PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Egbert Van Der Dick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roni Old Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roni Old Man will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Van Der Dick
vs
Old Man

177 cm
27
149 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

189 cm
23
155 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Egbert Van Der Dick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Roni Old Man!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Paul Tew and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Der Dick walks into a stiff left hand from Old Man.
Van Der Dick looks for a takedown but Old Man sprawls well.
A leg kick checked by Van Der Dick.
Van Der Dick throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Old Man's waist but Old Man gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Van Der Dick off to one side.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Van Der Dick.

Van Der Dick is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Old Man is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Van Der Dick stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Old Man slaps away a takedown attempt from Van Der Dick, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Egbert Van Der Dick. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Van Der Dick has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Old Man finds it's way round the side to connect with Van Der Dick's head.
No joy there for Old Man, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Roni Old Man is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Der Dick fails with a takedown attempt.
Old Man is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Van Der Dick with a lazy takedown attempt
and Old Man counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Van Der Dick is breathing heavily.
Nice uppercut there from Old Man.
Old Man scores with a nice head shot.
Old Man throws a head kick that misses.
Old Man is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

Van Der Dick pushes Old Man up against the cage in a clinch.
Old Man lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Van Der Dick backwards.
Old Man pressing his opponent against the cage.
Old Man receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
A nice right hand lands inside from Old Man.
Old Man fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Van Der Dick can't get the takedown.
Van Der Dick prevents Old Man from breaking the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Old Man.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Old Man working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Old Man working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Van Der Dick has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Old Man uses from the top position.
Old Man trying to stand up but can't free himself from Van Der Dick's guard.

Van Der Dick looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Old Man has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Van Der Dick is proving hard to escape from.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Van Der Dick has his foot on Old Man's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Old Man works his way back into a safe position though.

Van Der Dick is looking for a triangle but Old Man pushes his legs off easily.
Van Der Dick has a closed guard, preventing Old Man from standing up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Van Der Dick lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Old Man!
Van Der Dick tries to control but Old Man wriggling away.

Van Der Dick get's back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Van Der Dick shoots for a takedown but Old Man saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
A right-left combo lands from Old Man.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Egbert Van Der Dick will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Van Der Dick gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Old Man.
Van Der Dick shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The crowd cheers as Old Man lands an impressive looking overhand right. Van Der Dick doesn't seem phased though.
Old Man moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

Van Der Dick is rocked!
Old Man lands with a cross.
Oh Van Der Dick is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Old Man throws a series of strikes that have Van Der Dick backpedaling.
Old Man throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Van Der Dick.
Old Man misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Van Der Dick seems to have got his legs back now.
Old Man has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Van Der Dick moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Old Man stuffs the takedown attempt from Van Der Dick. Van Der Dick gets slowly back to his feet.
Van Der Dick shoots for a takedown but Old Man saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Egbert Van Der Dick. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Old Man lands a two punch combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Der Dick walks into a straight right hand from Old Man.
Old Man looks to land a combination but Van Der Dick avoids it well.
Van Der Dick takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Old Man throws a series of punches but Van Der Dick moves out of range.
Old Man might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Old Man throws a nice looking combination but Van Der Dick bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Van Der Dick takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Old Man bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Van Der Dick on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Van Der Dick closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Roni Old Man seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Old Man moves into range and connects with a jab.
Van Der Dick takes a jab right on the kisser.

Oooooh!!! Old Man has knocked Van Der Dick down with a huge combo! Old Man steps away and waves a wobbly Van Der Dick back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Old Man gets in close and tags Van Der Dick with a short punch that almost sends Van Der Dick to the mat! Oh Van Der Dick is in big trouble! He turns his back on Old Man, trying to create some distance but Old Man rushes him, striking wildly and Van Der Dick goes down! The referee tackles Old Man into the cage to end the fight! Old Man is one violent man!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roni Old Man!