PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jonathan van der Burgt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joachim Peiper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). van der Burgt kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Sepultura - Angel. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

van der Burgt
vs
Peiper

197 cm
23
311 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

225 cm
23
304 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Koffin Inc.
5th Round

FinnFighters Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jonathan van der Burgt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Joachim Peiper!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Wagner Zegers and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Peiper.
van der Burgt slips a straight right by Peiper.
Peiper throws a body punch but van der Burgt moves out of range.
Peiper throws a combination but it was largely blocked by van der Burgt.
Peiper fakes high and swings low for a body shot but van der Burgt manages to avoid it.
Peiper moves away from the strike by van der Burgt.
van der Burgt takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

van der Burgt feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
van der Burgt won't allow Peiper to get back to his feet.
van der Burgt wants to pass the guard but Peiper is keeping the position.
Peiper keeping moving, preventing van der Burgt from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
van der Burgt stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Peiper swivels though and keeps the full guard.
van der Burgt wants to control from the top but Peiper keeps moving.
Peiper wants to stand up but van der Burgt is controlling him.
van der Burgt trying to control but Peiper is working from the bottom.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
van der Burgt scores with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Peiper scores with a hook to the body. van der Burgt takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
van der Burgt throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
van der Burgt throws a looping overhand right but Peiper ducks down to avoid it.
Joachim Peiper seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
van der Burgt fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Peiper staying out of range there.
van der Burgt displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Peiper throws out the jab.
van der Burgt slips under a jab.
van der Burgt fails to land the takedown.
Peiper tries to bum rush van der Burgt with a series of wild strikes but van der Burgt uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Peiper scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Peiper fails to land with a series of punches.
Peiper tries to clinch up.
van der Burgt slips under a jab from Peiper.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
van der Burgt tries to clinch up but Peiper circles away and keeps his distance.
van der Burgt misses with a looping right.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Peiper!
Peiper tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Peiper ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Peiper fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Peiper lands an overhand right.

van der Burgt scores a takedown into full mount!

van der Burgt looking to secure an arm triangle but Peiper defends it well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Peiper avoids a series of strikes thrown by van der Burgt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peiper trying desperately to get to his feet.
van der Burgt unloads with some shots from mount but Peiper bucks and avoids them well.
Peiper really doesn't want to stay on the ground with van der Burgt. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

van der Burgt goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Peiper is on top in guard.
Peiper would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joachim Peiper dominated that round.
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.

Peiper stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Peiper wants it to stay on the feet.
van der Burgt takes one to the chin there.
van der Burgt is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Peiper.
van der Burgt avoids the body shot from Peiper.
van der Burgt on the wrong end of a nice hook.
van der Burgt is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Peiper's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Peiper scores with a jab. van der Burgt acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Peiper scores with a jab.
van der Burgt misses with a wild body shot.
Peiper misses with a series of wild punches.
A jab from Peiper finds it's way through van der Burgt's defenses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
van der Burgt gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Peiper with a jab.

Peiper gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows van der Burgt to score an easy takedown into full guard.
van der Burgt trying to control but Peiper is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
van der Burgt looking to pass the guard.
van der Burgt advances position into side control!
Peiper is not content to let van der Burgt control the position.
Peiper is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

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.

van der Burgt is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Peiper knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
van der Burgt tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peiper parries the strikes from van der Burgt easily there. van der Burgt is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Peiper to escape.
van der Burgt wants to lay and pray for a moment but Peiper keeps working.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Peiper lands the left hand.
Peiper throws the left hand but van der Burgt avoids the punch easily.
Joachim Peiper seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Peiper throws a jab but it's blocked by van der Burgt.
Peiper fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Peiper scores with a punch to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peiper ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
van der Burgt misses with a looping left.
van der Burgt takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

It looks like Jonathan van der Burgt has been cut.
van der Burgt avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Peiper cracks van der Burgt with a good jab.
Peiper cracks van der Burgt with an open hand slap.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Peiper throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nice body punch from Peiper.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

van der Burgt has taken the fight to the clinch.
van der Burgt misses with a short punch on the inside.
Peiper stalling in the clinch but van der Burgt improves position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Peiper breaks the clinch.
van der Burgt takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Peiper throws a one two combo.
van der Burgt takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joachim Peiper showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jonathan van der Burgt's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Peiper lands a straight punch to the body, keeping van der Burgt at a distance.
van der Burgt takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Good shot there by Peiper.
Peiper tests van der Burgt's chin there with a solid looking shot.
van der Burgt misses with a takedown attempt - Peiper sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Peiper fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Peiper lands a with a good body shot.
van der Burgt walks into a left hand.
Peiper has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
van der Burgt ducks right into an uppercut from Peiper.

van der Burgt is rocked!
van der Burgt slips under a jab from Peiper.
Oh van der Burgt is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Peiper misses with a straight right.
van der Burgt seems to have got his legs back now.
van der Burgt looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Peiper tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but van der Burgt paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Peiper cracks van der Burgt with a right hand to the side of the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
van der Burgt slips a jab and a cross from Peiper.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peiper comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Peiper looks to land a combination but van der Burgt avoids it well.
Peiper is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Peiper drops van der Burgt with a huge uppercut! van der Burgt drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Peiper is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joachim Peiper!