PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jean Luc Petit (ranked 381 p4p, 364 weight class) and Maurits Assndrop (ranked 21 p4p, 18 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Petit
vs
Assndrop

163 cm
26
145
9 - 11 - 0

168 cm
26
137
10 - 3 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jean Luc Petit!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 2, fighting out of New York, Maurits Assndrop!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Aafke Stam and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Assndrop on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Assndrop throws a poor cross that misses
and Petit counters with a right hand to the body.
Petit fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Assndrop manages to avoid it.
Petit uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Assndrop.

Petit has Assndrop up against the cage in a clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Petit.
Assndrop has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Petit lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Assndrop jumps guard but Petit turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Petit lands a body punch in the clinch.
Petit fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Assndrop wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Petit working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Assndrop tries to break the clinch but Petit is controlling the position.
Petit lands a right hand that snaps the head of Assndrop backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Assndrop wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A nice left hand lands by Petit.
Petit lands an uppercut.
Petit working aggressively here.

Assndrop escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Petit misses with a right hand
and Assndrop counters with a right hand to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Petit.
Assndrop was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Assndrop getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Petit misses with a body shot
and Assndrop counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Petit looks to land a right hand but Assndrop moved out of range.
Petit misses with a lunging right hand
and Assndrop makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Petit throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Assndrop has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Assndrop throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Petit appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Petit misses with a body kick.
Assndrop lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Petit takes a kick to the side of the head.
Petit throws a body punch but Assndrop moves out of range.
Petit swings away with a body shot that misses
and Assndrop counters with a nice uppercut.
Assndrop lands a nice looking kick to the body. Petit takes a step back to recover.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Petit throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petit throws a body punch but Assndrop moves out of range.
Assndrop lands a right hook to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Petit.
A jab from Petit misses.
Assndrop lands with a shot to the body.
Petit has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Petit darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Assndrop throws a big shot that misses.
Petit lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Petit misses with a straight right.
Assndrop misses with an uppercut.
Petit misses with a body punch
and Assndrop counters with a straight right hand.

It looks like Jean Luc Petit has been cut.
Petit thows a body kick. Assndrop tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Petit swings for the body but Assndrop moves out of range.
Petit fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Assndrop manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petit throws a chopping leg kick but Assndrop manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Assndrop scores with a jab. Petit acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Assndrop lands a head kick!
Petit throws a body shot but no joy.
Assndrop avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Assndrop throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Petit misses with a hook
and Assndrop counters with a nice uppercut.
Assndrop pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jab from Assndrop.
Assndrop missing with a left hand there. Petit was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Assndrop swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Assndrop pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Petit back to the cage. Assndrop follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

Petit is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Assndrop drops Petit with a big left hand! Petit is injured, injured bad! Assndrop jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Maurits Assndrop!
Maurits Assndrop is the new bantamweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Maurits Assndrop thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.