PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ibbe Ribbler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chin Chan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chin Chan will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Ribbler
vs
Chan

180 cm
18
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ibbe Ribbler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Chin Chan!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paulsen Ambrosius and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ribbler uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Chan throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ribbler stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

Ribbler pushes Chan up against the cage in a clinch.
Chan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ribbler's face.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chan.
A head punch on the inside from Ribbler fails to land.
Ribbler avoiding damage as Chan throws knees to the body.
Ribbler swings wildly with an uppercut but Chan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Chan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Ibbe Ribbler has been cut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Chan.
Ribbler is trying to force a seperation but Chan has the dominant position.
Ribbler tries to throw a body punch but Chan avoids it by throwing Ribbler back against the cage.
Ribbler has a couple of punches blocked by Chan.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ribbler.
Ribbler tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chan lands with a left to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ribbler throws a punch but it's blocked by Chan.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Chan obliges.
Ribbler takes a knee right on the jaw!
Chan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Chan blocks an uppercut.
Ribbler takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ribbler struggles to land a body shot inside as Chan controls his hands.
Still in the clinch, Ribbler scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ribbler fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ribbler lands a left hand.
Chan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Chan blocks an uppercut.
Chan landing knees to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ribbler wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Chan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Chan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Chan.
Ribbler throws a punch but it's blocked by Chan.
Chan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Chan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Chan obliges.
A short right from Chan on the inside.
Chan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ribbler in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ribbler is breathing heavily.
Chan blocks a body shot from Ribbler.
Chan landing knees to the head.
Chan lands a good knee to the midsection. Ribbler won't want to take too many of those.
Chan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ribbler in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Chan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Chan landing knees to the head.
Ribbler tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chan lands with a left to the head.
A short uppercut from Chan.
Knees in the clinch landing for Chan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ribbler lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ribbler misses with some punches.
Ribbler changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Chan fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Chan scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ribbler takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Chan lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A telegraphed right hand from Chan misses the target.
An attempted straight right counter from Ribbler misses the target.
Ribbler blocks a jab.
An attempted straight right counter from Ribbler misses the target.
Ribbler darts in looking for a takedown but Chan gets double underhooks and turns Ribbler into the cage.

Ribbler gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Chan lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Chan.
Chan with a knee to the head.
We've been informed that Chan has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head punch on the inside from Ribbler fails to land.
Ribbler has a couple of punches blocked by Chan.
Chan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees in the clinch landing for Chan.
Ribbler takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Chan obliges.
Chan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ribbler in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ribbler's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Chan lands a nice knee to the body.
Chan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ribbler's face.
Chan lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chan lands a knee to the body.
A shot in the inside from Chan.
Chan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ribbler lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chin Chan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ibbe Ribbler's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Ribbler closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Chan bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A jab lands there for Chan.

Ribbler is rocked!
Chan scores with a jab.
Oh Ribbler is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Chan misses with a hook. Ribbler ducked under it nicely.
Ribbler seems to have got his legs back now.
Ribbler looks to land a combination. Chan sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Chan looks to land a right hand but Ribbler moved out of range.
Ribbler swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Chan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ribbler was well out of range. Poor timing from Chan.
Ribbler ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ribbler swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

Ribbler takes the fight into the clinch.
Ribbler can't get the takedown.
A short right from Chan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ribbler struggles to land a body shot inside as Chan controls his hands.
Chan blocks a body shot from Ribbler.
Chan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Chan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Chan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Chan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Chan blocking some punches.
Chan lands with a short shot to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Chan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ribbler swings wildly with an uppercut but Chan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chan scores a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Chan lands a left hand.
Ribbler changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Chan fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Ribbler slips a straight right by Chan.
Chan dips to his left and cracks Ribbler with an uppercut!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ribbler avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Ribbler clinches up against the cage.
Ribbler lands a right hand that snaps the head of Chan backwards.
Chan scores a nice knee to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ribbler.
Chan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Chan lands a knee to the head.
Chan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Chan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ribbler working aggressively here.
Chan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ribbler in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Chan lands a big knee to the head and Ribbler goes down! Chan pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chin Chan!