PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andre The Giant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and dick dasterdly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

The Giant
vs
dasterdly

220 cm
23
303 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

189 cm
23
290 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Andre The Giant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, dick dasterdly!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Aafke Stam and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Giant misses the jab.
dasterdly shoots in looking for a takedown. The Giant tries to sprawl out of it but dasterdly keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. The Giant manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
The Giant jabs at dasterdly's body.
The Giant connects with a jab.
A combination from The Giant does no damage.
The Giant looks to land a right hand but dasterdly moved out of range.
Andre The Giant seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

The Giant shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

The Giant is looking for a kimura but dasterdly is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for The Giant to get the leverage.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - dasterdly has eaten all the pies!
The Giant is thwarting dasterdly's attempts to control the position.
The Giant misses with a head shot. dasterdly uses the momentum to regain guard.
The Giant trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
dasterdly trying to keep a closed guard but The Giant is proving a slippery customer.
The Giant passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

The Giant wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by dasterdly, who protects the arm well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
dasterdly takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
The Giant 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.
dasterdly is trying to control The Giant's posture but The Giant avoids it.
The Giant cracks dasterdly with a big elbow.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
The Giant misses with the ground and pound.
The Giant throws an elbow but dasterdly slips to the side and avoids it well.
dasterdly tries to bench press The Giant off him but The Giant keeps the position.

The Giant looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

The Giant is trying to get an arm triangle but dasterdly is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
dasterdly is looking to regain half guard here but The Giant keeps moving and retains side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
dasterdly taking a bit of punishment here - The Giant scoring with strikes.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
The Giant is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. dasterdly knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
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!
dasterdly can't do much from the bottom here.
The Giant misses with the ground and pound.
dasterdly struggling a bit here.
dasterdly parries the strikes from The Giant easily there. The Giant is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable dasterdly to escape.

The Giant tries for a kimura but dasterdly is defending well.
dasterdly is looking for a sweep.
dasterdly tries to escape but The Giant is in control.
dasterdly looks gassed!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
The Giant connects with a looping right hand.
The Giant takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

The Giant drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The Giant throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
The Giant throwing shots but missing, from side control.
The Giant sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but dasterdly is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

The Giant working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
You can see the frustration on dasterdly's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The Giant landing a few strikes.

The Giant is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but dasterdly is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The Giant will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
The strikes coming from The Giant are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The Giant wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by dasterdly, who protects the arm well.
dasterdly wants to control but The Giant postures up.
The Giant lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear dasterdly down.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Giant tries to move into full mount but can't pass dasterdly's legs.

The Giant has hold of dasterdly's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! dasterdly tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - The Giant cranks the arm and dasterdly screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from dasterdly, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Andre The Giant!