PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lee Struthers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hans De Vries (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Vries comes into a darkened arena with his song building. My Ding-A-Ling kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Struthers
vs
De Vries

186 cm
20
169 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

173 cm
20
157 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Powerful

Crazy Monkey Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lee Struthers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hans De Vries!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Konstantin Menshow and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Struthers takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Struthers misses with a hook.

De Vries moves into range and clinches up with Struthers.
Struthers is trying to break the clinch but De Vries is controlling him.
De Vries tries a knee to the head but Struthers blocks it.
De Vries with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
De Vries'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.
De Vries throws an elbow that misses.
De Vries throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Struthers blocks it with crossed arms.
A knee to the head by De Vries.
Struthers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
De Vries throws a knee to the head but misses.
Struthers wants to break free but De Vries has control.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. De Vries obliges.
De Vries tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Struthers is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
De Vries throws an elbow but it misses.
De Vries lands a nice knee to the body.
De Vries throws an elbow that misses.
De Vries misses with a knee to the head.
Struthers is trying to break the clinch but De Vries is controlling him.
De Vries pushes off an throws an elbow but Struthers leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Struthers wants to break free but De Vries has control.
De Vries lands an elbow inside that Struthers shrugs off.
Struthers wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Struthers can't break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Struthers avoids a wild elbow strike from De Vries.
De Vries pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
De Vries comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Struthers breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
De Vries is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
De Vries tries to clinch but Struthers moves out of range.
Struthers will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
De Vries tries to close the distance and clinch but Struthers swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

De Vries instigates a clinch.
Struthers is trying to break free.
Struthers managing to block the knees to the body from De Vries.
Struthers is looking to break free of the clinch but De Vries has double underhooks.
Struthers is trying to break the clinch but De Vries is controlling him.
De Vries lands an elbow inside.
De Vries landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Struthers breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
De Vries keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Struthers lands with a nice combination. De Vries backs away looking to recover.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Struthers.
De Vries lands a nice leg kick that just misses Struthers's sensitive parts.
Struthers is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Struthers misses with a series of wild punches.
De Vries feints and then cracks Struthers's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Struthers down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Vries wants to clinch up but Struthers keeps it at a distance.
Struthers cracks De Vries with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

De Vries moves into range and clinches up with Struthers.
De Vries landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A frustrated look appears on Struthers's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Struthers is breathing heavily.
De Vries lands a damaging elbow.
De Vries keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Struthers's efforts to push away.
De Vries misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Struthers.
De Vries lands an elbow that stopped Struthers in his tracks for a moment.
De Vries is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
De Vries lands a damaging elbow.
De Vries tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
De Vries lands a knee to the body.

Struthers escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Struthers cracks a nice hook into De Vries's ribs.
De Vries walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Struthers checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A combination from Struthers does no damage.
Struthers tries to bum rush De Vries with a series of wild strikes but De Vries uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

De Vries clinches up with Struthers and pushes him back against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Vries using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
De Vries lands a nice elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Vries throws an elbow but it misses.
De Vries gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Struthers wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A frustrated look appears on Struthers's face as he tries to break the clinch.
De Vries pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Struthers takes a knee to the side of the body.
Struthers takes an elbow to the temple.
De Vries keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Struthers's efforts to push away.
De Vries lands a knee to the head.
De Vries keeps control of Struthers as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
De Vries lands an elbow inside.
Struthers wants to break free but De Vries has control.
De Vries pushes off an throws an elbow but Struthers leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
De Vries comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
De Vries throws a knee to the head but misses.
De Vries lands a damaging elbow.
De Vries tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
De Vries tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A frustrated look appears on Struthers's face as he tries to break the clinch.
De Vries looking to throw knees to the head but Struthers is blocking nicely.
De Vries tries to land a knee to the head but Struthers blocks with his arms.
Struthers can't break the clinch.
De Vries comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
De Vries with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
De Vries lands a damaging elbow.
Struthers working hard to break the clinch.
De Vries lands an elbow that stopped Struthers in his tracks for a moment.
De Vries misses with an elbow strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for De Vries.

Struthers breaks the clinch.
De Vries tries to close the distance and clinch but Struthers swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
De Vries showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Struthers.
De Vries goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
De Vries uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Struthers.
Struthers ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De Vries moves away.
Struthers keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
De Vries tries to clinch up but Struthers circles away and keeps his distance.
A telegraphed right hand from Struthers misses the target.
A combination from Struthers does no damage.
Struthers fails to land with a series of punches.
Struthers jabbing away but nothing is landing.

