sandor Clegane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Abe De Vries!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Colin Fray and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Vries takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

It looks like Abe De Vries has been cut.
De Vries misses with a kick to the body.
A decent looking body kick lands there for De Vries.
De Vries throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Clegane's head.
De Vries connects with a leg kick. Clegane looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Clegane swinging wildly here.
A big right from Clegane misses.
Clegane backing away here, and De Vries unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Clegane misses with a straight left.
Clegane throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Clegane tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Vries was well out of range. Poor timing from Clegane.
De Vries follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Clegane lands with an overhand left.
Clegane scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Clegane takes a swing at De Vries's ribcage but misses.
De Vries throws a counter combo.
Clegane misses with an uppercut. De Vries saw that one coming.
Clegane swings widly with a right hand
and De Vries counters with a leg kick.
De Vries lands with a kick to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Vries misses with a head kick.
De Vries scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
De Vries lands a nice leg kick that just misses Clegane's sensitive parts.
De Vries's coach down at Island Warriors -13 ELITE Coaches was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on De Vries's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Clegane looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Clegane takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Clegane misses with a hook. De Vries ducked under it nicely.
De Vries slips a straight right by Clegane.
De Vries throws a fast counter high kick but Clegane manages to duck under it in time.
Clegane throws a hook to the side of De Vries's head but De Vries sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Clegane lands with a nice body punch.
De Vries is looking to slow Clegane down with leg kicks.
Clegane looks to land a combination. De Vries sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Clegane looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Clegane throws a jab when De Vries was well out of range.
De Vries tries to counter with a clinch but Clegane shakes him off and moves away.
Clegane misses the jab.
Clegane is breathing heavily.
Clegane takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for De Vries.
De Vries throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
De Vries scores with a head kick. Clegane tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Clegane drops his hands momentarily and De Vries takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
De Vries connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
De Vries connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

De Vries has taken the fight to the clinch.
Clegane goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
De Vries working Clegane over with knees to the body.
De Vries lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from De Vries.
De Vries working Clegane over with knees to the body.
De Vries gets through Clegane's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
De Vries unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Come on De Vries - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
De Vries working Clegane over with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clegane tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
De Vries lands a knee to the body.
De Vries lands a knee to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
De Vries lands a good knee to the midsection. Clegane won't want to take too many of those.
De Vries will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Clegane up against the cage.
De Vries comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
De Vries controlling the action here for a moment.
De Vries lands a nice uppercut.
De Vries looking to throw knees to the head but Clegane is blocking nicely.
Clegane looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
De Vries blocks an uppercut.
De Vries lands a nice uppercut.
Clegane misses with a hook to the ribs.
Clegane blocks the elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Vries lands a knee to the body.
De Vries misses with some punches.
De Vries trying to land knees to the body.
De Vries blocks a body shot from Clegane.
De Vries gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Vries tries to land a knee to the head but Clegane blocks with his arms.
De Vries with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
De Vries unloads a knee to the mid-section.
De Vries utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
De Vries using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. De Vries obliges.
De Vries lands with a light punch inside.
De Vries unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A knee to the head by De Vries.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
De Vries using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Clegane has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
De Vries slows down the pace here.
De Vries crunches a lovely knee into Clegane's ribcage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Abe De Vries dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Abe De Vries's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

De Vries throws a sloppy head kick and Clegane moves out of range easily.
Clegane appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
De Vries fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Clegane takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Clegane swings widly with a right hand
and De Vries counters with a stiff right hand.
De Vries moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Clegane misses with a combination
and De Vries counters with a good low kick that Clegane was not able to check.
Clegane throws a series of punches but De Vries moves out of range.
Clegane gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Clegane misses with a hook
and De Vries counters with a lovely straight right hand!

