PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jean Luc Petit (ranked 897 p4p, 982 weight class) and Maurits Assndrop (ranked 102 p4p, 109 weight class). Maurits Assndrop told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Petit
vs
Assndrop

163 cm
25
145
8 - 9 - 0

168 cm
25
143
7 - 3 - 2

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

HELLBENT
Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Jean Luc Petit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 2, fighting out of New York, Maurits Assndrop!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, William Gold and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Assndrop chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Assndrop has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Assndrop swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Assndrop throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A counter left hand to the body from Petit misses its target.
A nice inside leg kick there by Assndrop. That's going to slow Petit down.
Assndrop lands a jab to the head.
Jean Luc Petit seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Petit scores with a spinning back kick!
Assndrop tries to land a leg kick but Petit saw it coming and moves away.
Petit throws a head kick but Assndrop moves out of range.
Assndrop shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Petit connects with a leg kick.
Assndrop scoring well with a low kick there.
Petit has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Assndrop comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Petit tries to land a leg kick but Assndrop saw it coming and moves away.
Petit loads up on a big right hand but Assndrop slips the punch.
Petit throws a series of punches but Assndrop avoids them all with ease.
Assndrop is looking to score with low kicks.
Petit with a nice calf kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Assndrop scores with a nice strike.
Petit checks a low kick from Assndrop.
Petit blocks a jab.
Assndrop avoids the body shot from Petit.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petit missing with a left hand there. Assndrop was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Petit throws out a loose jab but Assndrop uses good head movement to avoid it.
Petit scores with the left hand. Assndrop knows he should have avoided that one.
Petit chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Assndrop displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Petit throws out the jab.
Petit fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Assndrop checks it well.
Assndrop lands a jab to Petit's midsection.
Assndrop missing with a left hand there. Petit was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Assndrop throws a leg kick but Petit sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Petit appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Petit throws a chopping leg kick but Assndrop manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Assndrop throws a low kick but Petit moves out of range easily.
Good work by Assndrop as he checks the leg kick.
The fighters circling - Assndrop throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Petit connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Petit fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Assndrop manages to avoid it.
Assndrop appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Petit moves out of range of the strikes.
Assndrop needs to keep his hands up - Petit had a free shot at his head there.
Assndrop swings for the body but Petit moves out of range.
Petit is looking to chop away at Assndrop's legs.
Petit backing away here, and Assndrop unleashes a leg kick that just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Assndrop lands with a good body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Assndrop throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Assndrop throws a front kick aimed at Petit's knee but Petit avoids it well.
Assndrop blocks a jab.
Petit tries to land a leg kick but Assndrop saw it coming and moves away.
Assndrop throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Petit sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A slow jab from Assndrop misses its intended target.
It looked like Petit was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Assndrop.
Assndrop lands the left hand.
Assndrop clobbers Petit with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Petit cracks a nice hook into Assndrop's ribs.
The fight stays on the outside here - Petit looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Assndrop checks the leg kick.
Petit throws a leg kick that misses.
Petit chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Petit takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Assndrop keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Assndrop on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Assndrop blocks the body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Assndrop checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Petit throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Assndrop counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Petit fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Assndrop checks it well.
Assndrop will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Assndrop moves out of range of the strikes.
A jab from Assndrop does it's job there.
Assndrop lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Petit at a distance.
Assndrop keeps the fight on the outside.
Petit misses with a looping left.
A solid leg kick lands there for Assndrop.
A jab from Assndrop finds it's way through Petit's defenses.
Petit waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Assndrop.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Assndrop! But no joy.
Assndrop loads up on a big right hand but Petit slips the punch.
Assndrop motions for Petit to come forward. Assndrop throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Assndrop throws a leg kick but Petit sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Assndrop throws a big shot that misses.
Assndrop tests Petit's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Petit gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Assndrop escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Assndrop walks into a stiff left hand from Petit.
Assndrop needs to keep his hands up - Petit had a free shot at his head there.
Assndrop misses with a straight right.
Petit misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Petit throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Assndrop sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Assndrop is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Petit had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Assndrop attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Petit fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Assndrop has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Petit throws a good cross that connects.
Assndrop throws a hook to the side of Petit's head but Petit sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Petit has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Petit there as he acknowledges the shot.
Assndrop takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Petit with a nice calf kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Petit throws a solid leg kick but Assndrop takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Petit.
Assndrop throws a hook but Petit avoids it easily.
Petit throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Petit on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Assndrop. Assndrop obviously looking to wear him down.
A swing and a miss from Petit.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Maurits Assndrop will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Petit lands a really nice looking cross but Assndrop seems unphased.
