PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dominick De Struicao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zander Freyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think De Struicao might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Walk With Me In Hell. Freyer has chosen Milquetoast by Helmet as his entrance music. Zander Freyer is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

De Struicao
vs
Freyer

196 cm
19
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

182 cm
29
185 lbs
7 - 5 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Tokyo United Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dominick De Struicao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Zander Freyer!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paul Aken and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Freyer on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Freyer just misses with a punch to the body.
De Struicao misses with a low kick.
Freyer slips under a jab from De Struicao.
Good shot there by De Struicao.
A slow jab from Freyer misses its intended target.
Freyer lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Freyer ducks under a wild hook from De Struicao.
Freyer throws a hook but De Struicao blocks it.
Freyer takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Freyer throws a jab when De Struicao was well out of range.
Freyer connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
We've been told by De Struicao's head coaches at Reign in Blood that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
De Struicao scores with a jab. Freyer acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Freyer throws a leg kick
and De Struicao counters with a leg kick.
Freyer misses with a hook
and De Struicao counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Freyer throws a hook but De Struicao blocks it.
De Struicao lands with a cross.
De Struicao connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Freyer momentarily.
De Struicao connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Freyer's hands.
De Struicao throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Freyer sees it coming and avoids it easily.
De Struicao slips under a jab.
Freyer pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
De Struicao checks a low kick from Freyer.
Freyer takes a swing at De Struicao's ribcage but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Struicao lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
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!
Freyer misses with a hook.
Freyer throws a shot from downtown. De Struicao moves away and avoids it.
De Struicao checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Freyer uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from De Struicao.
Freyer checks a low kick from De Struicao.
De Struicao getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
De Struicao throws a right and a left that both miss.
De Struicao swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Freyer.
Freyer looks to land a left hand but De Struicao moved out of range nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Struicao pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jab by De Struicao.
De Struicao throws a poor cross that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
De Struicao is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Freyer throws the left hand but De Struicao avoids the punch easily.
De Struicao throws a right and a left that both miss.
Freyer throws a leg kick but De Struicao sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Freyer is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by De Struicao.
Freyer misses with an uppercut. De Struicao saw that one coming.
Sloppy strikes from De Struicao. Those never looked like landing.
De Struicao tries a low kick but Freyer avoids it.
Danga de danga de dang - Freyer scores with a four punch combination!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Struicao lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
De Struicao is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
De Struicao bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
De Struicao checks a leg kick nicely.
Freyer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
De Struicao fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Freyer has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Dominick De Struicao seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Struicao looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
De Struicao misses with an uppercut.
De Struicao gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Freyer.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Freyer moves out of range of the strikes.
De Struicao throws out a loose jab but Freyer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Freyer throws a head kick that De Struicao semi-blocks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dominick De Struicao dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

De Struicao bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Freyer's head.
Freyer shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
De Struicao throws a nice looking combination but Freyer bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Freyer defending well as De Struicao loads up on a big left hand.
De Struicao 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.
Freyer tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Freyer misses with a hook.
Freyer walks into a straight right hand from De Struicao.
De Struicao throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Freyer sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Freyer bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Freyer looks to land a combination but De Struicao avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Freyer jabbing away but nothing is landing.
De Struicao misses with the combination.
De Struicao swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dominick De Struicao is winning the standup battle so far.
Freyer scores with a crisp jab that stopped De Struicao in his tracks.
De Struicao thuds his right hand into Freyer's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
De Struicao takes one to the chin there.
De Struicao scores with a crisp jab that stopped Freyer in his tracks.
De Struicao throws the left hand but Freyer avoids the punch easily.
Freyer just misses with a punch to the body.
Decent striking displayed by De Struicao there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Freyer is on the wrong end of a nice combination from De Struicao.
De Struicao moves into range and connects with a jab.
A big right from De Struicao misses.
De Struicao throws a lazy uppercut
and Freyer counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. De Struicao is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Freyer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De Struicao moves away.
Freyer misses with a body shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Freyer.
The fighters circling - Freyer throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
De Struicao throws a jab but it's blocked by Freyer.
De Struicao swings widly with a right hand
and Freyer counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Struicao misses with a straight right.
De Struicao showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Freyer.
Freyer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
De Struicao staying out of range there.
Freyer jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Freyer swings for the body but De Struicao moves out of range.
De Struicao throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The fighters circling - Freyer throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
De Struicao displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Freyer throws out the jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Struicao missing with a left hand there. Freyer was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Freyer throws a right and a left that De Struicao avoids nicely.
Freyer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Freyer is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
De Struicao lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Freyer cracks the inside of De Struicao's front leg.
A jab from Freyer finds it's way through De Struicao's defenses.
Freyer throws the left hand but De Struicao avoids the punch easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
De Struicao loads up on a big right hand but Freyer slips the punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Freyer throws a hook but De Struicao avoids it easily.
De Struicao loads up on a big right hand but Freyer slips the punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dominick De Struicao dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Good leg kick by Freyer there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
De Struicao throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
De Struicao avoids a kick to the body.
A slow jab from Freyer misses its intended target.
Freyer getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
De Struicao tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Freyer is able to avoid easily.
Freyer has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Freyer checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Freyer just misses with a punch to the body.
A shot to the liver by Freyer. Beautiful body shot.
De Struicao fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Freyer.
De Struicao lands a jab to the nose.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Struicao throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Freyer.
Freyer cracks De Struicao with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
De Struicao connects with an inside leg kick.
De Struicao ducks under a wild hook from Freyer.
De Struicao cracks Freyer with a good jab.
Freyer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Struicao was well out of range. Poor timing from Freyer.
The crowd cheers as De Struicao lands an impressive looking overhand right. Freyer doesn't seem phased though.
Freyer looks to score with a jab to the body but De Struicao is just out of range.
De Struicao misses with a two punch combination.
De Struicao feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Freyer's calf.
Zander Freyer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Freyer throws a big shot that misses.
A big left from Freyer misses.
A low kick from De Struicao misses
and Freyer counters with an inside leg kick.
Freyer thows a left - swing and a miss!
Freyer moves out of range of the strikes.
Dominick De Struicao is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
De Struicao moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
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!
The fighters circling - Freyer throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Freyer misses with a straight right.
A slow jab from Freyer misses its intended target.
Nice straight punches there by De Struicao. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of De Struicao.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from De Struicao.
Freyer has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Freyer there as he acknowledges the shot.
Freyer drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Freyer throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Freyer takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
De Struicao scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Freyer throws a hook to the side of De Struicao's head but De Struicao sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Freyer throws a body shot but no joy.
Freyer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Struicao was well out of range. Poor timing from Freyer.
Freyer throws a wild body kick that De Struicao sees coming a mile off.
Freyer misses with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Freyer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Freyer is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
The fighters circling - Freyer throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
De Struicao misses with a hook.
De Struicao cracks Freyer with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Freyer takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Freyer throws a lazy uppercut
and De Struicao counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Some bone on bone action there as Freyer checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
De Struicao lands a nice leg kick that just misses Freyer's sensitive parts.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Freyer getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dominick De Struicao showed his dominance in that final round.
Well De Struicao 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dominick De Struicao!
A victorious Dominick De Struicao thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.