PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Giovanni Van Sneijder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fat Pat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pat has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Fat Pat will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Van Sneijder
vs
Pat

209 cm
18
294 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
25
300 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Giovanni Van Sneijder!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Fat Pat!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Steven Brown and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Sneijder looks to score with a jab to the body but Pat is just out of range.
Van Sneijder throws a right and a left that Pat avoids nicely.
Pat takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Van Sneijder throws a right and a left that both miss.
Van Sneijder avoids a punch combination nicely.
Van Sneijder swinging wildly here.
Van Sneijder throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Van Sneijder fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Van Sneijder misses with a two punch combination.
Pat misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Van Sneijder listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Van Sneijder scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Pat doesn't seem bothered though.
Pat fails to land with a series of punches.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Pat looks gassed!
Van Sneijder lands with a shot to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Pat ducks under a wild hook from Van Sneijder.
Van Sneijder feints a jab promting Pat to slip. Van Sneijder then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Pat slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

It looks like Fat Pat has been cut.
Van Sneijder tries to bum rush Pat with a series of wild strikes but Pat uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Van Sneijder swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Sneijder throws a right and a left that Pat avoids nicely.
Van Sneijder throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pat avoids a punch combination nicely.
Van Sneijder looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pat showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Van Sneijder.
Van Sneijder throws a right and a left that Pat avoids nicely.
Van Sneijder misses with a series of wild punches.
Van Sneijder throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pat.
Van Sneijder fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Van Sneijder misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pat throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Van Sneijder misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pat misses with a wild combination.
Van Sneijder misses with a two punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pat avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Van Sneijder misses with the combination.
Van Sneijder swings for the body but Pat moves out of range.
Pat slips a jab and a cross from Van Sneijder.
Van Sneijder looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Van Sneijder fails to land with a series of punches.
Pat lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Van Sneijder throws a nice looking combination but Pat bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Van Sneijder misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pat misses with a double jab.
Van Sneijder throws a right hand that Pat ducks under and follows up with a left that Pat also avoids with ease.
Van Sneijder misses with the combination.
Pat throws a right and a left that Van Sneijder avoids nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Sneijder will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Van Sneijder tries to bum rush Pat with a series of wild strikes but Pat uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Van Sneijder fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pat manages to avoid it.
No joy there for Van Sneijder, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pat will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Van Sneijder listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Van Sneijder throws a nice looking combination but Pat bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Van Sneijder misses with a series of wild punches.
Pat throws a series of strikes that have Van Sneijder backpedaling.
Van Sneijder fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Van Sneijder throws a nice looking combination but Pat bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A combination from Van Sneijder does no damage.
Pat scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Sneijder throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pat.
Van Sneijder throws a right and a left that both miss.
Van Sneijder throws a right and a left that both miss.
Van Sneijder throws a nice looking combination but Pat bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Van Sneijder slips a jab and a cross from Pat.
Pat slips a jab and a cross from Van Sneijder.
Pat lands a two punch combo.
A combination from Pat does no damage.
A combination from Van Sneijder does no damage.
Sloppy strikes from Van Sneijder. Those never looked like landing.
Van Sneijder misses with a wild combination.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Van Sneijder dodges the punch combination from Pat.
Van Sneijder misses with the combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Giovanni Van Sneijder dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fat Pat's cut.
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 Sneijder scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Van Sneijder throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pat rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Van Sneijder moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
No joy there for Pat, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Van Sneijder throws a right and a left that Pat avoids nicely.
Van Sneijder throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pat looks to land a combination but Van Sneijder avoids it well.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Van Sneijder!
Pat slips a jab and a cross from Van Sneijder.
Van Sneijder swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A punch combination from Van Sneijder misses.
Van Sneijder misses with a jab, cross combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pat throws a series of punches but Van Sneijder moves out of range.
Giovanni Van Sneijder is winning the standup battle so far.
Van Sneijder throws a series of punches but Pat avoids them all with ease.
Van Sneijder looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Van Sneijder misses with a few strikes there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pat throws a series of punches but Van Sneijder moves out of range.
Van Sneijder misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pat throws a nice looking combination but Van Sneijder bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Van Sneijder dodges the punch combination from Pat.
Van Sneijder throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pat.
Van Sneijder misses with a two punch combination.
Van Sneijder scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A combination from Van Sneijder does no damage.
A combination from Pat does no damage.
Van Sneijder connects with a body shot.
