PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jan Janssen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Russ Vanpelten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Janssen comes to the cage accompanied by Orgineel Amsterdam. Vanpelten comes into a darkened arena with his song building. For whom the bell tolls kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Russ Vanpelten has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Janssen
vs
Vanpelten

176 cm
20
181 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

170 cm
21
182 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good elbows
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jan Janssen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Russ Vanpelten!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Saam Ante and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Janssen shoots in but Vanpelten avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Vanpelten avoids the body shot from Janssen.
Nice jab there from Vanpelten.
Janssen keeps the fight on the outside.
Janssen tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Vanpelten swivels and escapes.
Vanpelten throws a nice outside leg kick.
Janssen changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Vanpelten tries to avoid it but Janssen manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Vanpelten to the ground. Vanpelten escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jan Janssen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Janssen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Vanpelten tries to clinch but Janssen is having none of it.
Vanpelten doesn't manage to clinch there - Janssen circles away.
Janssen shoots for a double leg takedown but Vanpelten sprawls well. He's pushed Janssen's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Janssen looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Vanpelten pushes Janssen off looking to stand but Janssen dives back in and keeps control.

Janssen is trying to work for a kimura but Vanpelten is defending well.
Janssen is breathing heavily.

Vanpelten kicks Janssen off and gets back to his feet.
Janssen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Vanpelten pushes Janssen up against the cage in a clinch.
Vanpelten landing knees to the body.
Janssen takes a knee to the side of the body.
Vanpelten scores a nice knee to the body.
Vanpelten comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Vanpelten comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Vanpelten gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Janssen takes a knee right on the jaw!
Vanpelten landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Vanpelten with a knee to the head.
Vanpelten lands a knee to the body.
Vanpelten lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Vanpelten crunches a lovely knee into Janssen's ribcage.
Vanpelten working Janssen over with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vanpelten comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Vanpelten is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Vanpelten.
Vanpelten landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Vanpelten.
Vanpelten landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Vanpelten lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Vanpelten connects with a knee to the head.
Vanpelten landing knees to the body.
Vanpelten lands an elbow inside.
Vanpelten creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Janssen's defenses.
Vanpelten gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Vanpelten unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Janssen jumps guard but Vanpelten stands there with Janssen around his waist. Janssen gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Vanpelten.
Vanpelten lands an elbow inside.
Vanpelten landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Vanpelten lands an elbow inside.
Janssen drops down looking for an ankle pick but Vanpelten pulls his leg out and moves away.
Vanpelten throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Vanpelten scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Vanpelten.
Vanpelten crunches a lovely knee into Janssen's ribcage.
Vanpelten unloads a knee to the mid-section. Janssen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees to the body from Vanpelten.
Janssen tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Vanpelten smiles and moves away.
Jan Janssen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Vanpelten clinches up against the cage.
Vanpelten creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Janssen's defenses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vanpelten lands a damaging elbow.
Vanpelten lands a nice elbow.
Knees in the clinch landing for Vanpelten.
Janssen tries to pull guard but Vanpelten won't allow it.
Knees to the body from Vanpelten.
Vanpelten unloads a knee to the mid-section. Janssen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Vanpelten connects with a nasty looking knee right to Janssen's face.
Nice elbow from Vanpelten.
Janssen is trying to drag Vanpelten to the mat but Vanpelten just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Vanpelten creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Janssen's defenses.
Janssen tries for a takedown. No joy.
Vanpelten is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Vanpelten lands a knee to the body.
Vanpelten crunches a lovely knee into Janssen's ribcage.
Vanpelten unloads a knee to the mid-section. Janssen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Vanpelten lands an elbow just above Janssen 's eye.
Nice elbow from Vanpelten.
Vanpelten with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Vanpelten is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Vanpelten lands an elbow inside.
Janssen wants a takedown but no success here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Vanpelten.
Vanpelten creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Janssen's defenses.
Vanpelten unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vanpelten lands an elbow that stopped Janssen in his tracks for a moment.
Vanpelten lands an elbow inside that Janssen shrugs off.
Vanpelten with a knee to the head.
Vanpelten lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Vanpelten creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Janssen's defenses.
Vanpelten lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Vanpelten working Janssen over with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Janssen goes for a takedown attempt but Vanpelten pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Vanpelten lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Vanpelten connects with a right hand. Janssen shakes it off.
Janssen shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Vanpelten sprawls well. Vanpelten wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Janssen gets slowly back to his feet.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Janssen.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Vanpelten gets a clinch.
Vanpelten unloads a knee to the mid-section. Janssen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Vanpelten obliges.
Vanpelten lands a damaging elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Russ Vanpelten dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Vanpelten gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Vanpelten lands an elbow that stopped Janssen in his tracks for a moment.
Vanpelten lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Vanpelten with a knee to the head.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Janssen fails to pull guard.
Russ Vanpelten seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Vanpelten lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Vanpelten lands a nice elbow.
Vanpelten crunches a lovely knee into Janssen's ribcage.
Janssen takes an elbow to the temple.
Vanpelten connects with a knee to the head.
Vanpelten has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Vanpelten gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Janssen.
Vanpelten tries a knee to the head but Janssen blocks it.

