PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gale Van Ryre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mariusz Pudzyn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Van Ryre
vs
Pudzyn

198 cm
20
230 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
19
270 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gale Van Ryre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mariusz Pudzyn!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Ryre will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Pudzyn throws a big shot that misses.
A big right from Pudzyn misses.

Van Ryre has taken the fight to the clinch.

Van Ryre pulls guard successfully.
Van Ryre has his hands on Pudzyn's head, controlling the position.
Pudzyn wanted to stand there but Van Ryre had control of the position.
Pudzyn wants to stand and escape but instead Van Ryre has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Van Ryre's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Van Ryre won't allow Pudzyn to get back to his feet.
Pudzyn avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Pudzyn wants to stand up but Van Ryre is controlling him.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Van Ryre's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Ryre slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Van Ryre 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.
Van Ryre is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Van Ryre is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Pudzyn is looking to stand back up but Van Ryre counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Pudzyn.
Pudzyn tries to kick Van Ryre off but Van Ryre keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Van Ryre seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Pudzyn has one foot on Van Ryre's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Pudzyn misses with a looping right.

Van Ryre closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Van Ryre lands in his opponent's guard.
Van Ryre won't allow Pudzyn to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pudzyn looks gassed!
Pudzyn is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Van Ryre slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Van Ryre pushes down on Pudzyn's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Van Ryre performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

Van Ryre wants to work for an arm triangle but Pudzyn is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pudzyn is looking to escape.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Van Ryre in particular looking to stall.
Pudzyn wants to get back to his feet.
Van Ryre content to control rather than advance.
Pudzyn pushes Van Ryre off but Van Ryre dives into side control.
Van Ryre controls the position from side control.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Gale Van Ryre just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Pudzyn looks to throw the jab but Van Ryre is out of range.

Van Ryre feints and as Pudzyn raises his hands in defense, Van Ryre changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pudzyn is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Van Ryre is controlling him.
Van Ryre showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Van Ryre scoring with some ground and pound.
Van Ryre showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Van Ryre tries to free his leg and advance position but Pudzyn is retaining full guard.
Van Ryre trying to control but Pudzyn is working from the bottom.
Van Ryre prevents Pudzyn from getting back to his feet.
Van Ryre trying to control but Pudzyn is working from the bottom.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Pudzyn looks to throw the jab but Van Ryre is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gale Van Ryre dominated that round.
That's time! Van Ryre's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A jab lands there for Pudzyn.
Van Ryre avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A jab from Pudzyn misses.
Pudzyn throws a jab but it's blocked by Van Ryre.
Van Ryre misses with a takedown attempt - Pudzyn sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Pudzyn throws a lazy right hand but Van Ryre sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Van Ryre lands a head kick!
Van Ryre ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pudzyn throws a hook but Van Ryre blocks it.
Van Ryre misses with a takedown attempt - Pudzyn sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Pudzyn looks to land a right hand but Van Ryre moved out of range.
Van Ryre tries to clinch up but Pudzyn circles away and keeps his distance.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pudzyn misses with a hook.
Van Ryre shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
No luck for Van Ryre with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gale Van Ryre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pudzyn throws a jab but it's blocked by Van Ryre.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Ryre on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Mariusz Pudzyn is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Van Ryre uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pudzyn.
Van Ryre tries to move into range but Pudzyn moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Pudzyn lands a jab to the nose.
Mariusz Pudzyn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Van Ryre tries to close the distance and clinch but Pudzyn swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Van Ryre keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pudzyn.
Good standup being displayed there by Pudzyn as he connects with a hook.
Van Ryre blocks a jab.

Van Ryre closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Van Ryre lands a damaging elbow.
Van Ryre prevents Pudzyn from breaking the clinch.
Pudzyn can't break the clinch.
Pudzyn is pressed up against the cage. Van Ryre has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Pudzyn down to the mat. Pudzyn avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Pudzyn is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Van Ryre.
Pudzyn connects with a nice looking jab.
Pudzyn jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Pudzyn throws a big shot that misses.
Pudzyn misses with an uppercut. Van Ryre saw that one coming.
A slow jab from Pudzyn misses its intended target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Van Ryre pushes Pudzyn up against the cage in a clinch.
Van Ryre crunches a lovely knee into Pudzyn's ribcage.
Pudzyn wants to break the clinch but can't.
Van Ryre with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Van Ryre wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pudzyn is trying to break the clinch but Van Ryre has him pressed against the cage.
Van Ryre with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Van Ryre gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Pudzyn is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Van Ryre lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Pudzyn's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Van Ryre throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pudzyn blocks it with crossed arms.
Pudzyn wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Van Ryre keeps control of Pudzyn as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pudzyn wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pudzyn is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Van Ryre looking for a takedown.

