PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brother Firetribe (ranked 912 p4p, 143 weight class) and Robert De Noteboom (ranked 2092 p4p, 320 weight class). De Noteboom has chosen Erika - I Don't Know as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Firetribe
vs
De Noteboom

180 cm
39
169 lbs
43 - 13 - 0

178 cm
46
182 lbs
48 - 30 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 43 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Brother Firetribe!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 48 - 30 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Robert De Noteboom!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Edson Gomes and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Firetribe with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Firetribe throws a leg kick

and De Noteboom counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

Firetribe scrambles and gets back to his feet.

De Noteboom clinches.
Firetribe throws an elbow but it misses.

De Noteboom gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Noteboom throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
De Noteboom postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
De Noteboom postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Firetribe wants to stand and escape but De Noteboom is having none of it.
De Noteboom wants to control from the top but Firetribe keeps moving.
De Noteboom loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
De Noteboom loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Noteboom postures up in Firetribe's guard and throws a big left but Firetribe blocks it.
De Noteboom throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Firetribe has De Noteboom pulled in close to control his posture.
De Noteboom controls from within his opponent's guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
De Noteboom in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Firetribe keeping moving, preventing De Noteboom from controlling successfully.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
De Noteboom gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Firetribe.
Firetribe lands a lovely overhand right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Noteboom throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Firetribe sees it coming and avoids it easily.
De Noteboom shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Firetribe holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Firetribe lands a hook that snaps the head of De Noteboom backwards.
De Noteboom tries for a takedown. No joy.
Firetribe comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Robert De Noteboom has been cut.
De Noteboom is working for takedown but Firetribe is calmly controlling the position for now.
Brother Firetribe has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Robert De Noteboom.
Firetribe has De Noteboom pushed against the cage.
Firetribe lands a nice elbow.
Firetribe digs a right hand underneath De Noteboom's ribcage. De Noteboom let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short body shot lands from Firetribe as the two fighters clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Firetribe gets underhooks to prevent De Noteboom's takedown attempt.
De Noteboom is working for takedown but Firetribe is calmly controlling the position for now.
Firetribe lands an elbow inside that De Noteboom shrugs off.
Firetribe gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from De Noteboom.
De Noteboom looks winded!
Firetribe displaying some good clinch control by pressing De Noteboom up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Firetribe lands an elbow just above De Noteboom 's eye.
De Noteboom swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Firetribe lands a left hand.
De Noteboom working aggressively here.
De Noteboom working aggressively here.
De Noteboom takes a shot to the head.
De Noteboom is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Firetribe is keeping busy.
Firetribe is stalling here.
Nice elbow from Firetribe.
De Noteboom trying to control the position but instead, Firetribe has worked for underhooks and has pushed De Noteboom into the cage.
De Noteboom misses with a hook from the clinch.

De Noteboom has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Firetribe is trying to keep an underhook but De Noteboom manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Firetribe is concentrating on defense, preventing De Noteboom from advancing position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Firetribe is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Firetribe is working hard here to advance position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Noteboom sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Firetribe defending well though.
De Noteboom misses with a head shot. Firetribe uses the momentum to regain guard.
De Noteboom preventing the sweep.
De Noteboom in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
De Noteboom throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Firetribe works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brother Firetribe dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Robert De Noteboom's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Firetribe goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
De Noteboom takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Nice uppercut lands for Firetribe. That snapped De Noteboom's head back.
Firetribe connects with a good right hand that stumbles De Noteboom. De Noteboom circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Firetribe is looking to slow De Noteboom down with leg kicks.
Firetribe throws a sloppy head kick and De Noteboom moves out of range easily.
De Noteboom lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
De Noteboom keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from Firetribe does it's job there.
Firetribe blocks a jab.
Firetribe delivers a nice body kick.
Firetribe fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and De Noteboom has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Brother Firetribe is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Firetribe gets tackled into the cage by De Noteboom. De Noteboom maintains the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
De Noteboom tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
De Noteboom swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brother Firetribe has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Firetribe makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Good body shot from Firetribe.
A shot in the inside from Firetribe.
Firetribe lands a good knee to the midsection. De Noteboom won't want to take too many of those.
De Noteboom is breathing heavily.
Firetribe landing knees to the head.

De Noteboom is rocked!
A short right from Firetribe.
De Noteboom is still on wobbly legs! Can Firetribe finish him?
De Noteboom tries for a takedown. No joy.
De Noteboom is looking for a takedown.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Firetribe.
Firetribe lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Firetribe effectively controlling the action here.
Firetribe creates a bit of space for himself and rocks De Noteboom with a big uppercut! De Noteboom tries to clinch up but Firetribe pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples De Noteboom to the mat! De Noteboom covers up and Firetribe unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Brother Firetribe!
Brother Firetribe retains his welterweight title!
Our winner, Brother Firetribe, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.