PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mick Mars (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bas De Groote (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mars's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Hollywood Undead - Hear Me Now. De Groote has chosen Bas' Theme as his entrance music. Bas De Groote is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Mars
vs
De Groote

190 cm
30
245 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

193 cm
31
245 lbs
21 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Powerful

Crippler's Corner
Just Fight

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mick Mars!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Bas De Groote!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Paul Tew and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Groote misses with a low kick.
Mars will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mars misses with a low kick.
Mars misses with a looping right.
De Groote walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Mars checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Mars pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mars takes a swing at De Groote's ribcage but misses.
Mars has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from De Groote.
Mars misses with a hook. De Groote ducked under it nicely.
Mars looks to score with a jab to the body but De Groote is just out of range.
That kick from De Groote tenderised Mars's leg. Mars is trying to keep his angry face on.
Mars throws a body punch but De Groote moves out of range.
De Groote does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
De Groote avoids the head kick by Mars.
Mars checks a low kick from De Groote.
De Groote takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mars keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
De Groote slips a jab and a cross from Mars.
Mars misses with a double jab.
Some wild striking there from Mars.
De Groote throws a leg kick but Mars moved away.
Mars lands a slapping body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mars misses with a series of wild punches.
Nice defenses there by De Groote.
De Groote motions for Mars to come forward. De Groote throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Good work by Mars as he checks the leg kick.
Mars throws a combination. De Groote tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

It looks like Bas De Groote has been cut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mars. De Groote does a little dance to reset his feet.
An inside leg kick lands from De Groote.
De Groote tried to score with a low kick but Mars checks it.
Nice uppercut lands for Mars. That snapped De Groote's head back.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Groote throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
No joy there for Mars, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mars throws a series of punches but De Groote moves out of range.
Mars has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from De Groote.
De Groote moves out of range of the strikes.
Mars scores with a nice strike.
Mars cracks De Groote with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Mars throws a jab when De Groote was well out of range.
De Groote attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
De Groote throws a leg kick but Mars sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Mars tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Groote throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
De Groote tries to work over Mars's front leg with a kick but Mars checks it.
A combination from Mars does no damage.
De Groote tried to score with a low kick but Mars checks it.
De Groote throws a low kick but Mars avoids it.
A telegraphed right hand from Mars misses the target.
De Groote attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
De Groote fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Mars is out of range.
Mars blocks a low kick nicely.
Nice shot lands for Mars.
De Groote throws a front kick aimed at Mars's knee but Mars avoids it well.
An inside leg kick from De Groote misses.
De Groote finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A nice inside leg kick there by De Groote. That's going to slow Mars down.
A punch combination from Mars misses.
Mars checks the leg kick nicely there.
Mars throws a jab when De Groote was well out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Mars. Those never looked like landing.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Mars checks a leg kick.
De Groote throws a low kick but Mars avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Groote throws a leg kick that misses.
Mars checks a leg kick nicely.
De Groote throws a leg kick but Mars moved away.
Mars throws a body punch but De Groote moves out of range.
De Groote tries to score with a low kick but Mars moves his leg out of the way.
Mars thows a body shot but no joy.
De Groote swings away with a leg kick that misses.
De Groote ducks under a wild hook from Mars.
De Groote throws a leg kick but Mars sees it coming and checks it nicely.
De Groote throws a low kick but it's checked well by Mars.
De Groote wants to land a leg kick but Mars is out of range.
Mars misses with a looping right.
Mars jabs De Groote right on the nose. De Groote blinks but takes it well.
Mars throws a head kick but De Groote moves out of range.
De Groote gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mars misses with a kick to the body.
No joy there for Mars, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mars misses with a jab, cross combination.
A jab from Mars misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Groote bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mars checks a leg kick.
De Groote tries to work over Mars's front leg with a kick but Mars checks it.
Mars checks a leg kick.
De Groote throws a leg kick which misses Mars's front leg but catches the back leg as Mars tries to avoid it.
De Groote throws a chopping leg kick but Mars manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Mars throws a series of punches but De Groote avoids them all with ease.
Mars misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
De Groote throws out a leg kick but Mars moves out of range and De Groote only half commits.
De Groote blocks a head kick by Mars.
A big left from Mars misses.
De Groote fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mars.
Mars looks to land a combination but De Groote avoids it well.
De Groote throws a low kick but it's checked well by Mars.
Mars checks a leg kick.
De Groote lands a leg kick that knocks Mars off balance momentarily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De Groote throws a solid leg kick but Mars takes the impact on his shin and smiles at De Groote.
De Groote throws a nice inside leg kick.
De Groote is looking to chop away at Mars's legs.
Mars stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from De Groote.
Mars misses the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mick Mars dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bas De Groote's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

