PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ramon Dekkers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrigo Dias de Santa Rita (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dekkers comes into the arena with His very own Highlight Reel blaring out of the sound system. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Dekkers
vs
Dias de Santa Rita

172 cm
20
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

174 cm
22
165 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

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, Ramon Dekkers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rodrigo Dias de Santa Rita!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dekkers moves in looking to clinch but Santa Rita pushes him off.
Dekkers tries to clinch up.
Dekkers fails with an attempt to clinch.
Santa Rita darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Dekkers tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Santa Rita paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ramon Dekkers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santa Rita avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dekkers lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Santa Rita circles away quickly and effectively.
Santa Rita avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dekkers tries to clinch there but Santa Rita circles away.
Dekkers slips under a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dekkers is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dekkers tries to close the distance and clinch up but Santa Rita swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dekkers tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Santa Rita does it's job there.
Dekkers is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Santa Rita circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dekkers pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dekkers tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dekkers feints and then cracks Santa Rita's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Santa Rita down.
Dekkers tries to close the distance and clinch up but Santa Rita swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dekkers wants to clinch up but Santa Rita keeps it at a distance.
Dekkers tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Santa Rita paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dekkers misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Santa Rita.
Santa Rita tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dekkers tries to close the distance and clinch but Santa Rita swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dekkers is looking to clinch but Santa Rita is avoiding it.
Dekkers tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Santa Rita paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Santa Rita catches Dekkers with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Dekkers tries to clinch there but Santa Rita circles away.
A solid leg kick lands there for Dekkers.
Santa Rita looks gassed!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santa Rita swats away the attempt to clinch by Dekkers.
Dekkers fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dekkers moves in looking to clinch but Santa Rita pushes him off.
Santa Rita circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dekkers tries to clinch but Santa Rita is having none of it.
Dekkers tries to clinch there but Santa Rita circles away.
Dekkers keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Santa Rita.
Dekkers wants to clinch.
Dekkers tries to clinch but Santa Rita is having none of it.
Dekkers tries to clinch but Santa Rita is having none of it.
Dekkers tries to close the distance and clinch but Santa Rita swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Santa Rita avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dekkers pulls out of a head kick attempt.

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.
Dekkers moves out of range of the strikes.
Santa Rita keeps the fight on the outside.
Santa Rita scores with a crisp jab that stopped Dekkers in his tracks.
Dekkers is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Santa Rita circles away from the clinch attempt.
Santa Rita misses with an uppercut. Dekkers saw that one coming.
Dekkers fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dekkers fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dekkers tries a head kick but it misses.
Dekkers tries to close the distance and clinch but Santa Rita swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ramon Dekkers dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Dekkers tries to clinch but Santa Rita is having none of it.
Dekkers is looking to clinch but Santa Rita is avoiding it.
Ramon Dekkers is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dekkers moves in looking to clinch but Santa Rita pushes him off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dekkers looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dekkers is looking to clinch but Santa Rita is avoiding it.
Dekkers wants to clinch up but Santa Rita keeps it at a distance.
Dekkers wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dekkers moves in looking to clinch but Santa Rita pushes him off.
Santa Rita misses with a hook. Dekkers ducked under it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dekkers wants to clinch.
Dekkers fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dekkers doesn't manage to clinch there - Santa Rita circles away.
Santa Rita misses with an uppercut. Dekkers saw that one coming.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Dekkers.
Dekkers wants to clinch up but Santa Rita keeps it at a distance.
Dekkers tries to clinch up.
Dekkers avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Santa Rita might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Dekkers throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Dekkers.
Santa Rita is breathing heavily.
Dekkers with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santa Rita circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dekkers is looking to clinch.
Dekkers is looking to clinch but Santa Rita is avoiding it.
Dekkers is looking to clinch but Santa Rita is avoiding it.
Dekkers is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dekkers tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dekkers tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dekkers tries to score with a low kick but Santa Rita moves his leg out of the way.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dekkers tries to clinch up.
Dekkers looks to score with a jab to the body but Santa Rita is just out of range.
Dekkers tries to clinch up.
Santa Rita takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Santa Rita swats away the attempt to clinch by Dekkers.
Dekkers tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Santa Rita paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dekkers is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dekkers moves in looking to clinch but Santa Rita pushes him off.
Dekkers tries to clinch but Santa Rita is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dekkers tries to close the distance and clinch up but Santa Rita swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dekkers fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dekkers lands with a thumping leg kick.
Dekkers tries to clinch but Santa Rita moves out of range.
Dekkers doesn't manage to clinch there - Santa Rita circles away.
Dekkers is looking to clinch.
Santa Rita swats away the attempt to clinch by Dekkers.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dekkers with a jab.

It looks like Rodrigo Dias de Santa Rita has been cut.
Dekkers throws a nice inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ramon Dekkers dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rodrigo Dias de Santa Rita's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Dekkers tries to clinch up.
Dekkers tries to close the distance and clinch but Santa Rita swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Santa Rita avoids the body shot from Dekkers.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Santa Rita in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Dekkers throws a leg kick but Santa Rita checks it.
Dekkers tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dekkers fails with an attempt to clinch.
A big right from Dekkers misses.
Santa Rita circles away from the clinch attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dekkers tries to close the distance and clinch but Santa Rita swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dekkers tries to close the distance and clinch up but Santa Rita swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dekkers moves in looking to clinch but Santa Rita pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dekkers wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dekkers looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Santa Rita uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Dekkers has time to react.
Santa Rita's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dekkers looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Santa Rita avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dekkers fails in his attempt to clinch.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Santa Rita might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Dekkers has got the better of the exchanges.

That's two 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.
Dekkers tries to clinch up but Santa Rita circles away and keeps his distance.
Dekkers throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Dekkers tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Santa Rita avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dekkers swinging wilding here.
Dekkers tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Santa Rita checks the leg kick.
Santa Rita misses the jab.
Ramon Dekkers is winning the standup battle so far.
Santa Rita swats away the attempt to clinch by Dekkers.
Dekkers throws a body punch but Santa Rita moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dekkers is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Santa Rita.
Dekkers tries to clinch but Santa Rita moves out of range.
Dekkers tries to clinch up but Santa Rita circles away and keeps his distance.
Dekkers doesn't manage to clinch there - Santa Rita circles away.
Dekkers fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Santa Rita checks it well.
Dekkers is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dekkers fails in his attempt to clinch.
Santa Rita blocks a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Dekkers swings for the body but Santa Rita moves out of range.
Dekkers tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dekkers moves in looking to clinch but Santa Rita pushes him off.
Dekkers is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Santa Rita swats away the attempt to clinch by Dekkers.
Dekkers wants to slow Santa Rita down by chopping away at his legs.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Santa Rita misses with a hook.
Santa Rita misses the jab.
Rodrigo Dias de Santa Rita has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dekkers wants to clinch up but Santa Rita keeps it at a distance.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Rodrigo Dias de Santa Rita.
Well Dekkers has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 29:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ramon Dekkers!