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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ramon Dekkers (ranked 4305 p4p, 5127 weight class) and Zander Fisher (ranked 325 p4p, 344 weight class). 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.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ramon Dekkers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Zander Fisher!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Fujiwara and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fisher drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Fisher controls from within his opponent's guard.
Fisher trying to control but Dekkers is working from the bottom.
Fisher must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Dekkers is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Dekkers might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Dekkers has his feet on Fisher's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dekkers has Fisher up against the cage in a clinch.
Fisher jumps guard but Dekkers stands there with Fisher around his waist. Fisher gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Fisher is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dekkers throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Dekkers tries to work over Fisher's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Fisher breaks from the clinch.
Fisher keeps the fight on the outside.
Dekkers gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Dekkers unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fisher lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fisher breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dekkers drives through and clinches with Fisher against the cage.
I was talking to Dekkers's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Dekkers creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Dekkers lands an elbow inside.
Dekkers with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fisher pulls guard successfully.
Dekkers stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Fisher gets tackled into the cage by Dekkers. Dekkers maintains the clinch.
Dekkers landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dekkers managing to block the knees to the body from Fisher.
Fisher pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dekkers has Fisher up against the cage in a clinch.
Dekkers lands a hook that snaps the head of Fisher backwards.
Dekkers misses with a knee to the head.
Fisher breaks from the clinch.
Dekkers has taken the fight to the clinch.
Dekkers throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Fisher looks winded!
Dekkers landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dekkers lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Fisher.
A right handed body shot lands from Dekkers.
Dekkers lands a good knee to the midsection. Fisher won't want to take too many of those.
Dekkers misses with a knee to the head.
Dekkers is working Fisher over against the cage.
Dekkers throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Dekkers throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fisher blocks it with crossed arms.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dekkers lands a right hand.
Dekkers lands a damaging elbow.
Dekkers using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fisher has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dekkers with a knee to the head.
Fisher is trying to force a seperation but Dekkers has the dominant position.
Dekkers lands a knee to the body.
Dekkers working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Dekkers throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fisher blocks it with crossed arms.
Dekkers lands a nice elbow.
Dekkers lands a nice knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dekkers obliges.
Dekkers tries to land a knee to the head but Fisher blocks with his arms.
Knees to the body from Dekkers.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dekkers lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dekkers lands a nice elbow.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Dekkers.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Dekkers.
Dekkers connects with a knee to the head.
Dekkers lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dekkers scores a nice knee to the body.
Dekkers tries a knee to the head but Fisher blocks it.
Dekkers lands an elbow just above Fisher 's eye.
Dekkers lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Fisher or not.
Dekkers connects with a knee to the head.
Dekkers with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fisher wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A knee to the head by Dekkers.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dekkers lands an elbow that stopped Fisher in his tracks for a moment.
Dekkers utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Dekkers gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ramon Dekkers dominated that round.
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.
Fisher tries to keep at a distance but Dekkers has taken the fight into the clinch.
Dekkers lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Dekkers is leaning against Fisher and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Fisher breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dekkers tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dekkers gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Dekkers scores with a hook to the body.
Dekkers using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dekkers is working Fisher over against the cage.
Dekkers throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Fishers head.
Fisher throws a punch but it's blocked by Dekkers.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dekkers throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A hook to the body from Dekkers.
Fisher is breathing heavily.
Dekkers tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dekkers lands a body punch.
Dekkers landing knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fisher's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Dekkers lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dekkers unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fisher lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dekkers lands a right hand.
Dekkers lands a damaging elbow.
A right hand to the body from Dekkers.
Dekkers scores with a hook to the body.
Dekkers tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dekkers obliges.
Dekkers lands a body shot.
Fisher takes an elbow to the temple.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dekkers creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dekkers gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dekkers throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Fishers head.
Dekkers gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dekkers obliges.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dekkers lands a good knee to the midsection. Fisher won't want to take too many of those.
A right handed body shot lands from Dekkers.
Dekkers is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fisher can do to turn this around?
A nice right hand lands inside from Dekkers.
Dekkers putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Fisher in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dekkers utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Dekkers lands a nice elbow.
Fisher looking for a takedown.