De Groote throws out a leg kick but Mars moves out of range and De Groote only half commits.
De Groote slips under a jab.
De Groote dodges the punch combination from Mars.
Mars is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
De Groote throws a low kick but Mars moves out of range easily.
Mars throws a big shot that misses.
Mars dips to his left and cracks De Groote with an uppercut!
De Groote pivots, looking for a leg kick but Mars is out of range and De Groote settles back down.
Mars throws a right hand that De Groote ducks under and follows up with a left that De Groote also avoids with ease.
Mars fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mars just misses with a punch to the body.
A clash of legs there as Mars blocks the low kick.
Mars throws a big shot that misses.
Mars keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
De Groote lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mars's sensitive parts.
Mars checks a low kick from De Groote.
De Groote misses with a low kick.
De Groote throws a front kick aimed at Mars's knee but Mars avoids it well.
A clash of legs there as De Groote blocks the low kick.
De Groote does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A jab from Mars misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mars thows a left - swing and a miss!
De Groote throws a solid leg kick but Mars takes the impact on his shin and smiles at De Groote.
De Groote showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mars.
Mars scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
That kick from De Groote tenderised Mars's leg. Mars is trying to keep his angry face on.
De Groote slips a jab and a cross from Mars.
De Groote walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Mars checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Some bone on bone action there as Mars checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
De Groote is looking to score with low kicks.
De Groote thumps Mars with a low kick.
Mars lands with a hook. De Groote tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Groote tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from De Groote lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Mars has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Mars and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Mars checks a leg kick.
De Groote avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mars misses with the combination.
Good leg kick by De Groote there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mars throws a combination but it was largely blocked by De Groote.
Mars misses with a wild combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mars stalks De Groote and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into De Groote's face. De Groote staggers backwards, shaken.
De Groote throws a leg kick but Mars sees it coming and checks it nicely.
De Groote wants to land a leg kick but Mars is out of range.
De Groote cracks the inside of Mars's front leg.
De Groote pivots, looking for a leg kick but Mars is out of range and De Groote settles back down.
Mars checks a leg kick.
Mars tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Groote was well out of range. Poor timing from Mars.
De Groote avoids a punch combination nicely.
De Groote slips a straight right by Mars.
De Groote pivots, looking for a leg kick but Mars is out of range and De Groote settles back down.
De Groote connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
De Groote pivots, looking for a leg kick but Mars is out of range and De Groote settles back down.
Sloppy strikes from Mars. Those never looked like landing.
De Groote misses with a leg kick.
De Groote feints and then cracks Mars's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mars down.
Mars throws a low kick but De Groote moves out of range easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mars blocks a leg kick.
Mars misses with a hook.
De Groote throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Mick Mars is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mars misses the jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by De Groote. That's going to slow Mars down.
Mars lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
De Groote misses with a low kick.
De Groote moves away from the strike by Mars.
Mars checks a leg kick.
De Groote misses with a low kick as Mars jumps back.
De Groote blocks a jab.
Jab, jab by Mars - just one landing.
A slow jab from Mars misses its intended target.
Mars dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mars throws a nice looking combination but De Groote bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
De Groote throws a leg kick but Mars checks it.
Mars jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Groote misses with a low kick.
De Groote throws a low kick but Mars avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Groote fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Mars checks it well.
Mars throws a jab when De Groote was well out of range.
Mars lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Mars checks a leg kick.
De Groote ducks under a wild hook from Mars.
Mars checks a leg kick.
Mars will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mars will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
De Groote tries to land a leg kick but Mars saw it coming and moves away.
De Groote throws a low kick but it's checked well by Mars.
Mars throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mars connects with a good right hand that stumbles De Groote. De Groote circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
De Groote throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Bas De Groote seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mars swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
De Groote tried to score with a low kick but Mars checks it.
Mars misses with a hook. De Groote ducked under it nicely.
Mars lands a really nice looking cross but De Groote seems unphased.
De Groote keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mars.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mick Mars dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bas De Groote's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Mars misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Groote.
