PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vlad Tepez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and PaCo Da MaN (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tepez's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Slayer - Here Comes The Pain. The crowd seem to be enjoying Da MaN's choice of entrance music: Tenacious D - Beelzeboss. Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tepez
vs
Da MaN

188 cm
20
280 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

201 cm
23
270 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Syndicate Drugs

{GTI} - HGH Nutrients
{GTI} - HGH Nutrients

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 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Vlad Tepez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, PaCo Da MaN!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Paul Aken and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tepez tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Da MaN swivels and escapes.
Da MaN staying out of range there.
A combination from Da MaN does no damage.
Da MaN defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Tepez.
Tepez looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Da MaN is fending him off so far but Tepez persists. Nope, Da MaN circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vlad Tepez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
No joy there for Da MaN, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Da MaN takes a swing at Tepez's ribcage but misses.
Tepez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Da MaN's sensitive parts.
Da MaN misses with an uppercut.
Da MaN looks to land a combination but Tepez avoids it well.
Tepez shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Da MaN pinned against the cage. Da MaN gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Tepez fails with a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Da MaN slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Da MaN circles away from the clinch attempt.
PaCo Da MaN seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Da MaN throws a right and a left that Tepez avoids nicely.
Da MaN throws a series of punches but Tepez moves out of range.
Da MaN jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

It looks like Vlad Tepez has been cut.
Da MaN swings for the body but Tepez moves out of range.
Da MaN tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Tepez makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tepez on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Da MaN.
Tepez shoots in for a takedown but Da MaN shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A right-left combo lands from Da MaN.
Some wild striking there from Tepez.
Da MaN displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
The fighters circling - Da MaN throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A decent looking cross lands there for Da MaN.
Tepez scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

It looks like PaCo Da MaN has been cut.
Da MaN catches Tepez with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da MaN swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Da MaN swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Da MaN just misses with a punch to the body.
PaCo Da MaN is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Tepez closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Tepez throws a strike aimed at the side of Da MaN's head but Da MaN avoids it well.
Da MaN manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Tepez is trying to control the action in half guard but Da MaN is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Tepez with the ground and pound but Da MaN uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Tepez postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tepez missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Tepez looking to pass the guard.
Tepez missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Tepez wants to control from the top but Da MaN keeps moving.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Da MaN misses with a wild body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Da MaN swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Da MaN scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Da MaN misses with a combination

and Tepez counters with a single leg into guard. Da MaN didn't expect that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

PaCo Da MaN dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Tepez thows a body shot but no joy.
A jab lands there for Tepez.
Da MaN swings for the body but Tepez moves out of range.
Da MaN throws a left and a right that both miss

and Tepez counters with a single leg into guard. Da MaN didn't expect that.
Tepez looking to sit in guard and control but Da MaN gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Tepez trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Tepez has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Da MaN tries to stand but Tepez is controlling from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tepez looking to control.
Da MaN slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Tepez might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Tepez tries to bench press Da MaN off him but Da MaN keeps the position.

Da MaN decides to take the fight back to the feet.
PaCo Da MaN is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tepez tries to clinch up.
Da MaN misses with a body shot.
PaCo Da MaN seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Da MaN looks to land a right hand but Tepez moved out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A body shot lands from Da MaN.
Da MaN misses with some punches.
Tepez fails to pull guard.
Tepez makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Da MaN scores with a nice short uppercut.
Da MaN is trying to maintain a safe position but Tepez gets an underhook and turns Da MaN into the cage.
Tepez scores with a hook to the body.

Tepez jumps into guard, dragging Da MaN to the mat.
Da MaN is looking to stand up but Tepez won't let him.
Da MaN is breathing heavily.
Da MaN preventing the sweep.
Da MaN is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Tepez wants to sweep but no luck.
Da MaN wants to stand but Tepez has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Da MaN must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Tepez pulls Da MaN in close to prevent any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tepez being controlled here, momentarily.

Da MaN decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Tepez fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Da MaN throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tepez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Da MaN rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tepez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tepez catches Da MaN with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da MaN takes a swing at Tepez's ribcage but misses.
Da MaN jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tepez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Da MaN misses with a combination

and Tepez counters with a nice double leg into side control. Da MaN won't be happy with that.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tepez throws a strike aimed at the side of Da MaN's head but Da MaN avoids it well.
Tepez looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Da MaN is avoiding damage well.
Tepez misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Da MaN can do anything to dispel that myth.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tepez advances nicely into full mount.
Da MaN really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Tepez. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Da MaN is looking to get to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vlad Tepez dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Tepez thows a body shot but no joy.
Da MaN uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Tepez has time to react.
Tepez tries to clinch up but Da MaN circles away and keeps his distance.
Da MaN fails with an attempt to clinch.
Da MaN swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Da MaN clinches up against the cage.
Tepez lands a body punch.
Stalling in the clinch from Tepez.
Tepez looking to slow down the pace here.
Da MaN takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Tepez pulls Da MaN into guard.
Tepez looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Da MaN postures up.

Tepez is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Da MaN defends well.

Tepez pushes Da MaN off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Tepez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tepez fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Tepez is looking to clinch but Da MaN is avoiding it.
Da MaN throws a left and a right that both miss

and Tepez decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Da MaN's guard.
Da MaN working a defensive guard here.
Tepez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Tepez landing with the ground and pound.
Da MaN looking to hit a scissor sweep but Tepez is one step ahead there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tepez has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Da MaN is proving hard to escape from.
Tepez postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Tepez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Tepez passes into half guard.

Tepez is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Da MaN defends it well.

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.

Tepez is trying to work for a kimura but Da MaN is defending well.
Da MaN is concentrating on defense, preventing Tepez from advancing position.
Tepez thows a huge punch but Da MaN dodges it nicely.
Tepez missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Tepez throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vlad Tepez showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Tepez has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Albert Achterberg scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 29:28
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vlad Tepez!