PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mark Holm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tremaine Van (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Van has chosen Drowning Pool - Bodies as his entrance music. Tremaine Van has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Mark Holm's chin.

Holm
vs
Van

175 cm
26
166 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

175 cm
26
155 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

KnockOut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mark Holm!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tremaine Van !
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Van as Holm shoots in.
Holm tries to clinch but Van moves out of range.
Van feints and then cracks Holm's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Holm down.
Holm looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Holm misses with the combination.
Van tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Holm fails in his attempt to clinch.
Van has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Holm is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Van fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Holm takes a head kick and keeps coming.

It looks like Mark Holm has been cut.
Holm shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Van as he avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Holm shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Van as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Holm. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Van tries a head kick but it misses.
Holm tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Van gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Holm fails to pull guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Van .

Holm is rocked!
Van connects with a knee to the head.
Oh Holm is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Van working the clinch nicely. Holm is working for position but Van cracks him with a big knee to the head! Holm crumples up against the ropes and Van lands two more shots before the ref can save Holm! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee & Punches). Tremaine Van !
Post fight, an emotional Tremaine Van said 'Three wins in a row! Guess we better start moving up in the world. Pay me more! Bitches'.