PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dirk Zeldenthuis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Waldorf Astoria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Astoria comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Waltz from Les Sylphides kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Waldorf Astoria enters the cage!

Zeldenthuis
vs
Astoria

172 cm
27
180 lbs
19 - 3 - 0

180 cm
28
174 lbs
30 - 8 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dirk Zeldenthuis!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Waldorf Astoria!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zeldenthuis throws a sloppy head kick and Astoria moves out of range easily.
Astoria tries to bum rush Zeldenthuis with a series of wild strikes but Zeldenthuis uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Astoria throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Zeldenthuis cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Astoria tries to clinch but Zeldenthuis moves out of range.

Astoria moves into the clinch successfully.
Zeldenthuis misses with a punch to the body.
A short left from Astoria.
A right hook to the body lands for Zeldenthuis.
Astoria tries a knee to the head but Zeldenthuis blocks it.
Zeldenthuis fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Astoria tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Zeldenthuis's elbow.
Zeldenthuis tries to work over Astoria's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Zeldenthuis.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zeldenthuis blocks a body shot from Astoria.
Astoria connects with a nasty looking knee right to Zeldenthuis's face.
Zeldenthuis jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Astoria walks away with a smile on his face. Zeldenthuis gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Zeldenthuis misses with a head kick.
Zeldenthuis misses with an uppercut.
Astoria fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Zeldenthuis has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Zeldenthuis just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Astoria misses with an uppercut.
Zeldenthuis throws a big shot that misses.
Left hook, right uppercut from Astoria.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Zeldenthuis, right into the meat.
Zeldenthuis avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Astoria cracks Zeldenthuis with a right hand to the side of the head.

Astoria clinches up against the cage.
Zeldenthuis blocks an uppercut.
Astoria goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Zeldenthuis misses with a body punch.
Zeldenthuis trying to stall but Astoria improves his position.
Astoria tries to throw a body punch but Zeldenthuis avoids it by throwing Astoria back against the cage.
Zeldenthuis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Zeldenthuis lands a shoulder strike.

Zeldenthuis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Astoria misses with a body kick.
Astoria walks into a jab.
Astoria misses with a kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zeldenthuis jabs Astoria right on the nose. Astoria blinks but takes it well.
Zeldenthuis just misses with a punch to the body.
Zeldenthuis throws a right hand that misses
and Astoria counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jab by Zeldenthuis.
Astoria throws a front kick aimed at Zeldenthuis's knee but Zeldenthuis avoids it well.
Astoria tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Zeldenthuis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Astoria stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Zeldenthuis.
Zeldenthuis scores with a hook to the body. Astoria takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A telegraphed right hand from Zeldenthuis misses the target.
Zeldenthuis misses with a body shot
and Astoria counters with an outside leg kick.
Zeldenthuis bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Astoria's head.
Astoria tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Astoria fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Zeldenthuis has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Zeldenthuis takes one to the chin there.
Zeldenthuis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Astoria.
Zeldenthuis moves into range and lands a nice body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Astoria looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Zeldenthuis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Astoria.
Zeldenthuis throws a body punch but Astoria moves out of range.
Zeldenthuis's jab looks to have found its range, popping Astoria under the eye.
Zeldenthuis throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Astoria.
Astoria fails to land with a series of punches.
Zeldenthuis throws a shot to the body.
Astoria looks to land a body kick but Zeldenthuis moved away.
Zeldenthuis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Zeldenthuis misses the shot to the body.
Zeldenthuis misses with a straight right.
Zeldenthuis connects with a nice looking jab.
Astoria throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Astoria stuns Zeldenthuis with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Zeldenthuis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Astoria was well out of range. Poor timing from Zeldenthuis.
Astoria lands a nice shot that snaps Zeldenthuis's head back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Astoria rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Zeldenthuis moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Zeldenthuis throws a hook to the side of Astoria's head but Astoria sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A big left from Zeldenthuis misses.
Astoria tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Zeldenthuis manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Zeldenthuis on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Astoria. Astoria obviously looking to wear him down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Astoria throws a leg kick that misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for Astoria.
Astoria blocks a leg kick.
Astoria throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Astoria pivots, looking for a leg kick but Zeldenthuis is out of range and Astoria settles back down.
Zeldenthuis tries to clinch up but Astoria circles away and keeps his distance.
Astoria defending well as Zeldenthuis loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Astoria misses with a low kick as Zeldenthuis jumps back.
Astoria getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

Zeldenthuis clinches up against the cage.
Zeldenthuis lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dirk Zeldenthuis dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Astoria misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Astoria misses with a wild body shot.
Astoria misses with a head kick.

Astoria darts in and clinches Zeldenthuis up against the cage.
Astoria doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Astoria lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Astoria connects with a nasty looking knee right to Zeldenthuis's face.
Astoria prevents Zeldenthuis from breaking the clinch.
Zeldenthuis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Astoria's elbow.
A short left from Zeldenthuis.
A right hand to the body from Astoria.
Zeldenthuis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Zeldenthuis tries to work over Astoria's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Astoria lands an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zeldenthuis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zeldenthuis scores with a hook to the body.
Astoria scores with a shot to the side of Zeldenthuis's head.
Dirk Zeldenthuis has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A right hook to the body lands for Zeldenthuis.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Astoria lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Zeldenthuis lands a shoulder strike.
Astoria tries to land a knee to the head but Zeldenthuis blocks with his arms.
Zeldenthuis tries to work over Astoria's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Zeldenthuis tries to circle away but Astoria has him pinned against the cage.
Astoria tries a body shot but Zeldenthuis blocks it.
Astoria blocks a body shot from Zeldenthuis.
Nice body punch from Zeldenthuis - that landed with a thud.
A short left from Zeldenthuis.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zeldenthuis.
Zeldenthuis misses with a body punch.
Astoria doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Astoria using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Zeldenthuis has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Astoria has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A nice left hand lands by Astoria.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zeldenthuis tries to work over Astoria's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Zeldenthuis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Astoria gets through Zeldenthuis's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Astoria.
Zeldenthuis managing to block the knees to the body from Astoria.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Astoria lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Astoria misses with a punch to the body.
Astoria tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Zeldenthuis avoids it.
Astoria blocks a body shot from Zeldenthuis.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Astoria misses with a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zeldenthuis.
Zeldenthuis lands an uppercut.
Zeldenthuis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Astoria throws a knee to the head but misses.
Astoria swings wildly with an uppercut but Zeldenthuis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Astoria swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice body punch from Zeldenthuis - that landed with a thud.
Zeldenthuis lands with a short shot to the head.

Astoria is rocked!

Zeldenthuis pulls guard.
Astoria is still in real trouble! Can Zeldenthuis finish him?
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Astoria wants to stand and escape but instead Zeldenthuis has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Zeldenthuis scoring with some ground and pound.
Zeldenthuis pushing down on Astoria's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Zeldenthuis scores with a big shot! Astoria's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Astoria! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dirk Zeldenthuis!
Dirk Zeldenthuis retains his welterweight title!
A very excited looking Dirk Zeldenthuis rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.