PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jorge Petrson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve van der Slam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). van der Slam has chosen Biggest & the best - Clawfinger as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Petrson
vs
van der Slam

170 cm
23
145 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

165 cm
22
140 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Hell's Kitchen Lab Corp

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jorge Petrson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Steve van der Slam!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Nard Betker and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Petrson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Petrson controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
van der Slam wants to stand but Petrson is controlling the position.
Petrson looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Petrson has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
van der Slam wants to stand and escape but Petrson is having none of it.
Petrson content to stall in guard here.
Petrson stops van der Slam from standing up.
Petrson controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
van der Slam tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Petrson landing with the ground and pound.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if van der Slam can do anything to dispel that myth.
van der Slam is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Petrson slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
van der Slam wants to stand and escape but Petrson is having none of it.
Petrson lands a couple of digs.
Petrson not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Petrson is in close to van der Slam's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Petrson controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
van der Slam wants to sweep here but Petrson controlling him for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
van der Slam being controlled here, momentarily.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Jorge Petrson just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
van der Slam throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
van der Slam tries to clinch up.
van der Slam misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
van der Slam fails with an attempt to clinch.
van der Slam scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

van der Slam pushes Petrson up against the cage in a clinch.
Petrson blocks an elbow strike from van der Slam.
van der Slam using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Petrson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
van der Slam scores a nice knee to the body.
Petrson is pressed up against the cage. van der Slam has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Petrson down to the mat. Petrson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
van der Slam wants to clinch up but Petrson keeps it at a distance.
Petrson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

van der Slam gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrson sitting in guard here, content to control.
Petrson chips away with some ground and pound.
van der Slam is looking to stand up but Petrson isn't so interested in that idea.
van der Slam is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
van der Slam being controlled here, momentarily.
Petrson pushing down on van der Slam's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
van der Slam is looking for a sweep. Petrson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Petrson perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Petrson stops van der Slam from getting back to his feet.
Petrson performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

van der Slam has one foot on Petrson's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
van der Slam looks gassed!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Petrson closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming van der Slam to the mat! van der Slam manages to get full guard.
van der Slam is looking to stand up but Petrson isn't so interested in that idea.
Petrson distracts van der Slam with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Petrson showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
van der Slam wants to stand and escape but Petrson is having none of it.
Petrson is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Petrson trying to control the position from guard on top but van der Slam is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Petrson makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Petrson controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Petrson wants to control from the top but van der Slam keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jorge Petrson dominated that round.
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.

Petrson tries to close the distance and clinch up but van der Slam swats him away and circles back towards the center.
van der Slam with a poor takedown

and Petrson counters with a single leg into guard. van der Slam didn't expect that.
Petrson trying to control the position from guard on top but van der Slam is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Petrson prevents van der Slam from getting back to his feet.
Petrson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Petrson stands up over van der Slam, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
van der Slam is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Petrson is controlling him.
Petrson working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
van der Slam wants to sweep here but Petrson controlling him for the moment.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
van der Slam tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
van der Slam throws a leg kick but Petrson moved away.
van der Slam lands with a nice body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
van der Slam avoids a punch combination nicely.
Petrson tries to clinch up.
van der Slam tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Petrson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
van der Slam looks to clinch

and Petrson counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for van der Slam!
Petrson controlling from the full mount.
van der Slam is trying desperately to improve position.
Petrson postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. van der Slam looks a forlorn figure.
Petrson tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Petrson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Petrson landing strikes, looking to finish!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
van der Slam regains half guard.
Petrson 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.
Petrson with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petrson stops van der Slam from getting back to his feet.
van der Slam wants to improve his position but Petrson is controlling well.
Petrson is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
van der Slam is looking for a sweep. Petrson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
van der Slam looks like he's trying to stand up.
van der Slam is breathing heavily.
Petrson prevents van der Slam from improving his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrson is controlling the pace.
van der Slam is pressing down on Petrson's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
van der Slam keeping full guard, as Petrson tries to pass.
Petrson won't allow van der Slam to get back to his feet.
Petrson trying to control but van der Slam is working from the bottom.

van der Slam working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Petrson doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Petrson manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Petrson slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Jorge Petrson just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
van der Slam shoots and misses

and Petrson counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in van der Slam's guard now.
Petrson showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Petrson is pushing down on van der Slam's leg trying to pass to half guard. van der Slam is fighting to maintain full guard but Petrson has managed to sneak the leg through.
Petrson content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
van der Slam is trying to stand up here but Petrson is controlling him well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jorge Petrson dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action!

van der Slam looks to land a combination. Petrson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
van der Slam with a poor takedown

and Petrson counters with a takedown into side control.
van der Slam is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Petrson has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Petrson is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Petrson in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Petrson cracks van der Slam with a big right hand but van der Slam just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
van der Slam tries to get back to half guard but can't.
van der Slam wants to get back to his feet but Petrson drags him back down.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
van der Slam being controlled for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrson advances to mount.
van der Slam is desperately trying to improve his position but Petrson has a good base and remains in mount.
Petrson lands a heavy elbow.
van der Slam wants to get back to his feet.
Petrson controlling the position easily from mount.
Jorge Petrson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Petrson trying to control but van der Slam is having none of it.
A nice elbow there by Petrson.

