PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Stefano Brasco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simon van der Neyman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stefano Brasco has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Brasco
vs
van der Neyman

190 cm
22
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
18
176 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Demonic Drugs
Demonic Drugs

Malicious Intent Fight Gear - The Pit Inc

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Stefano Brasco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Simon van der Neyman!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
van der Neyman doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
van der Neyman moves away from the strike by Brasco.
Brasco avoids the head kick by van der Neyman.
Brasco avoids the head kick by van der Neyman.
Brasco misses the shot to the body.
Brasco misses the shot to the body.
Brasco misses with the combination.
Brasco tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but van der Neyman was well out of range. Poor timing from Brasco.
Brasco throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brasco throws a series of strikes that have van der Neyman backpedaling.

It looks like Simon van der Neyman has been cut.
van der Neyman lets loose with a powerful body kick. Brasco will feel that in the morning.
Brasco ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
van der Neyman drops his hands momentarily and Brasco takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Stefano Brasco seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brasco goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
van der Neyman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Brasco.
Brasco just misses with a punch to the body.
Brasco checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Jab from Brasco.
van der Neyman scoring well with a low kick there.
Brasco throws a jab when van der Neyman was well out of range.
van der Neyman blocks a jab.
van der Neyman avoids the body shot from Brasco.
Crunch! van der Neyman slams his shin into Brasco's torso.
Brasco is breathing heavily.
Brasco ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Brasco fails to land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
van der Neyman keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Brasco.
van der Neyman feints and then cracks Brasco's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Brasco down.
Brasco swings and misses with a hook to the body.
van der Neyman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Brasco.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Come on van der Neyman - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
van der Neyman pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
van der Neyman missing with knees to the body.
van der Neyman lands an elbow inside that Brasco shrugs off.

It looks like Stefano Brasco has been cut.
van der Neyman's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
van der Neyman looks to throw an elbow but misses.
van der Neyman misses with a knee strike.
van der Neyman trying to land knees to the body.

van der Neyman breaks from the clinch.
van der Neyman on the wrong end of a nice jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brasco's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Brasco duly obliges.
van der Neyman takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Brasco fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
van der Neyman on the wrong end of a nice jab.
van der Neyman walks into a left hand.
Brasco lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
van der Neyman on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Brasco is looking to wear down van der Neyman with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
van der Neyman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Brasco.
van der Neyman shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Brasco swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
van der Neyman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Brasco.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brasco misses the shot to the body.
Brasco lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
van der Neyman takes a jab right on the kisser.
Brasco fails to land with a series of punches.
Brasco swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Brasco tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but van der Neyman was well out of range. Poor timing from Brasco.
van der Neyman dodges the punch combination from Brasco.
van der Neyman misses with a kick to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brasco cracks van der Neyman with a good jab.
Brasco stuffs the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stefano Brasco dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

van der Neyman shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
van der Neyman finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Brasco cracks a nice hook into van der Neyman's ribs.
Brasco throws a right and a left that both miss.
Brasco throws an uppercut from half a mile away. van der Neyman sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Brasco checks a low kick from van der Neyman.
van der Neyman on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Brasco takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Brasco blocks the body kick.
Brasco will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Brasco fails to land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brasco uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before van der Neyman has time to react.
van der Neyman takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Brasco jabs at van der Neyman's body.
A combination from Brasco does no damage.
Brasco throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Brasco ducks down and throws a hook to the body but van der Neyman moves away.
A nice combination there by Brasco.
Brasco getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A punch combination from Brasco misses.
van der Neyman moves forwards but Brasco connects with a nice, crisp jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
van der Neyman avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
van der Neyman shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Brasco throws a combination but it was largely blocked by van der Neyman.
Stefano Brasco is winning the standup battle so far.
Brasco tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but van der Neyman was well out of range. Poor timing from Brasco.
Brasco connects with a single shot there.
Brasco fails to land with a series of punches.
Brasco lands with a nice body punch.
Brasco scores with a shot to the body.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
van der Neyman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
van der Neyman leaning his opponent against the cage.
van der Neyman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brasco is trying to break free.
Brasco managing to block the knees to the body from van der Neyman.
Brasco tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
van der Neyman prevents Brasco from breaking the clinch.
van der Neyman lands an elbow that stopped Brasco in his tracks for a moment.
van der Neyman has Brasco pushed against the cage.
van der Neyman misses with a knee strike.
van der Neyman tries to land a knee to the head but Brasco blocks with his arms.
van der Neyman creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
van der Neyman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
van der Neyman tries a knee to the head but Brasco blocks it.
Brasco is looking to break free of the clinch but van der Neyman has double underhooks.
van der Neyman crunches a lovely knee into Brasco's ribcage.
van der Neyman tries to land knees in the clinch but Brasco avoids the damage to the body.
Brasco is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Brasco wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
van der Neyman creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Brasco tries to score a body lock takedown but van der Neyman shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
van der Neyman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brasco wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
van der Neyman keeps control of Brasco as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Brasco blocks the elbow strike.
Brasco wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stefano Brasco. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Brasco tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. van der Neyman smiles and moves away.
Brasco connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
van der Neyman showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Brasco.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Some wild striking there from Brasco.
Brasco throws the left hand but van der Neyman avoids the punch easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stefano Brasco dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Brasco scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Brasco misses with a body shot.
Brasco throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent van der Neyman stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
No luck for van der Neyman with that takedown attempt.
Brasco throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Brasco throws an overhand right that lands on van der Neyman's shoulder, as van der Neyman tries to avoid the shot.
Brasco scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
van der Neyman slips a jab and a cross from Brasco.
Brasco blocks a low kick nicely.
Brasco throws a right and a left that van der Neyman avoids nicely.
Brasco just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
van der Neyman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brasco jabbing away but nothing is landing.
van der Neyman is looking to slow Brasco down with leg kicks.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
van der Neyman takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Brasco connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
van der Neyman throws a head kick that misses.
Brasco takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
van der Neyman misses with a takedown attempt - Brasco sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Brasco swings and misses with a hook to the body.
van der Neyman dodges the punch combination from Brasco.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brasco checks a low kick from van der Neyman.
Brasco throws a right and a left that both miss.
Stefano Brasco is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Brasco thows a body shot but no joy.

van der Neyman closes the distance and pushes Brasco back into the cage.
Brasco on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
van der Neyman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
van der Neyman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
van der Neyman tries a knee to the head but Brasco blocks it.
van der Neyman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brasco.
van der Neyman misses with a knee strike.
Brasco avoids a wild elbow strike from van der Neyman.

van der Neyman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Brasco lands a nice shot to the body.
Stefano Brasco is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brasco moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of van der Neyman 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Brasco fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nice body kick there by van der Neyman.
Brasco scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. van der Neyman doesn't seem bothered though.
Brasco lands a jab to the nose.
van der Neyman pivots, looking for a leg kick but Brasco is out of range and van der Neyman settles back down.
A lazy left from Brasco finds it's target.
Brasco throws a combination. van der Neyman tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Brasco punishes van der Neyman's body with a nice straight punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Brasco finds it's way through van der Neyman's defenses.
Brasco is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
van der Neyman on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Brasco looks to land a combination but van der Neyman avoids it well.
van der Neyman takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
van der Neyman tries to close the distance and clinch but Brasco swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Brasco throws a nice looking combination but van der Neyman bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nice shot by Brasco.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
van der Neyman wants to clinch up but Brasco keeps it at a distance.
Simon van der Neyman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Stefano Brasco is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Brasco scores with a punch to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Stefano Brasco showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Brasco, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stefano Brasco!