PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rafael van Vaart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cormac Gutz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gutz has chosen Everyday as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

van Vaart
vs
Gutz

185 cm
24
195 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

185 cm
22
187 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rafael van Vaart!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cormac Gutz!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Chris Downing and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Gutz. van Vaart does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gutz takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rafael van Vaart seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
van Vaart throws out a leg kick but Gutz moves out of range and van Vaart only half commits.
van Vaart fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A slapping leg kick lands for van Vaart.
van Vaart swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
van Vaart swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Gutz avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
van Vaart on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Gutz takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Gutz dodges the punch combination from van Vaart.
A leg kick checked by van Vaart.
Gutz lands a nice shot that snaps van Vaart's head back.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A jab from Gutz misses.
van Vaart fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gutz has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Gutz feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits van Vaarts jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Gutz there.

van Vaart is rocked!
van Vaart fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Gutz scores with a nice body kick.
van Vaart looks to land a combination but Gutz avoids it well.
van Vaart misses with a double jab

and Gutz counters by moving into the clinch.
Gutz misses with the head strike.

van Vaart escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gutz lands with a hook. van Vaart tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
van Vaart connects with a solid leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A combination from van Vaart does no damage.
Gutz throws the left hand but van Vaart avoids the punch easily.
Gutz lands a glancing blow to the side of van Vaart's head.
van Vaart throws a nice looking combination but Gutz bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
van Vaart tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gutz was well out of range. Poor timing from van Vaart.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
van Vaart lands a leg kick that knocks Gutz off balance momentarily.
van Vaart lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Gutz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gutz blocks a head kick by van Vaart.
Gutz takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Gutz fails with an attempt to clinch.
van Vaart lands a jab to the nose.
Gutz is looking to clinch.
Gutz lands a slapping body shot.
van Vaart swats away the attempt to clinch by Gutz.
van Vaart lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
van Vaart misses with a low kick.
van Vaart fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Gutz's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
van Vaart moves out of range as Gutz throws a body kick.
Gutz chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before van Vaart can pounce on him.
van Vaart fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gutz has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
van Vaart throws a quick inside leg kick.
van Vaart scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gutz looks gassed!
Gutz throws out a powerful jab.
Gutz throws a wild body kick that van Vaart sees coming a mile off.
van Vaart rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gutz moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
van Vaart scores with a jab. Gutz acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
van Vaart thumps Gutz with a low kick.
van Vaart fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
van Vaart throws a right and a left that both miss.
van Vaart misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
van Vaart throws a body punch but Gutz moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gutz takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Gutz avoids the head kick by van Vaart.
A low kick from van Vaart misses
and Gutz counters with a head kick. That will keep van Vaart thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
van Vaart misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gutz throws a quick inside leg kick.
van Vaart throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
van Vaart chopping away at his opponent's legs.
van Vaart is looking to wear down Gutz with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
van Vaart swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gutz scoring well with a low kick there.
Gutz walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Gutz lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gutz pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gutz lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gutz blocks a head kick by van Vaart.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rafael van Vaart dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Gutz tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Rafael van Vaart is winning the standup battle so far.
Gutz avoids the head kick by van Vaart.
Gutz misses with a body kick.
Gutz looks to land a left hand but van Vaart moved out of range nicely.
van Vaart throws a combination that misses
and Gutz counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Gutz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rafael van Vaart is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Gutz rushes van Vaart and presses him up against the cage.
Gutz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with van Vaart's elbow.
Gutz will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning van Vaart up against the cage.
Gutz continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Gutz is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
van Vaart looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
van Vaart has had enough of the clinch but Gutz keeps him there for the moment.
A short left from Gutz.
Gutz scores with an uppercut up the middle.
van Vaart just leaning against Gutz, taking a breather.
Gutz throws a punch but it's blocked by van Vaart.
van Vaart is trying to break free.
Gutz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
van Vaart takes a shot to the head.
Gutz lands a left hand that snaps the head of van Vaart backwards.
Gutz lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Gutz keeps control of van Vaart as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Gutz fails to land.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Gutz scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gutz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gutz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Gutz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gutz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with van Vaart's elbow.
Gutz lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt van Vaart or not.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gutz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A hook to the body from Gutz.

