PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jon Doe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dick van Greeven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Doe comes into the arena with whatsername, and does she remember my name? blaring out of the sound system. van Greeven has chosen Tom Waits - Telephone call from Istanbul as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Doe
vs
van Greeven

193 cm
33
234 lbs
54 - 27 - 0

205 cm
33
284 lbs
26 - 21 - 1

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Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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TITAN

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 54 - 27 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jon Doe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 21 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dick van Greeven!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Cecil Peabody and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
van Greeven misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
van Greeven with a poor takedown
and Doe counters with a nice uppercut.
van Greeven fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jon Doe has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dick van Greeven.
Nice sprawl there from Doe as van Greeven shoots in.
van Greeven throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Doe throws a shot from downtown. van Greeven moves away and avoids it.
van Greeven has his takedown stuffed
and Doe counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Doe jabbing away but nothing is landing.
van Greeven throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Doe.
Dick van Greeven seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
van Greeven misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Doe.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doe misses the jab.
Doe slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
The fighters circling - van Greeven throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Doe throws a nice inside leg kick.
van Greeven fails with the takedown.
Doe misses with a wild body shot.
Doe misses with an uppercut. van Greeven saw that one coming.
Doe misses with a telegraphed body shot

and van Greeven counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
van Greeven seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Doe does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Well, if van Greeven 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doe is not content to let van Greeven control the position.
van Greeven wants to pass the guard but Doe is defending well.
Doe is trying to stand.
van Greeven sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Doe defending well though.
van Greeven not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Doe on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Doe tries to get out of the position.
van Greeven controlling the pace.
van Greeven frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
van Greeven tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Doe knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for van Greeven on the ground.
van Greeven raining down shots from the mount!
van Greeven prevents Doe from getting the reversal.
van Greeven controlling his opponent.
Doe blocking the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
van Greeven trying to control but Doe is having none of it.
van Greeven with shots to the head and body - Doe looks very uncomfortable down there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Doe squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
van Greeven throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
van Greeven misses with a head shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
van Greeven throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Doe is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
van Greeven controlling the position easily from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dick van Greeven dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

van Greeven tries for a takedown but Doe sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
van Greeven ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
van Greeven misses with a takedown attempt
and Doe counters with a stiff right hand.
Doe defends well against a solid takedown attempt from van Greeven.
Jon Doe has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dick van Greeven.
Doe throws a looping overhand right but van Greeven ducks down to avoid it.
van Greeven throws an off balance right hand
and Doe counters with a low kick, right behind van Greeven 's knee.
van Greeven shoots for a takedown but Doe saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
van Greeven uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Doe.

That's one minute gone in the round.
van Greeven looks for a takedown but Doe sprawls well.
van Greeven looks for a takedown but Doe sprawls well.
van Greeven tries for a takedown but Doe circles away easily
and Doe counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Doe lands with an overhand left.
Doe is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
van Greeven moves forwards but Doe connects with a nice, crisp jab.

van Greeven looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
van Greeven has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
van Greeven is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Doe regains full guard. Nicely done.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Doe manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. van Greeven manages to get himself to full guard.
van Greeven being controlled here, momentarily.
Doe missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
van Greeven has his hands on Doe's head, controlling the position.
van Greeven tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Doe trying to control the position from guard on top but van Greeven is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Doe throwing strikes from guard but van Greeven blocks nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
van Greeven looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
van Greeven working a defensive guard here.
Doe content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Doe content to stall in guard here.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
van Greeven has his takedown stuffed
and Doe counters with a nice low kick that buckles van Greeven's knee momentarily.
van Greeven ducks under a wild hook from Doe.
van Greeven ducks under a wild hook from Doe.

van Greeven closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Doe to the mat! Doe manages to get full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doe wants to stand but van Greeven is controlling the position.
van Greeven won't allow Doe to sweep him here.
van Greeven trying to control but Doe is working from the bottom.
van Greeven controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

van Greeven stands up from guard. Let's bang!
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
van Greeven tries to score a power double leg takedown but Doe sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten van Greeven somewhat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jon Doe dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

van Greeven will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
van Greeven misses with a takedown
and Doe counters with a slapping leg kick.
van Greeven uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Doe.

van Greeven shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than van Greeven was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
van Greeven punching from mount but Doe doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Doe is working to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doe is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
van Greeven throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Doe is squirming around, avoiding van Greeven's attempts to control the action.
Doe working to try and regain half guard.
Doe wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by van Greeven.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doe is trying to stand up.
van Greeven throws some wild stikes that Doe manages to avoid easily.
van Greeven content just to control the position here.
Doe is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
van Greeven scoring with strikes but Doe is staying in there.
van Greeven wants to control the pace but Doe is squirming around nicely.
van Greeven 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.
van Greeven controlling from the full mount.
Doe might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
van Greeven looking to control but Doe is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
van Greeven controlling his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
van Greeven with a couple of short strikes.
van Greeven wants to control the pace but Doe is squirming around nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
van Greeven sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
van Greeven lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dick van Greeven comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think van Greeven 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 George Francis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dick van Greeven!
After winning the bout, Dick van Greeven thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.