PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harry van Seggelen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and The Dront (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Dront has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

van Seggelen
vs
Dront

210 cm
19
220 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

193 cm
18
250 lbs
2 - 20 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Harry van Seggelen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 20 - 0, fighting out of London, The Dront!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Chris Edwards and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab by Dront.

van Seggelen scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
van Seggelen staying calm.
van Seggelen seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Dront for as long as he can get away with.
van Seggelen working away.
van Seggelen just content to control the position.

van Seggelen is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Dront knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dront tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but van Seggelen wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Dront really doesn't want to stay on the ground with van Seggelen. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Dront being controlled for a moment.

van Seggelen thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
van Seggelen is breathing heavily.
van Seggelen moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
van Seggelen wants to control but Dront is keeping him busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Harry van Seggelen just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Dront moves into the clinch.

van Seggelen manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Dront wants to get up but he can't break van Seggelen's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
van Seggelen keeping moving, preventing Dront from controlling successfully.
Dront would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Dront looking to sit in guard and control but van Seggelen gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
van Seggelen sitting in guard here, content to control.

van Seggelen gets to his feet. Dront looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dront fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with van Seggelen, pushing him back against the cage.
van Seggelen stalling against the cage.
van Seggelen wants a takedown.
van Seggelen prevents Dront from breaking the clinch.
Dront wants to get back to striking at distance but van Seggelen won't allow it.
Dront lands a nice uppercut.
Dront wants to break the clinch but can't.
Dront can't break the clinch.
Dront lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt van Seggelen or not.
Dront lands with a right to the head.
Dront is trying to break free.
van Seggelen prevents Dront from breaking the clinch.
van Seggelen has had enough of the clinch but Dront keeps him there for the moment.
van Seggelen has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Dront is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
van Seggelen tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Dront just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Harry van Seggelen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A right handed body shot lands from Dront.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Dront wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dront wants to break the clinch but can't.
van Seggelen really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

van Seggelen ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. van Seggelen no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Dront stopping the sweep attempt from van Seggelen.
Dront trying to control but van Seggelen is working from the bottom.
Dront stopping the sweep attempt from van Seggelen.
Dront must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as van Seggelen holds on and takes a little breather.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harry van Seggelen dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

van Seggelen moves out of range of the strikes.
The Dront seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

van Seggelen shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
van Seggelen controlling the pace for now.
Dront tries to lock up and control but van Seggelen gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

van Seggelen gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!

van Seggelen drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

van Seggelen stands up from guard. Let's bang!
van Seggelen shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dront fails with an attempt to clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dront misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
van Seggelen tries to bum rush Dront with a series of wild strikes but Dront uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Harry van Seggelen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dront tries to clinch but van Seggelen moves out of range.
Dront tries to clinch there but van Seggelen circles away.
Dront takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
van Seggelen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

van Seggelen instigates a clinch.
van Seggelen tries to pull guard but Dront won't allow it.

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

van Seggelen rushes Dront and presses him up against the cage.
Dront takes an elbow to the temple.

van Seggelen breaks the clinch.

van Seggelen gets the takedown into side control.
van Seggelen is staying tight to Dront's torso, preventing him from escaping.
van Seggelen tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dront taking punishment in the form of punches.
van Seggelen in side control lands a decent elbow.
Dront is pushing van Seggelen's head away, looking to escape. van Seggelen manages to hold on to the position though.

van Seggelen stands up.

van Seggelen fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Dront, pushing him back against the cage.
van Seggelen tries for a takedown but Dront manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Harry van Seggelen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dront scores with a hook to the body.
Dront is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Dront blocks a body shot from van Seggelen.

van Seggelen breaks the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dront closes the distance looking to clinch

and van Seggelen counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Dront is trying to stand back up but van Seggelen is controlling him

van Seggelen stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Dront to get to his feet.
van Seggelen shoots in looking for a takedown. Dront tries to sprawl out of it but van Seggelen keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Dront manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Dront looks to clinch

and van Seggelen decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Dront's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
van Seggelen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
van Seggelen is working hard here to advance position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dront bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in van Seggelen's guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now van Seggelen is on top in guard.
van Seggelen chips away with some ground and pound.
van Seggelen forces his way into half guard.
Dront has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. van Seggelen is working away from the top position though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dront wants to improve his position but van Seggelen is controlling well.
Ground and pound from van Seggelen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harry van Seggelen dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

van Seggelen shoots in and drives through. Dront sprawls well.
Dront misses with a double jab.
Dront tries to clinch up.
Dront rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but van Seggelen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

van Seggelen pushes Dront up against the cage in a clinch.
van Seggelen tries to score a body lock takedown but Dront shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Dront prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Harry van Seggelen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A hook to the body from Dront.
van Seggelen is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Dront gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Dront stalling in the clinch.
Dront lands a right hand that snaps the head of van Seggelen backwards.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Dront.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
van Seggelen tries for a takedown. No joy.
Dront is trying to break free.
van Seggelen takes a shot to the head.
Dront is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

van Seggelen breaks the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

van Seggelen scores with a takedown into Dront's guard.
van Seggelen looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Dront trying to keep a closed guard but van Seggelen is proving a slippery customer.
Dront can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as van Seggelen controls the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
van Seggelen stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Dront swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Dront can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as van Seggelen controls the pace.
Dront looking to control.
Dront tries to land a sweep but no joy.
van Seggelen forces his way into half guard.
Dront won't allow van Seggelen to pass to mount.

van Seggelen stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Dront to get to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dront tries to clinch up

and van Seggelen moves into the clinch.

van Seggelen breaks the clinch.

van Seggelen looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
van Seggelen sitting in guard here, content to control.
Dront tries to land a sweep but no joy.

van Seggelen drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. van Seggelen seems to have locked his on tight now - Dront screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for van Seggelen, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:03 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Harry van Seggelen!