PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kuyt Van der Wilde (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Atticus Jax (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Van der Wilde's entrance music is From Life to Lifeless - Killswitch Engage. A fine choice. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Van der Wilde
vs
Jax

189 cm
21
182 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kuyt Van der Wilde!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Atticus Jax!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Felipe Paraventi and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van der Wilde throws a nice looking combination but Jax bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Van der Wilde lands a glancing blow to the side of Jax's head.
Van der Wilde misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jax looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Van der Wilde wants to clinch.
Jax takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

Van der Wilde darts in and clinches Jax up against the cage.
Van der Wilde works on Jax's body with a couple of short punches.
Van der Wilde dodges an elbow strike from Jax.
Jax tries to land a knee to the head but Van der Wilde blocks with his arms.
Nice body punch from Van der Wilde - that landed with a thud.
Van der Wilde gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Jax.
Jax throws a knee to the head but misses.
Van der Wilde lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Jax tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jax tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jax tries to pull guard but Van der Wilde won't allow it.
Jax misses with a knee to the head.
Van der Wilde slows down the pace here.

Van der Wilde escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van der Wilde lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Van der Wilde throws a head kick that misses.
Jax clinches but Van der Wilde breaks the clinch

and Van der Wilde counters with a combination of strikes to the head and body that crumple Jax!

Jax is rocked!
Van der Wilde stalling.
Jax is still in real trouble! Can Van der Wilde finish him?
Jax really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Van der Wilde. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Van der Wilde lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Jax seems to have recovered his senses.
Van der Wilde sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Jax defending well though.
Van der Wilde wants to stand up but Jax has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Van der Wilde performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van der Wilde prevents Jax from standing back up.
Jax blocking the ground and pound attempt from Van der Wilde.
Van der Wilde performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Jax is trying to control but Van der Wilde passes into side control!
Van der Wilde wants to control but Jax is keeping him busy.
Van der Wilde scores with a couple of short elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van der Wilde is looking to take a break and control but Jax is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
You can see the frustration on Jax's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Van der Wilde works to advance to full mount. Jax defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Van der Wilde pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Jax is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Jax wants to hold on but Van der Wilde pushes him away.
Jax looks gassed!
Jax is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Jax tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
A nice elbow there by Van der Wilde.
Van der Wilde controlling the position easily from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Van der Wilde lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Jax hang on?
Jax is trying to escape the mount.
Van der Wilde scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Van der Wilde scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Jax?
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Van der Wilde punishing his opponent with strikes.
Van der Wilde with the ground and pound from mount.
Van der Wilde raining down shots from the mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kuyt Van der Wilde dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Van der Wilde scores with a jab to the body.
Van der Wilde shoots in for a double leg but Jax sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Jax wants to clinch but Van der Wilde slips to the side
and Jax takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Van der Wilde scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A jab-cross combination lands for Van der Wilde and sends Jax crashing to the mat! Van der Wilde follows him down to the mat - Jax regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!
Jax tries to roll over but Van der Wilde keeps him under control.
Van der Wilde keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Van der Wilde wants to take a breather but Jax is having none of it.
Jax wants to get back to his feet.
Jax scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Van der Wilde manages to mount him!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van der Wilde looking to control but Jax is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van der Wilde avoids the attempt from Jax to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jax working to try and regain half guard.
Van der Wilde scoring with strikes but Jax is staying in there.
Van der Wilde is landing with some decent strikes but Jax is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Jax tries to hold on but Van der Wilde postures up.

That's two 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.
Van der Wilde takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
A nice elbow there by Van der Wilde.
Jax tries to hold on but Van der Wilde postures up.
Van der Wilde controlling his opponent.
Jax is trying to stand.
Van der Wilde 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.
Van der Wilde controlling the pace for now.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Van der Wilde cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van der Wilde working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Van der Wilde looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Van der Wilde scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Jax?
Van der Wilde with good strikes from the mount here!
A nice elbow there by Van der Wilde.
Jax is squirming around, avoiding Van der Wilde's attempts to control the action.
Van der Wilde pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Van der Wilde controlling the pace for now.
Van der Wilde is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jax can do to turn this around?
Van der Wilde looking to finish Jax with some ground and pound. This is bad for Jax!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jax is trying desperately to improve position.
Jax is breathing heavily.
Jax is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Jax really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Van der Wilde trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Van der Wilde cracks Jax with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Van der Wilde looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Jax is looking to improve his position but Van der Wilde isn't that keen on the idea.
Van der Wilde controlling from the full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kuyt Van der Wilde dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Jax darts in trying to clinch
enabling Van der Wilde to counter with a crisp jab.
Van der Wilde looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Van der Wilde throws a right hand that Jax ducks under and follows up with a left that Jax also avoids with ease.
Van der Wilde cracks the inside of Jax's front leg.
Jax wants to clinch but Van der Wilde slips to the side
and Van der Wilde counters with a straight right hand.
Jax tries to clinch up
and Van der Wilde counters with a three punch combo that has Jax backing up. Jax nods at Van der Wilde to acknowledge the strikes.

It looks like Atticus Jax has been cut.
Van der Wilde checks the leg kick nicely there.
Atticus Jax seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A leg kick checked by Van der Wilde.
Van der Wilde connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Van der Wilde connects with a crisp jab.
Kuyt Van der Wilde is winning the standup battle so far.
Van der Wilde lands with a precision combination! Left, right, uppercut and Jax falls flat on his face, eyes wide open but he's out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Kuyt Van der Wilde!