PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Angelo Giles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David De Vries (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Giles
vs
De Vries

209 cm
24
194 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
184 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Angelo Giles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, David De Vries!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Nard Betker and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Vries throws a sloppy head kick and Giles moves out of range easily.
David De Vries seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Vries scores with a punch to the head.

De Vries shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. De Vries showed some decent athleticism there.
Giles is not content to let De Vries control the position.
Giles wants to control the action here but instead De Vries manages to pass to full mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Giles wants to hold on but De Vries pushes him away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Giles working to try and regain half guard.
De Vries throwing strikes here but Giles is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Vries throwing strikes here but Giles is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
De Vries punching from mount but Giles doing a good job of avoiding damage.
De Vries can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Giles is looking to escape.
Giles tries to reverse the position but De Vries maintains control.
De Vries controlling from the full mount.
De Vries punching from mount but Giles doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Giles wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by De Vries.
Giles tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giles tries to control De Vries's body but De Vries pushes him off. Giles squirms to his side and now De Vries has his back!
Giles trying to control the action but De Vries just sinks the hooks in.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Giles is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Giles manages to reverse the position and now he's in De Vries's guard. Nice work there by Giles.
Giles throwing strikes from guard but De Vries blocks nicely.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Giles postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Giles wanted to stand there but De Vries had control of the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giles keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of De Vries's head.
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.
Giles is working De Vries over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
De Vries wants to hit a switch here but Giles passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for De Vries there!
De Vries sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Giles tries to stand and escape but De Vries is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Giles looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
De Vries desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Giles working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Giles is sneakily working for an arm triangle but De Vries sees it coming and defends easily.
De Vries wants to control but Giles is keeping busy.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Giles is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David De Vries dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Giles wants to clinch.

Giles gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows De Vries to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Giles is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Vries postures up.
David De Vries has got the better of the ground game so far.
De Vries throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Giles is trying to keep De Vries in close.
Giles is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
De Vries tries to free his leg and advance position but Giles is retaining full guard.
Giles has control of De Vries's left arm, preventing De Vries from doing any damage.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Giles will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Giles looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
De Vries lands a head shot.

De Vries has managed to clinch.
Giles stalling in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giles stalling in the clinch but De Vries improves position.

De Vries pulls Giles into guard.
Giles passes easily into side control. Nice work.
De Vries tries to control but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
Giles avoids the attempt from De Vries to control.

Giles get's back to his feet.

De Vries closes the distance and clinches.
Giles will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning De Vries up against the cage.

De Vries pulls guard successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giles lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Giles landing some decent shots from guard.

Giles got a little sloppy there for a moment and De Vries has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Giles has managed to get both his arms back between De Vries's legs - danger averted.
Giles preventing the sweep.

Giles stands up from De Vries's guard - Giles perhaps looking for a knockout.
De Vries fails in his attempt to 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.
Giles misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

De Vries gets the takedown into side control.

De Vries has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Giles tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but De Vries paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sloppy strikes from De Vries. Those never looked like landing.
De Vries is breathing heavily.
De Vries loads up on a big right hand but Giles slips the punch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Giles wants to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David De Vries showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Giles tries to clinch but De Vries moves out of range.
Giles really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Giles tries to clinch up but De Vries circles away and keeps his distance.
De Vries throws a right and a left that Giles avoids nicely.
As De Vries looks to move away, Giles throws a big counter combo bu De Vries just gets out of the way.
De Vries moves in looking to clinch but Giles pushes him off.
De Vries displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Giles.
De Vries wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

De Vries gets a takedown into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Giles keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Giles wants to improve his position but De Vries is controlling well.
De Vries is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Giles gets back to half guard.
De Vries has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Giles is looking to control De Vries's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Giles avoid being mounted?
Giles is looking for a sweep. De Vries is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Giles has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. De Vries is working away from the top position though.

De Vries decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Giles takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
De Vries keeps the fight on the outside.

De Vries shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Giles is looking to get back to full guard here but De Vries has managed to pass to side control instead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giles trying his best to control but De Vries has mounted him.
Giles really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
De Vries throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Giles tries to reverse the position but De Vries maintains control.
De Vries controlling from mount.
Giles tries to control De Vries's body but De Vries pushes him off. Giles squirms to his side and now De Vries has his back!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Giles trying to control but not successfully.
De Vries trying to control momentarily.
Giles is really stuck here.

De Vries tightening his grip on Giles, looking for the choke.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

De Vries has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Giles has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!

And that's the end of the fight!
David De Vries comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well De Vries has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 27:30
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 27:30

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