PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Van Rijn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Riku Haukka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Van Rijn might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Francesco Zappalà - No Way Out. Haukka has chosen Richie Hawtin - The Tunnel as his entrance music. On his way into the ring it seems that Mike Van Rijn has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Mike Van Rijn seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Van Rijn
vs
Haukka

196 cm
23
210 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

195 cm
23
205 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mike Van Rijn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Riku Haukka!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Nard Betker and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haukka throws a series of punches but Van Rijn moves out of range.
Van Rijn fails with an attempt to clinch.
Van Rijn tries to close the distance and clinch up but Haukka swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Riku Haukka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Haukka thows a body shot but no joy.
Haukka misses with a wild combination.
Haukka lands a jab.
Haukka scores with a punch to the head.
Haukka throws a hook but Van Rijn avoids it easily.
A swing and a miss from Haukka.
Van Rijn is looking to clinch but Haukka is avoiding it.
Haukka throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Haukka misses with a body shot.
Haukka lands a with a good body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Rijn tries to clinch there but Haukka circles away.
Haukka misses with a double jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Haukka.
A lazy left from Haukka finds it's target.

It looks like Mike Van Rijn has been cut.
Haukka lands with a straight right. Van Rijn didn't see that one coming.
Haukka misses with an uppercut. Van Rijn saw that one coming.
Van Rijn takes a jab right on the kisser.
Van Rijn is looking to clinch but Haukka is avoiding it.
Van Rijn throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Haukka to counter with a crisp jab.
Decent striking displayed by Haukka there.
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!

Van Rijn clinches with his opponent.
Van Rijn using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Haukka is trying to break the clinch but Van Rijn is controlling him.
Van Rijn landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Haukka blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haukka avoiding damage as Van Rijn throws knees to the body.
Van Rijn missing with knees to the body.
Van Rijn unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Haukka lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Van Rijn backwards.
Van Rijn misses with a knee strike.
Van Rijn has Haukka pressed against the ropes, preventing Haukka from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Haukka wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Van Rijn tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Haukka avoids it.
Van Rijn lands a damaging elbow.
Haukka wants to break free but Van Rijn has control.
Haukka managing to block the knees to the body from Van Rijn.
Haukka has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Haukka on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Van Rijn tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Haukka avoids it.
Haukka wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Knees in the clinch landing for Van Rijn.
Van Rijn is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Haukka is defending well for now.
Van Rijn misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Haukka.
Van Rijn tries to land knees in the clinch but Haukka avoids the damage to the body.
Haukka blocks an elbow strike from Van Rijn.
Van Rijn misses with a knee strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Rijn tries to land a knee to the head but Haukka blocks with his arms.
Van Rijn throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Van Rijn just misses with a elbow thrown towards Haukka's brow.
Van Rijn goes for a takedown in the clinch but Haukka prevents it.
Haukka blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Van Rijn missing with knees to the body.
Haukka wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Van Rijn pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Haukka, as that shot connected.
Jab, jab by Haukka - just one landing.
A lazy left from Haukka finds it's target.
Van Rijn slips under a jab from Haukka.
Van Rijn tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Haukka cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Rijn takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Van Rijn takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Haukka lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Haukka tries to bum rush Van Rijn with a series of wild strikes but Van Rijn uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Van Rijn throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Haukka fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Van Rijn looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Haukka misses with a hook.
Van Rijn on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Haukka might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Van Rijn scores with a leg kick.
Haukka moves away from the strike by Van Rijn.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Van Rijn takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Haukka cracks Van Rijn with a good jab.
Haukka fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Van Rijn looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Riku Haukka dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mike Van Rijn'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.

Van Rijn avoids a punch combination nicely.
Haukka scores with a body shot.
Haukka swinging wilding here.
Van Rijn takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Van Rijn misses with a combination
and Haukka counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Haukka scores with a jab to the body.
A cross from Haukka lands.
A punch combination from Haukka misses.
Haukka cracks Van Rijn with a right hand to the side of the head.
Haukka cracks Van Rijn with a right hand to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haukka scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Haukka jabs at Van Rijn's body.
Riku Haukka is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice body punch from Haukka.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Haukka bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Haukka throws out a loose jab but Van Rijn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Haukka lands a right hook to the body.
Van Rijn wants to clinch
and Haukka counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Haukka moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Haukka connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Van Rijn momentarily.
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!
Haukka on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Mike Van Rijn is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Haukka smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Rijn avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Haukka throws a predictable looking body shot
and Van Rijn counters with a head kick.
Van Rijn takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Van Rijn takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Van Rijn takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Van Rijn dodges the punch combination from Haukka.
Van Rijn shoots in for a double leg but Haukka sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Van Rijn looks to clinch
and Haukka counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Haukka scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Haukka misses with a straight left.
Van Rijn wants to clinch but Haukka slips to the side
and Haukka counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Rijn walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Haukka misses with a combination

