PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Raymon Dekkers (ranked 4671 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cinec Soru (ranked 4619 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Soru's choice of entrance music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_4OfD-wmGs. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Dekkers
vs
Soru

182 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
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 Sydney, Raymon Dekkers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Cinec Soru!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Chris Dean and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dekkers tries to clinch but Soru is having none of it.
Dekkers fails with an attempt to clinch.

Dekkers closes the distance and clinches.
Soru is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Dekkers is defending well.
Soru blocks an uppercut.
Dekkers tries to work over Soru's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dekkers has a couple of punches blocked by Soru.
Soru wants a takedown but no success here.
Soru jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Dekkers walks away with a smile on his face. Soru gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Raymon Dekkers has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cinec Soru.
Soru closes the distance but Dekkers moves to the side
and Dekkers counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Dekkers closes the distance and clinches.
Soru is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Dekkers is defending well.

Dekkers pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Soru wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soru throws a combination that misses
and Dekkers counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dekkers tries to clinch but Soru moves out of range.
Soru takes one to the side of the head.
Dekkers wants to clinch up but Soru keeps it at a distance.
Nice uppercut there from Dekkers.
Dekkers slaps away a takedown attempt from Soru, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Dekkers takes the fight into the clinch.
Soru is trying to drag Dekkers to the mat but Dekkers just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
A nice left hand lands by Dekkers.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dekkers lands a nice uppercut.
Dekkers misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dekkers misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dekkers prevents a takedown attempt there.
Soru goes for a takedown in the clinch but Dekkers prevents it.

Dekkers escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Soru looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Dekkers is fending him off so far but Soru persists. Nope, Dekkers circles away and we're back to standing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Dekkers fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Soru, pushing him back against the cage.
Soru blocks an uppercut.
Dekkers misses with a hook from the clinch.

Dekkers breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dekkers wants to clinch up but Soru keeps it at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dekkers looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dekkers tries to clinch but Soru moves out of range.
Dekkers doesn't manage to clinch there - Soru circles away.
Soru rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dekkers moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dekkers tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Raymon Dekkers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dekkers tries to close the distance and clinch up but Soru swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dekkers wants to clinch.
Dekkers looks to land a combination but Soru avoids it well.
Soru goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Dekkers closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Soru has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Dekkers after a bit of a struggle.
Dekkers looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dekkers swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Soru blocks an uppercut.
Knees to the body from Dekkers.
Dekkers scores with a shot to the side of Soru's head.
Dekkers swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Soru blocking some punches.
Soru tries to pull guard but Dekkers forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Dekkers misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dekkers has a couple of punches blocked by Soru.
Dekkers looking to stall.
Dekkers is working Soru over against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raymon Dekkers dominated that 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.

Dekkers tries to clinch there but Soru circles away.
Dekkers tries to clinch but Soru moves out of range.
Soru throws the kick towards the body but Dekkers avoids it.
Dekkers tries to clinch up.
Dekkers tries to clinch but Soru is having none of it.

Soru gets tackled into the cage by Dekkers. Dekkers maintains the clinch.
Dekkers swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dekkers misses with some punches.
Dekkers is trying to break the clinch but Soru has him pressed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dekkers lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Soru tries to pull guard but Dekkers won't allow it.
Dekkers swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Soru drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Dekkers working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dekkers lands a hook that snaps the head of Soru backwards.
Soru is looking to take this one to the mat.
Raymon Dekkers has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cinec Soru.
Dekkers misses with some punches.
Dekkers misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dekkers working aggressively here.
Dekkers tries to throw a body punch but Soru avoids it by throwing Dekkers back against the cage.
Dekkers can't break the clinch.
Soru blocks an uppercut.
Dekkers misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dekkers is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Soru can do to turn this around?
A head punch on the inside from Dekkers fails to land.
Raymon Dekkers has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Soru changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Dekkers fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Dekkers tries to close the distance and clinch but Soru swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Soru tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dekkers swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A little feinted left hand from Dekkers on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Soru.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soru shoots in looking for a takedown. Dekkers tries to sprawl out of it but Soru keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Dekkers manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Dekkers tries to close the distance and clinch up but Soru swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And Soru tries to counter it with a takedown but Dekkers pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Dekkers tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dekkers fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dekkers wants to clinch up but Soru keeps it at a distance.
Soru throws a lazy body kick
enabling Dekkers to counter with a crisp jab.
Soru fails with a takedown attempt.
Dekkers wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dekkers scores with a jab to the head.
Soru shoots for a double leg takedown but Dekkers sprawls well. He's pushed Soru's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Dekkers rushes Soru and presses him up against the cage.
Dekkers swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A body shot lands from Dekkers.
Dekkers wants to break free but Soru has control.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Soru.
Dekkers tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Soru has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Dekkers avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dekkers.
Soru blocks a body shot from Dekkers.
A short uppercut from Dekkers.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dekkers throws a head punch that misses.
Soru has Dekkers pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Dekkers manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Soru.
Dekkers misses with a punch on the inside.
Dekkers misses with some punches.

