PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Graeme Symons (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Van Deinsen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Van Deinsen has chosen Bonafide - Dirtbound as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Symons
vs
Van Deinsen

170 cm
24
171 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

180 cm
23
162 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Counter fighter
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Graeme Symons!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Van Deinsen!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paul Aken and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Deinsen misses with a takedown attempt

and Symons counters by clinching up.

Symons gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Van Deinsen is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Symons scores with a couple of nice shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Van Deinsen is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Van Deinsen looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Symons working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Ground and pound from Symons.
Symons not doing much here.
Symons looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Van Deinsen with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Symons working the head and body with strikes.
Symons seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Van Deinsen is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Symons pulls his head out easily.
Well, if Symons is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Symons lands a nice short elbow.
Symons has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Van Deinsen is looking for a sweep. Symons is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Van Deinsen on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Van Deinsen is looking for a sweep. Symons is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Van Deinsen slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Symons scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Symons landing with the ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Van Deinsen is looking for a triangle but Symons pushes his legs off easily.

Symons avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Symons content to stall in guard here.
Symons wants to control from the top but Van Deinsen keeps moving.

Van Deinsen throws his legs up looking for a submission but Symons uses it to pass to side control.
Symons in side control lands a decent elbow.
Symons cracks Van Deinsen with a big right hand but Van Deinsen just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Van Deinsen taking a bit of punishment here - Symons scoring with strikes.

Van Deinsen is rocked!
Van Deinsen manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Van Deinsen is still in real trouble! Can Symons finish him?
Van Deinsen has hold of Symons's hands but Symons slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Deinsen on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Symons looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Van Deinsen looking for submissions off his back.
Symons lands a big elbow - Van Deinsen is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Symons!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Graeme Symons!
During a confident post fight interview, Graeme Symons thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.