PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Math R (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Van Rijn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Van Rijn is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Francesco Zappalà - No Way Out. Mike Van Rijn has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

R
vs
Van Rijn

176 cm
19
210 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

196 cm
24
210 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite 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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Math R!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mike Van Rijn!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Nard Betker and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Rijn wants to clinch up but R keeps it at a distance.
Van Rijn throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Mike Van Rijn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Van Rijn moves away from the strike by R.
R misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Van Rijn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Van Rijn has a takedown stuffed.

Van Rijn moves into the clinch.
Van Rijn tries a knee to the head but R blocks it.
R takes an elbow to the forehead.

Van Rijn jumps guard.
Van Rijn trying to control the position.
R wants to stand but Van Rijn has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
R trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Van Rijn can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Van Rijn throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
R has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Van Rijn is proving hard to escape from.
R knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Van Rijn on the ground.

R stands and steps away. Van Rijn gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Van Rijn closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
R has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
R on the defensive, avoiding the knees 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. R is defending well for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Van Rijn creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through R's defenses.
Van Rijn throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
R wants to break the clinch but can't.
Van Rijn fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Van Rijn lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Van Rijn crunches a lovely knee into R's ribcage.
Van Rijn missing with knees to the body.
Van Rijn throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but R blocks it with crossed arms.
Van Rijn throws an elbow but it misses.
Van Rijn tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and R avoids it.
Van Rijn lands an elbow that stopped R in his tracks for a moment.
Van Rijn misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from R.
Van Rijn prevents R from breaking the clinch.
Van Rijn tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
R looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Van Rijn manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Van Rijn has a closed guard, preventing R from standing up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Rijn looking for a sweep. Not yet Van Rijn, not yet.
Van Rijn has a closed guard, preventing R from standing up.
Van Rijn lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for R!
Van Rijn won't let R get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Van Rijn misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.

Van Rijn swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and R is now in Van Rijn's guard. A big mistake from Van Rijn there, giving up the dominant position!
R stops Van Rijn from standing up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

R stands up from guard. Let's bang!
A shot to the body from R misses
and Van Rijn counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
R is breathing heavily.
R looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
R has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from R there as he acknowledges the shot.
R blocks a head kick by Van Rijn.
Van Rijn tries to close the distance and clinch but R swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
R avoids the head kick by Van Rijn.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
R fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Van Rijn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
R misses with the combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Van Rijn dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Van Rijn tries to clinch there but R circles away.
R lands with a hook. Van Rijn tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Van Rijn tries to clinch up.
Van Rijn shoots in for a takedown but R shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
R throws a right and a left that Van Rijn avoids nicely.
Van Rijn tries to clinch up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Rijn ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Van Rijn shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as R sprawls well. R wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Van Rijn gets slowly back to his feet.
Van Rijn connects with a high kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Rijn looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? R is fending him off so far but Van Rijn persists. Nope, R circles away and we're back to standing.
Math R has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Van Rijn.
Van Rijn displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as R throws out the jab.
Van Rijn wants to clinch.
A right-left combo lands from R.

It looks like Mike Van Rijn has been cut.
Van Rijn tries for a takedown but R sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
R lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Van Rijn backs up against the cage.
Math R is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Van Rijn is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
R misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
R misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Van Rijn fails with an attempt to clinch.
Van Rijn misses with a head kick.
Math R is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Van Rijn throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Jab from R.

That has opened up Mike Van Rijn's cut even more.
R misses with a few strikes there.
Van Rijn moves in looking to clinch but R pushes him off.
A punch combination from R misses.
R swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Van Rijn.
A punch combination from R misses.
R throws the left hand but Van Rijn avoids the punch easily.
R avoids the head kick by Van Rijn.
Van Rijn tries to clinch but R is having none of it.
R avoids the head kick by Van Rijn.
Horrible takedown by Van Rijn or perhaps it was just good defense by R which made him look bad.
R lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by R.
A combination from R does no damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
R dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
R misses with a straight left.
R misses with a combination

and Van Rijn counters by moving into the clinch.
Van Rijn landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Van Rijn using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Van Rijn putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has R in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Van Rijn lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
R takes a knee right on the jaw!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Van Rijn scores with a knee to the head.
R on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Van Rijn tries to land knees in the clinch but R avoids the damage to the body.
Van Rijn using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Math R dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mike Van Rijn's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Van Rijn tries to clinch up but R circles away and keeps his distance.
R lands a two punch combo.
R avoids the body shot from Van Rijn.
A looping hook to the body misses from R. Van Rijn does a little dance to reset his feet.
Van Rijn tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Van Rijn tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
No luck for Van Rijn with that takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Rijn keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from R.
Van Rijn takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Van Rijn wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
R scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
R swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Van Rijn counters with a big head kick but R shrugs it off.
Van Rijn fails in his attempt to clinch.
Van Rijn with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling R to score with a decent uppercut.
Van Rijn tries to close the distance and clinch up but R swats him away and circles back towards the center.
R throws a right and a left that both miss.
Van Rijn with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Rijn has a takedown stuffed.
Van Rijn throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by R.
R keeps the fight on the outside.
R misses with a double jab

and Van Rijn counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Van Rijn.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Van Rijn with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Van Rijn lands an elbow inside.
Van Rijn lands a nice elbow.
R managing to block the knees to the body from Van Rijn.
Van Rijn lands a nice elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Rijn scores a nice knee to the body.
Van Rijn misses with a knee to the head.
R is trying to break the clinch but Van Rijn is controlling him.
Van Rijn using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Van Rijn.
Van Rijn scores with a knee to the head.
Van Rijn landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
R takes a knee right on the jaw!
Van Rijn with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Van Rijn connects with a knee to the head.
Van Rijn lands a damaging elbow.
Van Rijn lands an elbow just above R 's eye.
Van Rijn throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but R blocks it with crossed arms.
Van Rijn wants a takedown.
Math R has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Van Rijn.
Van Rijn prevents R from breaking the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
R on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Van Rijn keeps the fight in the clinch, despite R's efforts to push away.
Van Rijn unloads a knee to the mid-section. R lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Van Rijn misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from R.
Van Rijn wants a takedown but no success here.
R wants to break free but Van Rijn has control.

Van Rijn breaks from the clinch.
R throws a looping overhand right but Van Rijn ducks down to avoid it.
Van Rijn swinging wildly here.
Van Rijn tries to clinch up.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Van Rijn comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Van Rijn has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 28:29
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 28:29
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Van Rijn!