PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zaknafein DoUrden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hans Dorrestijn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hans Dorrestijn has the eye of the tiger tonight.

DoUrden
vs
Dorrestijn

188 cm
25
265 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

225 cm
25
265 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Zaknafein DoUrden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hans Dorrestijn!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dorrestijn darts in and clinches DoUrden up against the cage.
Dorrestijn lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Zaknafein DoUrden has been cut.
Dorrestijn lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
DoUrden with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dorrestijn prevents a takedown attempt there.
Dorrestijn lands a knee to the head.
DoUrden wants to stall.
Dorrestijn landing knees to the head.
DoUrden is breathing heavily.
Dorrestijn with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Dorrestijn has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but DoUrden regains guard immediately.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dorrestijn postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Dorrestijn scoring with punches to the head and body.
DoUrden working a defensive guard here.
Dorrestijn trying to control the position from guard on top but DoUrden is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
DoUrden utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dorrestijn stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. DoUrden swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dorrestijn pushes down on DoUrden's leg and manages to get into half guard.
DoUrden might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Dorrestijn passes to full mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Dorrestijn working for a submission but DoUrden is keeping him at bay.
Dorrestijn thowing shots but they're missing.
Dorrestijn trying to control but DoUrden is having none of it.
Dorrestijn controlling his opponent.
Dorrestijn lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Dorrestijn really doesn't want to stay on the ground with DoUrden. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
DoUrden avoids a series of strikes thrown by Dorrestijn.
Dorrestijn looking to control but DoUrden is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Dorrestijn is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
DoUrden keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
DoUrden is squirming around, avoiding Dorrestijn's attempts to control the action.
Dorrestijn misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Dorrestijn landing punches.
Dorrestijn working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Dorrestijn tries to control but DoUrden wriggling away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
DoUrden tries to lock up and control but Dorrestijn gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
DoUrden is in all sorts of trouble here.
Dorrestijn takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Dorrestijn can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as DoUrden is looking to escape.
DoUrden is bucking up trying to escape but Dorrestijn cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Dorrestijn pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Dorrestijn landing strikes from the mount and DoUrden is in trouble!
Dorrestijn in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
DoUrden taking shots to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dorrestijn looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Dorrestijn there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Dorrestijn looking to finish DoUrden with some ground and pound. This is bad for DoUrden!
Dorrestijn looking to control and managing it successfully.
Dorrestijn connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
DoUrden's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
BOOM! Dorrestijn connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Dorrestijn scoring with strikes but DoUrden is staying in there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dorrestijn tries to control but DoUrden wriggling away.
Dorrestijn takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hans Dorrestijn dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Zaknafein DoUrden's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Dorrestijn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Dorrestijn closes the distance and clinches.
Dorrestijn creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through DoUrden's defenses.
DoUrden working hard to break the clinch.
Dorrestijn managing to block the knees to the body from DoUrden.
DoUrden wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dorrestijn lands an elbow that stopped DoUrden in his tracks for a moment.
Dorrestijn lands an elbow inside that DoUrden shrugs off.
DoUrden jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Dorrestijn walks away with a smile on his face. DoUrden gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Zaknafein DoUrden is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

DoUrden shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Dorrestijn manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Dorrestijn manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. DoUrden manages to get himself to full guard.
Dorrestijn must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Dorrestijn controls from within his opponent's guard.
Dorrestijn wants to control from the top but DoUrden keeps moving.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dorrestijn's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Dorrestijn trying to control the position from guard on top but DoUrden is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dorrestijn might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control DoUrden kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Dorrestijn throwing strikes but missing.
Dorrestijn looking to pass the guard.
Dorrestijn is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dorrestijn accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dorrestijn shoots in for a double leg but DoUrden sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
DoUrden darts in trying to clinch

and Dorrestijn counters with a shoot takedown. DoUrden fights it but they end up in guard.
Dorrestijn controlling from the top position.
Dorrestijn advances to half guard.

