PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Vladameir Fermazi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damien James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vladameir Fermazi has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Fermazi
vs
James

175 cm
22
163 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

173 cm
22
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Prefers standup

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Vladameir Fermazi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Damien James!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Nard Betker and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
James takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
James misses with a body shot.
A punch combination from James misses.
James connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

James closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
James looks to land a strike but Fermazi avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
James throws a strike but Fermazi rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

James throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
James keeping full guard, as Fermazi tries to pass.
Fermazi has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Fermazi has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of James is proving hard to escape from.
James throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
James wants to sweep here but Fermazi controlling him for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
James wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Fermazi is now in half guard.
James wants to get back to full guard.
James flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
James is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Fermazi throws a quick inside leg kick.
James misses with a leg kick
and Fermazi counters with a slapping leg kick.
Vladameir Fermazi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A telegraphed right hand from James misses the target.
Fermazi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from James.
James throws a hook to the side of Fermazi's head but Fermazi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
James tries for a takedown but Fermazi circles away easily
and Fermazi counters with an inside leg kick.
James looks gassed!
James misses with a hook. Fermazi ducked under it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
James swings away with a body shot that misses
and Fermazi counters with a slapping leg kick.
James takes a shot right to the bread basket.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fermazi misses with a wild body shot.
James swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Fermazi makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Fermazi scores with a leg kick.
Fermazi tries to work over James's front leg with a kick but James checks it.
James misses with a hook to the body
and Fermazi counters with a good, hard body kick but James shrugs it off.
Fermazi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
James tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Fermazi lands a head shot.
Fermazi feints and then cracks James's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow James down.
James misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by James.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Fermazi, right into the meat.
Fermazi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
James throws a hook but Fermazi blocks it.
Fermazi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt James.
Damien James seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
James checks a low kick from Fermazi.
James tries for a takedown but Fermazi circles away easily
and Fermazi counters with an outside leg kick.
Fermazi tries a head kick but it misses.
Fermazi tries to score with a low kick but James moves his leg out of the way.
James misses with a looping left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
James is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fermazi.
James fails with the takedown
and Fermazi counters with a nice body kick.
Vladameir Fermazi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Damien James.
Fermazi throws a chopping leg kick but James manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
James looks to land a left hand but Fermazi moved out of range nicely.
James's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Fermazi cracks the inside of James's front leg.
James falls off balance throwing a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
James takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fermazi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fermazi misses with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vladameir Fermazi dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

James tests Fermazi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
James swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Fermazi counters with a nice low kick that buckles James's knee momentarily.
James misses with an uppercut. Fermazi saw that one coming.
James gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Fermazi finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Fermazi throws a leg kick but James checks it.
James misses with a body shot
and Fermazi counters with a three punch combo that has James backing up. James nods at Fermazi to acknowledge the strikes.
Fermazi defending well as James loads up on a big left hand.
A chopping leg kick lands by Fermazi.
James chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Fermazi can pounce on him.
James is breathing heavily.
James takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
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!
Fermazi throws a low kick but James avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fermazi dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on James. That did some damage!
Nice body punch from Fermazi.
Fermazi scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Fermazi throws a leg kick which misses James's front leg but catches the back leg as James tries to avoid it.
Fermazi throws a low kick but James avoids it.
James throws a sloppy body shot
and Fermazi counters with an inside leg kick.
James closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Fermazi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
James doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Fermazi counters with a nice leg kick.
Fermazi lands a high kick!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fermazi shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Fermazi is looking to wear down James with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
James with a lazy takedown attempt
and Fermazi makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Vladameir Fermazi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Damien James.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
James misses with a leg kick
and Fermazi counters with a right hand to the body.
Fermazi plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
James misses with a body punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Fermazi defending well as James loads up on a big left hand.

Fermazi gets caught flat footed, as James shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
James trying to control the position from guard on top but Fermazi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
James throws and elbow that misses. Fermazi uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in James's guard. Nice move by Fermazi!
Fermazi trying to control the position from guard on top but James is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fermazi wants to stand but James is controlling his posture from full guard.
James has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Fermazi postures up.
Fermazi thows a big elbow that misses.

James isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Fermazi stacks James on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Fermazi!

Fermazi is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. James knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
James manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
James slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
James is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

James is looking for a kimura but Fermazi is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for James to get the leverage.
Fermazi is looking to escape.
Fermazi keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Fermazi is looking to escape.
James wants to control but Fermazi is keeping him busy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Fermazi looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
James thows a huge punch but Fermazi dodges it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vladameir Fermazi dominated that second round.
That's time! Fermazi's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

James throws the left hand but Fermazi avoids the punch easily.
Fermazi takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
James shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Fermazi counters with an outside leg kick.
James swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Fermazi counters with an outside leg kick.
James just misses with a punch to the body.
James tests Fermazi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
James gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Fermazi counters with a flying knee. Nice.
James doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Fermazi counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Vladameir Fermazi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Damien James.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
James takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
James throws a jab when Fermazi was well out of range.
A jab from James misses.
A low kick from James is predictable there
and Fermazi makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. James really felt that one!
Fermazi tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and James is able to avoid easily.
Fermazi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that James can do to turn this around?
James misses with a combination
and Fermazi counters with a body kick.
James blocks a leg kick.
Fermazi lands a body shot.
A solid body kick from Fermazi.
James moves out of range of the leg kick from Fermazi.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
James tries for a takedown but Fermazi circles away easily
and Fermazi counters with a nice body kick.
Fermazi throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as James checks a leg kick.

James feints and as Fermazi raises his hands in defense, James changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

Fermazi scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
James misses with a body shot
and Fermazi counters with a low kick, right behind James 's knee.
Fermazi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Fermazi throws a head kick that half lands.
James misses with a double jab
and Fermazi counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fermazi lands with a thumping leg kick.
James throws a lazy right hand but Fermazi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
James throws a leg kick
and Fermazi makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
James misses with the combination.
James looks to land a left hand but Fermazi moved out of range nicely.
Damien James has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Vladameir Fermazi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
James misses the body punch
and Fermazi counters with a big head kick but James shrugs it off.
James fails with the takedown
and Fermazi makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Good leg kick by Fermazi there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fermazi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as James throws out the jab.
Fermazi slips under a jab.
James tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
James tests Fermazi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fermazi throws a low kick but James avoids it.
James misses with a shot to the body
and Fermazi counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
James misses with the body kick
and Fermazi counters with a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fermazi lands a nice looking kick to the body. James takes a step back to recover.
James misses with a hook to the body
and Fermazi counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
James throws a hook to the side of Fermazi's head but Fermazi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vladameir Fermazi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Fermazi, 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vladameir Fermazi!