PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Great (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edgar Pitbull (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Great
vs
Pitbull

173 cm
22
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

177 cm
22
159 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alexander Great!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Edgar Pitbull!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pitbull tries to clinch but Great is having none of it.
A bone on bone clash there as Pitbull blocks the leg kick.
Great looks for a takedown but Pitbull sprawls well.
Pitbull tries to clinch up but Great circles away and keeps his distance.
Pitbull doesn't manage to clinch there - Great circles away.
Edgar Pitbull seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Great ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pitbull moves away.
Pitbull tries to clinch but Great moves out of range.

Pitbull clinches with his opponent.
Pitbull tries a knee to the head but Great blocks it.

Pitbull pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Great throws a hook but Pitbull blocks it.
Great uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Pitbull has time to react.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Pitbull - that will leave a mark!
Great circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pitbull uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Great.
Pitbull moves in looking to clinch but Great pushes him off.
Great with a jab.
Pitbull tries to clinch but Great moves out of range.
Pitbull fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice body kick from Pitbull.
Pitbull tries to clinch there but Great circles away.

Pitbull drives through and clinches with Great against the cage.
Pitbull tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Great takes a knee right on the jaw!
Pitbull lands a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Great is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Great taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

Pitbull breaks from the clinch.

Great gets a takedown into half guard.
Pitbull is trying to control but can't.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Great in particular looking to stall.
Pitbull wants to get back to full guard.
Great looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Great thows a huge punch but Pitbull dodges it nicely.
Great missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Great is figuring out what he wants to do next.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Great thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Pitbull to regain full guard.

Pitbull escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Great gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Great throwing strikes from guard but Pitbull blocks nicely.
Great postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Great in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Great wants to stand but Pitbull is controlling his posture from full guard.
Great controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Great has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Great trying to control but Pitbull is working from the bottom.
Great seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Great with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Great wants to control from the top but Pitbull keeps moving.

That's four 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.
Great sitting in guard here, content to control.
Great has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Great trying to control the position from guard on top but Pitbull is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Great works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Great lands with a punch from half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Pitbull can do anything to dispel that myth.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Alexander Great just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Pitbull tries to clinch but Great is having none of it.
Great thows a left - swing and a miss!
The fight stays on the outside here - Pitbull looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pitbull fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Great dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Pitbull tries to close the distance and clinch but Great swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Great wants to clinch.
Pitbull tries to clinch but Great moves out of range.
Great circles away from the clinch attempt
and Great counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Pitbull moves out of range of the leg kick from Great.
Pitbull wants to clinch
letting Great counter with a right hand.
Great shoots in and drives through. Pitbull sprawls well.
Great tries for a takedown but Pitbull sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Great connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Pitbull slips under a jab from Great.
Pitbull wants to clinch
and Great counters with an inside leg kick.
Pitbull lands with a nice body kick.
Pitbull uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Great.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Pitbull moves into the clinch.
Great avoiding damage as Pitbull throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Great is trying to break free.

Pitbull's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pitbull tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Great counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Pitbull moves into the clinch.
Great takes an elbow to the temple.
Pitbull comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Great prevents a takedown attempt there.
Great digs a right hand underneath Pitbull's ribcage. Pitbull let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Great wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pitbull lands an elbow that stopped Great in his tracks for a moment.
Pitbull tries to score a body lock takedown but Great shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Pitbull throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pitbull crunches a lovely knee into Great's ribcage.
Great takes an elbow to the forehead.
Pitbull throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pitbull scores with a knee to the head.
Great digs a right hand underneath Pitbull's ribcage. Pitbull let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Great is looking to break free of the clinch but Pitbull has double underhooks.
Pitbull wants to break the clinch but can't.
Great on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pitbull misses with a knee strike.
Great goes for a takedown attempt but Pitbull pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alexander Great. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Great misses with the combination.
Great uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Pitbull has time to react.
Pitbull fails in his attempt to clinch.
Great throws a shot to the body.
Great shoots in for a takedown but Pitbull shows good takedown defense.
Great throws a head kick that misses.
Edgar Pitbull is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pitbull lands a nice looking body kick.
Great bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Pitbull's head.

Pitbull has Great up against the cage in a clinch.
Pitbull keeps control of Great as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pitbull lands a nice elbow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Pitbull throws an elbow but misses.
Pitbull gets underhooks to prevent Great's takedown attempt.
Great is trying to stall.

