PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jack Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Van der Laan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Van der Laan comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Eazy-E ft. Tupac, The Game - How We Do kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Jack Jones had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 186.3lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Andre Van der Laan will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Jones
vs
Van der Laan

186 cm
23
200 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

185 cm
23
195 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great low kicks
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jack Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Andre Van der Laan!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Albert Achterberg and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones misses with a head kick.
Van der Laan wants to clinch.

Jones tries to keep at a distance but Van der Laan has taken the fight into the clinch.
Van der Laan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jones can't break the clinch.
Van der Laan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Van der Laan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jones's face.
Jones avoiding damage as Van der Laan throws knees to the body.
Jones is looking to break free of the clinch but Van der Laan has double underhooks.
Van der Laan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jones blocks it with crossed arms.
Van der Laan stalling.
Jones misses with a short punch on the inside.
Van der Laan trying to land knees to the body.
Van der Laan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jones avoids it.
Van der Laan blocks the elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van der Laan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jones tries to break the clinch but Van der Laan is controlling the position.
Van der Laan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jones avoids it.
Jones wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Van der Laan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jones.
Jones tries to break free but Van der Laan pushes him back against the cage.
Van der Laan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Van der Laan tries to land knees in the clinch but Jones avoids the damage to the body.
Van der Laan throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van der Laan missing with knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Van der Laan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jones is looking to break free of the clinch but Van der Laan has double underhooks.

Jones breaks the clinch.
Some bone on bone action there as Van der Laan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Van der Laan scores with a head kick.
Van der Laan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jones swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Van der Laan checks a low kick from Jones.
Van der Laan throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Jones's waist but Jones gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Van der Laan off to one side.

Van der Laan instigates a clinch.
Jones wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jones is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Van der Laan misses with a knee strike.
Jones is trying to force a seperation but Van der Laan has the dominant position.
Jones blocks the elbow strike.
Van der Laan tries to land knees in the clinch but Jones avoids the damage to the body.
Jones wants to break the clinch but can't.
Knees in the clinch landing for Van der Laan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Van der Laan working Jones over with knees to the body.
Van der Laan tries to land knees in the clinch but Jones avoids the damage to the body.
Nice elbow from Van der Laan.
Van der Laan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jones avoids it.
Jones tries to break the clinch but Van der Laan is controlling the position.
Van der Laan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jones.
Jones is trying to break the clinch but Van der Laan has him pressed against the cage.
Van der Laan working Jones over with knees to the body.
Jones is breathing heavily.
Van der Laan looking to throw knees to the head but Jones is blocking nicely.
Van der Laan is pushing Jones up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Jones tries to break the clinch but Van der Laan is controlling the position.
Jones wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jones throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Van der Laan misses with an elbow over the top.
Van der Laan landing knees to the head.
Jones wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Van der Laan lands a knee to the body.
Van der Laan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Van der Laan lands a damaging elbow.
Knees to the body from Van der Laan.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van der Laan displaying some good clinch control by pressing Jones up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones takes a knee to the side of the body.
Van der Laan stalling against the cage.
Jones on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Van der Laan lands a knee to the body.
Van der Laan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Van der Laan lands an elbow that stopped Jones in his tracks for a moment.
Van der Laan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jones's defenses.
Jones takes an elbow to the temple.
Van der Laan lands an elbow inside that Jones shrugs off.
Van der Laan lands a nice knee to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Van der Laan takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Jones blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Van der Laan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jones.
Jones avoiding damage as Van der Laan throws knees to the body.
Jones avoids the elbow strike from Van der Laan, against the cage.

Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Some wild striking there from Jones.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Van der Laan moves into the clinch successfully.
Van der Laan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Van der Laan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Van der Laan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jones's defenses.
Jones is trying to break the clinch but Van der Laan is controlling him.
Van der Laan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jones on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Van der Laan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jones has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Van der Laan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jones blocks it with crossed arms.
Van der Laan lands an elbow just above Jones 's eye.
Van der Laan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jones tries to circle away but Van der Laan has him pinned against the cage.
Jones takes an elbow to the temple.
Van der Laan effectively controlling the action here.
Jones is trying to break the clinch but Van der Laan is controlling him.
Jones looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Van der Laan lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Van der Laan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andre Van der Laan dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Van der Laan takes the fight into the clinch.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jones takes a knee to the side of the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Van der Laan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Van der Laan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jones in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Van der Laan scores with a knee to the head.
Van der Laan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jones blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A knee to the head by Van der Laan.
Van der Laan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Van der Laan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jones lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jones on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Van der Laan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Jones breaks the clinch.
A head kick by Van der Laan misses
and Jones counters with a one-two to the body.

Van der Laan pushes Jones up against the cage in a clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Van der Laan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Andre Van der Laan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jones throws a lazy head kick

and Van der Laan counters by moving into the clinch.
Van der Laan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Van der Laan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jones in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Van der Laan.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Van der Laan obliges.
Van der Laan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Van der Laan crunches a lovely knee into Jones's ribcage.
Van der Laan working Jones over with knees to the body.
Jones tries to break free but Van der Laan pushes him back against the cage.
Van der Laan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Van der Laan slowing the pace effectively.
Jones takes an elbow to the temple.
Jones looking to slow down the pace here.
A frustrated look appears on Jones's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jones blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Van der Laan is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Jones has denied him.

Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Van der Laan has managed to clinch.
Jones is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Van der Laan stalling in the clinch.
Jones blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Van der Laan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jones's face.
Van der Laan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jones in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Van der Laan throws a knee to the head but misses.

Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jones throws a leg kick
and Van der Laan counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Jack Jones is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Van der Laan misses with a body kick.
Jones throws a head kick that misses

and Van der Laan counters by moving into the clinch.
Jones takes a knee right on the jaw!
Van der Laan landing knees to the body.
Van der Laan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jones blocks it with crossed arms.
Jones is trying to break free.
Andre Van der Laan seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Van der Laan scores with a knee to the head.
Jones avoiding damage as Van der Laan throws knees to the body.
Van der Laan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jones is defending well for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van der Laan is trying to stall.
Van der Laan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Van der Laan tries to land knees in the clinch but Jones avoids the damage to the body.
Van der Laan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Van der Laan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Van der Laan is trying to stall.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Van der Laan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jones's brow.
Van der Laan is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Jones is keeping busy.
Jones is trying to force a seperation but Van der Laan has the dominant position.
Jones stalling.
Van der Laan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jones blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Van der Laan is pushing Jones up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Jones on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Van der Laan misses with a knee strike.
Van der Laan avoids a wild elbow strike from Jones.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Jones avoids a wild elbow strike from Van der Laan.
Van der Laan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jones.
Jones is trying to break the clinch but Van der Laan has him pressed against the cage.
Van der Laan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jones is defending well for now.
Van der Laan misses with a knee strike.
A short left from Jones.
Van der Laan crunches a lovely knee into Jones's ribcage.
Van der Laan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jones blocks an elbow strike from Van der Laan.
Jones managing to block the knees to the body from Van der Laan.
Jones has had enough of the clinch but Van der Laan keeps him there for the moment.
Van der Laan looking to throw knees to the head but Jones is blocking nicely.

Jones breaks from the clinch.
Van der Laan tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Van der Laan lets loose with a powerful body kick. Jones will feel that in the morning.
Jones throws a sloppy head kick

and Van der Laan counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Van der Laan.
Van der Laan lands an elbow that stopped Jones in his tracks for a moment.
Van der Laan has Jones pressed against the cage, preventing Jones from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Van der Laan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Van der Laan dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andre Van der Laan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Jones misses with a kick to the body
and Van der Laan counters with a nice low kick that buckles Jones's knee momentarily.

Van der Laan fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jones, pushing him back against the cage.
Van der Laan stalling in the clinch but Jones improves position.
Jones tries to circle away but Van der Laan has him pinned against the cage.
Van der Laan is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Jones can't break the clinch.
Jones is trying to break the clinch but Van der Laan has him pressed against the cage.
Van der Laan tries to land knees in the clinch but Jones avoids the damage to the body.
Jones managing to block the knees to the body from Van der Laan.
Van der Laan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jones's face.

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

Van der Laan rushes Jones and presses him up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Jones's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Van der Laan moves into the clinch successfully.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Jones has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Van der Laan is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Jones misses with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones avoiding damage as Van der Laan throws knees to the body.
Jones is trying to break the clinch but Van der Laan has him pressed against the cage.
Van der Laan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jones is defending well for now.
Van der Laan landing knees to the body.
Van der Laan tries to land knees in the clinch but Jones avoids the damage to the body.
Van der Laan misses with a knee strike.
Van der Laan lands an elbow just above Jones 's eye.

Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jones misses with the combination.
Van der Laan wants to clinch.
Van der Laan throws a sloppy head kick and Jones moves out of range easily.
Van der Laan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Van der Laan tries to clinch there but Jones circles away.

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.
Jones misses with a leg kick

and Van der Laan counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Van der Laan.
Jones has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jones managing to block the knees to the body from Van der Laan.
Jones on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jones misses with a knee to the head.
Van der Laan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jones avoiding damage as Van der Laan throws knees to the body.
Van der Laan stalling in the clinch but Jones improves position.
Jones tries to break the clinch but Van der Laan is controlling the position.
Van der Laan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Van der Laan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jones.
Van der Laan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Van der Laan pushes off an throws an elbow but Jones leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Jones's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jones misses with a kick to the body
and Van der Laan counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Jones scores with a jab.

Van der Laan has managed to clinch.
Van der Laan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jones avoids it.
Van der Laan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van der Laan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jones has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Van der Laan looking to throw knees to the head but Jones is blocking nicely.
Van der Laan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Jones is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Van der Laan is defending well for now.
Van der Laan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Van der Laan misses with a knee strike.

Jones breaks from the clinch.
A head kick misses from Van der Laan.
Jones misses with an attempted mid kick.
Van der Laan wants to clinch up but Jones keeps it at a distance.
Van der Laan is looking to clinch but Jones is avoiding it.
Jones looks to throw a body kick
and Van der Laan counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Jack Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Van der Laan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Van der Laan lands a front kick.

That's four 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.
Jones throws a sloppy head kick
and Van der Laan counters with a big head kick but Jones shrugs it off.
Van der Laan wants to clinch.
Jones throws a body kick the misses
and Van der Laan counters with a body kick that stops Jones in his tracks momentarily.
Van der Laan scores with a kick to the midsection.

Van der Laan closes the distance and clinches.
Jones on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jack Jones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A knee to the head by Van der Laan.
Van der Laan lands an elbow just above Jones 's eye.
Van der Laan lands an elbow inside.
Van der Laan lands an elbow that stopped Jones in his tracks for a moment.
Jones wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jones tries to break the clinch but Van der Laan is controlling the position.
Van der Laan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Van der Laan lands a knee to the head.
Jones avoiding damage as Van der Laan throws knees to the body.
Jones takes a knee right on the jaw!

Jones breaks from the clinch.
Jones throws a head kick that misses
and Van der Laan counters with a head kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Andre Van der Laan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Van der Laan has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 27:30
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andre Van der Laan!