PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ray Seffu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Van Basten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Seffu
vs
Van Basten

191 cm
19
219 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Intelligent

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ray Seffu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mike Van Basten!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Albert Achterberg and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Basten throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Seffu counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mike Van Basten seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Seffu ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Van Basten throws a big shot that misses.
Van Basten swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Seffu tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Van Basten manages to circle out of the way.
Seffu smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Seffu lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
We've been told by Seffu's head coaches at Team Alpha Success that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Van Basten moves away from the strike by Seffu.
Seffu misses with an uppercut. Van Basten saw that one coming.
Van Basten darts in looking for a takedown but Seffu gets double underhooks and turns Van Basten into the cage.
Van Basten looks to land a left hand but Seffu moved out of range nicely.
Seffu with a jab.
Van Basten misses with a two punch combination.
Seffu takes one to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Basten misses with a right hand

and Seffu counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Seffu.
Seffu tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Van Basten manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Basten throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Seffu sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Van Basten scores with a three punch combo!

It looks like Ray Seffu has been cut.
Van Basten lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Van Basten throws a right hand that misses
and Seffu counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Van Basten walks into a straight right hand from Seffu.
Van Basten pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Seffu tries to counter by clinching up but Van Basten breaks away and moves out of range.
Van Basten throws a big shot that misses.
Van Basten is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Van Basten closes this distance looking for a takedown but Seffu circles away.
Van Basten throws a head kick but Seffu moves out of range.
Van Basten loads up on a big right hand but Seffu slips the punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A bone on bone clash there as Seffu blocks the leg kick.

Seffu clinches with his opponent.
Van Basten takes an elbow to the temple.
Van Basten tries to break the clinch but Seffu is controlling the position.
Van Basten is trying to break the clinch but Seffu is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seffu looking to throw knees to the head but Van Basten is blocking nicely.
Seffu makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Seffu tries a knee to the head but Van Basten blocks it.
Van Basten swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Van Basten tries to break free but Seffu pushes him back against the cage.
Van Basten tries to circle away but Seffu has him pinned against the cage.
Seffu is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Stalling in the clinch from Seffu.
Van Basten lands a shoulder strike.
Seffu lands a knee to the body.
Seffu utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Van Basten looks winded!
Van Basten can't break the clinch.
Van Basten lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seffu throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Van Bastens head.
Seffu lands a good knee to the midsection. Van Basten won't want to take too many of those.
Van Basten takes a knee right on the jaw!
Van Basten takes a knee right on the jaw!
Seffu lands a knee to the head.
Seffu is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Seffu.
Knees in the clinch landing for Seffu.
Seffu is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Seffu landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Seffu tries to land a knee to the head but Van Basten blocks with his arms.
Seffu unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A short right from Seffu on the inside.
Seffu lands a good knee to the midsection. Van Basten won't want to take too many of those.
A short uppercut from Seffu.
Seffu lands a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seffu avoiding damage.
Van Basten tries to circle away but Seffu has him pinned against the cage.
Seffu working Van Basten over with knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Seffu - that landed with a thud.
Seffu landing knees to the head.
Seffu tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Seffu scores with a knee to the head.
Van Basten is trying to break free.
Seffu softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Seffu with a knee to the head.
Van Basten wants to get back to striking at distance but Seffu won't allow it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Seffu creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Van Basten's defenses.
Seffu crunches a lovely knee into Van Basten's ribcage.
Seffu with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stalling in the clinch from Seffu.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ray Seffu dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ray Seffu's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Van Basten fails with the takedown.
Van Basten misses with a leg kick
enabling Seffu to counter with a crisp jab.
Van Basten throws out a loose jab but Seffu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Seffu looks to throw the jab but Van Basten is out of range.
Van Basten misses with a jab to the body
and Seffu counters with a straight right hand.
Seffu wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Seffu closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Seffu using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Seffu lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Basten takes a knee to the side of the body.
Van Basten is breathing heavily.
Seffu landing knees to the head.

Van Basten is rocked!

It looks like Mike Van Basten has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Seffu lands a big knee! That's hurt Van Basten! Oh, he's all over the place! Seffu lands another knee that sends Van Basten to the floor and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ray Seffu!