PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Laxus Nexus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ruud Van Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Van Hall has chosen Nico Vega - Beast as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!

Nexus
vs
Van Hall

186 cm
21
195 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

189 cm
20
198 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Good knees
KO power

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Laxus Nexus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ruud Van Hall!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Radbod Blank and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Nexus.

Van Hall staggers Nexus with a jab and knocks him down with a follow up straight! Nexus looks in trouble, will he beat the count?! The count has reached 5 and he's only back to 1 knee - it's going to be close! 6,7,8 - he's up! Just in time and the ref is going to let the fight continue!

It looks like Laxus Nexus has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Hall throws a combination that misses

and Nexus counters by moving into the clinch.
Van Hall tries to break free but Nexus pushes him back against the ropes.
Van Hall pushes Nexus back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A frustrated look appears on Van Hall's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Van Hall escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nexus tries to clinch but Van Hall is having none of it.
Van Hall looks to land a combination but Nexus avoids it well.
Jab by Van Hall.
A punch combination from Van Hall misses.
Van Hall bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Van Hall ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nexus moves away.
Van Hall closes the distance and lands a one-two.

Nexus is rocked!
Van Hall keeps the fight on the outside.
Van Hall avoids the head kick by Nexus.
Van Hall connects with a body shot.
Nexus tries to bum rush Van Hall with a series of wild strikes but Van Hall uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Van Hall lands a nice shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Hall throws a series of punches but Nexus avoids them all with ease.
Van Hall misses with a jab, cross combination.

Nexus clinches.

Nexus pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Van Hall lands with an overhand left.
Van Hall keeps the fight on the outside.
Van Hall fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nexus just misses with a punch to the body.
Van Hall scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Nexus dodges the punch combination from Van Hall.
Van Hall misses with the combination.
Van Hall uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nexus.
Van Hall throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nexus.
Nice straight punches there by Van Hall. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Van Hall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Van Hall as he connects with a hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nexus throws a shot to the body.
Van Hall circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nexus takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
A head kick misses from Van Hall.
Nexus tries to close the distance and clinch up but Van Hall swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Van Hall throws a series of punches but Nexus moves out of range.
Van Hall tries to bum rush Nexus with a series of wild strikes but Nexus uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ruud Van Hall seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nexus scores with a head kick.

It looks like Ruud Van Hall has been cut.
A jab from Van Hall does it's job there.
Nexus tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nexus looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Van Hall scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Nexus ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Hall lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Van Hall misses with a two punch combination.
Nexus tries to clinch up but Van Hall circles away and keeps his distance.
Nexus misses the shot to the body.
Nexus is breathing heavily.
Van Hall darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Nexus tries to clinch but Van Hall moves out of range.
Van Hall's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Van Hall duly obliges.
Sloppy strikes from Van Hall. Those never looked like landing.
A cross from Van Hall lands.
Van Hall thuds a left hand into Nexus's body.
Van Hall throws a series of punches but Nexus avoids them all with ease.
Van Hall feints a jab promting Nexus to slip. Van Hall then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Nexus slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Nexus dodges the punch combination from Van Hall.
Nice cross by Van Hall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Hall avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A head kick from Nexus lands but Van Hall takes it in his stride.
Van Hall avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Good work by Nexus as he checks the leg kick.
Nexus misses the shot to the body.
Van Hall throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nexus throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Van Hall.
Van Hall fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Van Hall scores with a body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Van Hall closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Nexus is looking to wear down Van Hall with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Van Hall lands a nice shot to the body.
Van Hall looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Van Hall throws a right and a left that both miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Having scored a knockdown, Ruud Van Hall should take round 1, putting pressure on his opponene back strong in round 2.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Van Hall dodges the punch combination from Nexus.
Sloppy strikes from Van Hall. Those never looked like landing.
Nexus scores with a push kick.
Nexus swinging wildly here.
Van Hall lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nexus circles away quickly and effectively.
Nexus tries to clinch up.
Nexus tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nexus looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Danga de danga de dang - Van Hall scores with a four punch combination!
Van Hall fails to land with a series of punches.
Van Hall's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Van Hall duly obliges.
A head kick misses from Nexus.
Van Hall jabs at Nexus's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Hall lands a two punch combo.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Van Hall fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Nexus fails with an attempt to clinch.
Van Hall slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Van Hall digs a good hook to Nexus's body.
Van Hall lands a nice hook to Nexus's body. Nexus takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Van Hall works over Nexus's head and body with a nice combination.
Van Hall throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Laxus Nexus is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A bone on bone clash there as Nexus blocks the leg kick.

