PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Hans De Vries (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Les Paul (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Vries's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Duke Lion. Paul has chosen Hell & Back as his entrance music. Hans De Vries has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

De Vries
vs
Paul

173 cm
32
157 lbs
23 - 14 - 1

160 cm
35
148 lbs
17 - 15 - 1

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very quick

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 23 - 14 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hans De Vries!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 15 - 1, fighting out of New York, Les Paul!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Jorge Garcia and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

De Vries forces Paul back against the cage and clinches.
De Vries is pressed up against the cage. Paul has hold of a leg and is looking to drag De Vries down to the mat. De Vries avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Paul plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
De Vries is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
De Vries fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

De Vries clinches up against the cage.
De Vries lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Paul gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Paul is keen to just control but De Vries is a slippery customer.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
De Vries tries to kick Paul off but Paul keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Paul is looking for a kimura but De Vries is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Paul to get the leverage.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Paul is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, De Vries has managed to free his arm - good work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
De Vries is trying to stand up here but Paul is controlling him well.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Paul wants to work for an arm triangle but De Vries is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Paul is looking to take a break and control but De Vries is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
De Vries wants to get back to his feet.

Paul stands up and beckons De Vries to join him on the feet.
De Vries tries to close the distance and clinch but Paul swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
De Vries throws a head kick that misses.

Paul closes the distance and pushes De Vries back into the cage.
Paul drops to a knee looking for a takedown but De Vries gets the underhooks and prevents it.
De Vries lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Paul backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Vries creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Paul's defenses.
Paul changes levels and goes for a takedown here. De Vries fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Hans De Vries has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Les Paul.
De Vries tries to close the distance and clinch up but Paul swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Paul throws a body punch but De Vries moves out of range.
De Vries tries to clinch up but Paul circles away and keeps his distance.
Paul throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Paul looks for the body kick but De Vries saw that one coming.
De Vries gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
De Vries tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Paul counters with a straight right hand.
No joy there for Paul, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Vries lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
De Vries tries to clinch but Paul is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Vries fails in his attempt to clinch.
De Vries tries to clinch but Paul is having none of it.
De Vries throws a low kick but Paul moves out of range easily.
Jab, jab by De Vries - just one landing.
A telegraphed right hand from De Vries misses the target.

Paul closes the distance and clinches.
De Vries missing with knees to the body.
De Vries lands a hook that snaps the head of Paul backwards.
De Vries lands a nice elbow.
Paul is trying to work for a single leg takedown but De Vries pulls him back up using the underhooks.
De Vries misses with an elbow strike.
De Vries putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Paul in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
De Vries blocking some punches.
Come on De Vries - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Paul wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but De Vries has him pressed against the cage.
Paul takes an elbow to the temple.
De Vries creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Paul's defenses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Vries displaying some good clinch control by pressing Paul up against the cage.
Paul fails to pull the fight into his guard.
De Vries leaning his opponent against the cage.
De Vries creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
De Vries lands a damaging elbow.
Paul has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by De Vries after a bit of a struggle.
Paul is trying to break the clinch but De Vries is controlling him.
Paul dodges an elbow strike from De Vries.
A knee to the head by De Vries.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
De Vries can't find room to land a body shot as Paul controls the action.
De Vries putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Paul in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
De Vries lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
De Vries working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Paul is looking to take this one to the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hans De Vries dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

De Vries buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
De Vries scores with a jab to the body.
De Vries tries to clinch but Paul moves out of range.
Paul keeps the fight on the outside.
De Vries tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Paul manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Paul gets a clinch.
The referee calls for De Vries to work.
Paul is trying to maintain a safe position but De Vries gets an underhook and turns Paul into the cage.
Paul is trying to drag De Vries to the mat but De Vries just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
De Vries lands a nice uppercut.
Paul takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hans De Vries has scored more points in the clinch so far.
De Vries throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
De Vries stalling.

Paul decides to pull guard.
Paul looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.

De Vries decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Paul, up you get!
Paul looks to land a combination. De Vries sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
De Vries tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Paul manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - De Vries looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Paul swats away the attempt to clinch by De Vries.
De Vries wants to clinch up but Paul keeps it at a distance.
De Vries tries to clinch but Paul is having none of it.
De Vries is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
De Vries moves in looking to clinch but Paul pushes him off.

De Vries has managed to clinch.
Paul is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but De Vries is keeping busy.
De Vries lands a nice elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Paul escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Paul misses with a series of wild punches.