Van Ryre lands a takedown into guard.
Van Ryre trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Van Ryre is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Ryre stops Pudzyn from standing up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Ryre with a nice head shot there.

Pudzyn pushes Van Ryre off and gets back to his feet.
Gale Van Ryre is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pudzyn throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Van Ryre sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Van Ryre shoots in and drives through. Pudzyn sprawls well.
Pudzyn misses with a looping left.
Pudzyn misses with a hook.
Van Ryre fails with the takedown.
Pudzyn throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Van Ryre sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice defenses there by Van Ryre.
A big right from Pudzyn misses.
Van Ryre lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Van Ryre here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Van Ryre defending well as Pudzyn loads up on a big left hand.
Van Ryre uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pudzyn.

Van Ryre gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Van Ryre throws a knee to the head but misses.
Van Ryre tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Pudzyn just stands there and leans against the cage.
Pudzyn can't break the clinch.
Pudzyn wants to break the clinch but can't.
Van Ryre tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Van Ryre looking to slow down the pace here.
Van Ryre looking to throw knees to the head but Pudzyn is blocking nicely.
Pudzyn wants to get back to striking at distance but Van Ryre won't allow it.
Pudzyn wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Van Ryre has Pudzyn pushed against the cage.

Van Ryre has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Pudzyn is trying to keep an underhook but Van Ryre manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Van Ryre prevents Pudzyn from standing back up.
Ground and pound from Van Ryre.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Van Ryre with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Van Ryre wants to lay and pray for a moment but Pudzyn keeps working.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Mariusz Pudzyn will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Pudzyn throws a hook to the side of Van Ryre's head but Van Ryre sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Van Ryre closes the distance and clinches up with Pudzyn, looking for a takedown. Van Ryre pushes Pudzyn against the cage but Pudzyn circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Pudzyn throws a hook to the side of Van Ryre's head but Van Ryre sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Van Ryre darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Van Ryre wants to lay and pray for a moment but Pudzyn keeps working.
Van Ryre stops Pudzyn from getting back to his feet.
Van Ryre slips a nice elbow through Pudzyn's hands, connecting with Pudzyn's forehead.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pudzyn is trying to stand back up but Van Ryre is controlling him
Van Ryre is taking a breather. Pudzyn says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Pudzyn throws a looping overhand right but Van Ryre ducks down to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Pudzyn throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Van Ryre closes the distance and clinches up with Pudzyn, looking for a takedown. Van Ryre pushes Pudzyn against the cage but Pudzyn circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Pudzyn throws a lazy right hand but Van Ryre sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pudzyn scores with a nice head shot.

Van Ryre shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Pudzyn's guard.
Pudzyn wants to get back to his feet but Van Ryre is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Van Ryre not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Van Ryre is in close to Pudzyn's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Pudzyn is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Van Ryre is controlling him.
Van Ryre advances to half guard.
Van Ryre controlling the action here.
Van Ryre is tying to control. Pudzyn wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pudzyn pushes Van Ryre off looking to stand but Van Ryre dives back in and keeps control.
Van Ryre is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

Van Ryre looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Pudzyn really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Van Ryre. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Pudzyn wants to get back to his feet.
Van Ryre controlling the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pudzyn tries to kick Van Ryre off but Van Ryre keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Van Ryre scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Van Ryre drives through with a takedown into guard.
Van Ryre looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

Van Ryre gets to his feet - Pudzyn follows without any prompting.

Van Ryre instigates a clinch.
Pudzyn wants to break free but Van Ryre has control.
Pudzyn takes an elbow to the temple.
Pudzyn is trying to break free.

Van Ryre pulls guard successfully.
Van Ryre is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Pudzyn has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Van Ryre is proving hard to escape from.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Ryre is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Pudzyn wants to get up but he can't break Van Ryre's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Van Ryre thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Van Ryre seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Van Ryre throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Pudzyn fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A slow jab from Pudzyn misses its intended target.
Van Ryre will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gale Van Ryre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Van Ryre fails with a takedown attempt.
Van Ryre bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gale Van Ryre showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Van Ryre 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... Gale Van Ryre!