PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Bravo (ranked 514 p4p, 73 weight class) and Hendrik Vermeulen (ranked 1147 p4p, 157 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bravo
vs
Vermeulen

186 cm
29
195 lbs
13 - 2 - 0

187 cm
22
202 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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King of Clothes

Urban Fighter

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 13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Johnny Bravo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hendrik Vermeulen!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Paul Gruel and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vermeulen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bravo.
Bravo has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Seppo's Massage Temple in the buildup to the fight.
Bravo takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Vermeulen moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Some wild striking there from Bravo.
Bravo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bravo tries to clinch up
and Vermeulen counters with a stiff right hand.
Vermeulen lands a nice hook to Bravo's body. Bravo takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bravo on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Bravo takes one to the side of the head.
Bravo misses with a hook
and Vermeulen counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Vermeulen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bravo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bravo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A big left from Bravo misses.
Bravo looks to land a right hand but Vermeulen moved out of range.
Bravo throws a lazy uppercut
and Vermeulen counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vermeulen cracks Bravo with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Bravo misses with a right hand
and Vermeulen counters with a nice uppercut.
Vermeulen's jab looks to have found its range, popping Bravo under the eye.
Vermeulen ducks under a wild hook from Bravo.
Johnny Bravo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bravo throws a jab but it's blocked by Vermeulen.
Bravo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Vermeulen.
Bravo throws a lazy right hand but Vermeulen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Vermeulen is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Bravo had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Bravo throws out a loose jab but Vermeulen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bravo misses with a left hand
and Vermeulen counters with a straight right hand.
Vermeulen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bravo rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Vermeulen to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice uppercut there from Vermeulen.
Bravo takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bravo cracks Vermeulen with a right hand to the side of the head.
Vermeulen looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Bravo gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Vermeulen throws a right and a left that Bravo avoids nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vermeulen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bravo.
Bravo throws a looping overhand right but Vermeulen ducks down to avoid it.
Vermeulen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bravo.
Vermeulen jabs Bravo right on the nose. Bravo blinks but takes it well.
Bravo takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Bravo throws a shot from downtown. Vermeulen moves away and avoids it.
Bravo takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Vermeulen loads up on a big right hand but Bravo slips the punch.
Vermeulen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
It seemed like Vermeulen was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bravo drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Bravo swings away with a body shot that misses
and Vermeulen counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Vermeulen jabs at Bravo's body.
Bravo misses with a right hand
and Vermeulen counters with a nice uppercut.
Bravo is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Bravo defending well as Vermeulen loads up on a big left hand.
Bravo was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Vermeulen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bravo.
Bravo misses with a few strikes there.
Vermeulen throws a combination. Bravo tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bravo bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Vermeulen's head.
Vermeulen lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Vermeulen slips under a jab.
Vermeulen lands a head shot.
Bravo needs to keep his hands up - Vermeulen had a free shot at his head there.
Vermeulen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bravo.
Vermeulen digs a good body shot into Bravo's ribs.
Vermeulen throws the left hand but Bravo avoids the punch easily.
Vermeulen misses with a straight left.
Vermeulen swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Bravo.
A telegraphed right hand from Bravo misses the target.
Bravo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Vermeulen.
Vermeulen uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Bravo has time to react.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vermeulen smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Vermeulen throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vermeulen ducks under a wild hook from Bravo.
Bravo throws a hook to the side of Vermeulen's head but Vermeulen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bravo throws a body punch but Vermeulen moves out of range.
Bravo misses with a looping right.
Vermeulen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Vermeulen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bravo.
Bravo shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Vermeulen scores with a hook.
Bravo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vermeulen was well out of range. Poor timing from Bravo.
Bravo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vermeulen was well out of range. Poor timing from Bravo.
Vermeulen cracks Bravo with a good jab.
Bravo misses the shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bravo's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Vermeulen connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Bravo scrambles back to his feet.
Vermeulen connects with a right hand. Bravo shakes it off.
Vermeulen lands a glancing blow to the side of Bravo's head.
Bravo takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hendrik Vermeulen dominated that round.
That's time! Bravo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Vermeulen lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Bravo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Vermeulen.
Vermeulen throws a hook but Bravo avoids it easily.
Vermeulen takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Bravo looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Bravo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Vermeulen.
Bravo takes a swing at Vermeulen's ribcage but misses.
Hendrik Vermeulen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bravo misses with a combination
and Vermeulen counters with a straight right hand.
Vermeulen misses with a double jab.
Vermeulen fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Bravo just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bravo has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Bravo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bravo scores with a nice strike.
Bravo just misses with a punch to the body.
Vermeulen's corner calls for a 1-2. Vermeulen obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vermeulen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bravo.
Vermeulen slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Vermeulen lands with an overhand left.
Vermeulen takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Vermeulen throws a lazy right hand but Bravo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bravo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Vermeulen finds it's way round the side to connect with Bravo's head.
Vermeulen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Vermeulen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Vermeulen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bravo misses with an uppercut. Vermeulen saw that one coming.
Vermeulen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Vermeulen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Vermeulen with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bravo swings widly with a right hand
and Vermeulen counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bravo has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

