PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zeeble Bippus (ranked 3261 p4p, 2782 weight class) and Bertil Brutal (ranked 413 p4p, 352 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bippus
vs
Brutal

180 cm
26
207
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
20
200
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Zeeble Bippus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bertil Brutal!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Dean Styles and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bippus misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bippus is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Bippus throws a head kick that misses.
Bippus tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bippus walks into a jab.
Brutal takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

It looks like Bertil Brutal has been cut.
Bippus pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bippus takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Brutal smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Bippus throws a sloppy head kick and Brutal moves out of range easily.

Bippus lands a big head kick that sends Brutal tumbling to the mat! Bippus takes a step backwards and waves Brutal back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bippus tries a head kick but it misses.
Brutal lands a slapping body shot.
Bippus looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Brutal lands with a nice body punch.
Bippus pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brutal ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Brutal lands a nice looking body shot.
Bippus looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Bippus lands with a kick to the temple. Brutal shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

Brutal is rocked!
Bippus throws a head kick but Brutal moves out of range.
Bippus throws a hook but Brutal avoids it easily.
Bippus walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Brutal throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bippus stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Bippus rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Brutal counters with a stiff right hand.
Brutal bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Bippus's head.
Brutal scores with a jab. Bippus acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brutal fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bippus looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Bippus scores with a leg kick.
Brutal looks to land a combination but Bippus avoids it well.
Brutal has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Brutal thuds a left hand into Bippus's body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brutal fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Brutal avoids the head kick by Bippus.
Bippus throws a poor cross that misses
and Brutal connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bippus throws a head kick that misses.
Brutal looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Good standup being displayed there by Brutal as he connects with a hook.
Brutal lands with an overhand left.
Brutal throws a right and a left that Bippus avoids nicely.
Bippus throws a head kick but Brutal moves out of range.
Brutal connects with a jab.
A shot to the body from Bippus misses
and Brutal counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Brutal lands with an overhand left.
Bippus takes one on the button.
Bippus tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Brutal connects with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brutal blocks a head kick by Bippus.
A little jabbing left from Brutal on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A swing and a miss from Bippus.
A nice side step and Brutal releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Nice body punch from Brutal.
Bippus with a jab.
Bippus misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Brutal lands with a shot to the body.
A nice leg kick from Bippus, right into the meat of the thigh.

Brutal moves into the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bippus.
Bippus letting Brutal take a breather here.
Brutal stalling the fight.
Bippus swings wildly with an uppercut but Brutal uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bippus looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Brutal holding his opponent close, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bippus looking to throw knees to the head but Brutal is blocking nicely.
Bippus fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brutal dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Bippus struggles to land a body shot inside as Brutal controls his hands.
Bippus swings wildly with an uppercut but Brutal uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brutal stalls.
Bippus throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Brutals head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bippus tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Brutal tries to throw a body punch but Bippus avoids it by throwing Brutal back against the cage.
Bippus has a couple of punches blocked by Brutal.
Brutal is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Bertil Brutal will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bertil Brutal's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Brutal on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
A combination from Brutal does no damage.
Bertil Brutal seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bippus misses with a head kick.
Bippus takes one to the side of the head.
Brutal listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Bippus wants to land a leg kick but Brutal is out of range.
Bippus tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Brutal swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Bippus.
Brutal changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bippus misses with a hook
and Brutal counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Bippus throws a head kick that misses.
Bippus throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bippus misses with a combination
and Brutal counters with a three punch combo that has Bippus backing up. Bippus nods at Brutal to acknowledge the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Brutal clinches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bippus.
Bippus throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brutal blocks it with crossed arms.
Brutal taking a breather.
Brutal content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brutal.
Brutal will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Bippus up against the cage.
Bippus misses with the head strike.
Bippus stalls.
Brutal lands with a left to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brutal lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bippus backwards.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Brutal takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Brutal keeps control of Bippus as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Brutal stalling against the cage.
Bippus misses with a short punch on the inside.

