PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sebastian Trane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vinny Van Bastad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vinny Van Bastad acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Trane
vs
Van Bastad

192 cm
18
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

192 cm
22
183 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sebastian Trane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Vinny Van Bastad!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Bastad rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Trane moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Trane fails with the takedown.
Trane tries to clinch but Van Bastad moves out of range.
Trane tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Van Bastad has managed to clinch.
Van Bastad lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Trane backwards.
Van Bastad is pushing Trane up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Van Bastad receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Van Bastad tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Van Bastad landing knees to the body.
Van Bastad misses with a knee to the head.
Van Bastad looking to throw knees to the head but Trane is blocking nicely.
Van Bastad has Trane pressed against the cage.
Van Bastad blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Trane is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Van Bastad pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Van Bastad misses with an elbow strike.
Van Bastad unloads a knee to the mid-section. Trane lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trane wants to stall.

Van Bastad's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Van Bastad clinches with his opponent.
Trane tries to stall but Van Bastad uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Van Bastad slows down the pace here.

Van Bastad pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Van Bastad is looking to slow Trane down with leg kicks.

Van Bastad takes the fight into the clinch.
Trane is trying to maintain a safe position but Van Bastad gets an underhook and turns Trane into the cage.
Van Bastad tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Trane takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Trane missing with knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Van Bastad tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trane trying to land knees to the body.
Van Bastad with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Van Bastad's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Trane looks to clinch

and Van Bastad counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Van Bastad.
Trane tries to pull guard but Van Bastad holds him up against the cage and eventually Trane drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sebastian Trane. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Van Bastad connects with a knee to the head.
Trane is breathing heavily.

Van Bastad breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Van Bastad takes a swing at Trane's ribcage but misses.

Van Bastad clinches up with Trane and pushes him back against the cage.
Van Bastad lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Trane jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Van Bastad walks away with a smile on his face. Trane gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Van Bastad stuffs the takedown.
Trane closes the distance but Van Bastad moves to the side

and Van Bastad counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Van Bastad.
Van Bastad landing knees to the head.

Van Bastad gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Van Bastad controlling the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trane is looking to improve his position.
Van Bastad is figuring out what he wants to do next.

Van Bastad decides to stand and escape the position.
Van Bastad misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Trane.
Trane wants to clinch

and Van Bastad counters by moving into the clinch.
A knee to the head by Van Bastad.
Van Bastad scores with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trane takes a knee right on the jaw!
Van Bastad throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Trane blocks it with crossed arms.
Van Bastad pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Van Bastad avoiding damage as Trane throws knees to the body.

Van Bastad breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Van Bastad lands a high kick!
Van Bastad connects with a high kick.
Trane tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Van Bastad counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Van Bastad throws a head punch that misses.
Trane tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Van Bastad smiles and moves away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Van Bastad tries for a takedown but Trane sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Trane fakes the leg kick and cracks Van Bastad in the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Trane tries to clinch up
and Van Bastad counters with a head kick.
Van Bastad tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Trane wants to clinch

and Van Bastad counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Van Bastad.
Van Bastad throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Trane blocks it with crossed arms.
Van Bastad lands a body punch in the clinch.
Van Bastad misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Trane.
Van Bastad misses with a knee to the head.
Trane fails to pull guard.
Trane looking to throw knees to the head but Van Bastad is blocking nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Bastad unloads a knee to the mid-section. Trane lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Van Bastad avoiding damage.
Trane lands a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trane is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Van Bastad gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Trane looking to throw knees to the head but Van Bastad is blocking nicely.
Trane prevents Van Bastad from breaking the clinch.
Van Bastad connects with a knee to the head.
Trane looking to stall.
Trane looking to throw knees to the head but Van Bastad is blocking nicely.

Van Bastad breaks from the clinch.
Trane fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sebastian Trane. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Van Bastad throws a looping overhand right but Trane ducks down to avoid it.
Trane fails with a takedown attempt.
Van Bastad swats away the attempt to clinch by Trane.
Van Bastad throws a head kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Van Bastad instigates a clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Van Bastad.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Van Bastad lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Van Bastad is pushing Trane up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Trane pulls Van Bastad into guard.
Trane is trying to keep Van Bastad in close.
Trane utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Van Bastad is stalling in the full guard.

Trane looking for a guillotine here but Van Bastad defends easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Trane is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Van Bastad pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Trane is keeping the position for now.
Van Bastad is in close to Trane's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Trane being controlled here, momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Trane not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Van Bastad really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Trane. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Trane can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Van Bastad controls the pace.
Trane tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Trane has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Van Bastad can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Van Bastad stands and steps away. Trane gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vinny Van Bastad showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Van Bastad scores with a kick to the midsection.

Van Bastad forces Trane back against the cage and clinches.
Van Bastad with a knee to the head.
Van Bastad avoids the elbow strike from Trane, against the cage.
Trane missing with knees to the body.
Van Bastad using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Trane has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Van Bastad manages to break the clinch.
Trane clinches but Van Bastad breaks the clinch
letting Van Bastad counter with a right hand.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Trane.
A head kick misses from Van Bastad.
Trane blocks a head kick by Van Bastad.
Van Bastad pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Trane looks to clinch

and Van Bastad holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Van Bastad looking to throw knees to the head but Trane is blocking nicely.
Trane tries to land knees in the clinch but Van Bastad avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Bastad pressing his opponent against the cage.
Trane is pressed up against the cage. Van Bastad has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Trane down to the mat. Trane avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Trane tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Van Bastad swivels and escapes.
Van Bastad scores with the left hand. Trane knows he should have avoided that one.

Van Bastad moves into the clinch successfully.
Van Bastad landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Van Bastad lands a knee to the head.
Van Bastad blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Van Bastad unloads a knee to the mid-section. Trane lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Van Bastad avoids a wild elbow strike from Trane.
Trane with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Van Bastad lands a nice knee to the body.
Van Bastad unloads a knee to the mid-section. Trane lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Van Bastad looking to throw knees to the head but Trane is blocking nicely.

That's two 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.
Van Bastad on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Van Bastad pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Van Bastad circles away from the clinch attempt
and Van Bastad makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

Van Bastad closes the distance and pushes Trane back into the cage.
Trane is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Van Bastad misses with a knee strike.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Van Bastad.
Trane crunches a lovely knee into Van Bastad's ribcage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Van Bastad.

Van Bastad pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Trane moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Trane tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Van Bastad decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Trane's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trane wants to control the position but Van Bastad says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Van Bastad passes to full mount!
Trane is trying desperately to improve position.
Trane is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Van Bastad looking to control and managing it successfully.
Trane manages to regain half guard. Good work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Bastad slows the pace down in half guard.

Trane looking for submissions off his back.
Sebastian Trane has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Trane actively working from the bottom here.
Trane flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Vinny Van Bastad is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Van Bastad stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vinny Van Bastad comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Van Bastad has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vinny Van Bastad!