and Van Rijn moves into the clinch.
Van Rijn is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Haukka is defending well for now.
Haukka blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Haukka is trying to break free.
Van Rijn wants a takedown but no success here.
Haukka lands a body shot.
Van Rijn keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Haukka's efforts to push away.
Van Rijn throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Van Rijn tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Van Rijn. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Haukka on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Haukka on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Haukka tries to break free but Van Rijn pushes him back against the ropes.
Van Rijn creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Van Rijn throws an elbow but it misses.
Van Rijn is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Haukka pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Van Rijn looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Haukka looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Van Rijn just misses with a elbow thrown towards Haukka's brow.
Haukka working hard to break the clinch.
Van Rijn has Haukka pressed against the ropes, preventing Haukka from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Van Rijn manages to break the clinch.
A jab from Haukka does it's job there.
Van Rijn on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Haukka catches Van Rijn with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Van Rijn darts in trying to clinch
and Haukka connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Haukka falls off balance throwing a combination
and Van Rijn counters with a one-two to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Van Rijn takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Haukka has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Haukka stuns Van Rijn with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Riku Haukka showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Mike Van Rijn's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Van Rijn slips a jab and a cross from Haukka.
Van Rijn closes the distance but Haukka moves to the side
and Haukka counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Van Rijn has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Van Rijn there as he acknowledges the shot.
Van Rijn looks to clinch
and Haukka counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Haukka throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Van Rijn.
Haukka misses with a two punch combination.
Van Rijn tries to grapple but his opponent circles
enabling Haukka to counter with a crisp jab.
Haukka jabs at Van Rijn's body.
Haukka throws a combination. Van Rijn tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Haukka cracks Van Rijn with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good shot there by Haukka.
Van Rijn closes the distance looking to clinch
and Haukka connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Van Rijn on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Haukka cracks a nice hook into Van Rijn's ribs.
Van Rijn tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Haukka connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Haukka lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Haukka throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Haukka throws an overhand right that lands on Van Rijn's shoulder, as Van Rijn tries to avoid the shot.
Van Rijn looks to clinch
and Haukka counters with a stiff right hand.

Mike Van Rijn's cut is getting worse.
Haukka scores with a jab to the body.
Mike Van Rijn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Haukka lands a nice shot that snaps Van Rijn's head back.
Van Rijn lands with a right hand.
Van Rijn slips under a jab.
Haukka throws a right hand that Van Rijn ducks under and follows up with a left that Van Rijn also avoids with ease.
Van Rijn takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Van Rijn closes the distance but Haukka moves to the side
enabling Haukka to counter with a crisp jab.
Haukka waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Van Rijn.
Van Rijn looks to throw the jab but Haukka is out of range.
Haukka paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Haukka ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Van Rijn moves away.
Haukka looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haukka throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A jab from Haukka misses.
Van Rijn throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Haukka throws a combination that misses

and Van Rijn counters by moving into the clinch.
Haukka avoiding damage as Van Rijn throws knees to the body.
Haukka tries to break free but Van Rijn pushes him back against the ropes.
Van Rijn tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Van Rijn lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Van Rijn misses with a knee to the head.
Haukka blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Haukka managing to block the knees to the body from Van Rijn.
Haukka is trying to force a seperation but Van Rijn has the dominant position.
Van Rijn misses with a knee strike.
Haukka working hard to break the clinch.
Haukka managing to block the knees to the body from Van Rijn.
Van Rijn throws an elbow that misses.
Van Rijn misses with a knee strike.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Rijn with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Haukka wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Van Rijn has him pressed against the ropes.
Riku Haukka is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Van Rijn is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Haukka is defending well for now.
Van Rijn missing with knees to the body.
Van Rijn gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Haukka lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Van Rijn is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Haukka is defending well for now.
Van Rijn tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Haukka avoids it.
Van Rijn is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Haukka is defending well for now.
Haukka is looking to break free of the clinch but Van Rijn has double underhooks.
Van Rijn throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Van Rijn tries to work over Haukka's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Van Rijn is trying to drag Haukka to the mat but Haukka just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
Haukka is looking to break free of the clinch but Van Rijn has double underhooks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Van Rijn tries to land knees in the clinch but Haukka avoids the damage to the body.
Van Rijn is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Haukka is defending well for now.
Van Rijn throws a knee to the head but misses.
Haukka on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Haukka wants to break the clinch but can't.

And that's the end of the fight!
Riku Haukka comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Haukka winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 27:30
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Riku Haukka!