Dekkers presses Fisher against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Ramon Dekkers has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Good body shot from Dekkers.
Dekkers digs a right hand underneath Fisher's ribcage. Fisher let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dekkers.
Dekkers tries a knee to the head but Fisher blocks it.
Dekkers lands an elbow inside that Fisher shrugs off.
Dekkers tries to land a knee to the head but Fisher blocks with his arms.
Dekkers is leaning against Fisher and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dekkers lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fisher backwards.
A short right from Dekkers.
Still in the clinch, Dekkers scores with a nice short uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dekkers.
Dekkers softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dekkers working Fisher over with knees to the body.
Dekkers lands an elbow just above Fisher 's eye.
A knee to the head by Dekkers.
Dekkers lands a hook that snaps the head of Fisher backwards.
Dekkers works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Dekkers landing knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dekkers lands a good knee to the midsection. Fisher won't want to take too many of those.
Dekkers misses with a knee to the head.
A short body shot lands from Dekkers as the two fighters clinch.
Dekkers lands a shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dekkers landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dekkers scores with a shot to the side of Fisher's head.
Dekkers lands a body shot in the clinch.
Dekkers landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dekkers lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dekkers using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fisher has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dekkers lands a good knee to the midsection. Fisher won't want to take too many of those.
Dekkers lands a damaging elbow.
Dekkers lands a nice knee to the body.
Dekkers lands a left hand.
Dekkers scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dekkers misses with a knee to the head.
Dekkers crunches a lovely knee into Fisher's ribcage.
Dekkers utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dekkers.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ramon Dekkers dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Dekkers is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dekkers tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dekkers tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fisher swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dekkers darts in and clinches Fisher up against the cage.
Dekkers lands a nice uppercut.
Dekkers tries to work over Fisher's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dekkers lands a nice elbow.
Dekkers creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Fisher's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dekkers wants to clinch up but Fisher keeps it at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dekkers moves into the clinch.
Fisher breaks the clinch.
Dekkers sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Fisher takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A solid leg kick lands there for Dekkers.
Dekkers tries to clinch there but Fisher circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dekkers fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fisher circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dekkers takes the fight into the clinch.
Dekkers tries a knee to the head but Fisher blocks it.
Dekkers lands a hook that snaps the head of Fisher backwards.
Knees to the body from Dekkers.
Dekkers lands a shoulder strike.
Dekkers landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A body shot lands from Dekkers.
Dekkers lands a nice elbow.
Dekkers working Fisher over with knees to the body.
Dekkers landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dekkers landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
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!
Fisher takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dekkers utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Dekkers lands with a short shot to the head.
Fisher takes an elbow to the forehead.
Dekkers looking to throw knees to the head but Fisher is blocking nicely.
Dekkers pushes Fisher back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Dekkers lands a hook that snaps the head of Fisher backwards.
Dekkers lands a body punch in the clinch.
A hook to the body from Dekkers.
Dekkers lands a damaging elbow.
A short body shot lands from Dekkers as the two fighters clinch.
Dekkers lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fisher backwards.
Dekkers creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Fisher's defenses.
Dekkers lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fisher backwards.
Dekkers lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dekkers pushes Fisher back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dekkers working Fisher over with knees to the body.
Dekkers lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Fisher takes an elbow to the temple.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Dekkers.
Dekkers lands a shoulder strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Dekkers.
Dekkers lands a good knee to the midsection. Fisher won't want to take too many of those.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dekkers.
Dekkers gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dekkers.
A shot in the inside from Dekkers.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dekkers with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dekkers tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dekkers.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fisher jumps guard but Dekkers turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Dekkers throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fisher blocks it with crossed arms.
Dekkers lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Fisher taking a breather.
A right handed body shot lands from Dekkers.
Dekkers comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dekkers lands a body shot.
A body shot lands from Dekkers.
Dekkers landing knees to the body.
Fisher takes an elbow to the forehead.
Knees to the body from Dekkers.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dekkers with a knee to the head.
Dekkers lands a right hand that snaps the head of Fisher backwards.
Zander Fisher has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dekkers landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dekkers scores with an uppercut up the middle.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ramon Dekkers showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Dekkers, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:25
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:25
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ramon Dekkers!
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energy
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hype
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