PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ambroos De Vries (ranked 3246 p4p, 3430 weight class) and Fredrik Fernros (ranked 325 p4p, 341 weight class). De Vries comes into the arena with Eskimo Callboy - Hypa Hypa blaring out of the sound system. Fernros has chosen Scarlet - Beauty & Beast as his entrance music. 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.

De Vries
vs
Fernros

195 cm
26
272
2 - 2 - 0

225 cm
21
250
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

MKFC

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ambroos De Vries!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fredrik Fernros!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Sam Margolis and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Vries scoring well with a low kick there.
De Vries slaps away a takedown attempt from Fernros, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Fernros lands a body shot.
Fredrik Fernros seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Vries defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Fernros.
De Vries showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fernros.
Fernros throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
De Vries showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fernros.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Fernros takes a swing at De Vries's ribcage but misses.
Sloppy strikes from De Vries. Those never looked like landing.
De Vries gets cracked there but stands up to it.
De Vries looks to score with a jab to the body but Fernros is just out of range.
Fernros will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Ambroos De Vries has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fredrik Fernros.
Fernros throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
De Vries misses with a looping right.
Fernros shoots in but no luck this time.
A jab lands there for Fernros.
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!

De Vries takes the fight into the clinch.
De Vries blocks an uppercut.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as De Vries takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fernros stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A hook to the body from Fernros.
De Vries misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fernros tries to stall but De Vries uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
De Vries tries to work over Fernros's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
De Vries lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Fernros backwards.

It looks like Fredrik Fernros has been cut.
Fernros wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Fernros blocks the elbow strike.
A head punch on the inside from Fernros fails to land.
De Vries trying to land knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for De Vries.
De Vries blocks an uppercut.
De Vries wants to stall.
De Vries blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
De Vries stalling in the clinch.
De Vries doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
De Vries using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fernros looking to stall.
De Vries tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from De Vries.
Fernros blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Fernros's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fernros is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Fernros misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Vries.
Fernros misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Vries.
Fernros lands with a nice body punch.
Fernros looks to score with a jab to the body but De Vries is just out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fernros throws a shot from downtown. De Vries moves away and avoids it.
Fernros scores with a three punch combo!
Ambroos De Vries is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
De Vries throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fernros misses with a wild body shot.
De Vries is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Nice defenses there by De Vries.
Fernros misses with a wild body shot.
Fernros is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by De Vries.
An attempted straight right counter from De Vries misses the target.
De Vries ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fernros moves away.
De Vries looks to score with a jab to the body but Fernros is just out of range.
De Vries ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fernros paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Fernros moves into range and connects with a jab.
Fernros connects with a right hand. De Vries shakes it off.
Fernros swinging wildly here.
De Vries slips a jab and a cross from Fernros.
De Vries keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A little feinted left hand from De Vries on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
De Vries slips under a jab from Fernros.
Fernros is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
De Vries keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fernros.
Fernros is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
De Vries throws a looping overhand right but Fernros ducks down to avoid it.
Fernros misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Vries.
Fernros misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Vries.
De Vries drops down looking for a counter takedown but Fernros sprawls and moves away.
Fernros changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from De Vries. Fernros does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fernros ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fernros misses with a body shot.
Fernros misses with a looping left.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Vries avoids the body shot from Fernros.
De Vries takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Fernros has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Fernros tests De Vries's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Vries ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fernros moves away.
Fernros takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Fernros fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Fernros throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
De Vries swings for the body but Fernros moves out of range.
Fernros swings for the body but De Vries moves out of range.
Fernros connects with a crisp jab.
Fernros misses with a wild combination.
De Vries fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fernros manages to avoid it.
Fernros fails with the takedown.
A jab from De Vries misses.
Fernros goes for a double leg but De Vries avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as De Vries continues to drive forward.
De Vries takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

De Vries fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Fernros, pushing him back against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fernros misses with some punches.
De Vries holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for De Vries.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Fredrik Fernros will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Fredrik Fernros's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

De Vries misses with a looping right.
Fernros looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Fredrik Fernros seems to be getting the better of the standup.
De Vries takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
De Vries takes a shot right to the bread basket.
De Vries misses with a straight right.
Fredrik Fernros is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fernros throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Fernros throws a series of punches but De Vries moves out of range.
De Vries attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Fernros gets cracked with a nice right hand there by De Vries.
De Vries connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
De Vries swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fernros uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from De Vries.
Fernros appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.

