PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Niels van de Veen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pepe Perez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). van de Veen comes to the cage accompanied by Separate Ways - Journey. Niels van de Veen has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

van de Veen
vs
Perez

195 cm
21
177 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

175 cm
23
170 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Fight Club Clothing™
Syndicate Drugs

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 5 - 1 - 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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pepe Perez!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paul Aken and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slapping leg kick lands for Perez.
Perez takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
van de Veen scores with a punch to the head.
An inside leg kick lands from van de Veen.
Perez tries to close the distance and clinch but van de Veen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Perez tries to clinch but van de Veen moves out of range.
Perez tries to clinch up but van de Veen circles away and keeps his distance.
van de Veen really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Perez looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
van de Veen is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
van de Veen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Perez moves in looking to clinch but van de Veen pushes him off.
van de Veen moves out of range as Perez throws a body kick.
Perez tries to close the distance and clinch but van de Veen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
van de Veen blocks the body kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Perez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Perez misses with a wild combination.

Perez instigates a clinch.
van de Veen has Perez pressed against the cage.
Perez looking to throw knees to the head but van de Veen is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perez connects with a nasty looking knee right to van de Veen's face.
Perez misses with a knee strike.
Perez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nice elbow from Perez.
Perez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
van de Veen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
van de Veen changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Perez fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Perez wants to clinch.
Perez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Perez fails with an attempt to clinch.
van de Veen fails to land with a series of punches.
Perez throws the kick towards the body but van de Veen avoids it.
van de Veen delivers a nice body kick.
Perez is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
van de Veen cracks Perez with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Perez wants to clinch.
Perez tries to clinch up.
Perez throws a sloppy head kick and van de Veen moves out of range easily.
Perez throws a body kick, spinning off balance
enabling van de Veen to counter with a crisp jab.

Perez has taken the fight to the clinch.
van de Veen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Perez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but van de Veen blocks it with crossed arms.
Perez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Perez tries to land a knee to the head but van de Veen blocks with his arms.
Perez throws a knee to the head but misses.
van de Veen wants to break free but Perez has control.
Perez tries to land a knee to the head but van de Veen blocks with his arms.
Perez prevents van de Veen from breaking the clinch.
van de Veen tries to break the clinch but Perez is controlling the position.
van de Veen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Perez has van de Veen pressed against the cage, preventing van de Veen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Perez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but van de Veen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
van de Veen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
van de Veen wants to break free but Perez has control.
Perez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
van de Veen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
van de Veen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
van de Veen is trying to break the clinch but Perez has him pressed against the cage.
Perez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Perez connects with a nasty looking knee right to van de Veen's face.
Perez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but van de Veen blocks it with crossed arms.
Perez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but van de Veen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
van de Veen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
van de Veen unloads a knee to the mid-section.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Perez just misses with a elbow thrown towards van de Veen's brow.
van de Veen has had enough of the clinch but Perez keeps him there for the moment.
van de Veen wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Perez has him pressed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on van de Veen's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Perez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and van de Veen avoids it.
van de Veen working hard to break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on van de Veen's face as he tries to break the clinch.
van de Veen managing to block the knees to the body from Perez.
Perez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but van de Veen blocks it with crossed arms.

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.

van de Veen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Perez looks to clinch
and van de Veen counters with an inside leg kick.
Perez has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by van de Veen.
van de Veen scores with a head kick.
van de Veen is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Perez throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and van de Veen counters with a leg kick.
Perez throws and low kick but van de Veen moves out of range easily.
Perez takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Perez looks to clinch
and van de Veen counters with a right hand to the body.
Perez closes the distance but van de Veen moves to the side
and van de Veen counters with a good, hard body kick but Perez shrugs it off.
van de Veen darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Perez wants to clinch but van de Veen slips to the side
enabling van de Veen to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jab by van de Veen.
van de Veen circles away from the clinch attempt
letting van de Veen counter with a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pepe Perez dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Perez is on the wrong end of a nice combination from van de Veen.
Perez gets off balance looking for a body kick
and van de Veen counters with a straight right hand.
Perez closes the distance but van de Veen moves to the side
and van de Veen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Perez wants to clinch
and van de Veen counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Perez is lucky that one didn't land flush.
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.
Perez tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and van de Veen counters with a good low kick that Perez was not able to check.
Perez misses with a body kick.
Perez wants to clinch but van de Veen slips to the side
and van de Veen counters with a nice uppercut.
van de Veen scores with a jab.
Niels van de Veen is winning the standup battle so far.
Perez closes the distance looking to clinch
and van de Veen counters with a solid body kick.
Nice body kick there by van de Veen.
Perez is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - van de Veen scores with a four punch combination!
van de Veen works the jab nicely.
Perez on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Perez tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and van de Veen counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Perez closes the distance looking to clinch
and van de Veen counters with a body kick.
van de Veen 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.
van de Veen is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Perez tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and van de Veen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Perez has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by van de Veen.
Niels van de Veen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Perez tries to clinch
and van de Veen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
van de Veen throws a head kick that misses.
Perez misses with a jab to the body
and van de Veen counters with a stiff right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perez clinches but van de Veen breaks the clinch
and van de Veen counters with a nice body kick.
Perez tries to clinch
and van de Veen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Perez tries to clinch but fails miserably
and van de Veen counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice uppercut lands for van de Veen. That snapped Perez's head back.
Perez has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Perez clinches but van de Veen breaks the clinch
and van de Veen counters with a low kick, right behind Perez 's knee.
van de Veen throws a nice head kick!
Perez tries to clinch up
and van de Veen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
van de Veen circles away from the clinch attempt
and van de Veen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
van de Veen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
van de Veen lands a nice looking body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perez tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Perez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
van de Veen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
van de Veen thows a body kick. Perez tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Perez attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Perez tries to clinch up
and van de Veen counters with a head kick. That will keep Perez thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Perez takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Perez darts in trying to clinch
and van de Veen counters with a straight right hand.
Perez tries to clinch up
and van de Veen counters with a left and a right that stings Perez.
van de Veen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Perez's calf.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perez closes the distance but van de Veen moves to the side
and van de Veen counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Perez darts in trying to clinch
and van de Veen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Perez tries to clinch but van de Veen moves away
and van de Veen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Perez wants to clinch
and van de Veen counters with a nice uppercut.
van de Veen circles away from the clinch attempt
and van de Veen counters with a two punch combo.
van de Veen connects with a right hand. Perez shakes it off.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Perez wants to clinch but van de Veen slips to the side
and van de Veen counters with a head kick.
van de Veen bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Perez's head.
van de Veen fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Perez tries to clinch
and van de Veen counters with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Niels van de Veen dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Perez tries to clinch but van de Veen moves away
and van de Veen counters with a stiff right hand.
Perez tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and van de Veen counters with a nice uppercut.
van de Veen slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Perez clinches but van de Veen breaks the clinch
and van de Veen counters with a solid body kick.

