PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Repa Tiitti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jean Paul Van Damme (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tiitti comes to the cage accompanied by AC/DC Back in Black . This should be fireworks!

Tiitti
vs
Paul Van Damme

182 cm
25
175 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

181 cm
25
167 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Repa Tiitti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jean Paul Van Damme!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Patrick Alders and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Damme takes one on the button.
Tiitti misses with a low kick.

Tiitti looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Van Damme!
Tiitti just content to control the position.
Tiitti working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Damme struggling a bit here.

Tiitti tries for a kimura but Van Damme is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Damme wants to control but Tiitti postures up.

Tiitti decides to stand up, so the ref orders Van Damme to his feet.
Van Damme throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tiitti fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Van Damme looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Tiitti blocks a head kick by Van Damme.
Jean Paul Van Damme is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Tiitti closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Come on Tiitti - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

Tiitti gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tiitti content to control rather than advance.
Tiitti uses his free foot to push down on Van Damme's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Van Damme.
Van Damme felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Tiitti throwing strikes here but Van Damme is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Tiitti controlling his opponent.
Tiitti landing strikes from the mount and Van Damme is in trouble!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Van Damme is desperately trying to improve his position but Tiitti has a good base and remains in mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tiitti looking to control and managing it successfully.
Tiitti landing strikes from the mount.
Tiitti throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Van Damme because Tiitti loaded up on that one.
Tiitti takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Van Damme that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Tiitti misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Tiitti controlling from mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Repa Tiitti dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Tiitti manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Van Damme on his heels. He'll look to pass Van Damme's guard now, I'm sure.
Tiitti scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Tiitti passes Van Damme's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Tiitti stalling.
Repa Tiitti overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tiitti missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tiitti content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Tiitti lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Tiitti has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Tiitti not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Tiitti not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Tiitti drops an elbow to the side of Van Damme's head.

Van Damme makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!

Tiitti bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Tiitti looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Tiitti thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Tiitti controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tiitti stands up and beckons Van Damme to his feet.
Van Damme is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tiitti is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Van Damme can do to turn this around?

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tiitti avoiding damage as Van Damme throws knees to the body.

That's four 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.
Tiitti avoiding damage as Van Damme throws knees to the body.

Tiitti manages to break the clinch.
Tiitti goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Tiitti lands a jab-cross combination.

Van Damme tries to sprawl but Tiitti drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Van Damme is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Tiitti slows the pace down in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Repa Tiitti dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Tiitti scoring well with a low kick there.

Tiitti drives through with a takedown into Van Damme's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Tiitti's corner is telling him to maintain position.

Tiitti has gone for a leg lock! Van Damme slips out almost immediately though and dives into Tiitti's guard.

Tiitti pulls Van Damme in to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Tiitti kicks Van Damme off and gets to his feet.
Tiitti lands a jab-cross combination.
Repa Tiitti is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Damme throws a lazy uppercut

and Tiitti counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Van Damme breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tiitti rushes Van Damme and presses him up against the cage.

Tiitti breaks from the clinch.
Tiitti bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Van Damme gets caught napping as Tiitti dives in and scores a takedown. Van Damme manages to retain guard.
Tiitti is standing up over Van Damme. Van Damme looks to escape but Tiitti dives into side control.

Tiitti is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Van Damme is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Van Damme is letting Tiitti control him for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tiitti has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Tiitti decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Tiitti fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Van Damme takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Tiitti has Van Damme up against the cage in a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Tiitti decides to pull guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tiitti is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Tiitti on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Tiitti tries to get out of the position.
Tiitti is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Tiitti looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Van Damme is looking to improve his position.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Tiitti in particular looking to stall.
Repa Tiitti is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Tiitti stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Van Damme to get to his feet.

Tiitti gets a double leg takedown into Van Damme's guard.
Tiitti is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Repa Tiitti showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tiitti has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Repa Tiitti!
Our winner, Repa Tiitti, 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.