PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruto Brutal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christopher Summers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Summers is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Bad to the Bone. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Brutal
vs
Summers

200 cm
20
215 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

183 cm
18
210 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Fight Club Clothing
Hell's Balls Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bruto Brutal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Christopher Summers!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Radbod Blank and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Brutal rushes Summers and presses him up against the cage.
Summers looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Summers is trying to break free.
Brutal displaying some good clinch control by pressing Summers up against the cage.
Brutal tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Summers smiles and moves away.
Brutal is looking to clinch but Summers is avoiding it.
Brutal uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Summers.
Summers rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Brutal moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Brutal closes the distance and clinches.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Brutal breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Brutal is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Brutal shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Summers sprawls well. Summers wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Brutal gets slowly back to his feet.

Brutal moves into the clinch.

Brutal jumps guard.

Brutal pushes Summers off and scrambles back to his feet.
Summers gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Brutal.

Brutal shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Summers napping and manages to drive through into side control!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Summers is being controlled here.
Brutal will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Brutal working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Brutal controls the position.
Brutal trying to control the position but Summers is working away.
Brutal controls the position.
Brutal working the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Summers is not content to let Brutal control the position.

Brutal stands up and beckons Summers to his feet.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Brutal dodges the punch combination from Summers.

Brutal rushes Summers and presses him up against the cage.
Brutal has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Summers avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bruto Brutal. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Summers swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Brutal has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Summers uses from the top position.
Brutal is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Summers really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Brutal. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Well, if Brutal is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Summers keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Brutal is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Summers defends it well.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Brutal is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Brutal works his way into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Summers being controlled for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruto Brutal 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.

Brutal is looking to clinch.
Summers swats away the attempt to clinch by Brutal.
Brutal throws a nice outside leg kick.
Brutal moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Summers dodges the punch combination from Brutal.
Brutal tries to clinch up.

Brutal feints and as Summers raises his hands in defense, Brutal changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Brutal looking to pass the guard.
Brutal sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Summers is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Brutal stands up from Summers's guard - Brutal perhaps looking for a knockout.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Brutal.
Summers trying to remain calm as Brutal controls from the top position.

Brutal decides to stand back up. Brutal steps back and let's Summers get back to his feet.

Brutal scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Summers is trying to escape the position but Brutal is controlling the position.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Bruto Brutal just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Brutal feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Summers's calf.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brutal lets loose with a powerful body kick. Summers will feel that in the morning.
Brutal throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

It looks like Christopher Summers has been cut.
Bruto Brutal is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
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!
Brutal throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Summers's waist but Summers gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Brutal off to one side.
Brutal fails with a takedown attempt.
Brutal throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Summers's head.

Brutal scores with a takedown into Summers's guard.
Brutal advances to half guard.
Brutal takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Brutal seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Summers for as long as he can get away with.
Brutal not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brutal throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Brutal has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Brutal throwing strikes here but Summers is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Brutal punching from mount but Summers doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Brutal lands a heavy elbow.
Brutal tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

Brutal stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brutal scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Brutal throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Brutal connects with a high kick.
Brutal lands with a right hand.
Brutal connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brutal goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

That has opened up Christopher Summers's cut even more.
Brutal cracks Summers with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Brutal thuds his shin into the meat of Summers's side.
Bruto Brutal is winning the standup battle so far.
Brutal fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bruto Brutal. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The fight stays on the outside here - Brutal looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brutal tries to clinch there but Summers circles away.

Brutal bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruto Brutal dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Christopher Summers's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Brutal lands a with a good body shot.

Summers gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Brutal to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Brutal is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Summers can do to turn this around?
Brutal in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Brutal slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Brutal advances position into side control!
Summers takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Summers managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Brutal.
A lull in the action here as Brutal stalls from top position.

Brutal is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Summers knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Brutal tries to score with some ground and pound. Summers controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Summers defending against the ground and pound.
Brutal throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.

Brutal has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

Brutal rushes Summers and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Brutal obliges.
Brutal drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Brutal pulls guard successfully.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Brutal is on top in guard.
Bruto Brutal overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Brutal throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Summers works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brutal slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Christopher Summers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Brutal's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Bruto Brutal is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Brutal works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Brutal seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Brutal throwing shots but Summers is blocking nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bruto Brutal showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Brutal 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:26
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:26
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruto Brutal!