PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Aleksi Bergman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ruud Van Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bergman comes to the ring accompanied by Wagner - Flight of the Valkyries. Van Hall has chosen Nico Vega - Beast as his entrance music. Ruud Van Hall is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Bergman
vs
Van Hall

199 cm
26
215 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

189 cm
22
198 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Aleksi Bergman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ruud Van Hall!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Aafke Stam and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bergman throws a combination that misses
enabling Van Hall to counter with a crisp jab.
Van Hall tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Van Hall clinches.
Van Hall swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Van Hall.
Bergman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Van Hall tries to break free but Bergman pushes him back against the ropes.
Van Hall has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bergman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Van Hall has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bergman is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Bergman misses with a body punch.
Van Hall working hard to break the clinch.
Bergman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Van Hall can't break the clinch.
Van Hall doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Van Hall wants to break free but Bergman has control.
Bergman being controlled against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Hall wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bergman has him pressed against the ropes.
Bergman has Van Hall pressed against the ropes, preventing Van Hall from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A body shot lands from Van Hall.
Bergman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Van Hall is trying to push Bergman away but Bergman has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Bergman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Van Hall is trying to break the clinch but Bergman has him pressed against the ropes.
Van Hall can't break the clinch.
Bergman has Van Hall pressed against the ropes, preventing Van Hall from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bergman misses with a hook from the clinch.
Van Hall blocking some punches.
Van Hall wants to break free but Bergman has control.
Bergman looking to stall.
Bergman is pushing Van Hall up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Van Hall's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bergman throws a punch but it's blocked by Van Hall.
Bergman has Van Hall pressed against the ropes, preventing Van Hall from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Van Hall is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Bergman lands a right hand.
Van Hall is looking to control Bergman's arms but Bergman gets an underhook and turns him. Now Van Hall has his back to the ropes.
Bergman keeps control of Van Hall as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Van Hall is trying to break the clinch but Bergman has him pressed against the ropes.
Van Hall tries to circle away but Bergman has him pinned against the ropes.
Bergman misses with the head strike.
Nice body punch from Bergman - that landed with a thud.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short body shot lands from Bergman as the two fighters clinch.
Van Hall has had enough of the clinch but Bergman keeps him there for the moment.
Van Hall wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bergman lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bergman struggles to land a body shot inside as Van Hall controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Hall blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bergman looking to stall.
Bergman manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Bergman scores with a shoulder strike.
Bergman works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

Van Hall breaks from the clinch.
Van Hall keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bergman.
Bergman throws a jab but it's blocked by Van Hall.
Van Hall takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Van Hall swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Van Hall scores with a crisp jab that stopped Bergman in his tracks.
Bergman keeps the fight on the outside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Van Hall has closed the distance and engaged Bergman in a clinch.
Bergman looking to stall.
Van Hall blocks an uppercut.
Bergman misses with the head strike.
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!
Bergman taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Van Hall wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bergman has him pressed against the ropes.
Van Hall tries to circle away but Bergman has him pinned against the ropes.
Van Hall tries to break the clinch but Bergman is controlling the position.
Bergman has Van Hall pressed against the ropes, preventing Van Hall from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bergman goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Van Hall wants to get back to striking at distance but Bergman won't allow it.
Bergman misses with the head strike.
Bergman misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ruud Van Hall will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

The fight stays on the outside here - Bergman looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Van Hall wants to clinch up but Bergman keeps it at a distance.
Nice defenses there by Bergman.
Van Hall is looking to clinch.
Bergman keeps the fight on the outside.
Bergman misses with a hook
and Bergman takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bergman pushes Van Hall up against the ropes in a clinch.
Van Hall tries a body shot but Bergman blocks it.

Van Hall pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Aleksi Bergman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Van Hall will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Van Hall is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Van Hall looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Van Hall connects with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Hall avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Bergman gets a clinch.
Aleksi Bergman has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bergman has a couple of punches blocked by Van Hall.
Bergman lands a hook that snaps the head of Van Hall backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bergman.
Van Hall wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Van Hall's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Van Hall can't break the clinch.
Bergman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bergman lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Van Hall or not.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bergman.
Bergman has a couple of punches blocked by Van Hall.
Bergman scores with a shot to the side of Van Hall's head.
Bergman lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bergman throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Van Halls head.
Bergman lands a body punch.
Bergman presses Van Hall against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Van Hall manages to break the clinch.
No joy there for Van Hall, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bergman throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Van Hall stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Van Hall throws a good cross that connects.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bergman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A decent looking cross lands there for Van Hall.
Van Hall motions for Bergman to come forward. Van Hall throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Van Hall throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bergman stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Bergman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A decent looking cross lands there for Bergman.
Van Hall tries to clinch there but Bergman circles away.
Van Hall doesn't manage to clinch there - Bergman circles away.
Van Hall slips under a jab.
Bergman tries to clinch up but Van Hall circles away and keeps his distance.
No joy there for Bergman, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Van Hall keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Hall pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Bergman back to the ropes. Van Hall follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
A combination from Bergman does no damage.
Van Hall throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Van Hall tried to score with a low kick but Bergman checks it.
Van Hall misses with a wild combination.
Van Hall staying out of range there.
A head kick misses from Van Hall.
Van Hall punishes Bergman's body with a nice straight punch.
Van Hall tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bergman's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Van Hall connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Bergman scrambles back to his feet.
Van Hall scores with a punch to the head.
Bergman throws a series of punches but Van Hall avoids them all with ease.
Bergman works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Bergman rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Van Hall moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Van Hall stuns Bergman with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Van Hall dips to his left and cracks Bergman with an uppercut!
Van Hall paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Bergman misses with a straight left.
Van Hall cracks Bergman with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Van Hall, as that shot connected.
Van Hall throws out a powerful jab.
Nice defenses there by Van Hall.
Van Hall swinging wildly here.
Nice shot lands for Van Hall.
Ruud Van Hall seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sloppy strikes from Bergman. Those never looked like landing.
Bergman connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Bergman throws a series of punches but Van Hall avoids them all with ease.
Van Hall connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bergman momentarily.
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.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Bergman throws a right and a left that Van Hall avoids nicely.
Van Hall connects with a looping right hand.

Bergman is rocked!
Van Hall closes the distance and catches Bergman with a lead hook that drops him to the canvas! Bergman is clearly dazed and struggling here! 3,4,5,6,7 and Bergman is up to his feet but the referee has called it off! Bergman is still far too wobbly and he's not going to allow the fight to continue! Van Hall takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:13 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Ruud Van Hall!
A pretty intense looking Ruud Van Hall took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.