PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Aquila Serafino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rick Van Der Voort (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Rick Van Der Voort was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Serafino
vs
Van Der Voort

177 cm
25
175 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

187 cm
25
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Aquila Serafino!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rick Van Der Voort!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Aafke Stam and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Der Voort misses with an uppercut.
Van Der Voort moves away from the strike by Serafino.
Van Der Voort jabs Serafino right on the nose. Serafino blinks but takes it well.
Van Der Voort scores with a jab to the head.

It looks like Aquila Serafino has been cut.
Van Der Voort waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Serafino.
Van Der Voort waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Serafino.
Serafino misses the jab.
Serafino takes a jab right on the kisser.
Van Der Voort throws a left and a right that both miss
and Serafino counters with a nice uppercut.
Van Der Voort throws a poor cross that misses
and Serafino counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Der Voort misses with a left hand
letting Serafino counter with a right hand.
Serafino connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Van Der Voort's hands.
Serafino comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Van Der Voort throws a left and a right that both miss
and Serafino counters with a stiff right hand.
Van Der Voort fails to land with a series of punches.
Van Der Voort throws a nice looking combination but Serafino bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Serafino takes a jab right on the kisser.
Serafino missing with a left hand there. Van Der Voort was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Der Voort throws a jab when Serafino was well out of range.
Van Der Voort misses with a hook
and Serafino counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Van Der Voort thinking.
Van Der Voort throws a left and a right that both miss
and Serafino counters with a right hand to the body.
Van Der Voort swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Van Der Voort misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Van Der Voort throws the kick towards the body but Serafino avoids it.
Van Der Voort swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Van Der Voort takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Van Der Voort misses with a right hand
and Serafino counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Der Voort moves out of range of the strikes.
Serafino rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Van Der Voort counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Van Der Voort throws a right hand that misses
and Serafino cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Van Der Voort takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Van Der Voort throws an off balance right hand
enabling Serafino to counter with a crisp jab.
Serafino throws a hook to the side of Van Der Voort's head but Van Der Voort sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Serafino lands with a good body shot.
Van Der Voort throws a combination that misses
and Serafino counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Van Der Voort looks gassed!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Der Voort misses with a lunging right hand
and Serafino counters with a left to the body.
Van Der Voort misses with a hook
and Serafino counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Van Der Voort 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.
Serafino swinging wildly here.
Serafino lands with a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Serafino just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Van Der Voort throws a left and a right that both miss
and Serafino counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Van Der Voort misses with a right hand
and Serafino counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aquila Serafino dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Aquila Serafino's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Van Der Voort swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Serafino counters with a stiff right hand.
Van Der Voort throws a left and a right that both miss
and Van Der Voort takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Serafino throws a right hand that misses
and Van Der Voort counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rick Van Der Voort is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Serafino is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Van Der Voort.
Serafino thuds a left hand into Van Der Voort's body.
Serafino throws a hook but Van Der Voort avoids it easily.
Van Der Voort misses with a lunging right hand
and Van Der Voort takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Van Der Voort is breathing heavily.
Van Der Voort throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Serafino counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Serafino goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Serafino swings for the body but Van Der Voort moves out of range.
Van Der Voort slips a jab from Serafino.
Aquila Serafino is winning the standup battle so far.
Van Der Voort throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Serafino counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Serafino misses with a wild body shot.
Serafino misses with an uppercut.
Van Der Voort defending well as Serafino loads up on a big left hand.
Van Der Voort looks to land a body kick but Serafino moved away.
Rick Van Der Voort seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Der Voort slips a jab from Serafino.
Van Der Voort swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Serafino connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Van Der Voort takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A big left from Serafino misses.
Serafino scores with the left hand. Van Der Voort knows he should have avoided that one.
Serafino throws a shot from downtown. Van Der Voort moves away and avoids it.
Serafino cracks a nice hook into Van Der Voort's ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Der Voort drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Serafino throws the left hand but Van Der Voort avoids the punch easily.
Serafino misses with a body shot.
Nice shot lands for Serafino.
Van Der Voort misses with a combination
letting Serafino counter with a right hand.
Serafino throws out a powerful jab.
Serafino takes a swing at Van Der Voort's ribcage but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Serafino misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Van Der Voort.
Van Der Voort misses with a right hand
and Serafino counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Serafino misses with a body punch
and Van Der Voort cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Serafino throws a big shot that misses.
Van Der Voort misses with a body shot
letting Serafino counter with a right hand.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Van Der Voort might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Serafino has got the better of the exchanges.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Van Der Voort throws an off balance right hand
enabling Serafino to counter with a crisp jab.
Van Der Voort throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Serafino counters with a right hand to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aquila Serafino dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Aquila Serafino's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

A combination from Serafino does no damage.
Van Der Voort throws a combination that misses
and Serafino counters with a nice uppercut.
Van Der Voort defending well as Serafino loads up on a big left hand.
Serafino just misses with a punch to the body.
Van Der Voort moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Van Der Voort misses with a right hand
and Serafino counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A punch lands to the side of Van Der Voort 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Van Der Voort takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Serafino connects with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Der Voort throws a right hand that Serafino ducks under and follows up with a left that Serafino also avoids with ease.
Van Der Voort rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Serafino counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Van Der Voort swings widly with a right hand
and Serafino counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Serafino bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The fighters circling - Serafino throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Van Der Voort misses with a hook
and Serafino counters with a three punch combo that has Van Der Voort backing up. Van Der Voort nods at Serafino to acknowledge the strikes.
Serafino connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Serafino swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Van Der Voort throws a poor cross that misses
and Serafino counters with a stiff right hand.
Van Der Voort throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Van Der Voort takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Van Der Voort throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Serafino to counter with a crisp jab.
Serafino misses with a body shot.
Serafino looks to score with a jab to the body but Van Der Voort is just out of range.
Serafino throws a poor cross that misses
and Van Der Voort counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Van Der Voort falls off balance throwing a combination
and Serafino counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Serafino just misses with a punch to the body.
Van Der Voort takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Aquila Serafino is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Van Der Voort takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Good standup being displayed there by Serafino as he connects with a hook.
Van Der Voort's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Serafino connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Van Der Voort scrambles back to his feet.
Serafino ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Serafino throws a series of punches but Van Der Voort moves out of range.
Serafino throws a shot to the body.
Serafino throws a shot to the body.
Rick Van Der Voort has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Serafino thuds a left hand into Van Der Voort's body.
Serafino fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Van Der Voort looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Serafino throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Van Der Voort.
Serafino lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

And that's the end of the fight!
Aquila Serafino showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Serafino has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aquila Serafino!