PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jaspar Van Clausen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bastian Van Den Bosh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bastian Van Den Bosh will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Van Clausen
vs
Van Den Bosh

155 cm
20
135 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

182 cm
20
130 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jaspar Van Clausen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bastian Van Den Bosh!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Patrick Alders and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Van Clausen closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Van Den Bosh did well to prevent Van Clausen getting side control.
Van Den Bosh is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Van Clausen is trying to control the action in half guard but Van Den Bosh is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Van Clausen trying to control the pace.
Van Clausen throwing shots but Van Den Bosh is blocking nicely.
Van Clausen definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Van Clausen stalling.
Van Den Bosh taking some punishment here, with Van Clausen in his half guard.
Van Clausen throws a strike but Van Den Bosh avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Clausen controls from within his opponent's guard.
Van Clausen trying to control the position from guard on top but Van Den Bosh is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Den Bosh utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Van Clausen content to stall in guard here.
Van Clausen with a nice head shot there.
Van Clausen controlling from the top position.
Van Den Bosh pulls Van Clausen in close to prevent any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Van Clausen lands a couple of elbows.
Van Den Bosh is controlling Van Clausen's posture.
Van Den Bosh looking to control.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Van Clausen moves into the clinch.
Van Clausen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Van Den Bosh is trying to drag Van Clausen to the mat but Van Clausen just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Van Den Bosh looks winded!
Van Clausen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Van Den Bosh backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Van Den Bosh manages to break the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Van Clausen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Van Den Bosh or not.
Van Den Bosh fails to pull guard.
Van Den Bosh wants to break free but Van Clausen has control.
Van Clausen gets through Van Den Bosh's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Van Clausen jumps into guard, dragging Van Den Bosh to the mat.
Van Clausen is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Van Clausen looking to hit a scissor sweep but Van Den Bosh is one step ahead there.
Van Clausen looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Clausen working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Van Den Bosh.
Van Clausen not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Van Den Bosh trying to control the position from guard on top but Van Clausen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Van Clausen gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Van Clausen pushes Van Den Bosh back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Van Den Bosh is trying to break free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jaspar Van Clausen dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Van Clausen clinches up with Van Den Bosh and pushes him back against the cage.
Van Clausen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Van Clausen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Van Den Bosh can do to turn this around?
Van Den Bosh blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Van Clausen.
Van Clausen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Van Den Boshs head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Van Clausen.
Van Den Bosh lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Van Clausen manages to pull guard.
Van Clausen is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Van Den Bosh trying to control but Van Clausen is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Den Bosh tries to free his leg and advance position but Van Clausen is retaining full guard.
Van Den Bosh is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Clausen trying to control the position here.
Van Clausen controls Van Den Bosh momentarily but Van Den Bosh frees himself.
Van Den Bosh trying to control but Van Clausen is working from the bottom.
Van Den Bosh in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

Van Clausen moves into the clinch successfully.
Van Den Bosh is looking to break free of the clinch but Van Clausen has double underhooks.
Jaspar Van Clausen has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Van Clausen manages to break the clinch.

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.
Van Den Bosh fails with a takedown attempt.

Van Clausen has taken the fight to the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Van Clausen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Van Clausen.
Van Den Bosh has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Van Clausen seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Van Den Bosh can turn it around.
Still in the clinch, Van Clausen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Van Clausen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Van Clausen is trying to stall.
Van Clausen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Van Clausen misses with the head strike.

Van Clausen gets control of Van Den Bosh's arms and successfully pulls guard. Van Clausen will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Clausen doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Van Clausen keeping moving, preventing Van Den Bosh from controlling successfully.
Van Den Bosh won't allow Van Clausen to sweep him here.
Van Den Bosh is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Van Den Bosh wants to pass the guard but Van Clausen is keeping the position.
Van Clausen is pulling down on Van Den Bosh's head to control his posture.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Van Clausen is trying to control the position from the bottom.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Van Clausen pushes Van Den Bosh up against the cage in a clinch.

Van Clausen lands a big knee from the Thai clinch and Van Den Bosh goes down hard! The ref takes a good look at him but he's still defending himself. Van Clausen in side control.

Van Den Bosh is rocked!

It looks like Bastian Van Den Bosh has been cut.
Van Clausen scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Van Den Bosh is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Van Clausen can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jaspar Van Clausen!
Jaspar Van Clausen decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.