PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tim Chamberlain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dominick De Struicao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Chamberlain
vs
De Struicao

179 cm
18
183 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
25
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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, Tim Chamberlain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dominick De Struicao!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Aafke Stam and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chamberlain looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? De Struicao is fending him off so far but Chamberlain persists. Nope, De Struicao circles away and we're back to standing.
Chamberlain misses with a takedown attempt - De Struicao sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Chamberlain swats away the attempt to clinch by De Struicao.
Chamberlain misses with a takedown attempt
and De Struicao counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tim Chamberlain. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Chamberlain shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as De Struicao sprawls well. De Struicao wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Chamberlain gets slowly back to his feet.
De Struicao lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
De Struicao moves in looking to clinch but Chamberlain pushes him off.

Chamberlain shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Chamberlain was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Struicao is working to get back to half guard.
Chamberlain throws some wild stikes that De Struicao manages to avoid easily.
De Struicao is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
De Struicao is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

Chamberlain wants to finish this one by submission but De Struicao is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Chamberlain.

Chamberlain looking for a guillotine from mount but De Struicao is having none of it.
Chamberlain looking to ground and pound but De Struicao is blocking nicely.

Chamberlain looking to secure an arm triangle but De Struicao defends it well.
De Struicao takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Struicao is trying to escape the mount.
Chamberlain throws some wild stikes that De Struicao manages to avoid easily.
De Struicao is trying desperately to improve position.
Chamberlain looking to ground and pound but De Struicao is blocking nicely.
De Struicao is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Chamberlain prevents De Struicao from getting the reversal.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chamberlain throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Chamberlain can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as De Struicao is looking to escape.
De Struicao working to try and regain half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
De Struicao is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
De Struicao wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Chamberlain.
Chamberlain punching from mount but De Struicao doing a good job of avoiding damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Struicao is squirming around, avoiding Chamberlain's attempts to control the action.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Chamberlain throwing strikes here but De Struicao is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
De Struicao is looking to improve his position but Chamberlain isn't that keen on the idea.
Chamberlain thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
De Struicao is in all sorts of trouble here.
De Struicao wants to control but Chamberlain is having none of it.
De Struicao is in all sorts of trouble here.
Chamberlain looking to control but De Struicao is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
De Struicao tries to lock up and control but Chamberlain gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
De Struicao is looking to improve his position but Chamberlain isn't that keen on the idea.

Chamberlain working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Struicao squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
De Struicao blocking the ground and pound.
De Struicao really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Chamberlain. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
De Struicao is looking to get to half guard.
Chamberlain throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chamberlain sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

Chamberlain looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
De Struicao wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Chamberlain.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
De Struicao is trying desperately to improve position.
Chamberlain has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Chamberlain is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but De Struicao is surviving well by controlling Chamberlain's body position as best he can.
De Struicao tries to hold on but Chamberlain pushes him away.
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 Tim Chamberlain will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Chamberlain gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and De Struicao counters with an outside leg kick.
De Struicao tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Chamberlain manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Chamberlain tries to clinch but De Struicao is having none of it.

De Struicao forces Chamberlain back against the cage and clinches.
Chamberlain tries to pull guard but De Struicao won't allow it.
Chamberlain jumps guard but De Struicao stands there with Chamberlain around his waist. Chamberlain gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tim Chamberlain. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice elbow from De Struicao.
De Struicao trying to land knees to the body.

Chamberlain decides to pull guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Struicao wants to stand but Chamberlain has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

De Struicao has gone for a leg lock! Chamberlain slips out almost immediately though and dives into De Struicao's guard.

De Struicao looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Chamberlain wants to control from the top but De Struicao keeps moving.

Chamberlain avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Chamberlain trying to control the position from guard on top but De Struicao is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Chamberlain stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. De Struicao swivels though and keeps the full guard.
De Struicao is trying to keep Chamberlain in close.

De Struicao is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chamberlain loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

De Struicao looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
De Struicao utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Chamberlain missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
De Struicao bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Chamberlain's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Struicao trying to control but Chamberlain is working from the bottom.
De Struicao must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Chamberlain is working an open guard so De Struicao takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Chamberlain fails with a takedown attempt.
De Struicao tries to clinch there but Chamberlain circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from De Struicao misses.
Chamberlain misses with a takedown attempt

and De Struicao holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Chamberlain tries to pull guard but De Struicao won't allow it.
De Struicao lands an elbow just above Chamberlain 's eye.

It looks like Tim Chamberlain has been cut.
Chamberlain tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. De Struicao just stands there and leans against the cage.
De Struicao tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Chamberlain on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Chamberlain takes an elbow to the temple.
De Struicao missing with knees to the body.
Chamberlain blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Chamberlain takes an elbow to the forehead.
De Struicao trying to control the position but instead, Chamberlain has worked for underhooks and has pushed De Struicao into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chamberlain avoids the elbow strike from De Struicao, against the cage.
Chamberlain managing to block the knees to the body from De Struicao.
Chamberlain is trying to pull guard but De Struicao has him pressed against the cage.
De Struicao misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chamberlain.
De Struicao trying to land knees to the body.
Chamberlain jumps guard but De Struicao turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Chamberlain fails to pull guard.

Chamberlain jumps guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
De Struicao wants to control from the top but Chamberlain keeps moving.
De Struicao advances to half guard.
De Struicao tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dominick De Struicao showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tim Chamberlain's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

De Struicao has managed to clinch.
Chamberlain on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
De Struicao trying to stall but Chamberlain improves his position.
Chamberlain tries to pull guard but De Struicao won't allow it.
Chamberlain fails to pull guard.
Chamberlain is trying to pull guard but De Struicao has him pressed against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tim Chamberlain. That's going to take a lot out of him.
De Struicao tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Chamberlain avoids it.

Chamberlain ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Chamberlain no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Chamberlain will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

De Struicao thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Chamberlain is looking for a triangle but De Struicao pushes his legs off easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

De Struicao stands up from Chamberlain's guard - De Struicao perhaps looking for a knockout.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Chamberlain.
Dominick De Struicao is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Chamberlain doesn't succeed with the takedown
and De Struicao counters with a good low kick that Chamberlain was not able to check.
De Struicao moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Chamberlain shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and De Struicao counters with a thumping low kick.
Dominick De Struicao seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Struicao turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chamberlain tries for a takedown but De Struicao circles away easily
and De Struicao counters with a slapping leg kick.
De Struicao dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Chamberlain. That did some damage!
Nice body kick there by De Struicao.
De Struicao connects with a leg kick. Chamberlain looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
De Struicao displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Chamberlain.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Struicao moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

De Struicao gets in close and instigates a clinch.
De Struicao tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Chamberlain avoids it.
Chamberlain blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Chamberlain being controlled against the cage.
Chamberlain fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Struicao tries to land knees in the clinch but Chamberlain avoids the damage to the body.
Chamberlain is looking for a takedown up against the cage. De Struicao gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
De Struicao lands an elbow that stopped Chamberlain in his tracks for a moment.
Knees in the clinch landing for De Struicao.
De Struicao connects with a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Struicao tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Chamberlain avoids it.
De Struicao doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
De Struicao misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chamberlain.
De Struicao lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
De Struicao lands a nice elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De Struicao lands an elbow just above Chamberlain 's eye.
A bit of stalling here from De Struicao.
De Struicao missing with knees to the body.
Chamberlain avoiding damage as De Struicao throws knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dominick De Struicao comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think De Struicao 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dominick De Struicao!