PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dirk Zeldenthuis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tauno Palo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tauno Palo will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Zeldenthuis
vs
Palo

172 cm
26
180 lbs
16 - 3 - 0

183 cm
28
182 lbs
28 - 14 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 16 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dirk Zeldenthuis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 14 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tauno Palo!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Roosa Järviläinen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Palo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Zeldenthuis misses with an attempted mid kick.
Zeldenthuis scoring well with a low kick there.
Palo is looking to chop away at Zeldenthuis's legs.
Zeldenthuis lands a nice leg kick that just misses Palo's sensitive parts.
A good leg kick by Zeldenthuis.
Palo misses with a leg kick
and Zeldenthuis counters with a left to the body.
Zeldenthuis misses with a wild body shot.
Palo lands with a thumping leg kick.
Palo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zeldenthuis manages to avoid it.
Palo doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Palo tries a head kick but it misses.
Palo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Zeldenthuis throws a big shot that misses.
Zeldenthuis doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Palo throws a leg kick but Zeldenthuis moved away.
Palo lands a leg kick that knocks Zeldenthuis off balance momentarily.
Zeldenthuis throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

Zeldenthuis moves into the clinch.
Zeldenthuis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Palo blocks a body shot from Zeldenthuis.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zeldenthuis tries to pull guard but Palo forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Palo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Palo has a couple of punches blocked by Zeldenthuis.
Palo struggles to land a body shot inside as Zeldenthuis controls his hands.
Palo pushes Zeldenthuis back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Palo is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Zeldenthuis is keeping busy.
Palo manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Zeldenthuis pushes Palo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Palo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A body shot lands from Zeldenthuis.

Zeldenthuis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tauno Palo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Zeldenthuis lands a nice shot that snaps Palo's head back.
Palo misses with a body shot.
Palo tries to close the distance and clinch but Zeldenthuis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Palo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zeldenthuis.
Zeldenthuis fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Palo checks it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zeldenthuis looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zeldenthuis lands with a thumping leg kick.
Palo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zeldenthuis.
Palo throws a leg kick which misses Zeldenthuis's front leg but catches the back leg as Zeldenthuis tries to avoid it.
Zeldenthuis lands a head kick. Palo smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Zeldenthuis throws out a leg kick but Palo moves out of range and Zeldenthuis only half commits.
Palo tries to clinch up but Zeldenthuis circles away and keeps his distance.
Palo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Palo lands with a thumping leg kick.
Zeldenthuis throws a body punch but Palo moves out of range.
Palo throws a body punch but Zeldenthuis moves out of range.
Palo tries to clinch but Zeldenthuis moves out of range.
Zeldenthuis throws a jab when Palo was well out of range.
Palo goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Zeldenthuis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Palo was well out of range. Poor timing from Zeldenthuis.
Zeldenthuis is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Palo's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Palo lands with a shot to the body.
Zeldenthuis throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Palo on the side of the head.

Palo gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zeldenthuis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Palo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Zeldenthuis blocks it with crossed arms.
Zeldenthuis scores with a nice hook to the head.
Zeldenthuis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zeldenthuis is trying to pull guard but Palo has him pressed against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Palo.
Palo throws a punch but it's blocked by Zeldenthuis.
Zeldenthuis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Palo's elbow.
Zeldenthuis tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Palo just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dirk Zeldenthuis. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Zeldenthuis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Palo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Zeldenthuis changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Palo looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Palo struggling a bit here.
Palo is trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zeldenthuis tries to score with some ground and pound. Palo controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Palo tries to improve position but can't.
Zeldenthuis is looking to take a break and control but Palo is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Palo wants to control but Zeldenthuis postures up.
Palo holds on to Zeldenthuis's head and controls the position momentarily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zeldenthuis throwing shots but missing, from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dirk Zeldenthuis dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Zeldenthuis on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Palo throws a body punch but Zeldenthuis moves out of range.
Dirk Zeldenthuis is winning the standup battle so far.
Zeldenthuis digs a good body shot into Palo's ribs.
Palo is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Zeldenthuis rather than just go for the knockout.
Zeldenthuis takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Zeldenthuis on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Zeldenthuis fails with the takedown.
Zeldenthuis looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Palo lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Zeldenthuis checks a leg kick.
Palo misses with a straight left.
Zeldenthuis throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Zeldenthuis throws a body punch but Palo moves out of range.
Palo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zeldenthuis manages to avoid it.
Palo cracks the inside of Zeldenthuis's front leg.
Zeldenthuis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Palo throws a head kick that Zeldenthuis semi-blocks.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Palo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Zeldenthuis paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zeldenthuis on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A jab from Palo does it's job there.
Palo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Zeldenthuis misses with a body shot.
Palo goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Palo has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Palo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Palo takes one to the chin there.
Zeldenthuis scores with a leg kick.
Zeldenthuis throws a low kick but it's checked well by Palo.
Palo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Palo avoids the head kick by Zeldenthuis.
Palo throws a low kick, looking for Zeldenthuis's leg but Zeldenthuis calmly moves out of range.

Zeldenthuis scores a takedown into full mount!
Palo is trying to escape the mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zeldenthuis throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zeldenthuis landing strikes, looking to finish!
Zeldenthuis wants to control the pace but Palo is squirming around nicely.
Palo is working to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Zeldenthuis postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Palo looks a forlorn figure.
Palo is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zeldenthuis has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Palo's face.
Zeldenthuis pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

Palo is rocked!
Zeldenthuis scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Palo is still in real trouble! Can Zeldenthuis finish him?
Palo tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Zeldenthuis loads up with a big shot that hurts Palo! He's pulled Zeldenthuis in close but Zeldenthuis has postured up and lands more strikes. Can Palo survive? More strikes from Zeldenthuis and Palo is out! The ref jumps in to save him! Brutal ground and pound!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Dirk Zeldenthuis!
Dirk Zeldenthuis was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.