DoUrden looking for submissions off his back.
Dorrestijn throwing shots but DoUrden is blocking nicely.
DoUrden has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Dorrestijn is working away from the top position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Dorrestijn there.
Dorrestijn missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Dorrestijn trying to control from half guard but DoUrden is working away.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Dorrestijn in particular looking to stall.
Dorrestijn thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Dorrestijn not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Dorrestijn is controlling the pace.
Dorrestijn is trying to control. DoUrden wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
DoUrden is trying to get back to full guard.
Dorrestijn has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Dorrestijn fails with an attempt to clinch.
DoUrden avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
DoUrden shoots in for a takedown but Dorrestijn shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

Dorrestijn moves into the clinch.
Knees to the body from Dorrestijn.
Dorrestijn's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Dorrestijn landing knees to the head.
Dorrestijn scores with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Dorrestijn.
Still in the clinch, Dorrestijn scores with a nice short uppercut.
Dorrestijn connects with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hans Dorrestijn showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Zaknafein DoUrden's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Dorrestijn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
DoUrden shoots in and drives through. Dorrestijn sprawls well.
Dorrestijn fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dorrestijn tries to clinch but DoUrden moves away

and DoUrden counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dorrestijn obliges.
Dorrestijn lands a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Dorrestijn.
Dorrestijn scores with a knee to the head.
DoUrden has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Dorrestijn is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Dorrestijn using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dorrestijn lands a nice elbow.
Stalling in the clinch from Dorrestijn.
A knee to the head by Dorrestijn.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dorrestijn just leaning against DoUrden, taking a breather.
Dorrestijn using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
DoUrden tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zaknafein DoUrden. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A knee to the head by Dorrestijn.
DoUrden tries to pull guard but Dorrestijn holds him up against the cage and eventually DoUrden drops back down to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dorrestijn lands an uppercut.
Dorrestijn landing knees to the head.
Dorrestijn connects with a knee to the head.
Dorrestijn with a knee to the head.
Dorrestijn misses with a body punch.
Dorrestijn connects with a nasty looking knee right to DoUrden's face.
Dorrestijn misses with an elbow over the top.
DoUrden tries to land a knee to the head but Dorrestijn blocks with his arms.
DoUrden drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
DoUrden jumps guard but Dorrestijn stands there with DoUrden around his waist. DoUrden gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A knee to the head by Dorrestijn.
DoUrden drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Dorrestijn gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Dorrestijn lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A knee to the head by Dorrestijn.
DoUrden tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Dorrestijn just stands there and leans against the cage.

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.
Dorrestijn lands an elbow inside.
Dorrestijn lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down DoUrden.
DoUrden working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dorrestijn lands an elbow inside.
DoUrden is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Dorrestijn gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
DoUrden has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Dorrestijn scores with a knee to the head.
Dorrestijn prevents DoUrden from breaking the clinch.
Dorrestijn with a knee to the head.
Dorrestijn creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through DoUrden's defenses.
Dorrestijn utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Dorrestijn tries to land a knee to the head but DoUrden blocks with his arms.
Dorrestijn with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
DoUrden is trying to drag Dorrestijn to the mat but Dorrestijn just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Dorrestijn lands a good knee to the midsection. DoUrden won't want to take too many of those.
DoUrden tries to pull guard but Dorrestijn won't allow it.
Nice elbow from Dorrestijn.
Dorrestijn connects with a nasty looking knee right to DoUrden's face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dorrestijn tries to land a knee to the head but DoUrden blocks with his arms.
DoUrden has Dorrestijn pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Dorrestijn manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
DoUrden is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Dorrestijn pulls him back up using the underhooks.
A knee to the head by Dorrestijn.

Dorrestijn has clasped his hands together around DoUrden's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
DoUrden is looking for a sweep.
Dorrestijn tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
DoUrden is not content to let Dorrestijn control the position.
DoUrden is trying to get back to his feet.
Hans Dorrestijn is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dorrestijn just content to control the position.
Dorrestijn wants to control but DoUrden is keeping him busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dorrestijn throws a strike aimed at the side of DoUrden's head but DoUrden avoids it well.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Dorrestijn wants to clinch

and DoUrden counters with a single leg into guard. Dorrestijn didn't expect that.
Dorrestijn wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

Dorrestijn looking for a guillotine here but DoUrden defends easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells DoUrden's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

And that's the end of the fight!
Hans Dorrestijn comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Dorrestijn 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 26:30
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 26:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hans Dorrestijn!