PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mahdi Sandnema (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Laan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Laan has chosen Holiday as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Sandnema
vs
Laan

183 cm
19
183 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
201 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mahdi Sandnema!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nick Laan!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Alan Glass and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sandnema shoots for a takedown but Laan saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Sandnema takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Sandnema misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Laan throws a head kick but Sandnema moves out of range.
Laan throws a head kick but Sandnema moves out of range.
Sandnema fails in his attempt to clinch.
Laan lunges at Sandnema with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Sandnema's hand.
Sandnema fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mahdi Sandnema. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Laan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sandnema trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Laan pushes Sandnema off and gets back to his feet.
Sandnema shoots for a double leg takedown but Laan sprawls well. He's pushed Sandnema's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Sandnema tries to clinch there but Laan circles away.
Sandnema tries to clinch there but Laan circles away.
Laan throws a head kick but Sandnema moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Sandnema shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Laan pinned against the cage. Laan gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Laan keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Sandnema is breathing heavily.
Nice jab there from Laan.
Sandnema shoots for a takedown but Laan saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Sandnema tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Laan swivels and escapes.
Sandnema looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Laan is fending him off so far but Sandnema persists. Nope, Laan circles away and we're back to standing.

Laan forces Sandnema back against the cage and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laan stops a takedown attempt from Sandnema.
Laan is looking to break free of the clinch but Sandnema has double underhooks.

Laan breaks from the clinch.
Sandnema looks for a takedown but Laan sprawls well.
Laan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sandnema takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

Laan moves into the clinch.

Laan manages to break the clinch.
Laan lands with a thumping leg kick.

Laan clinches up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Laan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Laan has closed the distance and engaged Sandnema in a clinch.
Laan is looking to break free of the clinch but Sandnema has double underhooks.
Laan is trying to break the clinch but Sandnema has him pressed against the cage.
Laan is looking to break free of the clinch but Sandnema has double underhooks.

Laan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Laan has Sandnema up against the cage in a clinch.

Laan breaks the clinch.
Laan throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Sandnema.
Sandnema misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Nice takedown defense from Laan. No joy for Sandnema on that attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Sandnema shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Laan as he avoids it easily.
A shot to de liver by Laan. Beautiful body shot.
Sandnema gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
No luck for Sandnema with that takedown attempt.
Sandnema shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Laan but Laan pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mahdi Sandnema. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Laan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sandnema closes the distance and clinches up with Laan, looking for a takedown. Sandnema pushes Laan against the cage but Laan circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laan tries a head kick but it misses.
Laan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sandnema.
Laan stuffs the takedown attempt from Sandnema. Sandnema gets slowly back to his feet.
Sandnema steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Laan. That one must have hurt.
Sandnema shoots in for a takedown but Laan shows good takedown defense.

Laan has closed the distance and engaged Sandnema in a clinch.

Laan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sandnema takes a head kick and keeps coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laan tries to clinch up but Sandnema circles away and keeps his distance.
Sandnema avoids the head kick by Laan.
Nick Laan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Laan throws a sloppy head kick and Sandnema moves out of range easily.
Sandnema shoots in looking for a takedown. Laan tries to sprawl out of it but Sandnema keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Laan manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Laan pushes Sandnema away with a front kick.
Laan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Laan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Laan rushes Sandnema and presses him up against the cage.
Sandnema goes for a takedown in the clinch but Laan prevents it.
Sandnema prevents Laan from breaking the clinch.

Laan breaks from the clinch.
Sandnema takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Sandnema blocks a head kick by Laan.
Laan throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Laan throws a sloppy head kick and Sandnema moves out of range easily.
Laan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

Laan drives through and clinches with Sandnema against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laan has had enough of the clinch but Sandnema keeps him there for the moment.
Sandnema keeps control of Laan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sandnema prevents Laan from breaking the clinch.
Sandnema is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Laan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Laan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Laan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sandnema avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Laan has Sandnema up against the cage in a clinch.

Laan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Laan closes the distance and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Laan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Sandnema fails with the takedown.
Nick Laan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Laan keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Sandnema shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Laan pinned against the cage. Laan gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mahdi Sandnema. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sandnema shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Laan pinned against the cage. Laan gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A solid body kick from Laan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sandnema has a takedown stuffed.
Laan doesn't manage to clinch there - Sandnema circles away.

Sandnema tries to keep at a distance but Laan has taken the fight into the clinch.
Laan is trying to break free.

Laan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sandnema shoots for a takedown but Laan saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Laan pushes Sandnema away with a front kick.
Sandnema will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Laan darts in and clinches Sandnema up against the cage.

Laan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Laan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sandnema takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Sandnema blocks a head kick by Laan.
Laan tries a head kick but it misses.

Laan forces Sandnema back against the cage and clinches.

Laan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Laan tries a head kick but it misses.
Mahdi Sandnema is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sandnema fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laan throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Sandnema.
Laan tries a head kick but it misses.
Horrible takedown by Sandnema or perhaps it was just good defense by Laan which made him look bad.
Laan wants to clinch.
Laan lets loose with a powerful body kick. Sandnema will feel that in the morning.

Laan moves into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Laan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sandnema fails with the takedown.
Sandnema shoots for a double leg takedown but Laan sprawls well. He's pushed Sandnema's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Laan thumps Sandnema with a low kick.
Laan is looking to clinch.
Nice body kick there by Laan.
A head kick misses from Laan.
Mahdi Sandnema has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Laan drives through and clinches with Sandnema against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nick Laan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Laan winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 25:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 25:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nick Laan!