PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Badr Aerts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Nastanovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bobby Nastanovich has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Aerts
vs
Nastanovich

191 cm
31
220 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

190 cm
21
211 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Good chin

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Badr Aerts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bobby Nastanovich!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Paul Aken and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nastanovich slaps away a takedown attempt from Aerts, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Bobby Nastanovich seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nastanovich loads up on a big right hand but Aerts slips the punch.
Aerts closes this distance looking for a takedown but Nastanovich circles away.

Nastanovich tries to keep at a distance but Aerts has taken the fight into the clinch.
Aerts is looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Badr Aerts. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Aerts landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Nastanovich has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Knees to the body from Aerts.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Aerts unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nastanovich lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nastanovich looks winded!
Aerts comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Bobby Nastanovich has been cut.
Nastanovich wants to break the clinch but can't.
Aerts crunches a lovely knee into Nastanovich's ribcage.
Nice elbow from Aerts.
Aerts lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aerts creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Nastanovich's defenses.

Aerts pulls guard successfully.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

Aerts has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Nastanovich is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Aerts lands an elbow just above Nastanovich 's eye.

That has opened up Bobby Nastanovich's cut even more.
Aerts lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Aerts lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Aerts lands a nice elbow.

The cut above Bobby Nastanovich's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Nastanovich takes an elbow to the forehead.

Bobby Nastanovich's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Bobby Nastanovich's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Badr Aerts!