De Vries forces Paul back against the cage and clinches.
De Vries tries a knee to the head but Paul blocks it.
A short uppercut from De Vries.
De Vries lands a damaging elbow.
De Vries using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Paul has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
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!
De Vries works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Paul has De Vries pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. De Vries manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
De Vries lands a damaging elbow.
De Vries connects with a nasty looking knee right to Paul's face.
Paul tries to pull guard but De Vries forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Hans De Vries has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Les Paul.
De Vries lands with a short punch from the clinch.
De Vries scores with a shoulder strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, De Vries just misses with a elbow thrown towards Paul's brow.
De Vries with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Paul tries to score a body lock takedown but De Vries shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Vries tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Paul avoids it.
De Vries landing knees to the body.
Paul is breathing heavily.
De Vries scores with a shoulder strike.
Paul blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Paul tries for a takedown but De Vries manages to get underhooks.
De Vries throws a knee to the head but misses.
De Vries lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
De Vries lands on the inside with an uppercut.
De Vries lands a knee to the body.
De Vries makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
De Vries looking to slow down the pace here.
De Vries taking a breather.
De Vries tries to land a knee to the head but Paul blocks with his arms.
De Vries throws an elbow that misses.
Paul tries to stall but De Vries uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Vries lands an elbow inside that Paul shrugs off.
De Vries is working Paul over against the cage.
De Vries tries to work over Paul's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Vries looks to throw an elbow but misses.
De Vries lands on the inside with an uppercut.
De Vries is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
De Vries lands a nice elbow.
Paul tries to land a knee to the head but De Vries blocks with his arms.
Still in the clinch, De Vries scores with a nice short uppercut.
De Vries is trying to stall.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
De Vries tries to land knees in the clinch but Paul avoids the damage to the body.

Paul has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but De Vries regains guard immediately.
Paul trying to control the position from guard on top but De Vries is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hans De Vries dominated that second 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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

De Vries tries a head kick but it misses.
Paul tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Paul closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Paul successfully pulls guard.

De Vries gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Paul tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but De Vries swivels and escapes.
De Vries tries to close the distance and clinch up but Paul swats him away and circles back towards the center.
De Vries is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
De Vries tries to clinch up but Paul circles away and keeps his distance.
De Vries tries to clinch but Paul moves out of range.

De Vries clinches with his opponent.
A short uppercut from De Vries.
A nice left hand lands by De Vries.
De Vries softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Paul tries to pull guard but De Vries holds him up against the cage and eventually Paul drops back down to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paul jumps guard but De Vries stands there with Paul around his waist. Paul gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Hans De Vries has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Les Paul.
De Vries gets underhooks to prevent Paul's takedown attempt.
Paul tried to land a shot to the body but connects with De Vries's elbow.
Paul jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as De Vries walks away with a smile on his face. Paul gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
De Vries tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
De Vries fails in his attempt to clinch.
De Vries tries to close the distance and clinch but Paul swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Paul avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
De Vries tries to clinch there but Paul circles away.
Paul swats away the attempt to clinch by De Vries.
De Vries wants to clinch.
De Vries is looking to clinch but Paul is avoiding it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Vries tries to clinch there but Paul circles away.
De Vries doesn't manage to clinch there - Paul circles away.

De Vries closes the distance and clinches.
Paul wants a takedown.
De Vries pushes Paul back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
De Vries comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

De Vries breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
De Vries is looking to clinch.
De Vries connects with a leg kick. Paul looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Vries is looking to clinch but Paul is avoiding it.
De Vries tries to clinch up.
Paul swats away the attempt to clinch by De Vries.

De Vries forces Paul back against the cage and clinches.
A nice glancing elbow lands by De Vries.
Paul drops down looking for an ankle pick but De Vries pulls his leg out and moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Paul clinches with his opponent.
De Vries looking to throw knees to the head but Paul is blocking nicely.

De Vries breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
De Vries tries to clinch but Paul moves out of range.

Paul drives through and clinches with De Vries against the cage.
De Vries using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Paul takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
De Vries throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pauls head.
De Vries is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
De Vries throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Paul blocks it with crossed arms.
Paul is looking for a takedown up against the cage. De Vries gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
De Vries lands an elbow that stopped Paul in his tracks for a moment.
With the fighters up against the cage, De Vries throws an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Vries lands a nice elbow.
De Vries lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Paul backwards.
Paul tries to pull guard but De Vries forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
De Vries working Paul over with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Vries leaning his opponent against the cage.
De Vries lands an elbow just above Paul 's eye.
De Vries pushes Paul back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
De Vries lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
De Vries lands on the inside with an uppercut.

De Vries pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hans De Vries seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Vries moves in looking to clinch but Paul pushes him off.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
De Vries tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Paul paws at him with a jab and circles away.
De Vries tries to clinch there but Paul circles away.

De Vries moves into the clinch.
Les Paul has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Paul's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

And that's the end of the fight!
Hans De Vries showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for De Vries, 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 David Schapiro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hans De Vries!
Hans De Vries thanked the fans post fight for their support.