PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Knocked Out (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patrick Irvin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Irvin 's choice of entrance music: Before I Forget by Slipknot. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Out
vs
Irvin

190 cm
21
220 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

185 cm
25
219 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Knocked Out!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Patrick Irvin !
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Daniel Blasius and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Out throws a head kick that misses.
Out changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Irvin tries to avoid it but Out manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Irvin to the ground. Irvin escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Irvin keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Irvin misses with a hook. Out ducked under it nicely.
Irvin scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Out shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Irvin defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Knocked Out. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Irvin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Out doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Out looks for a takedown but Irvin sprawls well.
Irvin stuffs the takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Irvin takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Irvin fails to land with a series of punches.
No luck for Out with that takedown attempt.
Irvin stalks Out and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Out's face. Out staggers backwards, shaken.
Out gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Irvin counters with a left and a right that stings Out.

Out looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Out passes the guard and advances to mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Out trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Out with the ground and pound from mount.
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!
Poor strikes thrown by Out there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Out working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Poor strikes thrown by Out there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Out throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Out cracks Irvin with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Irvin avoids a series of strikes thrown by Out.
Irvin gets back to half guard.
Out thows a huge punch but Irvin dodges it nicely.
Irvin is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Out's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Out's back!
Irvin is not going to allow Out to sit and survive in this position.
You can see the frustration on Out's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Irvin avoiding Out 's attempts to control his hands.
Irvin tries to get the hooks in deep but Out pushed the leg off.
I really don't envy Out right now.
Out turns into Irvin and is now in his guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Out throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Irvin works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Out tries to stand but Irvin is controlling from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Out postures up in Irvin 's guard and throws a big left but Irvin blocks it.
Out throws an elbow that misses. Irvin uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Out's guard. Nice move by Irvin !
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Knocked Out dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Irvin connects with a good right hand that stumbles Out. Out circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Out shoots for a double leg takedown but Irvin sprawls well. He's pushed Out's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Out slips a jab from Irvin .
Irvin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Out changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Irvin tries to avoid it but Out manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Irvin to the ground. Irvin escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Out is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Irvin .
Out gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Irvin lands a body shot.
Out shoots in looking for a takedown but Irvin manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Out's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Knocked Out. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Out gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Irvin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Irvin throws a shot from downtown. Out moves away and avoids it.
Out fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Out walks into a stiff left hand from Irvin .
Irvin scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Out takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

Out shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Irvin napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Out throwing shots but missing, from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Out working away.
Irvin tries to improve position but can't.
Irvin is pushing Out's head away, looking to escape. Out manages to hold on to the position though.
Out throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Out postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Out working the ground and pound but Irvin is defending the strikes.
Out throws a strike aimed at the side of Irvin 's head but Irvin avoids it well.
Irvin tries to buck Out off but Out is having none of it.
Out wants to lay and pray for a moment but Irvin keeps working.
Out landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Out misses with the ground and pound.
Out working the ground and pound but Irvin is defending the strikes.
Irvin regains half guard, as Out was trying to land strikes.
Out throwing shots but Irvin is blocking nicely.
Out not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Out missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Out trying to control from half guard but Irvin is working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Irvin looks like he's trying to stand up.
Irvin blocking the ground and pound attempt from Out.
Out throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Irvin keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Out missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Out is trying to control the action in half guard but Irvin is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Out thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Irvin 's head.
Out not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
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. Out connects with a nice short shot to Irvin 's temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Knocked Out dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Irvin throws the left hand but Out avoids the punch easily.
A slow jab from Irvin misses its intended target.

Out looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Irvin !
Out landing strikes, looking to finish!
Out throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Out dominating with strikes here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Out putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Out scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Irvin ?
Out with shots to the head and body - Irvin looks very uncomfortable down there.
Out throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Out working the ground and pound effectively.
Out misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Irvin is in a horrible position here. Out smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Out throws a strike there. Irvin manages to avoid it well and slips a leg under to get to half guard.
Out not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Out thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Out takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Out tries to pass the half guard into mount. Irvin knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Out with the ground and pound but Irvin uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Out wants to get up but he can't break Irvin 's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Out throwing strikes from guard but Irvin blocks nicely.
Out wants to control from the top but Irvin keeps moving.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Out throwing strikes but missing.
Out is looking to work some ground and pound but Irvin has wrist control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Out trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Knocked Out overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Out trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Irvin utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Out throws a strike but Irvin rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Irvin is fighting to break Out's control of his arms but Out is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Out looking for a sweep. Not yet Out, not yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Irvin looking to pass the guard.
Out wants to hit a switch here but Irvin passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Out there!
Knocked Out is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Out tries to get back to half guard but can't.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Irvin avoids the attempt from Out to control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Knocked Out showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Out, 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Knocked Out!