PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Niels van de Veen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bernardo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). van de Veen kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Separate Ways - Journey. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

van de Veen
vs
Silva

195 cm
20
177 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Niels van de Veen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bernardo Silva!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by van de Veen.
Silva misses with a double jab.
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
van de Veen lands a high kick!
van de Veen throws the left hand but Silva avoids the punch easily.
Silva misses with a double jab.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick
and van de Veen counters with a good, hard body kick but Silva shrugs it off.
van de Veen scores with a head kick.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
van de Veen sizes up Silva with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Silva motions for van de Veen to come forward. Silva throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
van de Veen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silva throws a head kick but van de Veen moves out of range.
van de Veen lands a nice looking body kick.
Silva looks gassed!
Silva takes a head kick and keeps coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
van de Veen throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
van de Veen scores with a nice strike.

Silva is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick by Silva misses
and van de Veen makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Silva is still on wobbly legs! Can van de Veen finish him?
van de Veen lands a hook that stumbles Silva back into the cage. van de Veen follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping Silva to the canvas! van de Veen pounces and lands several unanswered shots - Silva has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Niels van de Veen!