PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Ferraz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gus Dengel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dengel has chosen "Chainsaw" by Skinny Puppy as his entrance music. Anderson Ferraz has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Ferraz
vs
Dengel

175 cm
24
133 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

150 cm
22
134 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Anderson Ferraz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gus Dengel!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Aafke Stam and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dengel shoots for a takedown but Ferraz saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Nice sprawl there from Ferraz as Dengel shoots in.
Ferraz moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Ferraz throws a series of punches but Dengel moves out of range.
Dengel takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Dengel feints and as Ferraz raises his hands in defense, Dengel changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Dengel is in close to Ferraz's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Dengel trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Dengel stands up over Ferraz, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Dengel is in close to Ferraz's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Dengel is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Dengel throwing strikes from guard but Ferraz blocks nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Ferraz looking for a guillotine here but Dengel defends easily.
Ferraz will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Dengel working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Ferraz is on top in guard.
Ferraz tries to stand but Dengel is controlling from the bottom.
Dengel seems keen to control Ferraz's posture.
Ferraz will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Ferraz wants to stand and escape but instead Dengel has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Dengel has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's two 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.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Dengel won't allow Ferraz to sweep him here.

Ferraz is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Dengel defends well.
Dengel lands a couple of elbows.
Dengel keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Ferraz's head.
Dengel trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Dengel throwing strikes from guard but Ferraz blocks nicely.
Ferraz looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Dengel puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Dengel working Ferraz over with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ferraz has hold of Dengel's hands but Dengel slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Dengel takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Dengel lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Dengel working the head and body with strikes.

Ferraz actively working from the bottom here.
Dengel looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Ferraz with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Dengel winds up and cracks Ferraz with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Dengel looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Ferraz with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Dengel looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Ferraz with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dengel seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Dengel connects with a nice short shot to Ferraz's temple.
Ferraz really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Ferraz taking some punishment here, with Dengel in his half guard.
Dengel passes to side control.
Dengel lands a few punches from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ferraz takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Dengel landing strikes.
Dengel scoring with punches from side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dengel creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Dengel scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Ferraz to see if he's OK.
Dengel scoring with punches and elbows.
Ferraz tries to bench press Dengel off him but Dengel keeps the position.
Dengel is chipping away with strikes.

Ferraz is rocked!
Dengel looks up at the clock and then as Ferraz takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Dengel smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Oh Ferraz is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dengel in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dengel scoring with punches and elbows.
Ferraz takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Dengel grinds an elbow into Ferraz's temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gus Dengel dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Dengel looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Dengel lands with a punch from half guard.
Dengel drops an elbow to the side of Ferraz's head.
Dengel lands strikes from half guard.
Dengel lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Dengel looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Ferraz is trying to get back to full guard.
Dengel landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Dengel is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Ferraz has managed to free his arm - good work.
Ferraz is looking to improve his position.
Ferraz seems to have got his legs back now.
Ferraz has hold of Dengel's hands but Dengel slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferraz is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Dengel lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Ferraz is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Dengel scores with a couple of nice shots.
Dengel 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.
Dengel landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Dengel not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ferraz keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Gus Dengel has got the better of the ground game so far.

Ferraz actively working from the bottom here.
Dengel passes to side control.
Dengel is breathing heavily.
Dengel scores with punches from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferraz takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Dengel connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Ferraz some visible discomfort.
Dengel lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Ferraz down.
Dengel working the head and body with strikes.
Ferraz tries to improve position but can't.
Dengel scores with a couple of short elbows.
Dengel working the ground and pound from side control.
Dengel landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Dengel cracks Ferraz with a big right hand but Ferraz just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Dengel working the ground and pound.
Dengel cracks Ferraz with a big right hand but Ferraz just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Dengel cracks Ferraz with a big elbow.
Ferraz sneaks back into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dengel lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Ferraz is pressing down on Dengel's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Dengel is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Dengel throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Dengel landing with the ground and pound.
Dengel postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Dengel throwing strikes but missing.
Ferraz bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Dengel's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ferraz working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ferraz trying to stand up but can't free himself from Dengel's guard.
Ferraz's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Ferraz trying to control but Dengel is working from the bottom.
Dengel controlling Ferraz's posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gus Dengel showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

A telegraphed takedown attempt from Dengel is defended easily by Ferraz.
Ferraz misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dengel avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice takedown defense from Ferraz. No joy for Dengel on that attempt.
Dengel shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ferraz pinned against the cage. Ferraz gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Anderson Ferraz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gus Dengel.
Dengel walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dengel shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Ferraz but Ferraz pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Dengel closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Ferraz wants to improve his position but Dengel is controlling well.
Dengel takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ferraz trying to hold on to Dengel's head to control him but Dengel postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dengel looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Ferraz with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Ferraz moves into full guard.
Dengel lands a couple of elbows.
Dengel working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dengel working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Ferraz's head.
Dengel connects with a couple of short punches.
Dengel throwing strikes from guard but Ferraz blocks nicely.
Ferraz preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Dengel postures up in Ferraz's guard and throws a big left but Ferraz blocks it.
Dengel is looking to work some ground and pound but Ferraz has wrist control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Dengel trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Ferraz defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Dengel.
Ferraz with a hook.
Ferraz looks to land a combination. Dengel sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Ferraz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dengel misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Ferraz scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ferraz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ferraz scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Gus Dengel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dengel shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A combination from Dengel does no damage.
Ferraz cracks Dengel with an open hand slap.
Ferraz stuffs the takedown.
Dengel shoots in for a takedown but Ferraz shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Ferraz lands with an overhand left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ferraz keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ferraz throws a body punch but Dengel moves out of range.
Ferraz scores with a punch to the head.
Ferraz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dengel.
Ferraz misses with a double jab.
Dengel shoots in and drives through. Ferraz sprawls well.
Dengel tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Ferraz swivels and escapes.
Anderson Ferraz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ferraz displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Dengel takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Nice uppercut lands for Ferraz. That snapped Dengel's head back.
Decent striking displayed by Ferraz there.
Dengel tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Ferraz swivels and escapes.
Dengel has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Ferraz lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Dengel backs up against the cage.
Ferraz lands a nice hook to Dengel's body. Dengel takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Dengel shoots in looking for a takedown. Ferraz tries to sprawl out of it but Dengel keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Ferraz manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Gus Dengel is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dengel takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Ferraz defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Dengel.
Ferraz is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Ferraz!
Anderson Ferraz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ferraz thuds a left hand into Dengel's body.

Dengel scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Dengel thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Dengel is trying to control the action in half guard but Ferraz is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Ferraz is trying to get back to full guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Dengel lands a nice short elbow.
Ferraz looks like he's trying to stand up.

Dengel seems to be working for a kimura but Ferraz defends the submission attempt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Anderson Ferraz showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Dengel has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 28:29
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gus Dengel!