It looks like Johnny Bravo has been cut.
Bravo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bravo on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Vermeulen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Vermeulen misses with an uppercut. Bravo saw that one coming.
Vermeulen looks to land a combination. Bravo sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Bravo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bravo throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Vermeulen counter with a right hand.
Bravo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
It seemed like Vermeulen was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
The fighters circling - Vermeulen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Vermeulen misses with a straight right.
The fighters circling - Bravo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Some wild striking there from Vermeulen.
Bravo throws an overhand right that lands on Vermeulen's shoulder, as Vermeulen tries to avoid the shot.
A swing and a miss from Bravo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vermeulen misses the jab.
Bravo swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Vermeulen thows a left - swing and a miss!
An attempted straight right counter from Bravo misses the target.
Bravo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Vermeulen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bravo misses the jab.
Vermeulen scores with a sloppy right hand. Bravo should have avoided that one.
Bravo misses with an uppercut
and Vermeulen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bravo throws a series of punches but Vermeulen avoids them all with ease.
Vermeulen throws out a counter right but Bravo avoids it with no problem.
A big right from Bravo misses.
Bravo misses with a looping left.
Vermeulen looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bravo works Vermeulen's body with a nice hook.
Vermeulen bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Bravo's head.
Bravo throws a predictable looking body shot
and Vermeulen counters with a right hand to the body.
Vermeulen lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice defenses there by Bravo.
Vermeulen lands an overhand right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vermeulen moves out of range as Bravo strikes.
Bravo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Vermeulen ducks under a wild hook from Bravo.
Bravo drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Vermeulen throws a lazy uppercut
and Bravo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bravo misses with a wild body shot.
Vermeulen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bravo throws out the jab.
Vermeulen with a jab.
Bravo takes one on the button.
Bravo throws a sloppy body shot
and Vermeulen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bravo cracks Vermeulen with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vermeulen lands a nice hook to Bravo's body. Bravo takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Vermeulen moves out of range of the strikes.
Bravo misses with a lunging right hand
letting Vermeulen counter with a right hand.
Bravo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hendrik Vermeulen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Johnny Bravo's cut.
That's time! Bravo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Vermeulen misses with an uppercut. Bravo saw that one coming.
A telegraphed right hand from Vermeulen misses the target.
Vermeulen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A swing and a miss from Vermeulen.
Vermeulen misses with a looping left.
Bravo misses with a right hand
and Vermeulen counters with a stiff right hand.
Bravo misses with a shot to the body
and Vermeulen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bravo walks into a jab.
Vermeulen scores with a jab. Bravo acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Bravo lands a jab.
Vermeulen smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Vermeulen throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bravo on the side of the head.
Bravo throws a poor cross that misses
and Vermeulen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
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!
Bravo takes one to the chin there.
Vermeulen misses with a looping left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bravo takes a swing at Vermeulen's ribcage but misses.
Vermeulen connects with a right hand. Bravo shakes it off.
A slow jab from Vermeulen misses its intended target.
Bravo takes a jab right on the kisser.
A big right from Bravo misses.
Vermeulen takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bravo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Vermeulen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Vermeulen lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Vermeulen.
Vermeulen lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bravo at a distance.
Bravo throws a one two combo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bravo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Vermeulen throws out a counter right but Bravo avoids it with no problem.
Bravo throws a big shot that misses.
Vermeulen keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Bravo misses with a left hand
and Vermeulen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bravo takes one to the side of the head.
Johnny Bravo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vermeulen cracks Bravo with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A big left from Bravo misses.
Bravo slips a jab from Vermeulen.
A big left from Vermeulen misses.
Bravo misses with a hook. Vermeulen ducked under it nicely.
Vermeulen looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bravo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Vermeulen fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Bravo on the side of the head.
Bravo takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Vermeulen lunges at Bravo with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Bravo's hand.
Vermeulen scores with a sloppy right hand. Bravo should have avoided that one.
Bravo throws a big shot that misses.
Vermeulen getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Vermeulen scores with a jab to the body.
Bravo has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Bravo there as he acknowledges the shot.
Hendrik Vermeulen is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bravo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The fighters circling - Bravo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bravo scores with a jab to the jaw.
Vermeulen blocks a jab.
Vermeulen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bravo.
Vermeulen slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Bravo throws a body shot but no joy.
Vermeulen lands with a straight right. Bravo didn't see that one coming.
Bravo throws a looping overhand right but Vermeulen ducks down to avoid it.
Bravo misses with a right hand
and Vermeulen counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bravo throws a big shot that misses.
Bravo misses with a hook
and Vermeulen counters with a nice uppercut.
Vermeulen connects with the punch.
A jab from Bravo misses.
Bravo takes one to the chin there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bravo throws a lazy right hand but Vermeulen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Vermeulen connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Vermeulen lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Bravo loads up on a big right hand but Vermeulen slips the punch.
Vermeulen's corner calls for a 1-2. Vermeulen obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Bravo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Vermeulen, as that shot connected.
Bravo missing with a left hand there. Vermeulen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Vermeulen connects with a jab.
Bravo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Vermeulen throws out a counter right but Bravo avoids it with no problem.
Vermeulen lands the left hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vermeulen getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A swing and a miss from Bravo.
Bravo misses with a hook
enabling Vermeulen to counter with a crisp jab.
Vermeulen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bravo.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hendrik Vermeulen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Vermeulen 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 Roger Salmon scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hendrik Vermeulen!
After winning the bout, Hendrik Vermeulen thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.