PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jonni Van Der Bash (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Heihachi Michima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Michima has chosen Chris Cornell - You know my name as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Van Der Bash
vs
Michima

177 cm
18
151 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
152 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Blitzkrieg Supplements

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jonni Van Der Bash!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Heihachi Michima!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Der Bash is looking to clinch but Michima is avoiding it.
Van Der Bash is looking to clinch but Michima is avoiding it.
Michima rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Van Der Bash moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Van Der Bash fails with an attempt to clinch.
Van Der Bash is looking to clinch.
Michima circles away from the clinch attempt.
Michima rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Van Der Bash moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Van Der Bash is looking to clinch.
Michima throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Van Der Bash.
Michima throws a series of punches but Van Der Bash avoids them all with ease.
Michima jabs at Van Der Bash's body.
Van Der Bash tries to clinch there but Michima circles away.
Van Der Bash tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Michima paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Van Der Bash instigates a clinch.
Van Der Bash trying to land knees to the body.
Michima blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Michima on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Michima wants to get back to striking at distance but Van Der Bash won't allow it.
Van Der Bash missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Van Der Bash throws an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Der Bash unloads a knee to the mid-section. Michima lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Van Der Bash tries to land knees in the clinch but Michima avoids the damage to the body.
Van Der Bash throws a knee to the head but misses.
Michima is looking to break free of the clinch but Van Der Bash has double underhooks.
Van Der Bash lands a knee to the head.
Michima is trying to break the clinch but Van Der Bash has him pressed against the cage.
Van Der Bash with a knee to the head.
Van Der Bash trying to land knees to the body.
Michima wants to get back to striking at distance but Van Der Bash won't allow it.
Michima wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Michima is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Van Der Bash misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Michima.
Michima managing to block the knees to the body from Van Der Bash.
Michima avoiding damage as Van Der Bash throws knees to the body.
Van Der Bash tries to land knees in the clinch but Michima avoids the damage to the body.
Van Der Bash gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Van Der Bash prevents Michima from breaking the clinch.
Michima wants to break the clinch but can't.
Van Der Bash trying to land knees to the body.
Van Der Bash tries to pull guard but Michima won't allow it.
Van Der Bash landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michima on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Van Der Bash throws an elbow but misses.
Van Der Bash lands a nice knee to the body.
Van Der Bash is breathing heavily.
Michima blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Van Der Bash with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Michima avoiding damage as Van Der Bash throws knees to the body.
Van Der Bash tries to land knees in the clinch but Michima avoids the damage to the body.
Michima wants to break free but Van Der Bash has control.
Van Der Bash keeps control of Michima as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Michima avoiding damage as Van Der Bash throws knees to the body.
Michima is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Van Der Bash tries a knee to the head but Michima blocks it.
Michima wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Van Der Bash has him pressed against the cage.
Van Der Bash trying to land knees to the body.
Michima is trying to break free.
Van Der Bash unloads a knee to the mid-section. Michima lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Michima manages to break the clinch.
Van Der Bash is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Der Bash is looking to clinch but Michima is avoiding it.
Michima throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Michima circles away from the clinch attempt.
Michima throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Van Der Bash is looking to clinch but Michima is avoiding it.
Michima will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Michima swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Van Der Bash gets a clinch.
A knee to the head by Van Der Bash.
Michima has had enough of the clinch but Van Der Bash keeps him there for the moment.
Michima wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Van Der Bash missing with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Van Der Bash.
Michima is trying to break free.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Van Der Bash tries to throw a body punch but Michima avoids it by throwing Van Der Bash back against the cage.
Van Der Bash throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Michima blocks it with crossed arms.
Van Der Bash throws a knee to the head but misses.
Van Der Bash with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Van Der Bash tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Van Der Bash trying to land knees to the body.
Van Der Bash looking to throw knees to the head but Michima is blocking nicely.
Van Der Bash misses with a knee to the head.
Van Der Bash throws a knee to the head but misses.
Michima wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Michima has had enough of the clinch but Van Der Bash keeps him there for the moment.
Michima has had enough of the clinch but Van Der Bash keeps him there for the moment.
Van Der Bash prevents Michima from breaking the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Van Der Bash tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Michima just stands there and leans against the cage.
Van Der Bash trying to land knees to the body.
Van Der Bash missing with knees to the body.