Perez forces van de Veen back against the cage and clinches.
Perez tries a knee to the head but van de Veen blocks it.
Perez landing knees to the head.
Perez with a knee to the head.
Perez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Perez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. van de Veen is defending well for now.
Perez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

van de Veen breaks the clinch.
Perez tries a head kick but it misses.
Pepe Perez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Perez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from van de Veen.
van de Veen with a hook.
van de Veen throws a nice head kick!

That's one minute gone in the round.
van de Veen connects with a high kick.
A jab lands there for van de Veen.
van de Veen scores with a kick to the midsection.
van de Veen closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Perez throws a leg kick that is checked
and van de Veen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from van de Veen - that will leave a mark!
van de Veen lands with an uppercut that bounces Perez off the cage and back into rage.
van de Veen with a nice cross.
van de Veen scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Perez darts in trying to clinch
and van de Veen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Perez throws a lazy head kick
and van de Veen counters with a series of strikes. Perez will be more careful next time no doubt.
Perez tries to clinch but van de Veen moves away
and van de Veen counters with a good, hard body kick but Perez shrugs it off.
van de Veen looks to land a combination. Perez sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Perez on the wrong end of a nice jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
van de Veen lands a lovely overhand right.
A low kick from Perez misses
and van de Veen counters with a one-two to the body.
van de Veen scores with a push kick.
van de Veen throws a head kick that half lands.
van de Veen lands a with a good body shot.
Perez wants to clinch
and van de Veen counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Perez darts in trying to clinch
and van de Veen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Perez throws a sloppy head kick
and van de Veen counters with a nice kick to the body.
Perez looks to clinch
and van de Veen counters with a body kick that stops Perez in his tracks momentarily.
A head kick from van de Veen lands but Perez takes it in his stride.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
van de Veen lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Perez drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perez darts in trying to clinch
and van de Veen counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Perez wants to clinch but van de Veen slips to the side
and van de Veen counters with a straight right hand.
Perez takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Perez tries to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Perez tries to clinch up
and van de Veen counters with a three punch combo that has Perez backing up. Perez nods at van de Veen to acknowledge the strikes.
van de Veen tries to bum rush Perez with a series of wild strikes but Perez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The fighters circle momentarily. van de Veen darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Perez tries to clinch but van de Veen moves away
and van de Veen counters with a left and a right that stings Perez.
Perez tries to clinch but fails miserably
and van de Veen counters with a nice leg kick.
van de Veen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Perez clinches but van de Veen breaks the clinch
and van de Veen counters with a flying knee. Nice.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perez tries to clinch up
and van de Veen counters with a head kick. That will keep Perez thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Perez tries to clinch but fails miserably
and van de Veen counters with a nice uppercut.
Perez clinches but van de Veen breaks the clinch
and van de Veen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Perez tries to clinch but van de Veen moves away
and van de Veen counters with a good, hard body kick but Perez shrugs it off.
Perez closes the distance but van de Veen moves to the side
and van de Veen counters with a head kick. That will keep Perez thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
van de Veen misses with a two punch combination.
van de Veen misses with a jab, cross combination.
van de Veen circles away from the clinch attempt
and van de Veen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Perez closes the distance looking to clinch
letting van de Veen counter with a right hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Niels van de Veen showed his dominance in that final round.
I think van de Veen 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 29:27
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 29:27
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Niels van de Veen!