PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tatau Bloodgood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rainer Hagert (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bloodgood's entrance music is Dark Tranquility - Terminus (Where Death Is Most Alive). A fine choice. Hagert is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Romanimies laulaa. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bloodgood
vs
Hagert

189 cm
23
168 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

184 cm
28
159 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tatau Bloodgood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rainer Hagert!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Daniel Blasius and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bloodgood closes the distance and clinches.
Good body shot from Bloodgood.
Bloodgood lands a body punch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bloodgood displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hagert up against the cage.
Bloodgood gets through Hagert's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bloodgood manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

Bloodgood pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Bloodgood clinches up with Hagert and pushes him back against the cage.
Hagert throws a knee to the head but misses.

Bloodgood pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bloodgood tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Bloodgood takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hagert lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bloodgood moves to clinch but Hagert breaks away
and Hagert counters with an inside leg kick.
A low kick from Hagert is predictable there
letting Bloodgood counter with a right hand.
Bloodgood looks to clinch
and Hagert counters with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hagert misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hagert throws a lazy uppercut
and Bloodgood counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Hagert throws a head kick that misses

and Bloodgood counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Bloodgood lands with a right to the head.
Hagert is trying to push Bloodgood away but Bloodgood has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Bloodgood seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Hagert throws an elbow but it misses.
Hagert is looking to control Bloodgood's arms but Bloodgood gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hagert has his back to the cage.
Bloodgood has Hagert pressed against the cage, preventing Hagert from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hagert stalling the fight.
Hagert tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hagert misses with an elbow strike.
A short uppercut from Bloodgood.
Hagert throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hagert looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Bloodgood manages to break the clinch.
Bloodgood tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Hagert counters with a flying knee. Nice.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hagert throws a lazy uppercut

and Bloodgood counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A frustrated look appears on Hagert's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Bloodgood pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hagert pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bloodgood tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Hagert counters with an inside leg kick.
Hagert throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Bloodgood connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hagert misses with the combination.
Bloodgood looks to clinch
and Hagert counters with a three punch combo that has Bloodgood backing up. Bloodgood nods at Hagert to acknowledge the strikes.
Hagert circles away from the clinch attempt
and Hagert counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Bloodgood is lucky that one didn't land flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bloodgood is looking to clinch.
Bloodgood tries to clinch but Hagert moves away
and Hagert counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bloodgood tries to clinch up
and Hagert counters with a low kick, right behind Bloodgood 's knee.
Hagert throws a leg kick that is checked

and Bloodgood counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Bloodgood lands a hook that snaps the head of Hagert backwards.
Hagert using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bloodgood has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hagert misses with an elbow strike.
Hagert wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hagert throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bloodgood lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hagert backwards.
Hagert looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bloodgood controlling the action here for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hagert prevents Bloodgood from breaking the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Bloodgood scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hagert misses with an elbow strike.

Bloodgood breaks from the clinch.
Bloodgood closes the distance but Hagert moves to the side
and Hagert cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Bloodgood forces Hagert back against the cage and clinches.
Hagert wants to break the clinch but can't.

Bloodgood breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bloodgood tries to clinch
and Hagert counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Hagert misses with a hook.
Bloodgood darts in trying to clinch
and Hagert counters with a body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Tatau Bloodgood will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Bloodgood tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Hagert counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hagert fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Bloodgood is out of range.
A low kick from Hagert misses