De Vries has managed to clinch.
Struthers working hard to break the clinch.
De Vries landing knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hans De Vries dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

De Vries tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Struthers looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

De Vries drives through and clinches with Struthers against the cage.
De Vries is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Struthers is defending well for now.
De Vries working Struthers over with knees to the body.
Struthers is looking to break free of the clinch but De Vries has double underhooks.
Struthers wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but De Vries has him pressed against the cage.
Struthers tries to circle away but De Vries has him pinned against the cage.
Struthers takes an elbow to the temple.
Struthers working hard to break the clinch.
De Vries connects with a nasty looking knee right to Struthers's face.
Nice elbow from De Vries.
De Vries missing with knees to the body.
De Vries unloads a knee to the mid-section.
De Vries keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Struthers's efforts to push away.
De Vries comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
De Vries throws an elbow that misses.
Struthers dodges an elbow strike from De Vries.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Struthers managing to block the knees to the body from De Vries.
Struthers avoiding damage as De Vries throws knees to the body.
Struthers tries to break the clinch but De Vries is controlling the position.
De Vries comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
De Vries tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Struthers avoids it.
De Vries using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Struthers has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Vries misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Struthers.
De Vries tries to land a knee to the head but Struthers blocks with his arms.
Struthers wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Struthers looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
De Vries keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Struthers's efforts to push away.
De Vries missing with knees to the body.
De Vries creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Struthers's defenses.
Struthers dodges an elbow strike from De Vries.
De Vries lands an elbow inside that Struthers shrugs off.
De Vries lands an elbow inside that Struthers shrugs off.
Struthers wants to get back to striking at distance but De Vries won't allow it.
De Vries with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
De Vries is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Struthers is defending well for now.
De Vries trying to land knees to the body.
Struthers avoiding damage as De Vries throws knees to the body.
De Vries keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Struthers's efforts to push away.
De Vries tries to land knees in the clinch but Struthers avoids the damage to the body.
Struthers is looking to break free of the clinch but De Vries has double underhooks.
Struthers wants to break free but De Vries has control.
Struthers wants to break the clinch but can't.
De Vries creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Struthers's defenses.
De Vries with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Struthers has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Struthers avoids the elbow strike from De Vries, against the cage.
De Vries lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
De Vries pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Struthers is trying to force a seperation but De Vries has the dominant position.
A nice glancing elbow lands by De Vries.
Struthers wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but De Vries has him pressed against the cage.
De Vries tries a knee to the head but Struthers blocks it.

Struthers manages to break the clinch.
Lee Struthers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

De Vries clinches.
De Vries looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Struthers breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Struthers is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

De Vries has closed the distance and engaged Struthers in a clinch.
De Vries lands a nice knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. De Vries obliges.
A frustrated look appears on Struthers's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Knees to the body from De Vries.
De Vries landing some nice looking knees to the body.
De Vries working Struthers over with knees to the body.
De Vries gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
De Vries missing with knees to the body.
Struthers avoids a wild elbow strike from De Vries.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Vries lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Struthers takes an elbow to the forehead.
De Vries lands a nice elbow.
De Vries throws a knee to the head but misses.
De Vries putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Struthers in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Struthers wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
De Vries lands an elbow inside that Struthers shrugs off.
Struthers managing to block the knees to the body from De Vries.
De Vries tries to land knees in the clinch but Struthers avoids the damage to the body.
Hans De Vries seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
De Vries holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Struthers is looking to break free of the clinch but De Vries has double underhooks.
Struthers tries to circle away but De Vries has him pinned against the cage.
De Vries tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Struthers avoids it.
De Vries using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Struthers has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Struthers wants to break free but De Vries has control.
A knee to the head by De Vries.
De Vries lands an elbow inside.
Struthers wants to break free but De Vries has control.
De Vries tries to land knees in the clinch but Struthers avoids the damage to the body.
Struthers wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but De Vries has him pressed against the cage.
Struthers wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
A knee to the head by De Vries.
De Vries throws a knee to the head but misses.
Struthers wants to break the clinch but can't.
Struthers is trying to break free.
Struthers wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
De Vries landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
De Vries lands an elbow inside.
De Vries lands a knee to the head.
De Vries tries to land knees in the clinch but Struthers avoids the damage to the body.
Struthers is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
De Vries lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Struthers managing to block the knees to the body from De Vries.
De Vries tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
De Vries has Struthers pressed against the cage, preventing Struthers from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Struthers wants to get back to striking at distance but De Vries won't allow it.
De Vries effectively controlling the action here.
Struthers has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Struthers working hard to break the clinch.
De Vries prevents Struthers from breaking the clinch.
De Vries landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A frustrated look appears on Struthers's face as he tries to break the clinch.
De Vries tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Struthers avoids it.
De Vries using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hans De Vries showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

De Vries ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Struthers moves away.
Nice body punch from De Vries.