Petit throws a chopping leg kick but Assndrop manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Petit thumps Assndrop with a low kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Assndrop.
Petit fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Assndrop on the side of the head.
Petit takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Petit lands with a nice body punch.
Assndrop takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Assndrop showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Petit.
Petit throws a leg kick but Assndrop sees it coming and moves out of range.
Petit throws the left hand but Assndrop avoids the punch easily.
Assndrop throws a shot from downtown. Petit moves away and avoids it.
Assndrop walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Petit checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Assndrop throws a big shot that misses.
It looked like Petit was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Assndrop.
Assndrop takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Assndrop steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Petit.
Petit misses with a low kick.
Petit backing away here, and Assndrop unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Petit ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Assndrop 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.
Assndrop scores with a punch to the head.
Assndrop scores with a leg kick.
Petit is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Assndrop.
Assndrop uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Petit.
Assndrop swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Petit misses with a low kick as Assndrop jumps back.
Assndrop moves out of range of the strikes.
An inside leg kick from Petit misses.
Assndrop's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Assndrop avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Assndrop thuds his right hand into Petit's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Petit uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Assndrop.
Petit missing with a left hand there. Assndrop was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Petit scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Petit looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Petit throws the left hand but Assndrop avoids the punch easily.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Assndrop checks a leg kick.
Petit loads up on a big right hand but Assndrop slips the punch.
Petit fails in his attempt to clinch.
Petit slips under a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Petit blocks the leg kick.
Jean Luc Petit is winning the standup battle so far.
Assndrop misses with a looping right.
Petit is looking to counter punch.
Assndrop misses with a straight right.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Good leg kick by Assndrop.
The fight stays on the outside here - Petit looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Petit finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Petit misses with a low kick.
Petit pivots, looking for a leg kick but Assndrop is out of range and Petit settles back down.
Petit lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Assndrop throws a jab when Petit was well out of range.
Petit takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Petit is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Assndrop.
Assndrop misses with an uppercut. Petit saw that one coming.
Assndrop swings for the body but Petit moves out of range.
Petit tried to counter with a leg kick but Assndrop avoided it.
Petit swings for the body but Assndrop moves out of range.
Assndrop uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Petit.
Assndrop tries a quick counter leg kick but Petit is wise to it.
Petit scores with a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petit takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Assndrop misses the jab.
Petit throws a low kick but Assndrop moves out of range easily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Petit.
Assndrop ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Petit moves away.
A little feinted left hand from Petit on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Petit walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Assndrop throws a leg kick
and Petit counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Petit with a nice calf kick.
Assndrop throws a leg kick that misses.
Petit tried to counter with a leg kick but Assndrop avoided it.
Assndrop fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Petit is out of range.
Petit tries to land a leg kick but Assndrop saw it coming and moves away.
Assndrop throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Petit was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Petit closes the distance looking to clinch
and Assndrop counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A head kick by Petit misses
and Assndrop counters with a stiff right hand.
Assndrop uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Petit.
Assndrop takes one on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Assndrop throws a big shot that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Assndrop takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Nice cross by Assndrop.
Assndrop wants to slow Petit down by chopping away at his legs.
Petit moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Assndrop throws the left hand but Petit avoids the punch easily.
Petit is looking to slow Assndrop down with leg kicks.
Petit lands a jab.
Assndrop throws out a loose jab but Petit uses good head movement to avoid it.
Assndrop moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Assndrop blocks a low kick nicely.
Assndrop looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Assndrop misses with a hook. Petit ducked under it nicely.
A decent looking cross lands there for Petit.
Petit moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Petit with the inside leg kick.
Petit scores with a nice right hand.
Petit tried to score with a low kick but Assndrop checks it.
Assndrop tries a quick counter leg kick but Petit is wise to it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Petit chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Assndrop can pounce on him.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jean Luc Petit dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Petit misses with a wild body shot.
Petit throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Assndrop sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Assndrop connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
That kick from Assndrop tenderised Petit's leg. Petit is trying to keep his angry face on.
Decent striking displayed by Assndrop there.
Assndrop wants to slow Petit down by chopping away at his legs.
Assndrop misses with a low kick as Petit jumps back.
Assndrop throws a leg kick but Petit sees it coming and moves out of range.
Petit thuds his right hand into Assndrop's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Assndrop misses with a hook. Petit ducked under it nicely.
Assndrop fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Some bone on bone action there as Petit checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Petit throws a jab but it's blocked by Assndrop.
Assndrop checks the leg kick.
Assndrop tries to score with a low kick but Petit moves his leg out of the way.
Assndrop throws a shot from downtown. Petit moves away and avoids it.
Assndrop moves away from the strike by Petit.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petit keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Assndrop.
Petit lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Assndrop buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

