PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Walter Sergio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charlie Putwick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sergio
vs
Putwick

178 cm
22
135 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

163 cm
18
134 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Walter Sergio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Charlie Putwick!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Paul Aken and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sergio gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Putwick counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Putwick slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Putwick trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Putwick makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Sergio tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Putwick advances position into side control!
Putwick works to advance to full mount. Sergio defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Putwick unloading with bombs!
Putwick with a couple of short strikes.
Putwick landing strikes, looking to finish!
Putwick controlling the pace for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Putwick breaks from Sergio's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Putwick cracks Sergio with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Putwick cracks Sergio with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Putwick with shots to the head and body - Sergio looks very uncomfortable down there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Putwick controlling the position easily from mount.
Putwick avoids the attempt from Sergio to control.
Sergio really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Putwick lands a heavy elbow.
Sergio in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Putwick lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Sergio hang on?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Putwick pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Putwick scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Sergio?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Putwick landing strikes from the mount and Sergio is in trouble!
Putwick unloading with bombs!
Putwick working Sergio over with strikes here.
Putwick controlling his opponent.
Putwick wants to control the pace but Sergio is squirming around nicely.
Sergio is breathing heavily.
Putwick has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Sergio's face.
Putwick scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Putwick tries to control but Sergio wriggling away.
Putwick connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Putwick takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Putwick has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Putwick lands a big elbow.
Putwick controlling the position easily from mount.
Putwick scoring with strikes but Sergio is staying in there.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Putwick cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Putwick controlling the pace for now.
Putwick landing shots from mount.
Putwick with good strikes from the mount here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Putwick with shots to the head and body - Sergio looks very uncomfortable down there.
Putwick putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Putwick pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Putwick landing strikes from the mount.
Putwick looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Putwick raining down shots from the mount!
Putwick connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Putwick is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Sergio can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Putwick lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Putwick working Sergio over with strikes here.
Putwick pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Putwick landing strikes from the mount and Sergio is in trouble!
Putwick pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charlie Putwick dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Sergio moves away from the strike by Putwick.

Putwick scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Check out the look on Putwick's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Putwick scoring with punches and elbows.
Sergio on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Putwick lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Sergio down.
Putwick scores with punches from side control.
Sergio taking a bit of punishment here - Putwick scoring with strikes.
Putwick scores with a couple of short elbows.
Sergio knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Putwick on the ground.
The referee asks Putwick politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Putwick prefers to stall for the moment though.
Putwick grinds an elbow into Sergio's temple.
Putwick takes a little break here. Sergio wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Putwick landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Putwick working the head with strikes.
Putwick in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Putwick scoring with punches from side control.
Putwick lands a nice forearm strike.
Putwick landing strikes.
Putwick advances to mount.
Putwick working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Putwick working the ground and pound effectively.
Charlie Putwick has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sergio in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Putwick working Sergio over with strikes here.
Putwick with the ground and pound from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Putwick landing punches.
Sergio taking shots to the head.
Putwick looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Putwick lands a heavy elbow.
Putwick lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
A nice elbow there by Putwick.
Sergio in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Putwick with the ground and pound from mount.
Putwick working Sergio over with strikes here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Putwick lands a heavy elbow.
Putwick lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Putwick has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Putwick working the ground and pound effectively.
Putwick tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Putwick scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Putwick lands with some strikes.
Putwick controlling the pace for now.
Putwick landing punches.
Putwick scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Sergio?
Putwick is landing with some decent strikes but Sergio is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Putwick cracks Sergio with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Putwick with the ground and pound from mount.
Putwick scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Sergio?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Putwick breaks from Sergio's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Putwick lands with some strikes.
Putwick scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Sergio?
Putwick has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Sergio's face.
Putwick lands a big elbow.
Putwick landing punches.
Putwick controlling from the full mount.
Putwick working the ground and pound effectively.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Putwick punishing his opponent with strikes.
Putwick lands a big shot there that rocks Sergio but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Putwick raining down shots from the mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charlie Putwick showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

A looping hook to the body misses from Putwick. Sergio does a little dance to reset his feet.
Putwick throws a poor cross that misses
and Sergio counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Putwick is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Putwick misses the shot to the body.

Putwick scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Sergio taking a bit of punishment here - Putwick scoring with strikes.
Putwick scoring with punches and elbows.
Putwick landing a few strikes.
Putwick is working Sergio over with some ground and pound from side control.
Putwick scores with punches from side control.
Check out the look on Putwick's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Putwick creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Putwick happy to just control the position for now.
Putwick advances to full mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Putwick working Sergio over with strikes here.
Putwick raining down shots from the mount!
Putwick cracks Sergio with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Putwick looking to control and managing it successfully.
Putwick landing strikes from the mount.
BOOM! Putwick connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Putwick unloading with bombs!
Putwick landing shots from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sergio takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Sergio is in all sorts of trouble here.
Putwick landing strikes from the mount and Sergio is in trouble!
Putwick punishing his opponent with strikes.
Putwick looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Putwick controlling from the full mount.
Putwick lands a big elbow.
Putwick connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Putwick connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Putwick working Sergio over with strikes here.
A nice elbow there by Putwick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Putwick takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Putwick connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Putwick content just to control the position here.
Putwick's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Putwick landing shots from mount.
Putwick controlling from mount.
Putwick landing strikes, looking to finish!
Charlie Putwick is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Putwick lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Sergio hang on?
Putwick controlling his opponent.
Sergio in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Putwick controlling from the full mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Putwick lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Sergio hang on?

And that's the end of the fight!
Charlie Putwick comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Putwick winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 25:30
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 25:30
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charlie Putwick!