PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Angelo Giles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steven Charmant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Charmant is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by NerdNerd. Angelo Giles has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Giles
vs
Charmant

209 cm
24
194 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

181 cm
24
176 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite 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 1 - 3 - 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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Steven Charmant!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Albert Achterberg and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Charmant dives in and scores a takedown into Giles's guard.
Giles 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 wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

Giles working for a triangle but Charmant defends it easily.
Giles trying to control the position here.
Charmant looks winded!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Giles's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Charmant pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Giles is keeping the position for now.
Charmant stopping the sweep attempt from Giles.
Giles is pulling down on Charmant's head to control his posture.

That's two 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 has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Charmant misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Giles takes the fight into the clinch.
Charmant looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Giles tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Charmant's elbow.
Charmant connects with a nasty looking knee right to Giles's face.

It looks like Angelo Giles has been cut.
Giles prevents Charmant from breaking the clinch.

Charmant pulls Giles into guard.
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 stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Charmant misses with a body kick.
Giles thinks about countering with a body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Giles gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Giles stalling in the clinch.
Charmant blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Charmant has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Giles uses from the top position.
Giles is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Giles scoring with some ground and pound.

Giles decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Charmant, up you get!

Charmant closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Charmant lands in his opponent's guard.
Giles wants to stand but Charmant is controlling the position.
Giles wants to sweep here but Charmant controlling him for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Giles pushes Charmant off and scrambles back to his feet.

Giles throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Charmant tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Giles is in Charmant's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Charmant wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Giles manages to pass to side control.

Giles is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Charmant defends it well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Angelo Giles dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Angelo Giles's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Giles closes the distance and clinches.
Giles controlling the action here for a moment.
Giles effectively controlling the action here.

Charmant is trying to trip Giles. He has hold of a leg but Giles is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Charmant persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Charmant looking to sit in guard and control but Giles gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Giles with a nice head shot there.
Charmant is breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Giles working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Charmant's head.

Giles thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Giles landing some decent shots from guard.
Charmant really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Giles. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Giles stands up over Charmant, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Giles thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Giles makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Giles is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Giles thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Charmant wants to control but Giles passes easily into half guard.

Giles is looking for a kimura but Charmant is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Giles to get the leverage.
Charmant is not content to let Giles control the position.

Charmant is defending against the submission attempts here by Giles.
Giles trying to control from half guard but Charmant is working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giles looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Charmant with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Giles landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Giles will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Giles takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Charmant is looking to improve his position.
Giles slips a nice elbow through Charmant's hands, connecting with Charmant's forehead.
Giles wants to take a breather but Charmant is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Giles passes the guard and advances to mount!
Giles has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Giles lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Charmant is in a horrible position here. Giles smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Giles has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Charmant's face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Angelo Giles dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Angelo Giles's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Giles closes the distance and clinches.
Giles'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.

Charmant pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Charmant doesn't manage to clinch there - Giles circles away.
Charmant throws a lazy head kick

and Giles counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Giles with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Giles scoring with some ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Giles's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Giles is working Charmant over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Charmant takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Giles working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Charmant's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Giles working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Angelo Giles overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Giles trying to control the position from guard on top but Charmant is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Giles stands up and waves to Charmant to follow him.

Giles gets a clinch.
Giles creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Charmant's defenses.
A bit of stalling here from Giles.
Giles is struggling to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giles dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Giles for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Charmant tries to break the clinch but Giles is controlling the position.
Giles stalling the fight.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Angelo Giles.

Giles clinches up with Charmant and pushes him back against the cage.
Giles manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Giles is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giles avoiding damage.
Giles manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Giles manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Angelo Giles.

Giles clinches with his opponent.

That's four 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.
Charmant blocks an elbow strike from Giles.
Giles controlling the action here for a moment.
Giles holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Giles trying to land knees to the body.
Steven Charmant has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Giles is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Charmant can do to turn this around?
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Giles tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Charmant's elbow.

Charmant turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Charmant manages to end up in side control.
Angelo Giles is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Giles is trying to control Charmant's posture but Charmant avoids it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Angelo Giles showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Giles, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Angelo Giles!
Steven Charmant was interviewed post fight and said 'At least i played fair, and gave what i got.'.