Petit has taken the fight to the clinch.
Petit pushes Assndrop back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Petit's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Petit throws a head punch that misses.

Assndrop escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Petit tries to land a front kick but Assndrop steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Petit checks a low kick from Assndrop.
Petit on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Assndrop. Assndrop obviously looking to wear him down.
Assndrop is looking to chop away at Petit's legs.
A low kick lands for Assndrop.
Assndrop fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Assndrop moves away from the strike by Petit.
Assndrop takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A bone on bone clash there as Assndrop blocks the leg kick.
Petit tries to land a leg kick but Assndrop saw it coming and moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Assndrop throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Petit sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Petit throws a leg kick that is checked
and Petit takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Petit throws a solid leg kick but Assndrop takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Petit.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Petit 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 Assndrop has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Assndrop and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Petit backing away here, and Assndrop unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Petit throws a leg kick
and Assndrop counters with a nice low kick that buckles Petit's knee momentarily.
Petit looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A low kick from Petit is predictable there
and Assndrop counters with a good low kick that Petit was not able to check.
Petit uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Assndrop.
Assndrop swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Assndrop slips under a jab.
Assndrop jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Assndrop loads up on a big right hand but Petit slips the punch.
Good standup being displayed there by Assndrop as he connects with a hook.
Assndrop 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.
Assndrop lands with a straight right. Petit didn't see that one coming.
Assndrop misses with a low kick.
Petit looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Assndrop connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Assndrop tries a low kick but Petit avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Assndrop throws a leg kick that misses.
Petit checks a leg kick.
Petit looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Assndrop fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Petit on the side of the head.
Assndrop throws a chopping leg kick but Petit manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Assndrop misses with a low kick.
Assndrop 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.
Assndrop cracks Petit with a good jab.
Petit has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Assndrop.
Assndrop lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Assndrop has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Assndrop there as he acknowledges the shot.
Petit on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Assndrop. Assndrop obviously looking to wear him down.
Petit is looking to slow Assndrop down with leg kicks.
Assndrop tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nice body kick there by Petit.
Petit tries a low kick but Assndrop avoids it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A chopping leg kick lands by Petit.
A slow jab from Petit misses its intended target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Assndrop.
Assndrop takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Assndrop pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Petit takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Assndrop throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Assndrop works Petit's body with a nice hook.
Petit misses with a head kick.
Jab from Assndrop.
Petit thumps Assndrop with a low kick.
A leg kick checked by Assndrop.
Assndrop moves out of range of the strikes.
A solid leg kick lands there for Assndrop.
Assndrop checks the leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Assndrop lands with an uppercut that bounces Petit off the cage and back into range.
Petit thumps Assndrop with a low kick.
Petit throws a jab but it's blocked by Assndrop.
Assndrop avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Maurits Assndrop comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Assndrop 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 James Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Gold scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Maurits Assndrop!
Maurits Assndrop seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.