Van Hall moves into range and clinches up with Nexus.
Van Hall looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Nexus is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Van Hall is defending well for now.
Nexus is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.

Van Hall's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Van Hall.
Van Hall works over Nexus's head and body with a nice combination.
Ruud Van Hall seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nexus tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nexus avoids a punch combination nicely.
Van Hall lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Van Hall goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Van Hall closes the distance and pushes Nexus back into the ropes.
Nexus wants to break the clinch but can't.
Van Hall has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nexus is trying to stall.
Van Hall prevents Nexus from breaking the clinch.

Van Hall escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Van Hall tries to bum rush Nexus with a series of wild strikes but Nexus uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Hall misses with a double jab.
Van Hall scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Van Hall digs a good hook to Nexus's body.
Nice shot by Van Hall.
Van Hall lands a two punch combo.
Van Hall swinging wildly here.
Nexus wants to clinch.
Nexus tries to bum rush Van Hall with a series of wild strikes but Van Hall uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nexus tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Van Hall connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Nexus's hands.
Left hook, right uppercut from Van Hall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nexus has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Van Hall finds it's way round the side to connect with Nexus's head.
Van Hall connects with a single shot there.
Van Hall swinging wildly here.
Nexus throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
A shot to the liver by Van Hall. Beautiful body shot.
Nexus checks a leg kick nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Van Hall swinging wildly here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nexus looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nexus tries to clinch up.
Van Hall lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Van Hall misses with a two punch combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ruud Van Hall showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Nexus tries to close the distance and clinch but Van Hall swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nexus doesn't manage to clinch there - Van Hall circles away.
A combination from Van Hall does no damage.
Van Hall misses with a wild combination.
Van Hall is working the combinations to good effect here.
Nexus moves in looking to clinch but Van Hall pushes him off.
Van Hall avoids the head kick by Nexus.

Nexus has managed to clinch.
Nexus is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Nexus misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Van Hall.
Van Hall is looking to break free of the clinch but Nexus has double underhooks.

Nexus manages to break the clinch.
Van Hall fails to land with a series of punches.

Nexus darts in and clinches Van Hall up against the ropes.
Nexus keeps control of Van Hall as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nexus is stalling here.

Van Hall breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Van Hall jabs Nexus to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nexus looks to land a combination but Van Hall avoids it well.
Nexus throws a shot from downtown. Van Hall moves away and avoids it.
Nexus does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Nexus tries to clinch but Van Hall is having none of it.
Van Hall scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Van Hall throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Van Hall swats away the attempt to clinch by Nexus.
Nexus tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nexus slips a jab and a cross from Van Hall.
Van Hall dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nexus walks into a straight right hand from Van Hall.
A punch combination from Van Hall misses.
Van Hall misses with a wild combination.
Van Hall avoids the head kick by Nexus.
Nexus misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sloppy strikes from Van Hall. Those never looked like landing.
Van Hall lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Nexus misses with a jab to the body
and Van Hall counters with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Van Hall!
Van Hall lands with a nice combination. Nexus backs away looking to recover.
Nexus lands a high kick!
Van Hall throws a front kick that sends Nexus stumbling back into the ropes.
Van Hall throws a combination. Nexus tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Van Hall misses.
Van Hall throws a nice looking combination but Nexus bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Van Hall tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nexus was well out of range. Poor timing from Van Hall.
Van Hall scores with a nice strike.
Van Hall slips a jab and a cross from Nexus.
Van Hall ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nexus is looking to clinch but Van Hall is avoiding it.
Van Hall swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Van Hall will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nexus fails in his attempt to clinch.
Van Hall lands with a nice combination. Nexus backs away looking to recover.
Nexus is looking to clinch.
Nexus is looking to clinch but Van Hall is avoiding it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Hall scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Van Hall misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nexus is looking to clinch but Van Hall is avoiding it.
Nexus takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nexus tries to close the distance and clinch but Van Hall swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nexus misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Van Hall attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Van Hall goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Ruud Van Hall is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Van Hall ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nexus is looking to clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Van Hall lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Van Hall scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Laxus Nexus has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Van Hall avoids the body shot from Nexus.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ruud Van Hall comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Van Hall winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 26:30
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 26:30
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ruud Van Hall!
Ruud Van Hall took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!) for their support in the buildup to the fight.