Mick Mars is winning the standup battle so far.
Some bone on bone action there as Mars checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A nice leg kick lands there from De Groote.
A big right from Mars misses.
Mars throws a shot from downtown. De Groote moves away and avoids it.
De Groote throws a nice inside leg kick.
Mars avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Mars checks a leg kick nicely.
Mars misses with a wild combination.
Mars misses with an uppercut.
De Groote moves out of range of the strikes.
De Groote tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Mars is able to avoid easily.
Mars lands with a right hand.
A leg kick checked by Mars.
De Groote pivots, looking for a leg kick but Mars is out of range and De Groote settles back down.
De Groote blocks a jab.
De Groote will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from De Groote, right into the meat.
Mars jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good work by Mars as he checks the leg kick.
Mars throws out a loose jab but De Groote uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Groote throws a nice outside leg kick.
A leg kick checked by Mars.
Mars misses the jab.
Mars throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
De Groote tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Mars is able to avoid easily.
Mars jabs at De Groote's body.
Mars misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mars ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De Groote moves away.
De Groote slips under a jab.
De Groote throws a leg kick that misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for De Groote.
Mars throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
De Groote tries to land a leg kick but Mars saw it coming and moves away.
De Groote throws a leg kick but Mars moved away.
De Groote throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from De Groote lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Mars has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Mars and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
De Groote throws a leg kick but Mars moved away.
De Groote throws a leg kick but Mars sees it coming and checks it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mars checks a low kick from De Groote.
De Groote misses with a low kick.
A slow jab from Mars misses its intended target.
De Groote tries to score with a low kick but Mars moves his leg out of the way.
Mars pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
De Groote throws a nice inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Groote pivots, looking for a leg kick but Mars is out of range and De Groote settles back down.
De Groote drops his hands momentarily and Mars takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Nice uppercut lands for Mars. That snapped De Groote's head back.
De Groote throws a leg kick but Mars checks it.
Mars throws a head kick but De Groote moves out of range.
A big left from Mars misses.
De Groote throws a leg kick but Mars moved away.
De Groote misses with a low kick.
Mars tries a head kick but it misses.
Left hook, right uppercut from Mars.
Mars throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mars just misses with a punch to the body.
De Groote throws a low kick but Mars avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mars throws a shot from downtown. De Groote moves away and avoids it.
Mars tries a head kick but it misses.
De Groote throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
De Groote chopping away at his opponent's legs.
De Groote throws a front kick aimed at Mars's knee but Mars avoids it well.
De Groote throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Mars throws an uppercut from half a mile away. De Groote sees it coming and avoids it easily.
De Groote throws a leg kick that misses.
Mars blocks a low kick nicely.
De Groote attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Mars moves out of range of the leg kick from De Groote.
De Groote wants to slow Mars down by chopping away at his legs.
Some bone on bone action there as Mars checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
De Groote lands a leg kick that knocks Mars off balance momentarily.
Mars throws a hook but De Groote avoids it easily.
Mick Mars is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mars looks to land a right hand but De Groote moved out of range.
De Groote tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
De Groote attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
De Groote finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mars swings for the body but De Groote moves out of range.
Mars lands a nice hook to De Groote's body. De Groote takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
De Groote misses with a low kick.
Mars moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A swing and a miss from Mars.
Mars connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
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!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Mars.
Mars blocks a leg kick.
Mars on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Bas De Groote has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mars takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Mars connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A right-left combo lands from Mars.
De Groote wants to land a leg kick but Mars is out of range.
De Groote walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
De Groote has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De Groote tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Mars is able to avoid easily.
De Groote throws a low kick but Mars avoids it.
De Groote throws a chopping leg kick but Mars manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
De Groote looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Mick Mars.
Well Mars has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 William Gold scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:28
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mick Mars!
A relieved looking Mick Mars thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.