Van Sneijder fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pat swinging wildly here.
Van Sneijder throws a series of punches but Pat avoids them all with ease.
Pat rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Van Sneijder moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Sneijder throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Van Sneijder throws a nice looking combination but Pat bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Pat!
A punch combination from Pat misses.
Van Sneijder will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Van Sneijder misses with a series of wild punches.
Pat misses with a double jab.
Giovanni Van Sneijder is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Van Sneijder looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Van Sneijder fails to land with a series of punches.
Pat swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pat throws a nice looking combination but Van Sneijder bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Van Sneijder misses with a few strikes there.
Van Sneijder fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Sneijder swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Van Sneijder throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pat.
Van Sneijder ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pat moves away.
Van Sneijder misses with a hook.
Van Sneijder avoids a punch combination nicely.
Van Sneijder misses with the combination.
Pat misses with a double jab.
Van Sneijder tries to bum rush Pat with a series of wild strikes but Pat uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Van Sneijder lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pat circles away quickly and effectively.
Pat misses with a few strikes there.
Pat showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Van Sneijder.
Pat throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Van Sneijder is looking to wear down Pat with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Van Sneijder throws a nice looking combination but Pat bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Sneijder looks to land a combination but Pat avoids it well.
Van Sneijder throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Van Sneijder throws a right and a left that Pat avoids nicely.
Pat rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Van Sneijder moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Van Sneijder fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Van Sneijder throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Van Sneijder throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pat throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Van Sneijder.
Van Sneijder misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pat fails to land with a series of punches.
A punch combination from Van Sneijder misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Van Sneijder avoids a punch combination nicely.
Van Sneijder misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pat showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Van Sneijder.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Giovanni Van Sneijder dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Fat Pat's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Van Sneijder throws a nice looking combination but Pat bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Van Sneijder throws a series of punches but Pat avoids them all with ease.
Van Sneijder swinging wildly here.
Sloppy strikes from Van Sneijder. Those never looked like landing.
Van Sneijder is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Pat.
Pat swinging wildly here.
Van Sneijder looks to land a combination but Pat avoids it well.
Van Sneijder misses with a two punch combination.
Van Sneijder throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Van Sneijder misses with the combination.
Pat misses with a wild combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Van Sneijder will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Sneijder avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pat on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Van Sneijder misses with a wild combination.
Van Sneijder misses with a two punch combination.
Sloppy strikes from Pat. Those never looked like landing.
Van Sneijder slips a jab and a cross from Pat.
Van Sneijder throws a nice looking combination but Pat bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pat misses with a double jab.
Van Sneijder misses with a series of wild punches.
Pat tries to bum rush Van Sneijder with a series of wild strikes but Van Sneijder uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Van Sneijder misses with a series of wild punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Sneijder misses with a series of wild punches.
Van Sneijder tries to bum rush Pat with a series of wild strikes but Pat uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Van Sneijder fails to land with a series of punches.
Pat throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pat tries to bum rush Van Sneijder with a series of wild strikes but Van Sneijder uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Van Sneijder misses with a few strikes there.
Pat fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A combination from Pat does no damage.
A punch combination from Pat misses.
Van Sneijder cracks Pat with a good jab.
Pat dodges the punch combination from Van Sneijder.
Van Sneijder misses the body punch
and Pat counters with a left and a right that stings Van Sneijder.
Van Sneijder misses with a series of wild punches.
Pat feints a jab promting Van Sneijder to slip. Pat then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Van Sneijder slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pat misses with a series of wild punches.
Van Sneijder changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Van Sneijder misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A punch combination from Van Sneijder misses.
Fat Pat has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pat misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pat misses with a wild combination.
Pat throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Van Sneijder lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pat circles away quickly and effectively.
Pat swinging wildly here.
Van Sneijder will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Pat!
Van Sneijder just misses with a punch to the body.
Van Sneijder will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Van Sneijder throws a right and a left that Pat avoids nicely.
Van Sneijder swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Some wild striking there from Pat.
Pat moves out of range of the strikes.
Van Sneijder throws a right hand that Pat ducks under and follows up with a left that Pat also avoids with ease.
Van Sneijder misses with a two punch combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Van Sneijder showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pat.
Van Sneijder misses with a jab, cross combination.
Giovanni Van Sneijder is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Pat misses with the combination.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Giovanni Van Sneijder.
Well Van Sneijder has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Giovanni Van Sneijder!