Dekkers's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Soru fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dekkers tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Soru paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A jab from Dekkers does it's job there.
Soru throws a leg kick
letting Dekkers counter with a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Soru keeps the fight on the outside.
Cinec Soru is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Soru throws a half hearted mid kick.
Dekkers appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Dekkers looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dekkers fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raymon Dekkers dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Dekkers lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Dekkers tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Soru manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Soru feints the counter takedown.
Dekkers tries to close the distance and clinch but Soru swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dekkers fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dekkers wants to clinch.
And Soru tries to counter it with a takedown but Dekkers pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Soru misses with a double jab
and Dekkers counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dekkers tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Soru paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Soru tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Dekkers tries to close the distance and clinch up but Soru swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Soru with the counter takedown but Dekkers avoids it easily.
Dekkers tries to close the distance and clinch but Soru swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dekkers tries to clinch there but Soru circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dekkers tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Soru manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Soru is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Soru circles away from the clinch attempt.
Soru misses with an attempted mid kick.
Soru swats away the attempt to clinch by Dekkers.
Soru with the counter takedown but Dekkers avoids it easily.
Dekkers circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dekkers tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Soru manages to circle out of the way.
Soru circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dekkers is looking to clinch but Soru is avoiding it.
Soru drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Dekkers defends it well.
Soru is looking to clinch but Dekkers is avoiding it.
Soru tries to clinch but Dekkers moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dekkers looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soru fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Dekkers avoids it really well and circles away.
Dekkers stuffs the takedown.
Soru looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Soru dives in for a single leg takedown but Dekkers sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Raymon Dekkers has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cinec Soru.
Soru swats away the attempt to clinch by Dekkers.
Soru keeps the fight on the outside.
And Soru tries to counter it with a takedown but Dekkers pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Soru misses with a takedown attempt - Dekkers sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Dekkers tries to close the distance and clinch but Soru swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Soru drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Dekkers defends it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soru takes a jab right on the kisser.
Dekkers cracks Soru with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Soru circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dekkers tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Soru paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Soru raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Dekkers scores with a sloppy right hand. Soru should have avoided that one.
Soru fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dekkers looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dekkers tries to clinch but Soru moves out of range.
Dekkers tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Soru manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dekkers lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dekkers tries to clinch but Soru moves out of range.
Dekkers tries to clinch there but Soru circles away.
Soru keeps the fight on the outside.
Soru tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Raymon Dekkers is winning the standup battle so far.
Dekkers fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dekkers fails in his attempt to clinch.
Soru lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Dekkers lands a nice hook to Soru's body. Soru takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Dekkers tries to clinch up.
Dekkers fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice jab there from Dekkers.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Soru throws a sloppy head kick
and Dekkers counters with a nice low kick that buckles Soru's knee momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Soru throws a body kick that misses.
Cinec Soru has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dekkers tries to clinch but Soru moves out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Raymon Dekkers showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dekkers 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 Francis DeMontford scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Dean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Raymon Dekkers!