PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alois Hinterhuba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Niels van de Veen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hinterhuba comes into the arena with Motorhead, Orgasmotron blaring out of the sound system. van de Veen is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Separate Ways - Journey. Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Hinterhuba
vs
van de Veen

168 cm
22
183 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

195 cm
21
177 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alois Hinterhuba!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Niels van de Veen!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Radbod Blank and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hinterhuba fails with a takedown attempt.
Hinterhuba takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Hinterhuba shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Hinterhuba gets a takedown into half guard.
Hinterhuba wants to take a breather but van de Veen is having none of it.
van de Veen tries to roll over but Hinterhuba keeps him under control.
van de Veen wants to sweep but Hinterhuba has passed to side control!
van de Veen is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
van de Veen wants to control but Hinterhuba postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hinterhuba tries to advance to mount but can't.
van de Veen is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Hinterhuba is controlling him well.
The ground and pound from Hinterhuba seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Hinterhuba postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
van de Veen keeps the fight on the outside.
van de Veen misses with an uppercut. Hinterhuba saw that one coming.
Hinterhuba doesn't manage to clinch there - van de Veen circles away.

That's two 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.
Hinterhuba avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hinterhuba tries for a takedown but van de Veen sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alois Hinterhuba. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hinterhuba ducks under a wild hook from van de Veen.
van de Veen looks to land a left hand but Hinterhuba moved out of range nicely.
van de Veen clobbers Hinterhuba with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Hinterhuba tries to clinch but van de Veen is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hinterhuba looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
van de Veen throws a solid leg kick but Hinterhuba takes the impact on his shin and smiles at van de Veen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hinterhuba throws a left and a right that both miss
and van de Veen counters with a stiff right hand.
Hinterhuba will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Hinterhuba walks forward, straight into a front kick from van de Veen.

Hinterhuba is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in van de Veen's half guard.
van de Veen tries to roll over but Hinterhuba keeps him under control.
Hinterhuba has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
van de Veen is holding on to half guard well.
van de Veen tries to get to full guard but Hinterhuba has control of the leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
van de Veen is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Hinterhuba looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Hinterhuba's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
van de Veen is not content to let Hinterhuba control the position.
Well, if Hinterhuba is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Alois Hinterhuba will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Hinterhuba takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
van de Veen throws a head kick that misses.
van de Veen throws a quick inside leg kick.

Hinterhuba throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. van de Veen was covering up waiting for the punch and Hinterhuba finishes the takedown easily into guard.
van de Veen is trying to control the position from the bottom.
van de Veen is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hinterhuba looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
van de Veen pulls Hinterhuba in to control the position.

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.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Hinterhuba's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Hinterhuba postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! van de Veen is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Hinterhuba, into his guard.
Hinterhuba might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
van de Veen trying to control but Hinterhuba is working from the bottom.
Hinterhuba is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hinterhuba throws his legs up looking for a submission but van de Veen uses it to pass to side control.
Hinterhuba is trying to improve his position.
Hinterhuba is working hard here to advance position.
Hinterhuba manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
van de Veen trying to mount his opponent but Hinterhuba defends it.

That's four 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.
Hinterhuba tries to roll over but van de Veen keeps him under control.
Hinterhuba gets full guard.
Hinterhuba has van de Veen pulled in close to control his posture.
van de Veen would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hinterhuba working a defensive guard but van de Veen manages to pass into side control anyway.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Alois Hinterhuba will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Hinterhuba shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in van de Veen's guard.
van de Veen working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hinterhuba.
van de Veen trying to control the position here.
Hinterhuba is pushing down on van de Veen's leg trying to pass to half guard. van de Veen is fighting to maintain full guard but Hinterhuba has managed to sneak the leg through.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hinterhuba seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but van de Veen does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Hinterhuba thows a huge punch but van de Veen dodges it nicely.
Hinterhuba looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks van de Veen with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
van de Veen keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Hinterhuba wants to control but van de Veen is keeping him busy.
Hinterhuba passes to side control.
van de Veen wants to control but Hinterhuba postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
van de Veen stops Hinterhuba from passing to mount.

Hinterhuba is trying to get an arm triangle but van de Veen is defending well.
van de Veen is not content to let Hinterhuba control the position.
Hinterhuba taking a break here but van de Veen is having none of it and regains half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hinterhuba scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
van de Veen has his hands clasped together around Hinterhuba's back. He's all about the action.
Hinterhuba is trying to control. van de Veen wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
van de Veen is looking to control Hinterhuba's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can van de Veen avoid being mounted?
Hinterhuba is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Hinterhuba seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but van de Veen does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
van de Veen trying to control but Hinterhuba postures up.

Hinterhuba is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, van de Veen has managed to free his arm - good work.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hinterhuba is keen to just control but van de Veen is a slippery customer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alois Hinterhuba clearly takes that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

van de Veen scores with a hook.
Hinterhuba tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and van de Veen counters with an outside leg kick.
van de Veen throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
A solid body kick from van de Veen.
Hinterhuba has a takedown stuffed.
van de Veen pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hinterhuba moves out of range of the strikes.
Niels van de Veen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hinterhuba fails with a takedown attempt.
van de Veen misses with a straight left.
van de Veen pushes Hinterhuba away with a front kick.
van de Veen bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
van de Veen's corner calls for a 1-2. van de Veen obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Hinterhuba keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from van de Veen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from van de Veen misses.
Hinterhuba shoots and misses
and van de Veen counters with a straight right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alois Hinterhuba. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hinterhuba tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but van de Veen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hinterhuba has a takedown stuffed.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Hinterhuba tries to clinch
and van de Veen counters with a nice body kick.

van de Veen scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Hinterhuba is looking to get back to full guard here but van de Veen has managed to pass to side control instead.
van de Veen tries to control but Hinterhuba wriggling away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
van de Veen avoids the attempt from Hinterhuba to control.
Hinterhuba is looking to get to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Hinterhuba tries to hold on but van de Veen postures up.
Alois Hinterhuba overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
van de Veen is looking to stand but van de Veen has his arms wrapped tightly around him, looking to prevent the damage.
van de Veen trying to control but Hinterhuba is having none of it.
Hinterhuba working to try and regain half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Niels van de Veen dominated that fourth round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Hinterhuba gets cracked there but stands up to it.
van de Veen misses with a hook. Hinterhuba ducked under it nicely.
Hinterhuba moves out of range of the body kick from van de Veen.
Hinterhuba uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from van de Veen.
van de Veen swats away the attempt to clinch by Hinterhuba.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
van de Veen misses with a body shot.
A lazy left from van de Veen finds it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
van de Veen throws the kick towards the body but Hinterhuba avoids it.

Hinterhuba closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Hinterhuba advances to full mount.
Hinterhuba throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Hinterhuba trying to control but van de Veen is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hinterhuba looking to control and managing it successfully.
van de Veen is wriggling around trying to escape.
Hinterhuba wants to control the pace but van de Veen is squirming around nicely.
Hinterhuba lands a heavy elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hinterhuba trying to control but van de Veen is having none of it.
Hinterhuba landing strikes from the mount and van de Veen is in trouble!
van de Veen is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Hinterhuba is landing with some decent strikes but van de Veen is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Hinterhuba thowing shots but they're missing.
BOOM! Hinterhuba connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Alois Hinterhuba is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hinterhuba controlling the pace for now.
van de Veen is in all sorts of trouble here.
Hinterhuba tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Hinterhuba has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alois Hinterhuba showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Hinterhuba has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 49:46
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 49:46
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alois Hinterhuba!
Alois Hinterhuba retains his welterweight title!