That's two 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.
van der Slam's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Petrson controlling the pace for now.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Jorge Petrson just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Petrson shoots in but van der Slam avoids the takedown attempt easily.
van der Slam is looking to clinch.
van der Slam lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Petrson slips a jab and a cross from van der Slam.
van der Slam shoots for a takedown but Petrson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
van der Slam misses with a kick to the body.
Petrson shoots for a double leg takedown but van der Slam sprawls well. He's pushed Petrson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrson throws out a leg kick but van der Slam moves out of range and Petrson only half commits.
Petrson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but van der Slam moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
van der Slam wants to clinch but Petrson slips to the side

and Petrson counters with a takedown into side control.
van der Slam tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Petrson happy to just control the position for now.
van der Slam is pushing Petrson's head away, looking to escape. Petrson manages to hold on to the position though.
Petrson landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
van der Slam is trying to get back to his feet.
Petrson moves into full mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petrson tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
van der Slam is wriggling around trying to escape.
Petrson tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Petrson with the ground and pound from mount.
van der Slam is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Petrson landing strikes from the mount.
Petrson content just to control the position here.
van der Slam is looking to improve his position but Petrson isn't that keen on the idea.
van der Slam is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
van der Slam is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jorge Petrson clearly takes that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Petrson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
van der Slam looking for a sweep. Not yet van der Slam, not yet.
Petrson prevents van der Slam from getting back to his feet.
Petrson slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Petrson landing some decent shots from guard.
Petrson controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Petrson preventing the sweep.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Petrson drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
van der Slam wants to stand but Petrson is controlling the position.
van der Slam is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Petrson dives into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrson cracks van der Slam with a big elbow.
van der Slam taking a bit of punishment here - Petrson scoring with strikes.
van der Slam is trying to get back to his feet.
Petrson landing strikes.
Petrson content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
van der Slam tries to improve position but can't.
Petrson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that van der Slam can do to turn this around?
A lull in the action here as Petrson stalls from top position.
Petrson'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.
van der Slam is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
You can see the frustration on van der Slam's face as Petrson controls the position.
van der Slam is trying to control Petrson's posture but Petrson avoids it.
van der Slam is trying to get back to half guard.
Petrson lands a nice forearm strike.
van der Slam is letting Petrson control him for a moment.
Petrson tries to move to mount but van der Slam blocks the move with his legs.
van der Slam is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
van der Slam lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
van der Slam scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Jorge Petrson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Petrson dives in and grabs van der Slam's left leg, looking for a takedown. van der Slam pushes down on Petrson's head and hops out.
Petrson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with van der Slam but van der Slam pushes him off and we're back to square one.
van der Slam lands a head kick. Petrson smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
van der Slam throws a series of punches but Petrson avoids them all with ease.
van der Slam throws a nice outside leg kick.
Petrson closes the distance looking to clinch

and van der Slam counters by clinching up.
van der Slam tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
van der Slam is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Petrson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
van der Slam connects with a knee to the head.
Petrson tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jorge Petrson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Petrson stalling in the clinch but van der Slam improves position.
van der Slam wants a takedown.
van der Slam lands a hook that snaps the head of Petrson backwards.
van der Slam gets underhooks to prevent Petrson's takedown attempt.
A knee to the head by van der Slam.
van der Slam throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Petrson blocks it with crossed arms.
Petrson tries for a takedown but van der Slam manages to get underhooks.

van der Slam breaks from the clinch.
van der Slam looks to land a body kick but Petrson moved away.
van der Slam stuffs the takedown attempt from Petrson. Petrson gets slowly back to his feet.
van der Slam feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Petrson's calf.
Petrson keeps the fight on the outside.
Petrson throws a right and a left that van der Slam avoids nicely.
van der Slam fakes the leg kick and cracks Petrson in the body.

van der Slam clinches up with Petrson and pushes him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jorge Petrson had his way with Steve van der Slam in that round.
That's time! Petrson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

van der Slam tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
van der Slam tries to clinch there but Petrson circles away.
van der Slam misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Petrson swats away the attempt to clinch by van der Slam.
van der Slam tries to clinch but Petrson moves away

and Petrson counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Petrson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Petrson prevents van der Slam from standing back up.
van der Slam tries to get to full guard but Petrson has control of the leg.
Petrson stalling.
van der Slam taking some punishment here, with Petrson in his half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrson is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
van der Slam is trying to stand back up but Petrson is controlling him
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Petrson lands a nice short elbow.
Petrson trying to control the pace.
van der Slam is trying to stand.
Petrson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Petrson is nestled in close to van der Slam, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Petrson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Petrson seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
van der Slam taking some punishment here, with Petrson in his half guard.
van der Slam wants to get back to full guard.
van der Slam is trying to stand.
Petrson stalling.
van der Slam wants to get back to his feet.
Petrson landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
van der Slam wants to get back to his feet.
Petrson is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Petrson working the head and body with strikes.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
van der Slam wants to clinch

so Petrson counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrson is stalling in the full guard.
van der Slam looking for a sweep. Not yet van der Slam, not yet.
van der Slam is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Petrson is controlling him.
Petrson is stalling in the full guard.
van der Slam is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Petrson stopping the sweep attempt from van der Slam.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Petrson prevents van der Slam from getting back to his feet.
Petrson looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Steve van der Slam has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Petrson won't allow van der Slam to get back to his feet.
van der Slam can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Petrson controls the pace.
van der Slam wants to stand up but Petrson is controlling him.
Petrson advances to half guard.
Well, if Petrson is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jorge Petrson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Petrson, 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight for Jorge Petrson!
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight for Jorge Petrson!
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight for Jorge Petrson!

Jorge Petrson wins by unanimous decision!
Jorge Petrson is the new bantamweight champion!