Brutal breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bippus throws a push kick but Brutal slaps the foot to one side.
Brutal avoids the head kick by Bippus.
Nice straight punches there by Brutal. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Brutal.
Brutal has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Brutal lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Bippus backs up against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bippus misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Brutal is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Bippus with a body shot.
Brutal keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brutal lands a nice looking body shot.
Brutal clobbers Bippus with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A big left from Bippus misses.
A punch lands to the side of Bippus 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Brutal throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bippus stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nice uppercut there from Brutal.
Bippus tries to clinch there but Brutal circles away.
Brutal cracks Bippus with a good jab.
Bippus tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Brutal connects with a body shot that sends Bippus's belly button to the back.
A head kick by Bippus misses
and Brutal counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bippus throws a lazy right hand but Brutal sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A head kick misses from Bippus.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bippus throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Brutal.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brutal scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Brutal fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Brutal clobbers Bippus with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Brutal with a hook.
Bippus walks into a stiff left hand from Brutal.
A jab from Brutal finds it's way through Bippus's defenses.
Brutal tests Bippus's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bippus misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Brutal works the jab nicely.
Bippus looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Bippus looks to throw a body kick
and Brutal cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Brutal scores with a body shot.
Bippus fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Bertil Brutal showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Bertil Brutal's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Bippus misses with a low kick.
Brutal avoids the head kick by Bippus.
Bippus sets himself, and Brutal steps forward looking for the clinch! Bippus avoids it this time.
Bippus ducks right into an uppercut from Brutal.
Brutal checks a leg kick.
Brutal lands a really nice looking cross but Bippus seems unphased.
Bippus avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bippus throws a head kick but Brutal moves out of range.
Brutal slips under a jab from Bippus.
Brutal throws out a counter right but Bippus avoids it with no problem.
Bippus moves forwards but Brutal connects with a nice, crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab lands there for Brutal.
Bippus takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Brutal throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bippus on the side of the head.

Brutal darts in and clinches Bippus up against the cage.
Bertil Brutal seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brutal dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Bippus working hard to break the clinch.
Brutal's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Bippus looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Brutal displaying some good clinch control by pressing Bippus up against the cage.
Brutal stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Bippus fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bippus trying to land knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Brutal.
Bippus tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bippus breaks from the clinch.
Brutal ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Bippus is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Brutal is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Bippus with a body shot.
Bippus throws a sloppy head kick
and Brutal counters with a right hand to the body.
Bippus lands with a good body shot.
Zeeble Bippus has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brutal scores with a hook to the body. Bippus takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Brutal lands a nice shot to the body.
Bippus tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Brutal paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A jab from Brutal finds it's way through Bippus's defenses.
Brutal scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brutal jabs Bippus to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Brutal throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brutal scores with a decent looking hook.
Brutal lands with a nice body punch.
Brutal connects with a looping right hand.
Bippus fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brutal manages to avoid it.
Brutal steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Bippus.
Brutal bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Brutal swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bippus throws a lazy head kick
enabling Brutal to counter with a crisp jab.
Brutal doesn't manage to clinch there - Bippus circles away.
Bippus tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Brutal manages to circle out of the way.
Bippus's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Brutal connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Bippus scrambles back to his feet.
Bippus throws a poor cross that misses
and Brutal makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Bippus tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bippus throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Brutal tries to counter with a clinch but Bippus shakes him off and moves away.
Bippus pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brutal lands with a good body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brutal lands a jab.
Brutal lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Bertil Brutal is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Brutal lands a nice looking body shot.
Brutal scores with a nice right hand.
Bippus throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A head kick by Bippus misses
and Brutal counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Bippus drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Brutal tries to close the distance and clinch but Bippus swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A punch lands to the side of Bippus 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Brutal feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Bippuss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Bippus throws a head kick that misses
and Brutal counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bertil Brutal comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Brutal has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bertil Brutal!
Bertil Brutal decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
In defeat, Zeeble Bippus stepped up to the mic, saying 'Sh!t, F%@$!! Cu#@!!'.