PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dalinar Kholin (ranked 4508 p4p, 24431 weight class) and Ruud Van Koperen (ranked 560 p4p, 737 weight class). Kholin comes to the cage accompanied by Berserkir. Van Koperen has chosen Pitbull - Back Up as his entrance music. Dalinar Kholin could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Ruud Van Koperen's chin.

Kholin
vs
Van Koperen

188 cm
22
200
1 - 2 - 0

192 cm
18
200
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dalinar Kholin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ruud Van Koperen!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Reed Andrews and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Koperen slips a straight right by Kholin.
Van Koperen misses with a straight left.
A clash of legs there as Kholin blocks the low kick.
Kholin stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Kholin wants it to stay on the feet.
Kholin appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Van Koperen tries for a takedown but Kholin circles away easily
and Kholin makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Kholin connects with a looping right hand.
Van Koperen throws a leg kick that misses.
Van Koperen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kholin connects with a body shot.
Kholin uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Kholin lands a nice looking kick to the body. Van Koperen takes a step back to recover.
A jab from Van Koperen finds it's way through Kholin's defenses.
Van Koperen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Van Koperen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kholin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Van Koperen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
It looked like Kholin wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Van Koperen misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Koperen tries to work over Kholin's front leg with a kick but Kholin checks it.
Kholin defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Van Koperen.
Dalinar Kholin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ruud Van Koperen.
Kholin connects with a solid leg kick.
Dalinar Kholin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Van Koperen throws a body punch but Kholin moves out of range.
Kholin tries a head kick but it misses.
Van Koperen tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kholin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Van Koperen throws out the jab.
Kholin swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Kholin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Van Koperen walks into a jab.
Van Koperen throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Kholin counters with a leg kick.
Kholin takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Ruud Van Koperen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kholin throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Van Koperen counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Kholin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Van Koperen.
Kholin throws a big counter combination but Van Koperen scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
A slapping body kick lands there for Van Koperen.
Van Koperen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kholin looks to throw the jab but Van Koperen is out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head kick misses from Van Koperen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Koperen closes this distance looking for a takedown but Kholin circles away.
Kholin fires out a quick counter leg kick but Van Koperen just manages to avoid it.
Kholin blocks a head kick by Van Koperen.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kholin.
Van Koperen misses with a hook
and Kholin counters with an outside leg kick.
Kholin punishes Van Koperen's body with a nice straight punch.
Van Koperen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kholin moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Van Koperen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kholin lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Kholin lands a slapping body shot.
Van Koperen throws a sloppy body shot
letting Kholin counter with a right hand.
A combination from Kholin does no damage.
A looping hook to the body misses from Van Koperen. Kholin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kholin pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Van Koperen back to the cage. Kholin follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Kholin misses the jab.
Kholin takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kholin swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kholin lands a head shot.
Kholin moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Kholin.
A lazy left from Kholin finds it's target.
Kholin darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

Van Koperen is rocked!
Kholin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Van Koperen.
Kholin avoids the head kick by Van Koperen.
Nice uppercut lands for Kholin. That snapped Van Koperen's head back.
Van Koperen is still on wobbly legs! Can Kholin finish him?
Kholin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Van Koperen moves out of range of the leg kick from Kholin.
Van Koperen seems to have recovered his senses.
Kholin's jab looks to have found its range, popping Van Koperen under the eye.

Kholin has taken the fight to the clinch.
Kholin misses with a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Koperen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Kholin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Kholin.
Van Koperen misses with a leg kick
and Kholin counters with a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kholin. Van Koperen does a little dance to reset his feet.
A little jabbing left from Van Koperen on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Kholin throws a hook but Van Koperen avoids it easily.
Van Koperen misses with an uppercut
and Kholin counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Van Koperen thinking.
Kholin slips a straight right by Van Koperen.
A bone on bone clash there as Kholin blocks the leg kick.
Van Koperen misses with a low kick.
Kholin takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Van Koperen shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Kholin clinches up with Van Koperen and pushes him back against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Van Koperen wants to get back to striking at distance but Kholin won't allow it.
Kholin scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kholin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Van Koperen is trying to break the clinch but Kholin is controlling him.
Van Koperen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Kholin scores with a jab.
Kholin fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Van Koperen takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Kholin works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Van Koperen takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Kholin lands a nice shot that snaps Van Koperen's head back.
Kholin throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kholin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Van Koperen can do to turn this around?
Kholin lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Kholin throws a sloppy head kick and Van Koperen moves out of range easily.
A left lands for Kholin.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Van Koperen throws a head kick that misses
and Kholin counters with a nice uppercut.

Kholin moves into range and clinches up with Van Koperen.
Van Koperen wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kholin has him pressed against the cage.

Kholin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Kholin moves into the clinch.

Kholin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Van Koperen shoots for a takedown but Kholin saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab from Kholin.
Van Koperen has a takedown stuffed.
Kholin turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Van Koperen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kholin.
Van Koperen tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Kholin is able to avoid easily.
Kholin blocks a low kick nicely.
Kholin with a nice cross.
Kholin displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Kholin with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Van Koperen swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Kholin counters with a left to the body.
Kholin thuds his right hand into Van Koperen's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Kholin rushes Van Koperen and presses him up against the cage.

Kholin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Van Koperen has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kholin throws the left hand but Van Koperen avoids the punch easily.
Sloppy strikes from Van Koperen. Those never looked like landing.
Van Koperen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kholin's sensitive parts.
Van Koperen looks to throw the jab but Kholin is out of range.
Kholin with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Kholin forces Van Koperen back against the cage and clinches.

Van Koperen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Van Koperen shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Kholin counters with a left and a right that stings Van Koperen.
Dalinar Kholin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ruud Van Koperen.
Van Koperen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kholin scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Kholin has managed to clinch.
Van Koperen is looking to break free of the clinch but Kholin has double underhooks.

Kholin breaks from the clinch.
Van Koperen throws a hook to the side of Kholin's head but Kholin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kholin is looking to counter punch.
Kholin lands a nice looking body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Koperen closes this distance looking for a takedown but Kholin circles away.
Van Koperen's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Kholin scores with a hook.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Van Koperen takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Van Koperen is breathing heavily.
Kholin lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
An inside leg kick lands from Kholin.
Kholin throws an overhand right from the outside, which connects and sends Van Koperen stumbling backwards into the cage! Van Koperen bounces back off the cage towards Kholin, who cracks him with a two punch combination that drops him to his knees! Kholin lands two more shots before the referee has chance to intervene - what a finish! Kholin celebrates with his corner as the crowd cheer loudly.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Dalinar Kholin!
Dalinar Kholin decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.