De Vries clinches up against the cage.
De Vries has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
De Vries missing with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Clegane managing to block the knees to the body from De Vries.
De Vries is trying to stall.
De Vries misses with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A knee to the head by De Vries.
De Vries looking to throw knees to the head but Clegane is blocking nicely.
De Vries lands an elbow inside that Clegane shrugs off.
De Vries with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by De Vries.
De Vries is working Clegane over against the cage.
De Vries unloads a knee to the mid-section. Clegane lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
De Vries lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short uppercut from De Vries.
De Vries lands a nice uppercut.
De Vries unloads a knee to the mid-section.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Vries gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
De Vries lands a nice knee to the body.
De Vries unloads a knee to the mid-section.
De Vries unloads a knee to the mid-section.
De Vries softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Clegane avoiding damage as De Vries throws knees to the body.
De Vries with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. De Vries obliges.
De Vries taking a breather.
Clegane has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
De Vries tries to land knees in the clinch but Clegane avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Clegane fails to land.
Clegane fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
De Vries is leaning against Clegane and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. De Vries obliges.
De Vries utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
De Vries lands a damaging elbow.
De Vries lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Clegane backwards.
Clegane is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Clegane.
De Vries misses with a knee strike.
De Vries landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Vries landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
De Vries tries to land knees in the clinch but Clegane avoids the damage to the body.
De Vries lands a nice knee to the body.
De Vries tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Clegane avoids it.
De Vries misses with a knee strike.
De Vries creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Clegane's defenses.
De Vries softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
De Vries putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Clegane in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Clegane misses with a punch to the body.
De Vries connects with a knee to the head.
De Vries lands an elbow that stopped Clegane in his tracks for a moment.
De Vries digs a right hand into Clegane's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Clegane's gas tank.
De Vries lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Clegane takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Vries unloads a knee to the mid-section. Clegane lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
De Vries goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
De Vries lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Abe De Vries seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
De Vries is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
De Vries working Clegane over with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Vries tries to land knees in the clinch but Clegane avoids the damage to the body.
Clegane throws a punch but it's blocked by De Vries.
De Vries landing some nice looking knees to the body.
De Vries crunches a lovely knee into Clegane's ribcage.
De Vries taking a breather.
De Vries with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
De Vries lands a body punch.
De Vries unloads a knee to the mid-section.
De Vries landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
De Vries throws a knee to the head but misses.
De Vries utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
De Vries scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
De Vries missing with knees to the body.
De Vries prevents Clegane from breaking the clinch.
De Vries misses with a knee strike.
De Vries keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Clegane's efforts to push away.
Clegane misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Abe De Vries showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Abe De Vries'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. This is the final round!

De Vries chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Clegane is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
De Vries throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Clegane moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Clegane throws a sloppy body shot
and De Vries counters with a stiff right hand.
De Vries pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sandor Clegane seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Vries lands a nice leg kick that just misses Clegane's sensitive parts.
De Vries throws a half hearted mid kick.
Abe De Vries seems to be getting the better of the standup.
De Vries showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Clegane.
It seemed like De Vries was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Clegane swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and De Vries counters with a solid body kick.
Clegane throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
De Vries lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
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 Vries goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Vries tries to close the distance and clinch up but Clegane swats him away and circles back towards the center.
De Vries is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Clegane throws out a loose jab but De Vries uses good head movement to avoid it.
Clegane takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A nice leg kick lands there from De Vries.
De Vries thumps Clegane with a low kick.
Clegane misses with a body punch
and De Vries counters with a slapping leg kick.
De Vries scores with a push kick.
De Vries connects with a good right hand that stumbles Clegane. Clegane circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
De Vries throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Clegane.
De Vries connects with an inside leg kick.
Clegane throws a combination that misses
and De Vries counters with a big head kick but Clegane shrugs it off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Clegane falls off balance throwing a combination
and De Vries counters with a low kick, right behind Clegane 's knee.
Sandor Clegane has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Vries throws a good cross that connects.
De Vries misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Clegane throws an off balance right hand
and De Vries counters with a nice body kick.

De Vries moves into range and clinches up with Clegane.
Clegane working aggressively here.
De Vries landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees in the clinch landing for De Vries.
Nice elbow from De Vries.
De Vries with a knee to the head.
De Vries scores with a knee to the head.
De Vries throws a knee to the head but misses.
Clegane tries a body shot but De Vries blocks it.
De Vries landing knees to the head.
De Vries crunches a lovely knee into Clegane's ribcage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Vries lands with a light punch inside.
De Vries lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
De Vries is trying to stall.
Clegane tries to break the clinch but De Vries is controlling the position.
De Vries lands a good knee to the midsection. Clegane won't want to take too many of those.
De Vries tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Clegane avoids it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Clegane.
Clegane takes an elbow to the temple.
Abe De Vries is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Clegane misses with the head strike.
Clegane misses with the head strike.
De Vries missing with knees to the body.
Clegane has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Clegane tries to work over De Vries's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
De Vries blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clegane's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
De Vries blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
De Vries scores with a nice hook to the head.
De Vries unloads a knee to the mid-section.
De Vries lands an elbow that stopped Clegane in his tracks for a moment.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Vries working Clegane over with knees to the body.
Clegane swings wildly with an uppercut but De Vries uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Vries prevents a body shot from Clegane.
De Vries pushes Clegane back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Clegane can't find room to land a body shot as De Vries controls the action.
De Vries crunches a lovely knee into Clegane's ribcage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Abe De Vries comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well De Vries has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Josh West scores the fight 26:30
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 26:30
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Abe De Vries!
An out of breath and clearly excited Abe De Vries thanked Machine Fight Gear for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
The defeated Sandor Clegane had this to say: 'fook it give me some ale!!!'.