PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marten De Jong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Rivera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Jong's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Heart in a Cage - The Strokes. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

De Jong
vs
Rivera

181 cm
19
169 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
24
186 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Demonic Drugs

Koffin Inc.

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marten De Jong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Max Rivera!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Radbod Blank and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rivera goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Rivera moves away from the strike by De Jong.
De Jong is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rivera.
De Jong takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Rivera throws a sloppy head kick and De Jong moves out of range easily.

Rivera rushes De Jong and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
De Jong lands a body shot in the clinch.
De Jong tries a body shot but Rivera blocks it.
De Jong tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rivera's elbow.
Rivera gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Marten De Jong has been cut.
A short left from De Jong.
Rivera pushes off an throws an elbow but De Jong leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
De Jong looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, De Jong creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rivera.
Rivera gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rivera throws an elbow but it misses.
Rivera creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rivera throws an elbow that misses.
Rivera is struggling to control the position.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
De Jong misses with a hook to the ribs.
De Jong lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rivera backwards.
De Jong lands a body shot in the clinch.
De Jong lands a body punch.
De Jong is working Rivera over against the cage.
Rivera throws an elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivera lands an elbow that stopped De Jong in his tracks for a moment.
Nice elbow from Rivera.
Rivera throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
De Jong goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
De Jong can't find room to land a body shot as Rivera controls the action.
De Jong avoids the elbow strike from Rivera, against the cage.
De Jong tries to throw a body punch but Rivera avoids it by throwing De Jong back against the cage.
Nice elbow from Rivera.
Rivera throws an elbow that misses.
De Jong dodges an elbow strike from Rivera.
Rivera blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
De Jong scores with an uppercut up the middle.
De Jong is leaning against Rivera and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
De Jong is looking to control Rivera's arms but Rivera gets an underhook and turns him. Now De Jong has his back to the cage.
De Jong blocks an elbow strike from Rivera.
De Jong lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rivera backwards.
A left hand lands to the body for De Jong.
Rivera looks gassed!
Rivera misses with an elbow over the top.
Rivera throws an elbow but it misses.
De Jong is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Rivera throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
De Jong cracks Rivera with a nice body shot.
Rivera throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rivera misses with an elbow over the top.
De Jong lands a body shot.
De Jong will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Rivera up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivera pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Rivera throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rivera is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Rivera throws an elbow but it's blocked.
De Jong has a couple of punches blocked by Rivera.
De Jong lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short uppercut from De Jong.
A short left from De Jong.
De Jong lands with a right to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Rivera as De Jong tries to tie him up.
De Jong works on Rivera's body with a couple of short punches.
Nice body punch from De Jong.
Still in the clinch, De Jong scores with a nice short uppercut.
De Jong stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
De Jong lands a body punch.
De Jong wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rivera wants to stall.
De Jong stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivera throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A right hook to the body lands for De Jong.
De Jong pushes Rivera back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
De Jong pushes Rivera back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
De Jong stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
De Jong stalls.
De Jong works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Rivera throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A body shot lands from De Jong.
De Jong is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
De Jong lands with a right to the head.
De Jong avoids the elbow strike from Rivera, against the cage.
De Jong looking to stall.
De Jong stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A hook to the body from De Jong.
De Jong gets through Rivera's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short right from De Jong on the inside.
De Jong lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rivera or not.
De Jong is working Rivera over against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rivera is looking to control De Jong's arms but De Jong gets an underhook and turns him. Now Rivera has his back to the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from De Jong.
De Jong works on Rivera's body with a couple of short punches.
De Jong scores with a hook to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for De Jong.
De Jong cracks Rivera with a nice body shot.
De Jong makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A body shot lands from De Jong.
De Jong is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rivera is keeping busy.
De Jong lands a body punch.
De Jong lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Rivera.
De Jong stalling in the clinch but Rivera improves position.
Rivera's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
De Jong presses Rivera against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
De Jong will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Rivera up against the cage.
A body shot lands from De Jong.

De Jong breaks from the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
De Jong throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
De Jong avoids a kick to the body.
De Jong swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Rivera.
De Jong lands a jab to the nose.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marten De Jong dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marten De Jong's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

De Jong does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
De Jong throws a big shot that misses.
Rivera wants to land a leg kick but De Jong is out of range.
The fighters circling - De Jong throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rivera slips under a jab.
De Jong fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rivera manages to avoid it.
Rivera slips a jab from De Jong.
Rivera is looking to land body kicks.
Rivera takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A slow jab from De Jong misses its intended target.
De Jong misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rivera avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Rivera throws a wild body kick that De Jong sees coming a mile off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rivera showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from De Jong.
Rivera buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
De Jong circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rivera throws a quick head kick that skims the top of De Jong's head.
Rivera ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rivera is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from De Jong.
Rivera slips under a jab from De Jong.
Rivera takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
De Jong moves out of range of the body kick.
Rivera pushes De Jong away with a front kick.
De Jong misses with a low kick as Rivera jumps back.
Rivera looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Rivera lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
De Jong pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A punch combination from De Jong misses.
De Jong lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
De Jong misses with a straight left.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
De Jong sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Rivera tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but De Jong paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rivera keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from De Jong.
Nice shot lands for De Jong.
Rivera goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Rivera keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from De Jong.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Rivera.
Rivera keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from De Jong.
De Jong misses with a series of wild punches.
De Jong throws a series of punches but Rivera avoids them all with ease.
De Jong swings for the body but Rivera moves out of range.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Rivera. De Jong shrugs it off though.