Van Der Bash landing knees to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonni Van Der Bash dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A nice combination there by Michima.
Van Der Bash tries to clinch up but Michima circles away and keeps his distance.
Michima avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Michima throws a series of punches but Van Der Bash avoids them all with ease.
Van Der Bash doesn't manage to clinch there - Michima circles away.
Michima goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Van Der Bash wants to clinch.
Van Der Bash tries to clinch but Michima moves out of range.
Michima throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Michima swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Van Der Bash.
Michima fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Van Der Bash looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Van Der Bash moves in looking to clinch but Michima pushes him off.
Michima throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Van Der Bash.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Michima.
Jonni Van Der Bash is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Van Der Bash is looking to clinch but Michima is avoiding it.
Van Der Bash tries to close the distance and clinch but Michima swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Van Der Bash fails in his attempt to clinch.
Michima throws a nice looking combination but Van Der Bash bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Van Der Bash moves in looking to clinch but Michima pushes him off.
Jonni Van Der Bash seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Van Der Bash is looking to clinch but Michima is avoiding it.
Van Der Bash tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Michima paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Van Der Bash tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Michima paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Van Der Bash dodges the punch combination from Michima.
Van Der Bash tries to clinch there but Michima circles away.
Michima fails to land with a series of punches.
Van Der Bash moves in looking to clinch but Michima pushes him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Michima swats away the attempt to clinch by Van Der Bash.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Michima!
Van Der Bash tries to clinch but Michima is having none of it.
Van Der Bash slips a jab and a cross from Michima.
Some wild striking there from Michima.
Michima is breathing heavily.
Van Der Bash tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Michima paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Van Der Bash fails with an attempt to clinch.
Michima avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Van Der Bash rushes Michima and presses him up against the cage.
Van Der Bash tries a knee to the head but Michima blocks it.
Van Der Bash misses with a knee strike.
Van Der Bash missing with knees to the body.
Van Der Bash tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Der Bash looking to throw knees to the head but Michima is blocking nicely.
Michima is looking to break free of the clinch but Van Der Bash has double underhooks.
Van Der Bash trying to land knees to the body.
Van Der Bash trying to land knees to the body.
Michima wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Van Der Bash throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Van Der Bash.
Van Der Bash throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Michima blocks it with crossed arms.
Van Der Bash trying to land knees to the body.
Michima is looking to break free of the clinch but Van Der Bash has double underhooks.
Van Der Bash prevents Michima from breaking the clinch.
Van Der Bash landing knees to the body.
Van Der Bash landing knees to the body.
Van Der Bash misses with a knee strike.
Van Der Bash misses with a knee strike.
Michima blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Michima breaks from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Michima avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Michima scores with a decent looking hook.
Michima scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Michima scores with a one two! Van Der Bash had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Michima rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Van Der Bash moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Michima misses with a wild combination.
Van Der Bash fails with an attempt to clinch.
Van Der Bash slips a jab and a cross from Michima.
Van Der Bash slips a jab and a cross from Michima.
Van Der Bash tries to clinch but Michima is having none of it.
Van Der Bash is looking to clinch.
Van Der Bash tries to close the distance and clinch up but Michima swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Michima swinging wilding here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Heihachi Michima showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Van Der Bash is looking to clinch but Michima is avoiding it.
Michima swats away the attempt to clinch by Van Der Bash.
Michima misses with a wild combination.
Van Der Bash tries to clinch but Michima is having none of it.
Van Der Bash tries to clinch but Michima moves out of range.
Michima lands a two punch combo.
Van Der Bash is looking to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Der Bash tries to clinch but Michima is having none of it.
Michima throws a body punch but Van Der Bash moves out of range.
Michima swats away the attempt to clinch by Van Der Bash.

Van Der Bash closes the distance and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Der Bash using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Michima has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Michima managing to block the knees to the body from Van Der Bash.
Van Der Bash tries to land a knee to the head but Michima blocks with his arms.
Van Der Bash with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Michima managing to block the knees to the body from Van Der Bash.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Van Der Bash tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Van Der Bash lands a nice knee to the body.
Van Der Bash misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Michima.
Michima is pressed up against the cage. Van Der Bash has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Michima down to the mat. Michima avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Van Der Bash tries to clinch there but Michima circles away.
Michima misses with a jab, cross combination.