and Bloodgood counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Bloodgood avoids a wild elbow strike from Hagert.
Hagert looking to throw knees to the head but Bloodgood is blocking nicely.
Bloodgood softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hagert taking a breather.
Bloodgood stalling in the clinch.
Bloodgood wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hagert has him pressed against the cage.
Bloodgood has Hagert pressed against the cage, preventing Hagert from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hagert is trying to maintain a safe position but Bloodgood gets an underhook and turns Hagert into the cage.
Hagert throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bloodgood blocks it with crossed arms.
Hagert lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Bloodgood manages to break the clinch.
Tatau Bloodgood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hagert circles away from the clinch attempt
and Hagert counters with a head kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bloodgood.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bloodgood wants to clinch
and Hagert counters with a low kick, right behind Bloodgood 's knee.
Bloodgood closes the distance but Hagert moves to the side
and Hagert counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Bloodgood avoids the head kick by Hagert.
Bloodgood tries to clinch up
and Hagert counters with a straight right hand.
Bloodgood wants to clinch
and Hagert counters with a left and a right that stings Bloodgood.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hagert fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hagert lands a head kick!
Some bone on bone action there as Bloodgood checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Nice cross by Bloodgood.
Bloodgood tries to clinch
and Hagert connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hagert misses with a shot to the body
and Bloodgood counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hagert misses with a body kick.
Bloodgood walks into a stiff left hand from Hagert.
Bloodgood tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Hagert counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bloodgood has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hagert.
Hagert circles away from the clinch attempt
and Hagert counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hagert throws a lazy head kick
and Bloodgood counters with a one-two to the body.
Hagert scores with a nice body kick.
Bloodgood wants to clinch
and Hagert counters with a head kick.
Bloodgood tries to clinch up
and Hagert counters with a head kick. That will keep Bloodgood thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bloodgood tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hagert paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hagert feints and then cracks Bloodgood's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bloodgood down.
Hagert tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hagert looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hagert. That's going to slow Bloodgood down.
Bloodgood closes the distance looking to clinch
and Hagert counters with a left and a right that stings Bloodgood.
Bloodgood is looking to clinch but Hagert is avoiding it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rainer Hagert showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Hagert falls off balance throwing a combination
and Bloodgood counters with a three punch combo that has Hagert backing up. Hagert nods at Bloodgood to acknowledge the strikes.
Rainer Hagert seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hagert pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bloodgood darts in trying to clinch
and Hagert counters with a stiff right hand.
Bloodgood looks to clinch
and Hagert counters with a nice body kick.
Bloodgood wants to clinch
and Hagert counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bloodgood's knee momentarily.
Hagert throws a half hearted mid kick.
Nice body punch from Hagert.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bloodgood closes the distance but Hagert moves to the side
and Hagert counters with a leg kick.
Bloodgood wants to clinch
and Hagert counters with a good low kick that Bloodgood was not able to check.
Hagert throws a lazy head kick

and Bloodgood counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hagert throws an elbow but misses.
Still in the clinch, Bloodgood scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bloodgood lands with a short shot to the head.
Hagert misses with an elbow strike.

Bloodgood's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bloodgood jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Hagert tries a head kick but it misses.
Bloodgood wants to clinch
and Hagert counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Bloodgood is lucky that one didn't land flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hagert falls off balance throwing a combination

and Bloodgood counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bloodgood.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Hagert breaks from the clinch.
Bloodgood tries to clinch but Hagert moves away
and Hagert counters with a body kick that stops Bloodgood in his tracks momentarily.
Hagert throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bloodgood wants to clinch
and Hagert counters with a head kick. That will keep Bloodgood thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

Bloodgood clinches up against the cage.

Bloodgood breaks the clinch.
Bloodgood slips a jab from Hagert.
Hagert scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bloodgood closes the distance looking to clinch
and Hagert counters with a stiff right hand.
Bloodgood is looking to clinch but Hagert is avoiding it.
Bloodgood moves to clinch but Hagert breaks away
and Hagert counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bloodgood's knee momentarily.
Hagert circles away from the clinch attempt
and Hagert counters with a three punch combo that has Bloodgood backing up. Bloodgood nods at Hagert to acknowledge the strikes.

Bloodgood clinches up with Hagert and pushes him back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bloodgood wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bloodgood lands a right hand.
Bloodgood dodges an elbow strike from Hagert.
Bloodgood working hard to break the clinch.
Bloodgood digs a right hand into Hagert's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hagert's gas tank.

Bloodgood pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bloodgood tries to clinch there but Hagert circles away.
A shot to the liver by Hagert. Beautiful body shot.
Hagert lands with a kick to the temple. Bloodgood shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Hagert jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Bloodgood is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Nice defenses there by Bloodgood.
Bloodgood closes the distance looking to clinch
and Hagert makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Bloodgood really felt that one!

And that's the end of the fight!
Rainer Hagert comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Hagert has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rainer Hagert!