PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joels Van Wijnbergen (ranked 1402 p4p, 213 weight class) and Splash Wetness (ranked 2356 p4p, 330 weight class). Wetness is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Pump Up The Jam- Technotronic. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Van Wijnbergen
vs
Wetness

185 cm
31
210 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

203 cm
27
215 lbs
9 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joels Van Wijnbergen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Splash Wetness!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Aafke Stam and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Wijnbergen lands an overhand right.
We've been informed that Wetness has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Van Wijnbergen lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Wetness has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Wetness and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Wetness lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Van Wijnbergen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Wetness.
Wetness connects with a leg kick. Van Wijnbergen looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Van Wijnbergen.
Wetness avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wetness.
Van Wijnbergen fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Wetness is out of range.
Van Wijnbergen blocks a head kick by Wetness.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Wijnbergen is looking to land body kicks.
Van Wijnbergen sets himself, and Wetness steps forward looking for the clinch! Van Wijnbergen avoids it this time.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a kick to the body.
Wetness wants to counter with a clinch but Van Wijnbergen pushes him away.
Wetness takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Wetness moves out of range of the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wetness keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Wetness avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a body kick.
Wetness wants to counter the offense by Van Wijnbergen and move into the clinch position.
Van Wijnbergen takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Van Wijnbergen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wetness.
Van Wijnbergen comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Wetness fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wetness throws a series of punches but Van Wijnbergen moves out of range.
Van Wijnbergen throwing a counter right hand but Wetness manages to avoid it.
Van Wijnbergen throws a low kick, looking for Wetness's leg but Wetness calmly moves out of range.
Van Wijnbergen looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Wetness slips a jab from Van Wijnbergen.
Wetness checks a leg kick nicely.
Van Wijnbergen smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Wijnbergen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wetness throws a right hand that Van Wijnbergen ducks under and follows up with a left that Van Wijnbergen also avoids with ease.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a few strikes there.
Wetness walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Wetness clinches with his opponent.
Wetness is pushing Van Wijnbergen up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Van Wijnbergen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Van Wijnbergen lands a jab to Wetness's midsection.
Wetness misses with a hook. Van Wijnbergen ducked under it nicely.
Van Wijnbergen takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Nice uppercut lands for Van Wijnbergen. That snapped Wetness's head back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wetness ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wetness uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Van Wijnbergen.
A slow jab from Wetness misses its intended target.
Van Wijnbergen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Wetness. That did some damage!
Van Wijnbergen wants to land a leg kick but Wetness is out of range.
Van Wijnbergen throws a push kick but Wetness slaps the foot to one side.
Wetness slips a jab from Van Wijnbergen.
Wetness tries to counter by closing the distance.
Decent striking displayed by Van Wijnbergen there.
Van Wijnbergen throws the kick towards the body but Wetness avoids it.
Wetness wants to counter with a clinch but Van Wijnbergen pushes him away.
Van Wijnbergen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Good work by Wetness as he checks the leg kick.
Wetness is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Van Wijnbergen throws the kick towards the body but Wetness avoids it.
Wetness fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Van Wijnbergen, right into the meat.
Van Wijnbergen takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Van Wijnbergen.
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!
Van Wijnbergen misses with the combination.
Van Wijnbergen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Van Wijnbergen is looking to chop away at Wetness's legs.
Wetness wants to counter with a clinch but Van Wijnbergen pushes him away.
A big right from Van Wijnbergen misses.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Wetness checks a leg kick.
Good work by Wetness as he checks the leg kick.
Van Wijnbergen looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Van Wijnbergen scores with a kick to the midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joels Van Wijnbergen dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Van Wijnbergen thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Wetness if he has to take too many more of those.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Van Wijnbergen lands a nice uppercut.
Van Wijnbergen can't find room to land a body shot as Wetness controls the action.
Knees in the clinch landing for Wetness.
A shot in the inside from Van Wijnbergen.
Van Wijnbergen takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wetness dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Wetness putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Van Wijnbergen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Wijnbergen tries a body shot but Wetness blocks it.
Van Wijnbergen swings wildly with an uppercut but Wetness uses good head movement to avoid it.
Van Wijnbergen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Wetness tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Van Wijnbergen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wetness can do to turn this around?
Wetness tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Van Wijnbergen avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Wijnbergen avoiding damage as Wetness throws knees to the body.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Van Wijnbergen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Wetness backwards.
Van Wijnbergen managing to block the knees to the body from Wetness.