De Vries darts in and clinches Fernros up against the cage.
Fernros has had enough of the clinch but De Vries keeps him there for the moment.
De Vries blocking some punches.
De Vries misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fernros blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nice body punch from De Vries - that landed with a thud.
Fernros scores with a shot to the side of De Vries's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fernros lands with a right to the head.
De Vries lands a nice uppercut.
De Vries tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Vries lands a left hand that snaps the head of Fernros backwards.
De Vries tries to throw a body punch but Fernros avoids it by throwing De Vries back against the cage.
Fernros has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Fernros creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
De Vries working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fernros throws a punch but it's blocked by De Vries.
De Vries working aggressively here.
De Vries swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fernros takes a shot to the head.

That has opened up Fredrik Fernros's cut even more.
Fernros scores with a nice hook to the head.
De Vries content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Fernros dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
De Vries pressing his opponent against the cage.
De Vries using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fernros misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as De Vries takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A nice left hand lands by De Vries.
De Vries misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Fernros.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fernros managing to block the knees to the body from De Vries.
De Vries is working Fernros over against the cage.
De Vries lands a right hand that snaps the head of Fernros backwards.
De Vries with an attempt at a knee that misses.
De Vries has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Fernros swings wildly with an uppercut but De Vries uses good head movement to avoid it.
A bit of stalling here from Fernros.
Fernros is trying to force a seperation but De Vries has the dominant position.
De Vries lands a hook that snaps the head of Fernros backwards.
Fernros is trying to break the clinch but De Vries is controlling him.
De Vries landing knees to the body.
Fernros is breathing heavily.
De Vries lands with a short punch from the clinch.
De Vries scores with a shot to the side of Fernros's head.
Nice body punch from De Vries.
De Vries scores with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from De Vries - that landed with a thud.
De Vries misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Fernros.
De Vries landing knees to the head.
De Vries scores with a hook to the body.
Fernros has a couple of punches blocked by De Vries.
Nice body punch from De Vries.
De Vries lands a body punch.
A right hand to the body from De Vries.
De Vries taking a breather.
De Vries doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short body shot lands from De Vries as the two fighters clinch.
De Vries stalling the fight.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
De Vries lands a damaging elbow.
De Vries lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Fernros backwards.

The cut above Fredrik Fernros's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Knees in the clinch landing for De Vries.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Vries lands a nice shot to the body.
De Vries lands a shoulder strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Vries lands a hook that snaps the head of Fernros backwards.

Fernros is rocked!

Fredrik Fernros's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
De Vries is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fernros can do to turn this around?
De Vries taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Fernros is still on wobbly legs! Can De Vries finish him?
De Vries using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fernros seems to have recovered his senses.
Ambroos De Vries has scored more points in the clinch so far.
De Vries stalling.
A hook to the body from De Vries.
De Vries just leaning against Fernros, taking a breather.
A short body shot lands from De Vries as the two fighters clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as De Vries takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
De Vries blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
De Vries lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fernros throws a head punch that misses.
De Vries missing with knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from De Vries.
De Vries lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A hook to the body from De Vries.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from De Vries.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ambroos De Vries dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Fredrik Fernros's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Fernros pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fernros misses the shot to the body.
Jab, jab by Fernros - just one landing.

De Vries closes the distance and clinches.
De Vries tries to throw a body punch but Fernros avoids it by throwing De Vries back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Fernros fails to land.
De Vries tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fernros's elbow.
De Vries throws a big uppercut that drops Fernros! More strikes from De Vries and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Fernros lies dazed against the cage as De Vries celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ambroos De Vries!
A victorious Ambroos De Vries thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
Fredrik Fernros was interviewed post fight and said 'You win lose, you some some.'.