Pitbull breaks the clinch.
Pitbull tries to clinch but Great moves out of range.
Pitbull tries to clinch but Great is having none of it.
Pitbull closes the distance but Great moves to the side
and Great counters with a two punch combo.
Pitbull on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Pitbull has Great up against the cage in a clinch.
A knee to the head by Pitbull.
Great is trying to break free.
With the fighters up against the cage, Pitbull throws an elbow but misses.
Pitbull trying to land knees to the body.
Great wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Great wants to break free but Pitbull has control.
Pitbull wants to get back to striking at distance but Great won't allow it.

Great breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Great takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Pitbull closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Great getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Pitbull fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pitbull closes the distance but Great moves to the side
enabling Great to counter with a crisp jab.
A jab from Great does it's job there.
Pitbull tries to clinch up
and Great counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Pitbull tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Great counters with a nice uppercut.
Great takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Pitbull throws a sloppy head kick and Great moves out of range easily.
Pitbull takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Great avoids the head kick by Pitbull.
Great shoots in for a double leg but Pitbull sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Great dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Great scores with a nice right hand.

Pitbull has taken the fight to the clinch.
Pitbull comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Pitbull gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Great.
Pitbull lands a knee to the head.
Pitbull tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pitbull throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Great drops down looking for an ankle pick but Pitbull pulls his leg out and moves away.

Pitbull moves into the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Pitbull.
Great changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Pitbull fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alexander Great. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pitbull feints and then cracks Great's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Great down.
Pitbull wants to clinch
and Pitbull takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pitbull instigates a clinch.
Pitbull misses with an elbow over the top.
Pitbull trying to land knees to the body.
Great takes a knee right on the jaw!
Pitbull lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A short right from Great.
Pitbull looking to throw knees to the head but Great is blocking nicely.
Pitbull trying to land knees to the body.
Pitbull misses with an elbow over the top.
Great tries to score a body lock takedown but Pitbull shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Great is trying to break the clinch but Pitbull has him pressed against the cage.
Pitbull has had enough of the clinch but Great keeps him there for the moment.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pitbull just misses with a elbow thrown towards Great's brow.
Great tries to break the clinch but Pitbull is controlling the position.
Great can't break the clinch.
Pitbull throws a knee to the head but misses.
Great wants to get back to striking at distance but Pitbull won't allow it.
Pitbull with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Great wants to get back to striking at distance but Pitbull won't allow it.
Great wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pitbull misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Great.
Pitbull throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Great blocks it with crossed arms.
Great slowing the pace effectively.

Pitbull pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Great scores with a crisp jab that stopped Pitbull in his tracks.
Pitbull tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Great paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pitbull gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Great.
Great lands a slapping body shot.
Pitbull fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pitbull throws a leg kick but Great checks it.
Great stuns Pitbull with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Pitbull takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Great motions for Pitbull to come forward. Great throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Great throws a shot to the body.
Alexander Great is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Great keeps the fight on the outside.
Great throws a series of strikes that have Pitbull backpedaling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick from Pitbull.
Great fails to land the takedown.
Pitbull keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Pitbull lands a high kick!
Pitbull doesn't manage to clinch there - Great circles away.

Pitbull rushes Great and presses him up against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Pitbull throws an elbow but misses.
Pitbull tries a knee to the head but Great blocks it.
Pitbull is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pitbull throws a knee to the head but misses.
Great can't break the clinch.
Alexander Great is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Great avoiding damage as Pitbull throws knees to the body.
Pitbull throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pitbull misses with a knee to the head.
Pitbull pushes off an throws an elbow but Great leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Great has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Pitbull avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Great takes an elbow to the temple.

That's four 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.
Great is trying to break the clinch but Pitbull has him pressed against the cage.
Pitbull scores a nice knee to the body.
Pitbull tries a knee to the head but Great blocks it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Pitbull throws an elbow but misses.
Pitbull creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Great's defenses.
Great blocks an elbow strike.
Great can't get the takedown.
Edgar Pitbull has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pitbull with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pitbull looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pitbull tries to land a knee to the head but Great blocks with his arms.
Great wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pitbull lands a nice elbow.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pitbull trying to land knees to the body.
Pitbull with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Pitbull trying to land knees to the body.
Great has had enough of the clinch but Pitbull keeps him there for the moment.
Pitbull throws a knee to the head but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Edgar Pitbull comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Great has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexander Great!