PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Filip Van Tilen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leonard Nessi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nessi has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Leonard Nessi has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Van Tilen
vs
Nessi

189 cm
22
197 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

169 cm
18
182 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Prefers standup

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Filip Van Tilen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Leonard Nessi!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Daniel Franklin and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Van Tilen moves into range and clinches up with Nessi.
Nessi tries to stall but Van Tilen uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Nessi leaning against his opponent.
Van Tilen misses with a knee to the head.
Nessi has Van Tilen pressed against the cage.
Van Tilen misses with a knee to the head.
Van Tilen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Van Tilen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That has opened up Leonard Nessi's cut even more.
Nessi looks winded!
Nessi trying to control the position but instead, Van Tilen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Nessi into the cage.
Nessi should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Van Tilen misses with a knee to the head.
Nessi looking to slow down the pace here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Leonard Nessi.

Van Tilen moves into range and clinches up with Nessi.
Van Tilen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nessi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Van Tilen tries to land a knee to the head but Nessi blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nessi trying to control the position but instead, Van Tilen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Nessi into the cage.
Van Tilen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Van Tilen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Van Tilen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nessi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nessi stalling the fight.
Van Tilen misses with a knee to the head.
Van Tilen misses with a knee strike.
Van Tilen scores with a knee to the head.
Van Tilen tries a knee to the head but Nessi blocks it.
Van Tilen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nessi avoiding damage.
Van Tilen looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Nessi is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Van Tilen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Tilen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nessi is pushing Van Tilen up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A knee to the head by Van Tilen.
Come on Nessi - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Van Tilen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nessi blocks it with crossed arms.
Van Tilen looking to throw knees to the head but Nessi is blocking nicely.
Van Tilen misses with a knee to the head.
Van Tilen being controlled against the cage.
Van Tilen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nessi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nessi avoiding damage.
Van Tilen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nessi blocks it with crossed arms.
Nessi avoiding damage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Leonard Nessi.

Van Tilen takes the fight into the clinch.
Van Tilen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Van Tilen misses with a knee to the head.
Nessi takes a knee right on the jaw!
Van Tilen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nessi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Van Tilen looking to throw knees to the head but Nessi is blocking nicely.
Van Tilen tries to land a knee to the head but Nessi blocks with his arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nessi'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.
Nessi takes a knee right on the jaw!
Van Tilen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Van Tilen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Van Tilen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nessi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Van Tilen misses with a knee strike.
Nessi holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Van Tilen tries to land a knee to the head but Nessi blocks with his arms.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Van Tilen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Van Tilen throws a knee to the head but misses.
The referee calls for Nessi to work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Filip Van Tilen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Leonard Nessi's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Van Tilen clinches up with Nessi and pushes him back against the cage.
Van Tilen misses with a knee strike.
Nessi trying to control the position but instead, Van Tilen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Nessi into the cage.
Van Tilen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Van Tilen tries to land a knee to the head but Nessi blocks with his arms.
Van Tilen tries to land a knee to the head but Nessi blocks with his arms.
Van Tilen misses with a knee strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Tilen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Van Tilen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nessi blocks it with crossed arms.
Nessi has Van Tilen pushed against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Tilen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Van Tilen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nessi stalling the fight.
Nessi has Van Tilen pressed against the cage.
Nessi receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Nessi taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Leonard Nessi.

Van Tilen moves into the clinch.
Van Tilen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Nessi's face.
Nessi looking to stall.
Nessi is trying to maintain a safe position but Van Tilen gets an underhook and turns Nessi into the cage.
Nessi is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Van Tilen has denied him.
Van Tilen tries a knee to the head but Nessi blocks it.
Van Tilen tries a knee to the head but Nessi blocks it.
Nessi stalling the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Tilen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nessi blocks it with crossed arms.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Van Tilen tries to land a knee to the head but Nessi blocks with his arms.
Van Tilen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nessi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Van Tilen tries a knee to the head but Nessi blocks it.
Van Tilen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Van Tilen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Van Tilen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nessi is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Van Tilen is keeping busy.
Van Tilen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nessi pressing his opponent against the cage.
Van Tilen throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Tilen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nessi taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Van Tilen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Van Tilen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nessi blocks it with crossed arms.
Van Tilen tries to land a knee to the head but Nessi blocks with his arms.
Van Tilen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nessi looking to stall.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Van Tilen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Van Tilen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nessi can do to turn this around?
Van Tilen tries to land a knee to the head but Nessi blocks with his arms.
Van Tilen with a knee to the head.
Van Tilen misses with a knee strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Tilen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Van Tilen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nessi blocks it with crossed arms.
Van Tilen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Van Tilen misses with a knee to the head.
Filip Van Tilen has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Van Tilen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Van Tilen misses with a knee to the head.
Nessi is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Van Tilen is keeping busy.
Nessi dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Van Tilen tries a knee to the head but Nessi blocks it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Van Tilen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nessi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Van Tilen tries to land a knee to the head but Nessi blocks with his arms.
Van Tilen misses with a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Tilen tries a knee to the head but Nessi blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Filip Van Tilen dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Leonard Nessi's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

Van Tilen has taken the fight to the clinch.
Van Tilen misses with a knee to the head.
Van Tilen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Nessi takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Van Tilen connects with a knee to the head.
Van Tilen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Van Tilen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Van Tilen tries to land a knee to the head but Nessi blocks with his arms.
Nessi has Van Tilen pushed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Tilen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nessi is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Van Tilen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Van Tilen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nessi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nessi stalling against the cage.
Van Tilen tries to land a knee to the head but Nessi blocks with his arms.
Van Tilen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Van Tilen tries a knee to the head but Nessi blocks it.
Van Tilen misses with a knee to the head.
Van Tilen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Van Tilen tries a knee to the head but Nessi blocks it.
Nessi looking to slow down the pace here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Tilen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nessi leaning his opponent against the cage.
Van Tilen landing knees to the head.
Van Tilen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Van Tilen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Van Tilen misses with a knee to the head.
Van Tilen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Van Tilen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Van Tilen landing knees to the head.
Van Tilen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Van Tilen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nessi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nessi stalling in the clinch.
Van Tilen tries a knee to the head but Nessi blocks it.
Van Tilen tries to land a knee to the head but Nessi blocks with his arms.
Van Tilen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Van Tilen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Van Tilen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Van Tilen misses with a knee strike.
A knee to the head by Van Tilen.
A knee to the head by Van Tilen.
Nessi controlling the action here for a moment.
Van Tilen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Van Tilen connects with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Tilen misses with a knee to the head.
Van Tilen looking to throw knees to the head but Nessi is blocking nicely.
Van Tilen tries a knee to the head but Nessi blocks it.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Van Tilen tries to land a knee to the head but Nessi blocks with his arms.
Van Tilen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Van Tilen misses with a knee strike.
Van Tilen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Van Tilen tries a knee to the head but Nessi blocks it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Nessi takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Van Tilen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The referee calls for Nessi to work.
Leonard Nessi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Filip Van Tilen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nessi misses with a hook to the ribs.

And that's the end of the fight!
Filip Van Tilen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Van Tilen 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 Winston Alpacca scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Filip Van Tilen!