PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tjemu Van Dijk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tor Pellinore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pellinore has chosen Game of Thrones as his entrance music. Tor Pellinore will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Van Dijk
vs
Pellinore

200 cm
27
300 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

205 cm
21
300 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

Pirates Powder

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tjemu Van Dijk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tor Pellinore!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Jeff Smith and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Dijk throws the left hand but Pellinore avoids the punch easily.
Van Dijk throws a sloppy head kick and Pellinore moves out of range easily.
Pellinore connects with an inside leg kick.
A low kick from Van Dijk misses
and Pellinore counters with an inside leg kick.
Pellinore connects with a crisp jab.
Van Dijk misses with an attempted mid kick.
Van Dijk lands with a nice body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Van Dijk looks to throw a body kick
and Pellinore counters with a thumping low kick.
Pellinore throws a nice outside leg kick.
Van Dijk is breathing heavily.
Pellinore blocks a head kick by Van Dijk.
Pellinore lands a high kick!
Van Dijk ducks right into an uppercut from Pellinore.
Van Dijk looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Pellinore scores with a jab to the jaw.
Pellinore swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Van Dijk.
Pellinore lands a nice leg kick that just misses Van Dijk's sensitive parts.
Pellinore paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Pellinore explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pellinore thows a body kick. Van Dijk tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Pellinore cracks Van Dijk with a right hand to the side of the head.
Pellinore clobbers Van Dijk with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Pellinore throws a nice inside leg kick.
Pellinore lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Pellinore throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pellinore looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Van Dijk takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

A head kick lands from Pellinore that sends Van Dijk to the canvas. Van Dijk tries to scramble back to his feet but Pellinore brings him back down into side control.

Van Dijk is rocked!
Pellinore is chipping away with strikes.
Oh Van Dijk is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Pellinore has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

Pellinore catches Van Dijk napping and connects with a big right hand that sends Van Dijk to the canvas!
Pellinore not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Pellinore forces his way into half guard.
Van Dijk seems to have got his legs back now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pellinore wants to stand but Van Dijk has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Van Dijk trying to control from the bottom.
Van Dijk is staying active underneath Pellinore, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Pellinore controlling the action here.
Pellinore not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Dijk keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Pellinore works his way into side control.
Pellinore working the head with strikes.
Pellinore just content to control the position.

Pellinore in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Van Dijk is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Tor Pellinore!
Tor Pellinore really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Pirates Powder logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.