Janssen is trying to trip Vanpelten. He has hold of a leg but Vanpelten is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Janssen persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Janssen wants to control from the top but Vanpelten keeps moving.
Janssen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Janssen won't allow Vanpelten to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Janssen stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Vanpelten swivels though and keeps the full guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Vanpelten can do anything to dispel that myth.
Vanpelten wants to stand but Janssen is controlling the position.
Janssen working some strikes from top position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Vanpelten buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Janssen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vanpelten moves away.
Janssen throws a series of punches but Vanpelten moves out of range.
Vanpelten lands with a thumping leg kick.
Vanpelten lands a nice hook to Janssen's body. Janssen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Vanpelten connects with a high kick.
Vanpelten tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Janssen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Janssen shoots in for a double leg but Vanpelten sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jan Janssen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vanpelten lands a front kick.
Jan Janssen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Vanpelten lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Janssen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Vanpelten closes the distance and pushes Janssen back into the cage.
Vanpelten lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Vanpelten lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A knee to the head by Vanpelten.
Vanpelten lands a nice knee to the body.
Vanpelten lands a damaging elbow.
Vanpelten lands an elbow inside.
Janssen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Janssen is working for takedown but Vanpelten is calmly controlling the position for now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vanpelten lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Vanpelten using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Vanpelten crunches a lovely knee into Janssen's ribcage.
Janssen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Janssen takes an elbow to the temple.
Vanpelten gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Vanpelten lands an elbow inside.
Janssen tries to pull guard but Vanpelten holds him up against the cage and eventually Janssen drops back down to his feet.
Janssen goes for a takedown attempt but Vanpelten pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Vanpelten.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Vanpelten drives through and clinches with Janssen against the cage.
Vanpelten landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Vanpelten lands a knee to the head.
Janssen tries to score a body lock takedown but Vanpelten shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Vanpelten lands an elbow just above Janssen 's eye.
Vanpelten landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Vanpelten landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Vanpelten lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Vanpelten scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Vanpelten.
Vanpelten is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Vanpelten landing knees to the head.
Vanpelten gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Vanpelten creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Janssen's defenses.
Janssen jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Vanpelten walks away with a smile on his face. Janssen gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Janssen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Vanpelten.

Janssen looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Janssen slips a nice elbow through Vanpelten's hands, connecting with Vanpelten's forehead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vanpelten looks like he's trying to stand up.
Janssen trying to pass the guard but Vanpelten defending well.
Janssen is working hard here to advance position.
Vanpelten tries to kick Janssen off but Janssen keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Janssen seems to be working for a kimura but Vanpelten defends the submission attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vanpelten wants to get back to his feet.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Vanpelten doesn't manage to clinch there - Janssen circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Russ Vanpelten showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Janssen tries to score a power double leg takedown but Vanpelten sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Janssen somewhat.
Vanpelten keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
No luck for Janssen with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jan Janssen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vanpelten wants to clinch up but Janssen keeps it at a distance.
Vanpelten throws a leg kick which misses Janssen's front leg but catches the back leg as Janssen tries to avoid it.

Vanpelten has closed the distance and engaged Janssen in a clinch.
Vanpelten landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Vanpelten connects with a knee to the head.
Vanpelten lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Vanpelten crunches a lovely knee into Janssen's ribcage.
Vanpelten creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Janssen's defenses.
Vanpelten lands a damaging elbow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Vanpelten lands a damaging elbow.
Vanpelten lands a knee to the head.
Janssen takes a knee to the side of the body.
Vanpelten lands a nice knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Vanpelten obliges.
Vanpelten lands an elbow inside that Janssen shrugs off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vanpelten using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Vanpelten crunches a lovely knee into Janssen's ribcage.
Janssen tries to pull guard but Vanpelten won't allow it.
Janssen tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Vanpelten just stands there and leans against the cage.
Vanpelten comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Vanpelten lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Vanpelten lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Janssen wants a takedown but no success here.
Vanpelten unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Vanpelten gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Vanpelten unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees to the body from Vanpelten.
Vanpelten scores a nice knee to the body.
Vanpelten landing knees to the body.
Janssen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Janssen drops down looking for an ankle pick but Vanpelten pulls his leg out and moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Janssen. Vanpelten does a little dance to reset his feet.
Janssen swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Vanpelten counters by moving into the clinch.
Nice elbow from Vanpelten.
Janssen tries for a takedown. No joy.
Vanpelten working Janssen over with knees to the body.
Vanpelten lands an elbow that stopped Janssen in his tracks for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vanpelten connects with a knee to the head.
Vanpelten with a knee to the head.
Vanpelten misses with a knee to the head.
Janssen jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Vanpelten walks away with a smile on his face. Janssen gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
The fighters circle momentarily. Janssen darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Janssen shoots and misses
and Vanpelten counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Janssen is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Janssen scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Russ Vanpelten is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Vanpelten instigates a clinch.
Vanpelten trying to land knees to the body.
Janssen avoiding damage as Vanpelten throws knees to the body.

Janssen jumps into guard, dragging Vanpelten to the mat.
Vanpelten throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Janssen has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Vanpelten should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Janssen has tightened it up now! Vanpelten should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Jan Janssen!