PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bruin St. Georges (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dum Debble (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Georges and Dum Debble. Dum Debble has the eye of the tiger tonight.

St. Georges
vs
Debble

183 cm
23
185 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

181 cm
20
175 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bruin St. Georges!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dum Debble!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Debble checks the leg kick nicely there.
Debble jabs at St. Georges's body.

St. Georges pushes Debble up against the cage in a clinch.
Good body shot from St. Georges.
Debble fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
St. Georges cracks Debble with a nice body shot.
St. Georges misses with a punch to the body.
St. Georges lands with a light punch inside.
Debble misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from St. Georges on the inside.
Debble blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Debble swings wildly with an uppercut but St. Georges uses good head movement to avoid it.
St. Georges working some nice short punches in the clinch.
I was talking to St. Georges's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Debble tries to work over St. Georges's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
St. Georges lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Debble backwards.
Debble blocks a body shot from St. Georges.
St. Georges gets through Debble's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short right from Debble.
St. Georges lands a right hand.
A nice right hand lands inside from Debble.

It looks like Bruin St. Georges has been cut.
Debble working aggressively here.
St. Georges can't find room to land a body shot as Debble controls the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St. Georges lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Debble misses with a hook to the ribs.
St. Georges doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
St. Georges misses with a hook to the ribs.
St. Georges blocking some punches.
St. Georges can't find room to land a body shot as Debble controls the action.
Debble blocks a body shot from St. Georges.
A short right from St. Georges.
St. Georges takes a shot to the head.
St. Georges looking to stall.
A short body shot lands from St. Georges as the two fighters clinch.
St. Georges works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
St. Georges pressing his opponent against the cage.
St. Georges misses with a punch to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Debble.
St. Georges fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
St. Georges is working Debble over against the cage.
St. Georges tries a body shot but Debble blocks it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Debble.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St. Georges lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Debble misses with the head strike.
Debble has a couple of punches blocked by St. Georges.
Debble misses with a short punch on the inside.
Debble struggles to land a body shot inside as St. Georges controls his hands.
St. Georges swings wildly with an uppercut but Debble uses good head movement to avoid it.
St. Georges pushes Debble back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Debble missing with knees to the body.
St. Georges lands with a short head shot on the inside.
St. Georges lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Debble backwards.
Debble has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. St. Georges seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Debble can turn it around.
Debble is leaning against St. Georges and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Debble lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Debble throws a blind hook that connects with the side of St. Georgess head.
A short uppercut from St. Georges.
Debble misses with a knee strike.
Debble misses with a knee strike.
Nice body punch from St. Georges.
St. Georges scores with a shot to the side of Debble's head.
A left hand lands to the body for St. Georges.
A short body shot lands from St. Georges as the two fighters clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St. Georges scores with a shot to the side of Debble's head.
Debble has a couple of punches blocked by St. Georges.
A nice left hand lands by St. Georges.
Debble goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Debble scores with a shot to the side of St. Georges's head.
St. Georges is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
St. Georges lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
St. Georges can't find room to land a body shot as Debble controls the action.
St. Georges misses with the head strike.
St. Georges blocks a punch to the side of the head.
St. Georges lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
St. Georges lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from St. Georges.
St. Georges tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Debble's elbow.
Debble prevents a body shot from St. Georges.
St. Georges misses with a knee strike.
A right handed body shot lands from St. Georges.
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!
Debble swings away with an uppercut that misses.
St. Georges struggles to land a body shot inside as Debble controls his hands.
Debble swings wildly with an uppercut but St. Georges uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Debble has a couple of punches blocked by St. Georges.
A right handed body shot lands from St. Georges.
Debble misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Debble.
St. Georges lands on the inside with an uppercut.
St. Georges's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Debble tries to work over St. Georges's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from St. Georges.
Debble working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Debble swings away with an uppercut that misses.
St. Georges lands a body punch.
St. Georges scores with a nice hook to the head.
Debble misses with some punches.
Debble misses with a punch on the inside.
St. Georges tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Debble avoids it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
St. Georges blocks an uppercut.
St. Georges has a couple of punches blocked by Debble.
St. Georges lands a shot to the body.
St. Georges lands a shot to the body.
St. Georges scores with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruin St. Georges dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bruin St. Georges's cut.
That's time! St. Georges's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

St. Georges connects with a crisp jab.
St. Georges tries to clinch but Debble moves out of range.
Debble let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Debble on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Debble in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
A looping hook to the body misses from St. Georges. Debble does a little dance to reset his feet.
St. Georges throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Debble sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Debble keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from St. Georges.
St. Georges connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Debble misses with a left hand
and St. Georges counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Debble takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bruin St. Georges seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Debble misses with a straight right.
Debble lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Debble fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Debble throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Debble moves out of range as St. Georges strikes.
St. Georges slips under a jab from Debble.
St. Georges is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Debble can do to turn this around?
St. Georges loads up on a big right hand but Debble slips the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Debble misses the target.
St. Georges lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
St. Georges throws a jab but it's blocked by Debble.
St. Georges is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Debble listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Debble lands a right hook to the body.
Debble jabs at St. Georges's body.
St. Georges lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Debble looks to land a left hand but St. Georges moved out of range nicely.
Debble uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from St. Georges.
Bruin St. Georges is winning the standup battle so far.
St. Georges tries to clinch but Debble is having none of it.
Debble looks like he wants to counter punch here.
St. Georges lands with a shot to the body.
Debble takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
St. Georges throws a shot from downtown. Debble moves away and avoids it.
St. Georges scores with a decent looking hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
St. Georges is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Debble throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
St. Georges seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
St. Georges keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Debble.
Debble scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
St. Georges misses with a straight left.
Debble misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from St. Georges.
Debble misses with a straight left.
Debble scores with a jab. St. Georges acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Debble throws a big shot that misses.
A slow jab from Debble misses its intended target.
A little feinted left hand from St. Georges on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Debble uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by St. Georges.
St. Georges throws a jab but it's blocked by Debble.
St. Georges lands with a hook. Debble tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
St. Georges wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Debble throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from St. Georges lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Debble has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Debble and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A solid leg kick lands there for St. Georges.
A decent looking cross lands there for Debble.
Debble missing with a left hand there. St. Georges was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Debble ducks under a wild hook from St. Georges.
St. Georges tries to close the distance and clinch up but Debble swats him away and circles back towards the center.
St. Georges scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
St. Georges thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Debble if he has to take too many more of those.
Jab, jab by St. Georges - just one landing.
Debble uses good head movement to avoid the hook from St. Georges.
Debble misses with a lunging right hand