van Vaart breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gutz throws a big shot that misses.
van Vaart pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gutz thumps van Vaart with a low kick.
Gutz scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
van Vaart walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Gutz checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
van Vaart feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gutz's calf.
A bone on bone clash there as Gutz blocks the leg kick.
Gutz misses with a straight right.
A jab from Gutz finds it's way through van Vaart's defenses.
van Vaart tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gutz was well out of range. Poor timing from van Vaart.
Gutz does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
van Vaart throws a head kick but Gutz moves out of range.
Gutz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
van Vaart rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gutz moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
van Vaart thows a leg kick but Gutz checks it
and Gutz counters with a stiff right hand.
van Vaart throws a half hearted mid kick.
van Vaart keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
van Vaart keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
van Vaart tries to bum rush Gutz with a series of wild strikes but Gutz uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gutz scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
van Vaart lands a head kick!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
van Vaart throws a right hand that Gutz ducks under and follows up with a left that Gutz also avoids with ease.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gutz slips under a jab from van Vaart.
Gutz wants to clinch up but van Vaart keeps it at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cormac Gutz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

van Vaart takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Gutz throws a nice inside leg kick.
van Vaart on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Gutz fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but van Vaart is out of range.

Gutz lands a big head kick that sends van Vaart tumbling to the mat! Gutz takes a step backwards and waves van Vaart back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Oh van Vaart is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
van Vaart scores with a hook to the body. Gutz takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
van Vaart scores with a leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gutz.
Gutz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
van Vaart misses with a low kick.
Gutz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
van Vaart throws a combination. Gutz tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Gutz thows a body shot but no joy.
van Vaart seems to have got his legs back now.
van Vaart swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Gutz takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gutz lands with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
van Vaart swinging wildly here.
Gutz wants to clinch.
van Vaart connects with a solid leg kick.
Gutz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gutz showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from van Vaart.
A nice combination there by van Vaart.
van Vaart uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gutz.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gutz. That's going to slow van Vaart down.
van Vaart misses with a body punch
letting Gutz counter with a right hand.
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 Vaart throws a lazy head kick
and Gutz counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Some bone on bone action there as Gutz checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
van Vaart misses with a low kick.
Gutz connects with an inside leg kick.
A jab from Gutz finds it's way through van Vaart's defenses.
Gutz throws an overhand right that lands on van Vaart's shoulder, as van Vaart tries to avoid the shot.
van Vaart fails to land with a series of punches.
Gutz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gutz throws a body kick that misses.
van Vaart misses with a low kick.
van Vaart throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
van Vaart misses with a jab to the body
and Gutz counters with an inside leg kick.
Gutz throws a shot to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gutz.
Gutz throws a leg kick which misses van Vaart's front leg but catches the back leg as van Vaart tries to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gutz lands with a hook. van Vaart tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
van Vaart chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gutz can pounce on him.
Gutz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
van Vaart takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Gutz fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and van Vaart has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Decent striking displayed by Gutz there.
Gutz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Gutz pushes van Vaart up against the cage in a clinch.
van Vaart wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gutz taking a breather.
Gutz scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gutz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gutz keeps control of van Vaart as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

van Vaart escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Gutz cracks van Vaart with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Gutz has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning van Vaart to stand back up!
van Vaart throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gutz.
van Vaart jabs Gutz to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Gutz drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks van Vaart right on the button. van Vaart goes down! Gutz follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Gutz gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cormac Gutz!
Cormac Gutz made sure to mention his sponsor, M/S Paint Fightwear in his post fight interview.