PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Willem Jansen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Math Prush (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Jansen
vs
Prush

187 cm
22
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
22
182 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

White Gorilla Nutrition

Shockwave Supplements

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Willem Jansen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Math Prush!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prush is looking to clinch but Jansen is avoiding it.
Jansen misses with a two punch combination.
Jansen tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Prush swivels and escapes.
Prush is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jansen fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jansen will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Willem Jansen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jansen shoots in looking for a takedown. Prush tries to sprawl out of it but Jansen keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Prush manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Jansen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Prush gets a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jansen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Prush landing knees to the head.

It looks like Willem Jansen has been cut.
Prush keeps control of Jansen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Prush stalling.
Prush throws a knee to the head but misses.
Prush with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Prush with a knee to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Prush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prush with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A knee to the head by Prush.
Prush displaying some good clinch control by pressing Jansen up against the cage.
Prush throws a knee to the head but misses.
The referee calls for Prush to work.
Prush crunches a lovely knee into Jansen's ribcage.
Prush trying to stall but Jansen improves his position.
Jansen is trying to break free.
Prush connects with a knee to the head.
Prush lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Prush using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jansen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Prush looking to throw knees to the head but Jansen is blocking nicely.

Jansen wants the takedown. Prush is fighting it off but Jansen persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Prush's guard against the cage.
Prush is trying to keep Jansen in close.
Jansen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jansen throwing strikes but missing.
Prush working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jansen.
Jansen trying to control the position from guard on top but Prush is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Prush seems keen to control Jansen's posture.
Prush not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Prush looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Jansen closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Prush to the mat! Prush manages to get full guard.
Jansen with a nice head shot there.
Prush working a defensive guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prush is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Jansen is controlling him.
Prush looks gassed!
Jansen trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Prush wants to stand and escape but Jansen is having none of it.
Prush looking to control.
Prush is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Prush controlling Jansen's posture.
Jansen throwing strikes from guard but Prush blocks nicely.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Jansen swinging wilding here.
Jansen scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

It looks like Math Prush has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prush moves in looking to clinch but Jansen pushes him off.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Jansen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Prush moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jansen fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Math Prush is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Prush moves in looking to clinch but Jansen pushes him off.
Prush tries to clinch up but Jansen circles away and keeps his distance.
Jansen shoots for a double leg takedown but Prush sprawls well. He's pushed Jansen's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Jansen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jansen throws a hook to the side of Prush's head but Prush sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Prush slips a jab and a cross from Jansen.

