PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Pete Eckhart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jean Claude Van Damm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pete Eckhart has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Eckhart
vs
Claude Van Damm

190 cm
20
245 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

198 cm
20
240 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Excellent MT
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Pete Eckhart!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jean Claude Van Damm!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Bruno Hogan and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Damm goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Van Damm pushes Eckhart up against the ropes in a clinch.
A short left from Van Damm.
Eckhart blocks the elbow strike.
Eckhart is trying to stall.
Van Damm throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Eckhart on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Eckhart can't break the clinch.
Eckhart wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Van Damm putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Eckhart in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Eckhart tries to circle away but Van Damm has him pinned against the ropes.
Van Damm lands an elbow that stopped Eckhart in his tracks for a moment.
A frustrated look appears on Eckhart's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A short right from Van Damm on the inside.
Eckhart blocks an elbow strike.
Van Damm misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Eckhart.

Van Damm breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Eckhart throws a right and a left that both miss.

Van Damm moves into the clinch successfully.

Van Damm escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Eckhart will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Damm dodges the punch combination from Eckhart.
Jab from Eckhart.
Van Damm tries to clinch there but Eckhart circles away.
Van Damm fails with an attempt to clinch.
Eckhart throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Van Damm.
Eckhart throws a right and a left that Van Damm avoids nicely.
Eckhart misses with a jab, cross combination.
Van Damm throws a jab but it's blocked by Eckhart.
Van Damm connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Eckhart throws a head kick but Van Damm moves out of range.
Van Damm tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Eckhart looks to score with a jab to the body but Van Damm is just out of range.
Eckhart slips under a jab from Van Damm.
Van Damm fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Eckhart on the side of the head.
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 Damm tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Van Damm displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Eckhart throws out the jab.

Van Damm clinches with his opponent.
Van Damm is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Van Damm breaks the clinch.
Eckhart walks into a jab.

Eckhart gets tackled into the ropes by Van Damm. Van Damm maintains the clinch.
Eckhart takes an elbow to the temple.
Eckhart wants to get back to striking at distance but Van Damm won't allow it.
Eckhart is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Van Damm.
Eckhart is trying to break the clinch but Van Damm has him pressed against the ropes.

Van Damm breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Van Damm steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Eckhart.
Eckhart throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Eckhart is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Van Damm.

Van Damm has Eckhart up against the ropes in a clinch.
Van Damm landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Eckhart is breathing heavily.
Nice elbow from Van Damm.
Van Damm keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Eckhart's efforts to push away.
Van Damm putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Eckhart in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Van Damm pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Van Damm misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Van Damm clinches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Van Damm unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Van Damm manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Eckhart wants to break free but Van Damm has control.
Eckhart wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Eckhart is trying to break the clinch but Van Damm has him pressed against the ropes.
Eckhart takes an elbow to the temple.
Eckhart wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Eckhart is trying to break free.
Eckhart misses with a hook to the ribs.

Van Damm breaks the clinch.
Van Damm tries to clinch but Eckhart is having none of it.
Eckhart uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Van Damm.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Van Damm throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Eckhart blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Van Damm pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Van Damm tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Eckhart was well out of range. Poor timing from Van Damm.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Damm tries to clinch up.

Van Damm has taken the fight to the clinch.
Van Damm taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Van Damm using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Eckhart working hard to break the clinch.
Eckhart looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Eckhart wants to get back to striking at distance but Van Damm won't allow it.
Van Damm with a knee to the head.

It looks like Pete Eckhart has been cut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Van Damm connects with a knee to the head.

Van Damm pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Van Damm scores with a crisp jab that stopped Eckhart in his tracks.
Eckhart throws a body punch but Van Damm moves out of range.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jean Claude Van Damm dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pete Eckhart's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Van Damm clinches up with Eckhart and pushes him back against the ropes.
Van Damm lands an elbow that stopped Eckhart in his tracks for a moment.
Van Damm has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Van Damm gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Van Damm just misses with a elbow thrown towards Eckhart's brow.
Eckhart takes a shot to the head.

Eckhart is rocked!
Van Damm lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Oh Eckhart is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Van Damm is controlling Eckhart's neck. Van Damm unleashes a big knee up the middle! And another! Eckhart goes down! Can he beat the count? 3,4,5,6... he's not going to make it! 9,10. It's all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Jean Claude Van Damm!
Jean Claude Van Damm bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.