PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jonathan Segal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Van Der Sluijs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Segal
vs
Van Der Sluijs

189 cm
24
185 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

182 cm
25
182 lbs
13 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jonathan Segal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Van Der Sluijs!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Chris Saunders and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Segal will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Van Der Sluijs works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

Segal clinches up with Van Der Sluijs and pushes him back against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Segal scores with a nice short uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Segal.
Segal blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Van Der Sluijs is trying to maintain a safe position but Segal gets an underhook and turns Van Der Sluijs into the cage.
Van Der Sluijs looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A short body shot lands from Segal as the two fighters clinch.
Van Der Sluijs is trying to stall.
Van Der Sluijs's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Segal lands a body shot in the clinch.
Van Der Sluijs fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Segal lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Van Der Sluijs or not.
A short right from Segal on the inside.
Segal scores with a shot to the side of Van Der Sluijs's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A short left from Segal.
Segal blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Segal stalls.
Segal stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Segal lands a hook to the side of the head.
Segal presses Van Der Sluijs against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Van Der Sluijs is trying to maintain a safe position but Segal gets an underhook and turns Van Der Sluijs into the cage.
Segal throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Van Der Sluijss head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Segal creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Segal working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Segal scores with a shot to the side of Van Der Sluijs's head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Segal lands with a left to the head.
Segal cracks Van Der Sluijs with a nice body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Segal lands a right hand.
A right hand to the body from Segal.
Van Der Sluijs looking to slow down the pace here.
A short left from Segal.
Segal lands a left hand that snaps the head of Van Der Sluijs backwards.

Van Der Sluijs is rocked!
Van Der Sluijs blocks an uppercut.
Van Der Sluijs is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Segal lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Van Der Sluijs to his knees! Segal keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jonathan Segal!
Our winner, Jonathan Segal, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.