De Vries moves into the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, De Vries just misses with a elbow thrown towards Struthers's brow.
Struthers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
De Vries tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
De Vries has Struthers pressed against the cage, preventing Struthers from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
De Vries has Struthers pressed against the cage, preventing Struthers from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
De Vries unloads a knee to the mid-section. Struthers lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Struthers tries to circle away but De Vries has him pinned against the cage.
De Vries is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Struthers is defending well for now.
De Vries misses with a knee strike.
De Vries creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Struthers's defenses.
Struthers tries to break the clinch but De Vries is controlling the position.
De Vries lands a nice elbow.
De Vries keeps control of Struthers as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Struthers takes a knee to the side of the body.
De Vries is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Struthers is defending well for now.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Struthers is looking to break free of the clinch but De Vries has double underhooks.
De Vries misses with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from De Vries.
De Vries throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Struthers blocks it with crossed arms.
De Vries has Struthers pressed against the cage, preventing Struthers from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Vries with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
De Vries keeps control of Struthers as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
De Vries has Struthers pressed against the cage, preventing Struthers from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Struthers wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Struthers working hard to break the clinch.
De Vries scores with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from De Vries.
Nice elbow from De Vries.
A frustrated look appears on Struthers's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Struthers takes a knee right on the jaw!
Struthers takes a knee to the side of the body.
De Vries creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Struthers's defenses.
Struthers working hard to break the clinch.
Struthers is trying to force a seperation but De Vries has the dominant position.
De Vries tries a knee to the head but Struthers blocks it.
Struthers has had enough of the clinch but De Vries keeps him there for the moment.
De Vries comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
De Vries throws an elbow but it's blocked.
De Vries working Struthers over with knees to the body.
Struthers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
De Vries tries a knee to the head but Struthers blocks it.
Struthers avoids a wild elbow strike from De Vries.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Struthers is trying to break the clinch but De Vries is controlling him.

Struthers's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
De Vries wants to clinch up but Struthers keeps it at a distance.

Struthers tries to keep at a distance but De Vries has taken the fight into the clinch.
Struthers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Struthers wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
De Vries missing with knees to the body.

Struthers breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
De Vries swings for the body but Struthers moves out of range.
Struthers connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Nice cross by De Vries.
De Vries lands a nice looking body shot.
De Vries tries to clinch but Struthers moves out of range.
Nice jab there from Struthers.
Struthers connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
De Vries ducks under a wild hook from Struthers.

De Vries closes the distance and clinches.
Struthers is trying to break the clinch but De Vries has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Vries tries to land knees in the clinch but Struthers avoids the damage to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Struthers's face as he tries to break the clinch.
De Vries working Struthers over with knees to the body.
De Vries utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Struthers wants to break free but De Vries has control.
De Vries misses with a knee strike.
Struthers wants to break the clinch but can't.
De Vries landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Struthers can't break the clinch.
De Vries lands a damaging elbow.
Hans De Vries is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
De Vries misses with a knee strike.
De Vries tries a knee to the head but Struthers blocks it.
De Vries landing knees to the body.
Lee Struthers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Struthers tries to break the clinch but De Vries is controlling the position.
De Vries pushes off an throws an elbow but Struthers leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Struthers breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Struthers misses with a few strikes there.
De Vries slips a straight right by Struthers.
Struthers moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
De Vries ducks under a wild hook from Struthers.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
A solid leg kick lands there for De Vries.
Lee Struthers is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

De Vries has closed the distance and engaged Struthers in a clinch.
De Vries pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
De Vries has Struthers pushed against the cage.
De Vries comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
De Vries unloads a knee to the mid-section. Struthers lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
De Vries tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Struthers avoids a wild elbow strike from De Vries.
Struthers has had enough of the clinch but De Vries keeps him there for the moment.
Struthers misses with a punch to the body.
De Vries with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Struthers wants to break the clinch but can't.
De Vries is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Struthers is defending well for now.
Struthers blocks an elbow strike from De Vries.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
De Vries lands a damaging elbow.
De Vries landing knees to the head.
De Vries tries to land knees in the clinch but Struthers avoids the damage to the body.
De Vries with a knee to the head.
Struthers tries to circle away but De Vries has him pinned against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hans De Vries comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got De Vries winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 27:30
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hans De Vries!