Van Der Bash wants to clinch up but Michima keeps it at a distance.
Michima swats away the attempt to clinch by Van Der Bash.
Van Der Bash is looking to clinch.
Michima looks to land a combination. Van Der Bash sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Der Bash tries to clinch up.
Michima keeps the fight on the outside.
Some wild striking there from Michima.
Michima scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
The fight stays on the outside here - Van Der Bash looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Michima looks to land a combination but Van Der Bash avoids it well.
Van Der Bash wants to clinch up but Michima keeps it at a distance.
Van Der Bash tries to clinch but Michima moves out of range.
Michima looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Van Der Bash is looking to clinch but Michima is avoiding it.
Van Der Bash tries to clinch but Michima moves out of range.
Van Der Bash tries to clinch but Michima is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michima throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Michima swats away the attempt to clinch by Van Der Bash.
Van Der Bash tries to close the distance and clinch up but Michima swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Van Der Bash moves out of range of the body kick from Michima.
Van Der Bash has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Van Der Bash tries to clinch there but Michima circles away.

Van Der Bash closes the distance and clinches.
Van Der Bash misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Michima.
Van Der Bash unloads a knee to the mid-section. Michima lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Van Der Bash tries to land a knee to the head but Michima blocks with his arms.
Van Der Bash misses with a knee strike.
Van Der Bash trying to land knees to the body.
Michima wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Van Der Bash presses Michima against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Der Bash connects with a knee to the head.
Michima is trying to break free.
Michima avoiding damage as Van Der Bash throws knees to the body.
Michima blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Van Der Bash missing with knees to the body.
Michima managing to block the knees to the body from Van Der Bash.
Van Der Bash missing with knees to the body.
Van Der Bash with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Michima wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Michima managing to block the knees to the body from Van Der Bash.
Michima tries to break the clinch but Van Der Bash is controlling the position.
Michima blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Michima can't break the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Michima blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Van Der Bash connects with a knee to the head.
Michima is trying to break the clinch but Van Der Bash has him pressed against the cage.
Van Der Bash prevents Michima from breaking the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Heihachi Michima really dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Van Der Bash is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Van Der Bash tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Michima paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Van Der Bash tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Michima paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Van Der Bash fails with an attempt to clinch.
Van Der Bash tries to close the distance and clinch but Michima swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Van Der Bash is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Van Der Bash is looking to clinch.
Michima swinging wilding here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Der Bash is looking to clinch but Michima is avoiding it.
Van Der Bash tries to clinch but Michima is having none of it.
Van Der Bash tries to clinch but Michima moves out of range.
Michima avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Der Bash is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Michima throws a right and a left that Van Der Bash avoids nicely.
Van Der Bash tries to close the distance and clinch up but Michima swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Van Der Bash wants to clinch.
Van Der Bash tries to close the distance and clinch but Michima swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Michima throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Van Der Bash moves in looking to clinch but Michima pushes him off.
Van Der Bash fails with an attempt to clinch.
Van Der Bash is looking to clinch.
Michima keeps the fight on the outside.

Van Der Bash closes the distance and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Van Der Bash misses with a knee to the head.
Michima wants to break free but Van Der Bash has control.
Michima blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Michima wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Van Der Bash has him pressed against the cage.
Van Der Bash using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Michima has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Michima wants to break free but Van Der Bash has control.
Michima blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Van Der Bash throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Michima blocks it with crossed arms.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Michima managing to block the knees to the body from Van Der Bash.
Van Der Bash missing with knees to the body.
Van Der Bash missing with knees to the body.
Van Der Bash with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Van Der Bash tries to land knees in the clinch but Michima avoids the damage to the body.
Michima is trying to break free.
Van Der Bash misses with a knee strike.
Michima blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Michima breaks from the clinch.
Van Der Bash fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michima lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Michima.
Van Der Bash tries to close the distance and clinch up but Michima swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Van Der Bash tries to clinch but Michima is having none of it.
Van Der Bash tries to clinch but Michima moves out of range.
Van Der Bash is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Michima misses with a jab, cross combination.
Van Der Bash wants to clinch.
Michima displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Michima swats away the attempt to clinch by Van Der Bash.
Michima rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Van Der Bash moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Van Der Bash gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Van Der Bash tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Van Der Bash tries to land knees in the clinch but Michima avoids the damage to the body.
