TGC 27 PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Romain Rosaire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Camilo Acosta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Rosaire
vs
Acosta

200 cm
21
272 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

200 cm
24
280 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Romain Rosaire!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Camilo Acosta!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Saam Ante and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rosaire throws a series of punches but Acosta moves out of range.
Acosta will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Acosta misses with a two punch combination.
Acosta is looking to land body kicks.
Rosaire wants to clinch up but Acosta keeps it at a distance.
Rosaire avoids a punch combination nicely.
Acosta lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rosaire circles away quickly and effectively.
Acosta misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rosaire throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Romain Rosaire seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Acosta circles away from the clinch attempt.
Acosta looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rosaire looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rosaire's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Acosta connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Rosaire scrambles back to his feet.
Rosaire has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rosaire moves in looking to clinch but Acosta pushes him off.
A punch combination from Rosaire misses.
Rosaire tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Acosta. Rosaire shrugs it off though.
Acosta lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rosaire circles away quickly and effectively.
Acosta misses with a two punch combination.
Acosta thuds his right hand into Rosaire's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Rosaire misses with a series of wild punches.
Acosta feints a jab promting Rosaire to slip. Acosta then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Rosaire slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Acosta works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Acosta throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
No joy there for Acosta, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Acosta scores with a one two! Rosaire had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rosaire takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Acosta lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Rosaire is looking to clinch.
Rosaire misses with a jab to the body
and Acosta counters with a right hand to the body.
Rosaire gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Acosta throws a head kick that misses
and Rosaire counters with a one-two to the body.
Acosta throws a one two combo.
Rosaire is breathing heavily.
Rosaire shoots for a double leg takedown but Acosta sprawls well. He's pushed Rosaire's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Acosta rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rosaire moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rosaire takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Acosta rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rosaire moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nice body punch from Acosta.
A combination from Acosta does no damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rosaire tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Acosta manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rosaire throws a nice looking combination but Acosta bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Camilo Acosta is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Acosta throws out a powerful jab.
Rosaire misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Rosaire has taken the fight to the clinch.
A short right from Rosaire.
Rosaire avoiding damage.
Rosaire blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rosaire looking to slow down the pace here.
Acosta fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Acosta trying to control the position but instead, Rosaire has worked for underhooks and has pushed Acosta into the cage.
Rosaire fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rosaire is trying to pull guard but Acosta has him pressed against the cage.
Acosta lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Acosta has had enough of the clinch but Rosaire keeps him there for the moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Rosaire as Acosta tries to tie him up.
Acosta tries to break free but Rosaire pushes him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Camilo Acosta dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Rosaire throws a lazy right hand but Acosta sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Acosta circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rosaire walks into a straight right hand from Acosta.
Camilo Acosta seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rosaire takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Acosta swats away the attempt to clinch by Rosaire.
Acosta cracks Rosaire with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Rosaire moves in looking to clinch but Acosta pushes him off.
Acosta throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Acosta scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rosaire has a takedown stuffed.
Rosaire fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sloppy strikes from Acosta. Those never looked like landing.
Rosaire fails to land the takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Acosta, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Acosta tries a head kick but it misses.
Rosaire falls off balance throwing a combination
and Acosta counters with a straight right hand.
Acosta misses with a series of wild punches.
Acosta throws out a powerful jab.
Acosta lands with an overhand left.
Sloppy strikes from Acosta. Those never looked like landing.
Rosaire fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rosaire dives in and grabs Acosta's left leg, looking for a takedown. Acosta pushes down on Rosaire's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Romain Rosaire. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rosaire shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Acosta counters with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rosaire takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Acosta throws a head kick that misses.
Rosaire wants to clinch
and Rosaire takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Acosta throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Rosaire tries to close the distance and clinch up but Acosta swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Acosta listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Jab, jab by Rosaire - just one landing.
Rosaire is looking to clinch but Acosta is avoiding it.
Acosta throws a half hearted mid kick.
Acosta throws out a powerful jab.
Acosta leaves Rosaire with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Acosta rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rosaire moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rosaire's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Acosta connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Rosaire scrambles back to his feet.
Acosta tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Acosta scores with a nice strike.

Oooooh!!! Acosta has knocked Rosaire down with a huge combo! Acosta steps away and waves a wobbly Rosaire back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Rosaire is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Acosta circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Rosaire to the canvas! Rosaire doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Acosta keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Camilo Acosta!
A relieved looking Camilo Acosta thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
71%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Borgen Stein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Terry Hope (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stein comes to the cage accompanied by 'Don't Believe the Hype', by Public Enemy.. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Stein
vs
Hope

188 cm
27
223 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

202 cm
27
209 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

The Dark Side
Pirates Powder

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Borgen Stein!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Terry Hope!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Nard Betker and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hope avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hope misses the jab.
Hope shoots for a double leg takedown but Stein sprawls well. He's pushed Hope's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Hope shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Stein pinned against the cage. Stein gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Stein jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Hope shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Stein as he avoids it easily.
We've been told by Stein's head coaches at The Immortals Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Borgen Stein has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Terry Hope.
Hope is trying hard to land a takedown here. Stein sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Stein swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stein misses with a right hand

and Hope counters with a takedown into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Hope wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Stein, who protects the arm well.
Stein is not content to let Hope control the position.

Hope is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Stein knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hope is looking to take a break and control but Stein is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Stein might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Hope goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Stein has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Hope but great work by Stein.
Hope is trying to escape the position but Stein is controlling the position.
Stein knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hope on the ground.
Hope is trying to improve his position.
Stein controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stein wants to take a breather but Hope manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Stein.

Hope is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Stein is aware though and is defending well.
Hope is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Hope is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Stein frees his head nicely. Oh but Hope has switched to an armbar! Stein is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Terry Hope!
Terry Hope is the new light heavyweight champion!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
43%

Main event

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lucifrous Satanous (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simon Stroef (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Satanous kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Put You To Bed. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Satanous
vs
Stroef

184 cm
26
260 lbs
8 - 0 - 0

212 cm
19
273 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Solid chin

KO Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lucifrous Satanous!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Simon Stroef!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Patrick Alders and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Satanous changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Stroef looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Satanous throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Satanous is working Stroef over with some ground and pound from side control.

It looks like Simon Stroef has been cut.
Stroef felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Satanous throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Stroef works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Satanous wants to pass the guard but Stroef is defending well.
Satanous sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Stroef defending well though.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Satanous is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Stroef is just riding it out for now. Satanous eventually gives up the hold.
Satanous not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stroef is trying to stand up here but Satanous is controlling him well.
Satanous 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.
Satanous trying to control the action but Stroef is working from the bottom.
Stroef taking some punishment here, with Satanous in his half guard.
Satanous wants to pass the guard but Stroef is defending well.
Satanous trying to control the pace.
Stroef tries to roll over but Satanous keeps him under control.

Satanous is looking for a kimura but Stroef is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Satanous to get the leverage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Satanous thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Satanous definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

Satanous is working for a kimura but Stroef is defending it quite comfortably.
Stroef is not content to let Satanous control the position.
Satanous is really struggling to control Stroef but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Satanous working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That has opened up Simon Stroef's cut even more.
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!
Stroef taking some punishment here, with Satanous in his half guard.

The cut above Simon Stroef's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Simon Stroef's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Lucifrous Satanous!
Lucifrous Satanous retains his heavyweight title!
Lucifrous Satanous spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.