PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Don Bronson (ranked 245 p4p, 309 weight class) and Joost Van Buren (ranked 41 p4p, 50 weight class). Bronson comes to the cage accompanied by Glass Candy. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Bronson
vs
Van Buren

189 cm
28
203
13 - 6 - 0

188 cm
38
206
35 - 20 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Don Bronson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 20 - 1, fighting out of New York, Joost Van Buren!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bronson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bronson misses with a lunging right hand
and Van Buren counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Nice body punch from Van Buren.
Van Buren moves forwards but Bronson connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Bronson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Van Buren misses with a body kick.
Van Buren tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bronson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bronson connects with a single shot there.
Van Buren misses with a hook.
Van Buren moves forwards but Bronson connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Van Buren lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Van Buren moves out of range of the body kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Van Buren! But no joy.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bronson scoring well with a low kick there.
Van Buren finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Bronson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Bronson misses with a body kick.
A combination from Van Buren does no damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bronson slips a straight right by Van Buren.
Bronson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Van Buren.
A counter left hand to the body from Bronson misses its target.
Bronson connects with a looping right hand.
Van Buren walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Van Buren misses with a body kick.
Bronson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Van Buren uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Van Buren moves out of range as Bronson throws a body kick.
Van Buren throws out a counter right but Bronson avoids it with no problem.
Bronson throws an overhand right that lands on Van Buren's shoulder, as Van Buren tries to avoid the shot.
Bronson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bronson misses with a wild body shot.
Van Buren appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Van Buren tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bronson was well out of range. Poor timing from Van Buren.
Bronson throwing a counter right hand but Van Buren manages to avoid it.
Bronson lands a nice hook to Van Buren's body. Van Buren takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Van Buren slips a jab from Bronson.
Bronson scores with a shot to the body.
Bronson scoring well with a low kick there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Buren jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Buren throws a big shot that misses.
Van Buren fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Bronson on the side of the head.
Van Buren lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Van Buren throws a looping overhand right but Bronson ducks down to avoid it.
Van Buren keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Don Bronson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bronson lands with a straight right. Van Buren didn't see that one coming.
Van Buren connects with a crisp jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Van Buren. Bronson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bronson bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Bronson throws the kick towards the body but Van Buren avoids it.
Van Buren takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bronson slips a straight right by Van Buren.
Bronson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bronson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Van Buren! But no joy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Van Buren. Bronson does a little dance to reset his feet.
It looked like Bronson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Bronson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A lazy left from Bronson finds it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bronson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bronson gets off balance looking for a body kick
enabling Van Buren to counter with a crisp jab.
Van Buren throws a combination that misses
and Bronson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
It looks like Bronson has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Nice jab there from Bronson.
Van Buren throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bronson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bronson misses with a hook. Van Buren ducked under it nicely.
Van Buren throws a shot from downtown. Bronson moves away and avoids it.
Bronson connects with a crisp jab.
Bronson jabs at Van Buren's body.
A head kick misses from Bronson.
Good work by Van Buren as he checks the leg kick.
A big left from Bronson misses.
Nice defenses there by Bronson.
Bronson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Van Buren takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Van Buren staying out of range there.
Bronson looks to land a body kick but Van Buren moved away.
Van Buren looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Buren misses with a looping right.
Bronson jabs Van Buren to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Bronson blocks a jab.
Bronson just misses with a punch to the body.
Bronson looks to score with a jab to the body but Van Buren is just out of range.
Bronson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Van Buren throws out the jab.
Van Buren throws a lazy right hand but Bronson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bronson misses with a looping right.
Van Buren looks to land a right hand but Bronson moved out of range.
Van Buren lands a nice looking kick to the body. Bronson takes a step back to recover.
Bronson staying out of range there.
Bronson misses with a low kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A looping hook to the body misses from Van Buren. Bronson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bronson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Bronson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Van Buren lands an overhand right.
A swing and a miss from Van Buren.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Don Bronson dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Bronson with a nice cross.
Van Buren throws a leg kick but Bronson moved away.
Bronson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Van Buren throws out the jab.
Van Buren throws a solid leg kick but Bronson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Van Buren.
Bronson is looking to slow Van Buren down with leg kicks.
Van Buren misses the shot to the body.
Bronson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Van Buren checks a leg kick nicely.
Van Buren is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bronson.
Van Buren misses with a straight right.
An attempted straight right counter from Bronson misses the target.
Bronson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Van Buren.
Van Buren chopping away at his opponent's legs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Buren pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bronson scores with a kick to the midsection.
Bronson throws a looping overhand right but Van Buren ducks down to avoid it.
Bronson connects with a body shot that sends Van Buren's belly button to the back.
Van Buren ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bronson moves away.
Van Buren has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Buren on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Bronson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bronson moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Bronson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Don Bronson is winning the standup battle so far.
Van Buren looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Bronson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Van Buren moves away.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Van Buren might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Bronson has got the better of the exchanges.
Van Buren misses with a low kick as Bronson jumps back.
Van Buren loads up on a big right hand but Bronson slips the punch.
Bronson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Van Buren misses with a leg kick.
Bronson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A little jabbing left from Van Buren on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Van Buren throws a hook but Bronson avoids it easily.
Van Buren throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Van Buren's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bronson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Van Buren scrambles back to his feet.
Bronson blocks a head kick by Van Buren.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bronson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bronson throws a lazy right hand but Van Buren sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Van Buren keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bronson.
