PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Herman Trang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johannes van Bruggen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Herman Trang has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Trang
vs
van Bruggen

200 cm
20
220 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

185 cm
23
210 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Fast

5th Round

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Herman Trang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Johannes van Bruggen!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Aafke Stam and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Trang moves into the clinch successfully.
van Bruggen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
van Bruggen is leaning against Trang and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Trang lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of van Bruggen backwards.
van Bruggen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Trang misses with a punch on the inside.
Trang tries to throw a body punch but van Bruggen avoids it by throwing Trang back against the cage.
van Bruggen tries to work over Trang's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Trang leaning his opponent against the cage.
van Bruggen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
van Bruggen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
van Bruggen is working Trang over against the cage.
Trang scores with a shoulder strike.
van Bruggen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Trang stops a takedown attempt from van Bruggen.
van Bruggen is pushing Trang up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
van Bruggen misses with a punch to the body.
van Bruggen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
van Bruggen lands a body punch in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head punch on the inside from Trang fails to land.
van Bruggen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Trang lands a body shot in the clinch.
van Bruggen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
van Bruggen drops down looking for an ankle pick but Trang pulls his leg out and moves away.
van Bruggen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Trang counter with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
van Bruggen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Trang sees it coming and avoids it easily.
van Bruggen misses with an uppercut
enabling Trang to counter with a crisp jab.
Johannes van Bruggen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Trang fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but van Bruggen is out of range.
van Bruggen sizes up Trang with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
van Bruggen throws a lazy uppercut
and Trang counters with a nice leg kick.
van Bruggen lands with a nice body punch.
van Bruggen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Trang sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Excellent takedown into side control there by van Bruggen.
Trang is trying to control van Bruggen's posture but van Bruggen avoids it.
van Bruggen is looking to take a break and control but Trang is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
van Bruggen connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Trang some visible discomfort.
van Bruggen working away.
Trang manages to get back to half guard.
Trang has hold of van Bruggen's hands but van Bruggen slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
van Bruggen is trying to control. Trang wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Trang keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
van Bruggen is trying to control. Trang wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
van Bruggen slows the pace down in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trang is staying active underneath van Bruggen, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Trang wants to improve his position but van Bruggen is controlling well.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Johannes van Bruggen wasn't active enough on the ground.
van Bruggen dives in and grabs Trang's left leg, looking for a takedown. Trang pushes down on van Bruggen's head and hops out.
Herman Trang has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johannes van Bruggen.
van Bruggen shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Trang sprawls well. Trang wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. van Bruggen gets slowly back to his feet.

van Bruggen shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Trang is trying to defend but van Bruggen finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Trang manages to get to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
van Bruggen pushing down on Trang's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
van Bruggen wants to free his trapped foot but Trang is holding on for dear life with his legs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
van Bruggen wants to lay and pray for a moment but Trang keeps working.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johannes van Bruggen 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.

van Bruggen cracks Trang with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Trang walks into a stiff left hand from van Bruggen.
van Bruggen bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Trang's head.
van Bruggen misses with an uppercut
and Trang counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Trang misses with a hook
and van Bruggen counters with a nice uppercut.
van Bruggen throws an off balance right hand
and Trang counters with an outside leg kick.

van Bruggen shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than van Bruggen was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Trang in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

van Bruggen goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Trang turns into him and now he's in van Bruggen's guard.
van Bruggen has his hands on Trang's head, controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trang is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
van Bruggen trying to keep a closed guard but Trang is proving a slippery customer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
van Bruggen moves forwards but Trang connects with a nice, crisp jab.
van Bruggen swings away with a body shot that misses
and van Bruggen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Trang uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from van Bruggen.
Trang slips under a jab from van Bruggen.
van Bruggen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Trang manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Trang uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from van Bruggen.
van Bruggen takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
van Bruggen shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
van Bruggen lands with a nice body punch.
van Bruggen misses with an uppercut
and Trang counters with a right hand to the body.
van Bruggen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Trang was well out of range. Poor timing from van Bruggen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trang looks to score with a jab to the body but van Bruggen is just out of range.
van Bruggen lands with a right hand.
Trang throws a head kick that misses.
van Bruggen throws an off balance right hand
enabling Trang to counter with a crisp jab.
A jab from van Bruggen misses.
Trang tries to clinch
and van Bruggen counters with a right hand to the body.
van Bruggen throws a right hand that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Trang is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

van Bruggen shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
van Bruggen throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Trang is trying to control but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
van Bruggen is trying to control the action in half guard but Trang is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

van Bruggen is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Trang doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time van Bruggen.
van Bruggen throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
van Bruggen controlling the action here.
van Bruggen missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Herman Trang will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

van Bruggen takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
van Bruggen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
van Bruggen swings away with a body shot that misses
and Trang counters with a nice body shot.
Trang steps to the side to avoid the strikes from van Bruggen.
A punch lands to the side of Trang 's head but he takes it in his stride.
van Bruggen takes a swing at Trang's ribcage but misses.
Trang connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Trang waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract van Bruggen.
van Bruggen throws a body punch but Trang moves out of range.
van Bruggen misses with an uppercut.
A big left from van Bruggen misses.
van Bruggen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
van Bruggen tries to clinch but Trang is having none of it.
Trang tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but van Bruggen was well out of range. Poor timing from Trang.
van Bruggen swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Trang counters with a stiff right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trang takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Herman Trang is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
van Bruggen misses the body punch
and Trang counters with a right hand to the body.
van Bruggen misses with an uppercut. Trang saw that one coming.
Trang tries a head kick but it misses.
van Bruggen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Trang misses with a hook.
van Bruggen misses with an uppercut. Trang saw that one coming.
van Bruggen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Trang moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Trang ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
van Bruggen lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
van Bruggen misses with an uppercut.
van Bruggen misses with a right hand
and Trang counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Trang slips a straight right by van Bruggen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
van Bruggen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Trang counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Trang uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from van Bruggen.
van Bruggen lands a nice hook to Trang's body. Trang takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Trang takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Trang throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
van Bruggen doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Trang counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Trang misses with a telegraphed body shot
and van Bruggen counters with a series of strikes. Trang will be more careful next time no doubt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
van Bruggen loads up on a big right hand but Trang slips the punch.
A shot to the body from van Bruggen misses
and Trang counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Trang is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Horrible takedown by van Bruggen or perhaps it was just good defense by Trang which made him look bad.
Trang circles away from the clinch attempt.
van Bruggen lands with a straight right. Trang didn't see that one coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trang slips under a jab.
van Bruggen misses with a lunging right hand
and Trang counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
van Bruggen misses with an uppercut
and van Bruggen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Trang walks into a jab.
Trang throws a jab but it's blocked by van Bruggen.
van Bruggen is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Trang scores with a hook.
Trang throws a head kick that misses
and van Bruggen counters with a left to the body.
van Bruggen misses with a wild body shot.
van Bruggen missing with a left hand there. Trang was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Trang uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by van Bruggen.
van Bruggen fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Trang avoids it really well and circles away.
Herman Trang has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johannes van Bruggen.
van Bruggen lands a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
van Bruggen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Trang counters with a nice uppercut.
Trang's hands are dropping dangerously low here and van Bruggen connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Trang scrambles back to his feet.
van Bruggen misses with a body punch
and Trang counters with a left to the body.
van Bruggen closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
van Bruggen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Trang sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Trang slips under a jab.
van Bruggen just misses with a punch to the body.
van Bruggen looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Trang throws a quick inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
van Bruggen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Trang counters with a nice body shot.
van Bruggen misses with a hook
and Trang counters with a nice uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
Herman Trang showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Trang has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a draw!