PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roberto Vieira (ranked 4567 p4p, 4568 weight class) and Tjeeerd De Vries (ranked 428 p4p, 0 weight class). Roberto Vieira could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Tjeeerd De Vries's chin.

Vieira
vs
De Vries

184 cm
23
280
2 - 0 - 0

194 cm
23
270
2 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very confident

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Roberto Vieira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tjeeerd De Vries!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Saam Ante and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Vries tests Vieira's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Vieira on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Vieira dives in and grabs De Vries's left leg, looking for a takedown. De Vries pushes down on Vieira's head and hops out.
De Vries lands a nice shot to the body.
De Vries throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Vieira on the side of the head.
De Vries's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and De Vries duly obliges.
De Vries swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Vieira.
Vieira dodges the punch combination from De Vries.
De Vries displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Vries scores with a sloppy right hand. Vieira should have avoided that one.
De Vries moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
De Vries swinging wildly here.

Vieira shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. De Vries is trying to defend but Vieira finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Vieira is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for De Vries!

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Vries is in all sorts of trouble here.
Vieira misses with a head shot.
Vieira controlling from the full mount.
Vieira looking to ground and pound but De Vries is blocking nicely.
Vieira lands with some vicious ground and pound - can De Vries hang on?
De Vries is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vieira landing strikes, looking to finish!
Vieira controlling the position easily from mount.
Vieira looking to ground and pound but De Vries is blocking nicely.
Vieira scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Vieira lands a big shot there that rocks De Vries but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Vieira lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vieira working De Vries over with strikes here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vieira working away from the top, dropping strikes.

De Vries is rocked!
De Vries looks winded!
Vieira postures up and throws a big right hand. BOOM! Right on the button! De Vries is out cold - huge knockout for Vieira!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Roberto Vieira!