Van Buren throws a leg kick but Bronson sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Van Buren misses the shot to the body.
Van Buren's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Van Buren with a nice cross.
Bronson punishes Van Buren's body with a nice straight punch.
Van Buren avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bronson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Van Buren. That did some damage!
Bronson checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Van Buren throws a looping overhand right but Bronson ducks down to avoid it.
A nice leg kick from Van Buren, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bronson slips under a jab from Van Buren.
Van Buren ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Van Buren misses with a hook.
Van Buren connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bronson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Buren is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bronson.
Bronson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Van Buren's jab looks to have found its range, popping Bronson under the eye.
Van Buren keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Van Buren tried to score with a low kick but Bronson checks it.
Bronson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Bronson checks the leg kick nicely there.
A little feinted left hand from Bronson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Van Buren misses the body punch
and Bronson counters with a body kick.
Bronson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bronson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Van Buren thows a leg kick but Bronson checks it
and Bronson counters with an outside leg kick.
Bronson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice defenses there by Bronson.
Van Buren lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bronson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bronson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bronson takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bronson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bronson throws a leg kick which misses Van Buren's front leg but catches the back leg as Van Buren tries to avoid it.
Van Buren stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bronson.
Bronson thuds a left hand into Van Buren's body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bronson.
Van Buren lands a lovely overhand right.
A looping hook to the body misses from Van Buren. Bronson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bronson throwing a counter right hand but Van Buren manages to avoid it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Van Buren lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Bronson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Bronson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Bronson throws a head kick that misses.
A low kick from Van Buren misses
and Bronson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Van Buren throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Van Buren jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A punch lands to the side of Van Buren 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Van Buren checks the leg kick.
Bronson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Van Buren pivots, looking for a leg kick but Bronson is out of range and Van Buren settles back down.
Bronson is looking to counter punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Don Bronson dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Bronson slips under a jab.
A jab from Bronson misses.
Bronson looks to land a right hand but Van Buren moved out of range.
Bronson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Van Buren closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bronson.
Van Buren throws a hook to the side of Bronson's head but Bronson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A nice leg kick from Bronson, right into the meat of the thigh.
Van Buren takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Bronson misses with a looping left.
Van Buren throws out a loose jab but Bronson uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Buren walks into a left hand.
Van Buren's jab looks to have found its range, popping Bronson under the eye.
A bone on bone clash there as Bronson blocks the leg kick.
Bronson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Van Buren can do to turn this around?
Van Buren misses with a body shot.
Van Buren misses with a straight left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Buren keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Van Buren is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Van Buren walks into a stiff left hand from Bronson.
Van Buren checks a leg kick.
Van Buren connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bronson momentarily.
Bronson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Bronson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Bronson throws a low kick but it's checked well by Van Buren.
Van Buren counters with a body kick.
Van Buren swings for the body but Bronson moves out of range.
Van Buren chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bronson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Van Buren moves out of range of the body kick from Bronson.
Van Buren only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Van Buren has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Bronson.
Bronson ducks under a wild hook from Van Buren.
Van Buren misses with a leg kick.
Van Buren scores with a sloppy right hand. Bronson should have avoided that one.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Van Buren throws a hook to the side of Bronson's head but Bronson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Joost Van Buren has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bronson misses with an uppercut.
Bronson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Van Buren scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Bronson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Van Buren.
Van Buren throws a good cross that connects.
Van Buren slips a jab from Bronson.
Van Buren throws a body shot but no joy.
It looked like Bronson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Van Buren lands a nice hook to Bronson's body. Bronson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A slow jab from Bronson misses its intended target.
Van Buren keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bronson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Van Buren checks a low kick from Bronson.
Van Buren misses with a straight left.
Van Buren has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Bronson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Van Buren throws a hook to the side of Bronson's head but Bronson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Van Buren with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Bronson to score with a decent uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bronson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Van Buren misses with a low kick.
Bronson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bronson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bronson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bronson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

It looks like Don Bronson has been cut.
Van Buren lands with a shot to the body.
Van Buren takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Don Bronson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Van Buren misses with a hook. Bronson ducked under it nicely.
Van Buren throws a leg kick but Bronson sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Van Buren misses with a looping right.
Van Buren misses with a leg kick.
A jab from Van Buren misses.
Van Buren throws a low kick, looking for Bronson's leg but Bronson calmly moves out of range.
Bronson throws a quick counter kick to the body but Van Buren avoids it.
A slapping body kick lands there for Bronson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Buren looks to score with a jab to the body but Bronson is just out of range.
Bronson checks a low kick from Van Buren.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Van Buren takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Bronson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bronson throws a nice outside leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Bronson blocks the low kick.
Bronson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Bronson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Van Buren.
Van Buren takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bronson checks a leg kick.
Van Buren has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Bronson.
Bronson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bronson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Van Buren's head.
Van Buren throws an overhand right that lands on Bronson's shoulder, as Bronson tries to avoid the shot.
Bronson moves out of range of the body kick.
Bronson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Van Buren takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bronson scores with a jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Don Bronson.
Well Bronson has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Don Bronson!
In his post fight interview, Don Bronson started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.