Michima blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Michima blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Van Der Bash missing with knees to the body.
Van Der Bash trying to land knees to the body.
Van Der Bash throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Michima blocks it with crossed arms.
Michima tries to break the clinch but Van Der Bash is controlling the position.
Van Der Bash missing with knees to the body.
Van Der Bash missing with knees to the body.
Michima wants to break the clinch but can't.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Van Der Bash missing with knees to the body.
Michima blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Michima has had enough of the clinch but Van Der Bash keeps him there for the moment.
Van Der Bash tries to land knees in the clinch but Michima avoids the damage to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Heihachi Michima will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Michima misses with a two punch combination.
Michima swats away the attempt to clinch by Van Der Bash.
Michima looks to land a combination but Van Der Bash avoids it well.
Van Der Bash tries to clinch there but Michima circles away.
A left and a right from Michima both land. Nice combination.
Van Der Bash tries to close the distance and clinch but Michima swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Michima misses with a two punch combination.
Van Der Bash tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Van Der Bash tries to clinch up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Der Bash wants to clinch.
A punch combination from Michima misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Van Der Bash looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Van Der Bash gets a clinch.
Van Der Bash tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Michima blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Van Der Bash tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Michima blocks an elbow strike.
Van Der Bash missing with knees to the body.
Van Der Bash with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Van Der Bash with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Van Der Bash tries to land knees in the clinch but Michima avoids the damage to the body.
Michima wants to break the clinch but can't.
Van Der Bash missing with knees to the body.
Michima avoiding damage as Van Der Bash throws knees to the body.
Michima wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Van Der Bash trying to land knees to the body.
Van Der Bash using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Michima has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Van Der Bash keeps control of Michima as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Michima is trying to break free.
Michima has had enough of the clinch but Van Der Bash keeps him there for the moment.
Van Der Bash unloads a knee to the mid-section. Michima lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Michima managing to block the knees to the body from Van Der Bash.
Michima is trying to break free.
Michima can't break the clinch.
Van Der Bash misses with an elbow over the top.
Michima is trying to break the clinch but Van Der Bash has him pressed against the cage.
Van Der Bash missing with knees to the body.
Michima avoiding damage as Van Der Bash throws knees to the body.
Van Der Bash keeps control of Michima as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Michima can't break the clinch.
Michima tries to break the clinch but Van Der Bash is controlling the position.
Michima wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Van Der Bash has him pressed against the cage.
A knee to the head by Van Der Bash.
Van Der Bash misses with a knee strike.
Michima is looking to break free of the clinch but Van Der Bash has double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Der Bash misses with a knee to the head.
Michima wants to break the clinch but can't.
Michima wants to break free but Van Der Bash has control.
Van Der Bash unloads a knee to the mid-section. Michima lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Michima is trying to break the clinch but Van Der Bash has him pressed against the cage.
Jonni Van Der Bash has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Van Der Bash keeps control of Michima as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Van Der Bash with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Heihachi Michima is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Van Der Bash prevents Michima from breaking the clinch.
Michima has had enough of the clinch but Van Der Bash keeps him there for the moment.
Van Der Bash throws an elbow but it misses.
Michima wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Van Der Bash trying to land knees to the body.
Van Der Bash throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Michima blocks it with crossed arms.
Michima tries to break the clinch but Van Der Bash is controlling the position.
Michima wants to get back to striking at distance but Van Der Bash won't allow it.
Van Der Bash missing with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Van Der Bash throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Michima blocks it with crossed arms.
Van Der Bash looking to throw knees to the head but Michima is blocking nicely.
Van Der Bash misses with a knee strike.
Michima is trying to break free.
Michima wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Michima wants to break free but Van Der Bash has control.
Van Der Bash missing with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Van Der Bash.
Van Der Bash misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Michima.
Michima tries to break the clinch but Van Der Bash is controlling the position.
Van Der Bash using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Van Der Bash looking to throw knees to the head but Michima is blocking nicely.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Van Der Bash missing with knees to the body.
Van Der Bash lands an elbow that stopped Michima in his tracks for a moment.
Van Der Bash trying to land knees to the body.
Michima on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Heihachi Michima.
I think Michima has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 46:49
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 46:49
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 46:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Heihachi Michima!
Heihachi Michima is the new featherweight champion!