PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jon Snow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bjorn Bogart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bogart has chosen "Dutch National Anthem" by Het Wilhelmus as his entrance music. Bjorn Bogart has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Snow
vs
Bogart

186 cm
29
189 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

180 cm
28
185 lbs
6 - 18 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jon Snow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bjorn Bogart!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Marco Blurström and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Snow darts in and clinches Bogart up against the cage.
Bogart looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

Snow breaks from the clinch.

Snow instigates a clinch.
Snow lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bogart backwards.
Snow tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bogart's elbow.

Snow decides to pull guard.

Snow manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.

Snow lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Snow stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.

Snow fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Bogart to the ground. Snow is now in Bogart's guard.
Snow controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Snow stands up from Bogart's guard - Snow perhaps looking for a knockout.

Snow drives through with a takedown into Bogart's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Snow trying to stand up but can't free himself from Bogart's guard.

Snow stands and steps away. Bogart gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Snow scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Snow decides to stand and escape the position.

Bogart tries to keep at a distance but Snow has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Snow has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Bogart clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Snow has good solid back control here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Snow'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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Snow seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Bogart for as long as he can get away with.
Snow seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Bogart wants to escape the position.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jon Snow dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Snow moves into the clinch.
Snow lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Bjorn Bogart has been cut.
Snow misses with a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Snow.
Snow with an attempt at a knee that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Snow throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bogart has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Snow seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Bogart can turn it around.
Snow tries to land knees in the clinch but Bogart avoids the damage to the body.
Bogart is breathing heavily.

Snow manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Snow rushes Bogart and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Snow stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Snow working some nice short punches in the clinch.

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

Snow moves into the clinch.
Snow landing knees to the head.
A short right from Snow.
Snow lands a knee to the head.

Bogart is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Snow creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bogart's defenses.
Bogart is still on wobbly legs! Can Snow finish him?

Snow pulls guard successfully.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Snow kicks Bogart off and gets to his feet.

Snow moves into the clinch successfully.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Snow.

Snow turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Snow manages to end up in side control.

Snow decides to stand up, so the ref orders Bogart to his feet.

Snow has managed to clinch.

Snow gets a trip takedown into half guard.

Snow gets to his feet - back to striking we go!

Snow clinches with his opponent.
Snow lands a nice knee to the body.
Snow landing knees to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Snow landing knees to the body.
Bogart's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Snow.
Snow lands a nice uppercut.
Snow lands an elbow inside.

Snow pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Snow is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bogart can do to turn this around?

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Snow throws a big uppercut that drops Bogart! More strikes from Snow and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Bogart lies dazed against the cage as Snow celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jon Snow!