and St. Georges counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Debble tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
St. Georges scores with a shoulder strike.
Debble blocks a body shot from St. Georges.
Debble lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Debble tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bruin St. Georges has scored more points in the clinch so far.
St. Georges lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Debble tried to land a shot to the body but connects with St. Georges's elbow.
Debble swings away with an uppercut that misses.
St. Georges lands with a short shot to the head.
Good body shot from St. Georges.
St. Georges putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Debble in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Debble misses with a short punch on the inside.
St. Georges works on Debble's body with a couple of short punches.
Debble is breathing heavily.
Debble misses with a hook to the ribs.
St. Georges working Debble over with knees to the body.
St. Georges is trying to stall.
St. Georges stalling in the clinch but Debble improves position.
St. Georges can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Debble misses with the head strike.
St. Georges working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by St. Georges.
Debble tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
St. Georges blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
St. Georges pushes Debble back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
St. Georges lands a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruin St. Georges dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bruin St. Georges's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

A right-left combo lands from St. Georges.
Debble throws a hook to the side of St. Georges's head but St. Georges sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
St. Georges scores with a jab.
St. Georges dips to his left and cracks Debble with an uppercut!
Debble misses with a straight right.
A slapping leg kick lands for St. Georges.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
St. Georges tries to land knees in the clinch but Debble avoids the damage to the body.
St. Georges misses with some punches.
St. Georges doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Debble lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
St. Georges tries to work over Debble's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Debble has a couple of punches blocked by St. Georges.
St. Georges scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Debble lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Debble misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by St. Georges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St. Georges with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Debble doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right hand to the body from St. Georges.
St. Georges presses Debble against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A right hand to the body from St. Georges.
St. Georges lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Debble backwards.
Debble takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Debble fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
St. Georges blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
St. Georges lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from St. Georges.
St. Georges lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Debble has a couple of punches blocked by St. Georges.
St. Georges prevents a body shot from Debble.
Debble throws a punch but it's blocked by St. Georges.
St. Georges blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Debble blocks a body shot from St. Georges.
A short body shot lands from St. Georges as the two fighters clinch.
Debble misses with some punches.
Debble prevents a body shot from St. Georges.
A nice right hand lands inside from Debble.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
St. Georges lands with a left to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St. Georges blocks an uppercut.
St. Georges stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A shot in the inside from Debble.
Debble throws a punch but it's blocked by St. Georges.
Debble misses with a short punch on the inside.
St. Georges working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Debble lands a shot to the body.
Debble misses with a punch on the inside.
Debble has a couple of punches blocked by St. Georges.
Debble blocks a body shot from St. Georges.
A body shot lands from St. Georges.
St. Georges tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Still in the clinch, St. Georges scores with a nice short uppercut.
St. Georges throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
St. Georges blocks a body shot from Debble.
St. Georges lands an uppercut.
St. Georges misses with a punch to the body.
Debble prevents a body shot from St. Georges.
Debble misses with a punch to the body.
St. Georges misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St. Georges working aggressively here.
St. Georges blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
St. Georges misses with a punch on the inside.
A short left from St. Georges.
St. Georges working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Debble has a couple of punches blocked by St. Georges.
Debble presses St. Georges against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A right hook to the body lands for Debble.
Debble misses with a hook from the clinch.
Debble misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dum Debble has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
St. Georges blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Debble lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt St. Georges or not.
Debble tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
St. Georges tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
St. Georges throws a head punch that misses.
St. Georges blocks an uppercut.
St. Georges misses with the head strike.
St. Georges blocking some punches.
Debble lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of St. Georges backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Debble misses with a hook from the clinch.
Debble scores with a shot to the side of St. Georges's head.
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!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Debble.
Debble blocks a body shot from St. Georges.
Debble tries to land knees in the clinch but St. Georges avoids the damage to the body.
Debble misses with a hook from the clinch.
St. Georges misses with a punch on the inside.
St. Georges misses with a hook from the clinch.
Debble throws a punch but it's blocked by St. Georges.
Debble blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bruin St. Georges is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
St. Georges misses with a short punch on the inside.
Debble tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
St. Georges is trying to stall.
St. Georges tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Debble throws a punch but it's blocked by St. Georges.
St. Georges using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Debble has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
St. Georges tries to work over Debble's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Debble tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Debble has a couple of punches blocked by St. Georges.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bruin St. Georges showed his dominance in that final round.
Well St. Georges has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruin St. Georges!