Rivera moves into the clinch successfully.
Rivera lands an elbow that stopped De Jong in his tracks for a moment.
De Jong lands a body shot.
De Jong is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
De Jong lands with a right to the head.
A short left from De Jong.
De Jong just leaning against Rivera, taking a breather.
De Jong lands a body punch.
Rivera lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
De Jong misses with a punch on the inside.
De Jong lands a body shot.
De Jong misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Jong misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rivera throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The referee is keeping an eye on Rivera - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Rivera lands an elbow inside.
De Jong misses with a punch on the inside.
De Jong digs a right hand into Rivera's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Rivera's gas tank.
Rivera creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
De Jong struggles to land a body shot inside as Rivera controls his hands.
De Jong lands a shot to the body.
Rivera misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from De Jong.
Rivera throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Marten De Jong has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Rivera taking a breather.
De Jong trying to stall but Rivera improves his position.
Rivera throws an elbow but it misses.
De Jong has Rivera pressed against the cage.
De Jong lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rivera backwards.
A short right from De Jong.
A right handed body shot lands from De Jong.
De Jong scores with a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for De Jong.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from De Jong as the two fighters clinch.
A short uppercut from De Jong.
De Jong wants to stall.
Rivera pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Rivera trying to control the position but instead, De Jong has worked for underhooks and has pushed Rivera into the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
De Jong lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Rivera throws an elbow that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rivera throws an elbow but misses.
De Jong lands a left hand.
Rivera pushes off an throws an elbow but De Jong leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rivera throws an elbow that misses.
Rivera looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rivera pushes off an throws an elbow but De Jong leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
De Jong has Rivera pressed against the cage.
De Jong lands a right hand.
De Jong lands a right hand.
De Jong blocks an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marten De Jong dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Marten De Jong's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

De Jong scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
De Jong misses the jab.
De Jong lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

It looks like Max Rivera has been cut.
De Jong lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Rivera backs up against the cage.
Rivera walks into a straight right hand from De Jong.
De Jong misses with an uppercut. Rivera saw that one coming.
De Jong is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rivera.
De Jong misses the jab.
De Jong dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Marten De Jong is winning the standup battle so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Jong looks to land a combination but Rivera avoids it well.
De Jong misses with a hook.
A punch combination from De Jong misses.
De Jong missing with a left hand there. Rivera was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rivera attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
De Jong works Rivera's body with a nice hook.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
De Jong scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
De Jong is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rivera.
Rivera moves forwards but De Jong connects with a nice, crisp jab.
De Jong takes a swing at Rivera's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Jong looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
De Jong lands a body shot.
Good standup being displayed there by De Jong as he connects with a hook.
Rivera staying out of range there.
De Jong throws an overhand right that lands on Rivera's shoulder, as Rivera tries to avoid the shot.
De Jong swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
De Jong tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Rivera tries to clinch up.
De Jong throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rivera sees it coming and avoids it easily.
De Jong misses the jab.
De Jong scores with a shot to the body.
De Jong lands a glancing blow to the side of Rivera's head.
Rivera fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rivera walks into a left hand.
De Jong goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rivera.
De Jong throws an overhand right that lands on Rivera's shoulder, as Rivera tries to avoid the shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivera avoids a punch combination nicely.
De Jong is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rivera can do to turn this around?
De Jong swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
De Jong throws out a loose jab but Rivera uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Jong takes a kick to the side of the head.

Rivera gets a clinch.
De Jong lands a nice uppercut.
De Jong leaning against his opponent.
Nice elbow from Rivera.
De Jong misses with a shot to the kidneys.
De Jong tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
De Jong is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Rivera lands an elbow inside.
De Jong is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rivera is keeping busy.
Rivera prevents a body shot from De Jong.
De Jong tries a body shot but Rivera blocks it.
De Jong blocks an elbow strike from Rivera.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivera misses with an elbow strike.
Rivera lands a damaging elbow.
Rivera lands an elbow that stopped De Jong in his tracks for a moment.

Marten De Jong's cut is getting worse.
Rivera throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
De Jong digs a right hand into Rivera's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Rivera's gas tank.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rivera throws an elbow but misses.
De Jong goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rivera pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A short body shot lands from De Jong as the two fighters clinch.
Rivera looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rivera creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Max Rivera has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
De Jong lands a nice uppercut.
De Jong is struggling to control the position.
Rivera misses with an elbow strike.
De Jong lands a body punch.
Rivera takes a shot to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for De Jong.
De Jong avoiding damage.
Rivera throws an elbow that misses.
A hook to the body from De Jong.
De Jong lands with a light punch inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from De Jong.
De Jong lands with a short shot to the head.
De Jong has Rivera pressed against the cage.
Rivera misses with an elbow strike.
De Jong lands a nice shot to the body.
De Jong digs a right hand underneath Rivera's ribcage. Rivera let out a lung full of air as it connected.

De Jong manages to break the clinch.
A cross from De Jong lands.
De Jong throws a leg kick
and Rivera counters with an outside leg kick.
De Jong is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Rivera has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Rivera there as he acknowledges the shot.
Marten De Jong is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rivera on the wrong end of a nice hook.
De Jong thows a leg kick but Rivera checks it
and Rivera counters with a solid body kick.
De Jong scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
De Jong connects with a single shot there.
De Jong scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Jong with a body punch. A glancing blow.
De Jong fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
De Jong fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marten De Jong showed his dominance in that final round.
Well De Jong 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 Albert Achterberg scores the fight for Marten De Jong!
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight for Marten De Jong!
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight for Marten De Jong!

Marten De Jong wins by unanimous decision!