Jansen looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

Prush uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Prush moves out of range of the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Willem Jansen dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Prush clinches up with Jansen and pushes him back against the cage.
Prush landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Prush unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jansen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Prush using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Prush scores with a knee to the head.
Jansen wants a takedown.
Prush lands an elbow that stopped Jansen in his tracks for a moment.
Prush scores with a knee to the head.
Prush misses with a knee strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Prush.
Jansen is trying to break free.
Prush connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jansen's face.
Prush crunches a lovely knee into Jansen's ribcage.
Prush is struggling to control the position.
Prush with a knee to the head.
Prush scores a nice knee to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Jansen as Prush tries to tie him up.
Prush landing knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prush lands a knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Prush looking to throw knees to the head but Jansen is blocking nicely.
Jansen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jansen has had enough of the clinch but Prush keeps him there for the moment.
Jansen stalling against the cage.
Prush is pressed up against the cage. Jansen has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Prush down to the mat. Prush avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Jansen shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Prush as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Willem Jansen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Prush is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Willem Jansen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Prush wants to clinch up but Jansen keeps it at a distance.
Jansen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jansen keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Jansen misses with a straight right.
Prush tries to clinch but Jansen is having none of it.
Jansen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jansen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Prush circles away quickly and effectively.
Jansen misses with a wild combination.
Prush moves in looking to clinch but Jansen pushes him off.
Jansen misses with a wild combination.
Prush doesn't manage to clinch there - Jansen circles away.
Jansen shoots for a takedown but Prush saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Prush keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Jansen keeps the fight on the outside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jansen keeps the fight on the outside.
Jansen swats away the attempt to clinch by Prush.
Prush tries to clinch but Jansen is having none of it.
Prush tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Prush wants to clinch up but Jansen keeps it at a distance.
Jansen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Prush tries to clinch but Jansen is having none of it.
An inside leg kick lands from Prush.
Jansen shoots for a double leg takedown but Prush sprawls well. He's pushed Jansen's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Jansen keeps the fight on the outside.
Jansen shoots in for a takedown but Prush shows good takedown defense.
Jansen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Prush lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Prush wants to clinch up but Jansen keeps it at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prush tries to close the distance and clinch but Jansen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Prush wants to clinch.
Prush tries to clinch there but Jansen circles away.
Jansen swats away the attempt to clinch by Prush.
Prush tries to clinch but Jansen is having none of it.
Jansen misses with a wild combination.
Jansen swats away the attempt to clinch by Prush.
Prush wants to clinch up but Jansen keeps it at a distance.
Prush cracks the inside of Jansen's front leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Math Prush showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Prush has closed the distance and engaged Jansen in a clinch.
Jansen wants to break free but Prush has control.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Prush.
Prush lands a nice knee to the body.
Prush connects with a knee to the head.
Prush connects with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Prush.
Prush tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Prush lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Prush lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Prush crunches a lovely knee into Jansen's ribcage.
Prush throws a knee to the head but misses.
Prush keeps control of Jansen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Prush crunches a lovely knee into Jansen's ribcage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jansen has had enough of the clinch but Prush keeps him there for the moment.
Jansen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Prush looking to stall.
Jansen lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prush with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jansen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Jansen tries to break the clinch but Prush is controlling the position.
Jansen has had enough of the clinch but Prush keeps him there for the moment.
Prush connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jansen's face.
Prush misses with a knee to the head.
Jansen is looking to break free of the clinch but Prush has double underhooks.
Prush looking to stall.
Prush tries to land a knee to the head but Jansen blocks with his arms.
Jansen is working for takedown but Prush is calmly controlling the position for now.
Prush tries a knee to the head but Jansen blocks it.
Jansen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jansen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Prush with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jansen digs a right hand into Prush's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Prush's gas tank.
Jansen tries to break the clinch but Prush is controlling the position.
A nice left hand lands by Jansen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Jansen wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Prush has him pressed against the cage.
Jansen is trying to break the clinch but Prush has him pressed against the cage.
Prush tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A bit of stalling here from Jansen.
Prush misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jansen.
Prush keeps control of Jansen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jansen has had enough of the clinch but Prush keeps him there for the moment.
Jansen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Jansen wants to get back to striking at distance but Prush won't allow it.
Jansen can't get the takedown.
Prush using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jansen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jansen takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jansen tries to break the clinch but Prush is controlling the position.
Jansen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jansen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jansen takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jansen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jansen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jansen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jansen is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Prush pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Willem Jansen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Prush throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jansen blocks an elbow strike.
Jansen wants to get back to striking at distance but Prush won't allow it.
Jansen has had enough of the clinch but Prush keeps him there for the moment.
Prush prevents Jansen from breaking the clinch.
Prush with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jansen pressing his opponent against the cage.
Jansen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Prush backwards.
Jansen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Prush landing knees to the body.
Prush landing knees to the body.
Prush misses with an elbow over the top.
Jansen is trying to break the clinch but Prush has him pressed against the cage.
Prush taking a breather.
Prush prevents Jansen from breaking the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Jansen digs a right hand into Prush's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Prush's gas tank.
Prush misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jansen.
Jansen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jansen has had enough of the clinch but Prush keeps him there for the moment.

Prush is fighting off a takedown attempt but Jansen is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Prush to the mat. Prush regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Jansen landing with the ground and pound.
Jansen with a flurry of punches that miss.
Prush is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Jansen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jansen throwing strikes from guard but Prush blocks nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Math Prush comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Prush has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Math Prush!