PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Philip Formality (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hasmir Fenring (ranked 0 p4p, 0 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.

Formality
vs
Fenring

188 cm
24
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Philip Formality!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hasmir Fenring!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Nard Betker and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Formality fails with an attempt to clinch.
Formality closes the distance but Fenring moves to the side
and Fenring counters with a big head kick but Formality shrugs it off.

Fenring rushes Formality and presses him up against the cage.

Fenring breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fenring throws a body kick that misses.
Fenring throws a head kick but Formality moves out of range.
Fenring misses with a body kick.
Formality wants to clinch up but Fenring keeps it at a distance.
Formality is looking to clinch.
Fenring throws a body kick the misses
and Formality counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Fenring is lucky that one didn't land flush.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fenring keeps the fight on the outside.
Formality throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fenring fails to land with a series of punches.
Fenring wants to clinch up but Formality keeps it at a distance.
Fenring throws a sloppy head kick and Formality moves out of range easily.
Formality moves to clinch but Fenring breaks away
and Fenring counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Formality closes the distance looking to clinch
and Fenring counters with a low kick, right behind Formality 's knee.
Formality wants to clinch.
Formality fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hasmir Fenring seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Formality misses with a head kick.
Formality checks the leg kick nicely there.
Fenring rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Formality moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Fenring will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Fenring is looking to score with low kicks.
Fenring avoids the head kick by Formality.
A head kick misses from Formality.

Fenring clinches with his opponent.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Formality scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Formality misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fenring moves in looking to clinch but Formality pushes him off.
A head kick misses from Fenring.
Formality is looking to clinch but Fenring is avoiding it.
Fenring throws a combination that misses
and Formality counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Formality avoids the head kick by Fenring.
Fenring throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Formality tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Fenring counters with a nice body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fenring pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Formality throws a right hand that Fenring ducks under and follows up with a left that Fenring also avoids with ease.

Formality closes the distance and clinches.

Fenring breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Formality misses with a head kick.
Fenring misses with an attempted mid kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Formality tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Fenring counters with a body kick that stops Formality in his tracks momentarily.
Formality is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fenring lands a front kick.
Fenring fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hasmir Fenring dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Formality takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Fenring is looking to clinch but Formality is avoiding it.
Fenring shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Fenring throws out a leg kick but Formality moves out of range and Fenring only half commits.
Fenring throws a head kick that Formality semi-blocks.

It looks like Philip Formality has been cut.
Fenring throws a sloppy head kick and Formality moves out of range easily.
No joy there for Formality, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Formality moves in looking to clinch but Fenring pushes him off.
Fenring misses with a combination

and Formality moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Formality takes a knee right on the jaw!
Formality throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fenring blocks it with crossed arms.
Formality takes a knee right on the jaw!

Formality escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Formality moves to clinch but Fenring breaks away
and Fenring counters with a leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Formality closes the distance looking to clinch

and Fenring moves into the clinch.
Formality trying to land knees to the body.
Formality on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Formality tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fenring using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Formality has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Formality throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fenring blocks an elbow strike from Formality.
Fenring landing knees to the head.

Fenring manages to break the clinch.
Hasmir Fenring seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Formality moves to clinch but Fenring breaks away

and Fenring holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
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!
Formality avoiding damage as Fenring throws knees to the body.
Fenring lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Formality trying to land knees to the body.
Fenring on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Formality throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fenring crunches a lovely knee into Formality's ribcage.

Fenring manages to break the clinch.
Formality avoids the head kick by Fenring.

Fenring darts in and clinches Formality up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Formality tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Fenring obliges.
Fenring using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fenring with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fenring landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Fenring displaying some good clinch control by pressing Formality up against the cage.
Fenring lands a knee to the head.
Fenring scores with a knee to the head.
Formality missing with knees to the body.
Fenring landing knees to the head.
Fenring landing knees to the body.
Fenring is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

Fenring escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Formality gets a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fenring utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Formality takes a knee to the side of the body.
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!
Fenring blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fenring unloads a knee to the mid-section. Formality lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fenring lands a knee to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Formality just misses with a elbow thrown towards Fenring's brow.
Fenring unloads a knee to the mid-section. Formality lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Fenring obliges.
Fenring tries to land knees in the clinch but Formality avoids the damage to the body.
Formality with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fenring is pushing Formality up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Formality blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Formality scores with a knee to the head.
Fenring crunches a lovely knee into Formality's ribcage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hasmir Fenring showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Philip Formality's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

A leg kick checked by Formality.
Formality tries to clinch up.
Formality is looking to clinch but Fenring is avoiding it.
Fenring misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Formality.
Fenring tries to land a front kick but Formality steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Fenring takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Fenring keeps the fight on the outside.
Fenring throws a head kick but Formality moves out of range.
Formality throws a head kick that misses.

Formality forces Fenring back against the cage and clinches.
Hasmir Fenring seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Formality tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Formality working hard to break the clinch.
Formality with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Fenring lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Fenring using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Formality has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Fenring slowing the pace effectively.
Fenring using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Fenring.
Fenring working Formality over with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Fenring obliges.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Fenring's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fenring throws a body kick that misses.
Fenring tries to clinch there but Formality circles away.
Fenring avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fenring throws a wild body kick that Formality sees coming a mile off.
Formality tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fenring paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Fenring throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Formality tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Fenring counters with a good, hard body kick but Formality shrugs it off.
Fenring pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fenring looks to land a body kick but Formality moved away.
Fenring throws a half hearted mid kick.
Philip Formality is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Fenring darts in and clinches Formality up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Formality with a knee to the head.
Hasmir Fenring is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Fenring landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Fenring breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fenring swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Fenring throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Fenring misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fenring blocks a head kick by Formality.

Fenring drives through and clinches with Formality against the cage.

Fenring breaks from the clinch.
Fenring misses with a kick to the body.
Formality is looking to clinch but Fenring is avoiding it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Fenring closes the distance and clinches.
Fenring tries to land a knee to the head but Formality blocks with his arms.
Fenring throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Formality blocks it with crossed arms.
Formality tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Fenring breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Formality tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Fenring counters with a leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Formality on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Philip Formality has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fenring connects with a leg kick. Formality looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hasmir Fenring comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Fenring 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 27:30
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hasmir Fenring!
Hasmir Fenring seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.