PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Henk de Vries (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bubba Blake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Henk de Vries had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

de Vries
vs
Blake

185 cm
19
175 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
22
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Henk de Vries!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bubba Blake!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paul Aken and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blake thumps de Vries with a low kick.
de Vries tries for a takedown but Blake sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Blake tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but de Vries paws at him with a jab and circles away.
de Vries dives in and grabs Blake's left leg, looking for a takedown. Blake pushes down on de Vries's head and hops out.
de Vries takes a kick to the side of the head.

Blake fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with de Vries, pushing him back against the cage.
Blake lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Blake just misses with a elbow thrown towards de Vries's brow.
de Vries on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
de Vries tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Henk de Vries. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Blake lands a knee to the body.
Blake pushes off an throws an elbow but de Vries leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Blake throws an elbow that misses.
de Vries has Blake pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Blake manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
de Vries takes a knee right on the jaw!
Blake stops a takedown attempt from de Vries.
Blake utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
de Vries tries for a takedown but Blake manages to get underhooks.
de Vries is breathing heavily.
Blake stalling in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blake throws a knee to the head but misses.
Blake is pressed up against the cage. de Vries has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Blake down to the mat. Blake avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Blake clinches.
de Vries drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
de Vries is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Blake gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Blake throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Blake with a knee to the head.
Blake putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has de Vries in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Blake tries a knee to the head but de Vries blocks it.
Blake putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has de Vries in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
de Vries takes a knee right on the jaw!
Blake lands a knee to the head.
Blake unloads a knee to the mid-section. de Vries lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Blake misses with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blake misses with an elbow over the top.
Nice elbow from Blake.
Blake connects with a nasty looking knee right to de Vries's face.
Blake connects with a knee to the head.
Blake landing knees to the body.
Blake is pushing de Vries up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Blake utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Blake stalling the fight.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Blake obliges.
Blake lands a knee to the head.
de Vries takes a knee to the side of the body.
Blake connects with a nasty looking knee right to de Vries's face.
de Vries drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Blake gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Blake landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
de Vries blocks the elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on de Vries's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Blake obliges.
Blake utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Blake tries a knee to the head but de Vries blocks it.
Blake prevents a body shot from de Vries.
Blake landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Blake displaying some good clinch control by pressing de Vries up against the cage.
Blake with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Blake lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Blake lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Blake looking to throw knees to the head but de Vries is blocking nicely.
de Vries fails to pull the fight into his guard.
de Vries takes a knee to the side of the body.
Blake utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
de Vries on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Blake lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
de Vries is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
With the fighters up against the cage, Blake throws an elbow but misses.
Blake scores a nice knee to the body.
Blake landing knees to the head.
Blake managing to block the knees to the body from de Vries.
Blake scores with a knee to the head.
Blake tries a knee to the head but de Vries blocks it.
Blake tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
de Vries tries to break free but Blake pushes him back against the cage.
de Vries jumps guard but Blake stands there with de Vries around his waist. de Vries gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Blake unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Blake obliges.
Blake working de Vries over with knees to the body.
Blake using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
de Vries takes a knee right on the jaw!
Blake landing knees to the head.
Blake is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bubba Blake dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Blake rushes de Vries and presses him up against the cage.
Blake lands a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
de Vries jumps guard but Blake stands there with de Vries around his waist. de Vries gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Blake tries a knee to the head but de Vries blocks it.
Knees to the body from Blake.
Blake keeps control of de Vries as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Blake stops a takedown attempt from de Vries.
de Vries tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Blake smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Henk de Vries. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Blake lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blake throws a head kick that half lands.
Blake throws a head kick that misses.
Good leg kick by Blake there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

Blake moves into the clinch.
Blake lands a good knee to the midsection. de Vries won't want to take too many of those.
Blake lands a good knee to the midsection. de Vries won't want to take too many of those.
Blake scores a nice knee to the body.
Blake displaying some good clinch control by pressing de Vries up against the cage.
Blake crunches a lovely knee into de Vries's ribcage.
de Vries has Blake pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Blake manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Blake landing knees to the head.
de Vries takes a knee to the side of the body.
Blake just leaning against de Vries, taking a breather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Blake landing knees to the head.
Blake throws a knee to the head but misses.

de Vries jumps guard and drags Blake to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
de Vries is trying to control the position from the bottom.
de Vries striking off his back but it's not causing Blake any problems.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blake content to stall in guard here.
Blake preventing the sweep.

de Vries is looking for a triangle but Blake pushes his legs off easily.
Blake showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Blake scores with a head kick.
Blake throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
de Vries takes a kick to the side of the head.
de Vries fails with a takedown attempt.
Blake dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on de Vries. That did some damage!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bubba Blake showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! de Vries's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Blake moves into the clinch successfully.
de Vries tries to land knees in the clinch but Blake avoids the damage to the body.
Blake utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Blake tries to land a knee to the head but de Vries blocks with his arms.
de Vries tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Blake avoids it.
de Vries avoids the elbow strike from Blake, against the cage.
Blake with a knee to the head.
Blake with a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on de Vries's face as he tries to break the clinch.
de Vries has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Blake lands a knee to the body.
Blake connects with a nasty looking knee right to de Vries's face.
Blake stalling.
Blake scores a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
de Vries takes a knee right on the jaw!
Blake lands a knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Blake.

de Vries successfully pulls guard.

de Vries looking for a guillotine here but Blake defends easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blake tries to stand but de Vries is controlling from the bottom.
de Vries looking for a sweep. Not yet de Vries, not yet.
Henk de Vries has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Blake slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
de Vries is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
de Vries is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Blake won't allow de Vries to sweep him here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
de Vries takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Blake tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
de Vries takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Bubba Blake is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
de Vries takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Blake looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Blake gets a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for Blake to work.
Blake utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Blake landing knees to the head.
Blake unloads a knee to the mid-section. de Vries lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Blake working de Vries over with knees to the body.
Blake lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Blake lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Blake unloads a knee to the mid-section. de Vries lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees to the body from Blake.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Blake scores with a knee to the head.
de Vries is trying to maintain a safe position but Blake gets an underhook and turns de Vries into the cage.
de Vries fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Bubba Blake seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
de Vries takes an elbow to the temple.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bubba Blake comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Blake 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 26:30
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 26:30
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bubba Blake!