Van Wijnbergen manages to break the clinch.
Wetness has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Van Wijnbergen.
Wetness sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Van Wijnbergen walks into a jab.
Van Wijnbergen pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Wetness uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Van Wijnbergen.
Van Wijnbergen misses with an uppercut.
Joels Van Wijnbergen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Van Wijnbergen thuds his shin into the meat of Wetness's side.
Wetness ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Wijnbergen throws a body kick that misses.
Wetness throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Van Wijnbergen on the side of the head.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Wetness checks a leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wetness doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Van Wijnbergen lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Wetness at a distance.
No joy there for Wetness, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a body kick.
Wetness on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Wetness takes one to the chin there.
Wetness stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Van Wijnbergen is looking to score with low kicks.
Van Wijnbergen connects with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Van Wijnbergen.
Van Wijnbergen lands with an uppercut that bounces Wetness off the cage and back into range.
Jab, jab by Van Wijnbergen - just one landing.
Van Wijnbergen is looking to chop away at Wetness's legs.
Van Wijnbergen throws a good cross that connects.
Van Wijnbergen throws a wild body kick that Wetness sees coming a mile off.
Van Wijnbergen sets himself, and Wetness steps forward looking for the clinch! Van Wijnbergen avoids it this time.
Van Wijnbergen looks for the body kick but Wetness saw that one coming.
A jab lands there for Van Wijnbergen.
Wetness misses with a looping left.
Wetness looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A head kick misses from Wetness.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Wijnbergen misses with an attempted mid kick.
Wetness wants to counter the offense by Van Wijnbergen and move into the clinch position.
Van Wijnbergen jabs Wetness to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Van Wijnbergen lands a slapping body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Wijnbergen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Van Wijnbergen throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Van Wijnbergen moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a looping left.
Van Wijnbergen throws a low kick but Wetness avoids it.
Wetness has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Van Wijnbergen looks to score with a jab to the body but Wetness is just out of range.
Wetness wants to counter with a clinch but Van Wijnbergen pushes him away.
Wetness throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The crowd cheers as Wetness lands an impressive looking overhand right. Van Wijnbergen doesn't seem phased though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joels Van Wijnbergen dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Van Wijnbergen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wetness.
Wetness keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Splash Wetness is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wetness needs to keep his hands up - Van Wijnbergen had a free shot at his head there.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a low kick as Wetness jumps back.
A nice inside leg kick there by Van Wijnbergen. That's going to slow Wetness down.
Van Wijnbergen tries to score with a low kick but Wetness moves his leg out of the way.
Wetness checks a low kick from Van Wijnbergen.
Van Wijnbergen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wetness tries to move into range but Van Wijnbergen moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Van Wijnbergen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Wetness's sensitive parts.
Wetness's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Wetness is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Wijnbergen misses with an attempted mid kick.
Van Wijnbergen delivers a nice body kick.
Van Wijnbergen looks to score with a jab to the body but Wetness is just out of range.
Van Wijnbergen throws a low kick but Wetness avoids it.
Wetness tries to counter with a clinch but Van Wijnbergen shakes him off and moves away.
Wetness avoids the body shot from Van Wijnbergen.
Van Wijnbergen throws a push kick but Wetness slaps the foot to one side.
Van Wijnbergen throws a push kick but Wetness slaps the foot to one side.
Van Wijnbergen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wetness bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Van Wijnbergen throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Wetness stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Van Wijnbergen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Wijnbergen missing with a left hand there. Wetness was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Van Wijnbergen is looking to chop away at Wetness's legs.

Van Wijnbergen tries to keep at a distance but Wetness has taken the fight into the clinch.
Wetness tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wetness tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Van Wijnbergen avoids it.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Van Wijnbergen gets through Wetness's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Van Wijnbergen.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Van Wijnbergen lands a right hand.
A head punch on the inside from Van Wijnbergen fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Van Wijnbergen.

Van Wijnbergen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Joels Van Wijnbergen is winning the standup battle so far.
Van Wijnbergen thumps Wetness with a low kick.
Van Wijnbergen comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wetness moves out of range of the body kick.
Van Wijnbergen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Wetness fails to land with a series of punches.
Wetness on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Van Wijnbergen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Splash Wetness has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The fight stays on the outside here - Wetness looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wetness has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Van Wijnbergen.
Van Wijnbergen takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Van Wijnbergen throws a push kick but Wetness slaps the foot to one side.
Wetness tries to counter by closing the distance.
Van Wijnbergen throws a half hearted mid kick.
Joels Van Wijnbergen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wetness steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Van Wijnbergen. That one must have hurt.
Van Wijnbergen punishes Wetness's body with a nice straight punch.
Wetness keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Van Wijnbergen misses with an uppercut.
Van Wijnbergen cracks the inside of Wetness's front leg.
Wetness throws a jab when Van Wijnbergen was well out of range.
Van Wijnbergen with a jab.
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!
Wetness just misses with a punch to the body.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Van Wijnbergen.
Van Wijnbergen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Wetness's sensitive parts.
Wetness walks forward, straight into a front kick from Van Wijnbergen.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joels Van Wijnbergen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Van Wijnbergen, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joels Van Wijnbergen!
A victorious Joels Van Wijnbergen thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.