PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Skills Review (ranked 4233 p4p, 4315 weight class) and Test Skill (ranked 469 p4p, 471 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Review
vs
Skill

188 cm
18
196
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
18
195
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Skills Review!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Test Skill!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Aafke Stam and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Both fighters are only really looking to counter, so after a good 30 seconds of circling each other endlessly, the referee has stepped in and told them both to be more aggressive.
Review misses with a straight left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Skill pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Review is looking to counter punch.
Review uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Skill.
It looked like Review wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Skill.
Review moves away from the strike by Skill.
Review throwing a counter right hand but Skill manages to avoid it.
Review avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Review bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Review throwing a counter right hand but Skill manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Skill lands a jab.
Review ducks under a wild hook from Skill.
Skill throws an off balance right hand
and Review counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Review uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Skill.

And that's the end of the fight!
Test Skill comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Skill 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 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 9:10
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 9:10
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 9:10

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Test Skill!