PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between King Fists (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jan Janssen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Janssen has chosen DJ Madman - Meisje zo lelijk als de nacht as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Fists
vs
Janssen

176 cm
26
181 lbs
17 - 5 - 0

176 cm
27
181 lbs
15 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Wolfpack Threadz

CEC Nutrition Q159

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 17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, King Fists!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jan Janssen!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Janssen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A cross from Janssen lands.
Janssen connects with a crisp jab.
Fists walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Janssen checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Janssen lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A jab from Fists misses.
Janssen shoots in looking for a takedown. Fists tries to sprawl out of it but Janssen keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Fists manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Fists gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Fists throws a head kick that misses.
Fists connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fists slips under a jab from Janssen.
Janssen paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Fists scores with a one two! Janssen had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Janssen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Janssen slips under a jab.
Janssen ducks under a wild hook from Fists.
Janssen moves out of range of the body kick from Fists.
Janssen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
King Fists seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Janssen changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Fists tries to avoid it but Janssen manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Fists to the ground. Fists escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Fists throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Janssen lands with a good body shot.
Janssen throws a shot from downtown. Fists moves away and avoids it.
Fists lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Janssen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A jab lands there for Fists.
Janssen lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Fists uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Janssen.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Janssen throws a hook to the side of Fists's head but Fists sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Janssen takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Janssen throws a hook but Fists avoids it easily.
Fists misses with a wild combination.
Janssen throws a good cross that connects.
Fists keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Janssen.
A punch combination from Fists misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fists ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Janssen throws a jab when Fists was well out of range.
Fists throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Janssen.
Janssen connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Fists swings widly with a right hand
and Janssen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fists takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A swing and a miss from Janssen.
Janssen lands with an uppercut that bounces Fists off the cage and back into range.
Janssen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Janssen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fists.
Janssen connects with a right hand. Fists shakes it off.
Fists blocks a head kick by Janssen.
An inside leg kick lands from Fists.
Fists tries to land a front kick but Janssen steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Janssen smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Janssen cracks a nice hook into Fists's ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fists tries to bum rush Janssen with a series of wild strikes but Janssen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A jab lands there for Janssen.
Janssen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fists.
Fists avoids a kick to the body.
Fists slips under a jab.
Fists uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Janssen.
Janssen throws a lazy right hand but Fists sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Janssen throws a shot to the body.
Danga de danga de dang - Fists scores with a four punch combination!
Fists walks into a stiff left hand from Janssen.
Janssen is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Fists had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Fists takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Janssen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Janssen dodges the punch combination from Fists.
King Fists is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Janssen jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Decent striking displayed by Janssen there.
Fists jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Janssen slips under a jab.
Fists uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Janssen.
Janssen takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Fists misses with a straight left.
Fists takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Janssen misses with a hook.
Janssen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Fists enables Janssen to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Fists manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Janssen throws an elbow that misses. Fists uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Janssen's guard. Nice move by Fists!
Janssen has a closed guard, preventing Fists from standing up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Janssen managing to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Fists takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Janssen scores with a jab to the jaw.
Janssen throws a lazy head kick
and Fists counters with a three punch combo that has Janssen backing up. Janssen nods at Fists to acknowledge the strikes.
Fists looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Janssen throws a hook but Fists avoids it easily.
Janssen throws a body punch but Fists moves out of range.
Fists misses with the combination.
Fists moves forwards but Janssen connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Fists misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Fists shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Fists misses with a left hand
and Janssen counters with a two punch combo.
Janssen scores with a jab. Fists acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Janssen takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Janssen scores with a punch to the head.
Fists takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fists throws the left hand but Janssen avoids the punch easily.
Fists finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Janssen might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Fists looks to throw the jab but Janssen is out of range.
Janssen lands a jab to Fists's midsection.
Janssen throws a hook to the side of Fists's head but Fists sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fists leaves Janssen with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Janssen shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Fists is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Janssen lands a big shot there that rocks Fists but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Janssen working the ground and pound effectively.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fists taking shots to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Janssen scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Janssen lands a heavy elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Janssen landing strikes from the mount and Fists is in trouble!

Fists is rocked!

Janssen working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Fists on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Fists tries to get out of the position.
Fists wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Janssen landing strikes from the mount.
Janssen working away from the top, dropping strikes.
You get the feeling that Fists really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Fists is bucking up trying to escape but Janssen cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Janssen unloading with bombs!
Janssen scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Fists?
Janssen with shots to the head and body - Fists looks very uncomfortable down there.
Oh Fists is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Janssen wants to finish this one by submission but Fists is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Janssen.
Fists seems to have got his legs back now.
Fists is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Janssen pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Janssen landing strikes, looking to finish!
Janssen raining down hammerfists from mount.
Fists knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Janssen on the ground.
Janssen putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Janssen lands a big elbow.

Fists bucks Janssen off and manages to get back to his feet!
Janssen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fists fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Janssen throws the left hand but Fists avoids the punch easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Janssen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Janssen lands a glancing blow to the side of Fists's head.
Janssen throws out a loose jab but Fists uses good head movement to avoid it.
Janssen cracks Fists with a good jab.
Fists takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Janssen lands a nice hook to Fists's body. Fists takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Janssen misses.
Jan Janssen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fists throws a lazy uppercut
letting Janssen counter with a right hand.
Janssen throws a lazy right hand but Fists sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fists throws a series of punches but Janssen moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Fists.
Janssen lands a really nice looking cross but Fists seems unphased.
Janssen fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Fists on the side of the head.
Janssen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Fists takes one to the chin there.
Janssen throws a jab but it's blocked by Fists.
The fighters circling - Fists throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Fists thows a left - swing and a miss!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fists tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Janssen connects with a body shot.
Janssen lunges at Fists with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Fists's hand.
Fists slips a straight right by Janssen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jan Janssen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Fists's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Fists slips a jab from Janssen.
Fists looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Janssen throws a shot from downtown. Fists moves away and avoids it.
Janssen thuds his shin into the meat of Fists's side.
Janssen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Fists walks into a jab.
Fists connects with a good right hand that stumbles Janssen. Janssen circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Fists throws a chopping leg kick but Janssen manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Janssen throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Fists's waist but Fists gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Janssen off to one side.
Nice straight punches there by Janssen. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Janssen.
Janssen misses with an uppercut. Fists saw that one coming.
Janssen thuds his right hand into Fists's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Janssen just misses with a punch to the body.
Fists throws a hook to the side of Janssen's head but Janssen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Janssen lands with a straight right. Fists didn't see that one coming.
Janssen connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
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!
Fists swinging wildly here.
Fists blocks the body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fists misses with a few strikes there.

Janssen shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.

Janssen wants to finish this one by submission but Fists is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Janssen.
Janssen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
You get the feeling that Fists really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Janssen lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Fists hang on?
Fists wants to get back to his feet.
Janssen has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Janssen trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Janssen scoring with strikes but Fists is staying in there.
Janssen punishing his opponent with strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Janssen connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Janssen lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Janssen breaks from Fists's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Janssen drops a big elbow. That's hurt Fists! More shots from Janssen and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jan Janssen!
A victorious Jan Janssen thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.