PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anselmi Kierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonathan van der Burgt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). van der Burgt has chosen Sepultura - Angel as his entrance music. Anselmi Kierre has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Kierre
vs
van der Burgt

225 cm
23
324 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

197 cm
23
311 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very quick

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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, Anselmi Kierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jonathan van der Burgt!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Radbod Blank and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kierre 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.
Kierre preventing the sweep.
Kierre has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Kierre lands a couple of digs.
van der Burgt trying to keep a closed guard but Kierre is proving a slippery customer.
Kierre will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Kierre stopping the sweep attempt from van der Burgt.
Kierre trying to control the position from guard on top but van der Burgt is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
van der Burgt is trying to control the position from the bottom.
van der Burgt controlling the position.
van der Burgt is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Kierre not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
van der Burgt utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
van der Burgt swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
van der Burgt swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Kierre.
Jonathan van der Burgt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kierre throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by van der Burgt.
van der Burgt looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kierre. That's going to slow van der Burgt down.
van der Burgt throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
van der Burgt looks gassed!
van der Burgt swings for the body but Kierre moves out of range.
van der Burgt misses with a wild body shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kierre, right into the meat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kierre fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt van der Burgt.
Good leg kick by Kierre there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kierre feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to van der Burgt's calf.
A good leg kick by Kierre.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kierre.
Kierre scores with a kick to the midsection.
A solid leg kick lands there for Kierre.
Kierre lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
van der Burgt throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jonathan van der Burgt is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kierre thumps van der Burgt with a low kick.
Kierre fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt van der Burgt.

Kierre shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
van der Burgt wants to control the action here but instead Kierre manages to pass to full mount!
Kierre working van der Burgt over with strikes here.
Kierre with shots to the head and body - van der Burgt looks very uncomfortable down there.
Kierre lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Kierre working the ground and pound effectively.
Kierre is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. van der Burgt can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
van der Burgt is in a horrible position here. Kierre smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Kierre cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kierre is in the full mount, landing strikes.
van der Burgt is in all sorts of trouble here.
van der Burgt tries to lock up and control but Kierre gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
van der Burgt is bucking up trying to escape but Kierre cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
van der Burgt tries to hold on but Kierre pushes him away.
van der Burgt is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Kierre lands with some vicious ground and pound - can van der Burgt hang on?
van der Burgt is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Kierre working the ground and pound effectively.
van der Burgt wants to hold on but Kierre pushes him away.
Kierre trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kierre unloading with bombs!
Kierre landing punches.
van der Burgt wants to hold on but Kierre pushes him away.
Kierre misses with a head shot.
Kierre punishing his opponent with strikes.
Kierre cracks van der Burgt with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kierre throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
van der Burgt wants to hold on but Kierre pushes him away.
van der Burgt can't escape the position.
Kierre throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
van der Burgt sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
van der Burgt keeping control of the position.
Kierre is looking to advance position but van der Burgt won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anselmi Kierre dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Kierre moves out of range of the strikes.
van der Burgt blocks a low kick nicely.
Jonathan van der Burgt is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
van der Burgt throws a right and a left that both miss.
Anselmi Kierre is winning the standup battle so far.
A punch combination from van der Burgt misses.
A combination from van der Burgt does no damage.
Kierre chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kierre throws a leg kick which misses van der Burgt's front leg but catches the back leg as van der Burgt tries to avoid it.
An inside leg kick lands from Kierre.
Kierre missing with a left hand there. van der Burgt was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
van der Burgt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kierre was well out of range. Poor timing from van der Burgt.
Kierre lands a head kick!

It looks like Jonathan van der Burgt has been cut.
Kierre fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt van der Burgt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
van der Burgt uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kierre.

That's one minute gone in the round.
van der Burgt on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kierre. Kierre obviously looking to wear him down.
Kierre is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that van der Burgt can do to turn this around?
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! van der Burgt crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Kierre - the referee stops the clock and van der Burgt gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Kierre. van der Burgt manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.

Kierre throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. van der Burgt was covering up waiting for the punch and Kierre finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Kierre landing some decent shots from guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Kierre's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Kierre trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
van der Burgt is trying to control the position but Kierre postures up.
Kierre scoring with punches to the head and body.
van der Burgt not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Kierre postures up in van der Burgt's guard and throws a big left but van der Burgt blocks it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
van der Burgt manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Kierre wants to hold on but van der Burgt pushes him away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
van der Burgt wants to control the pace but Kierre is squirming around nicely.
Kierre holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as van der Burgt tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Kierre tries to lock up and control but van der Burgt gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
van der Burgt controlling from mount.
Kierre tries to hold on but van der Burgt postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

van der Burgt looking to secure an arm triangle but Kierre defends it well.
Kierre on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Kierre tries to get out of the position.
van der Burgt is looking to work his way around to Kierre's back. He needs to be careful though, as he's in danger of losing this dominant position.

van der Burgt is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Kierre has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Kierre is looking to improve his position but van der Burgt isn't that keen on the idea.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
van der Burgt trying to control but he's not successful this time.
van der Burgt is trying to control here but Kierre has managed to regain half guard.
Kierre manages to get to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anselmi Kierre dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jonathan van der Burgt's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

van der Burgt avoids the head kick by Kierre.
van der Burgt's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
van der Burgt misses with a wild combination.
Nice body kick from Kierre.
Kierre uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from van der Burgt.
van der Burgt jabbing away but nothing is landing.
van der Burgt will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kierre.
Kierre looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Kierre drives through with a takedown into guard.
Kierre cracks van der Burgt with a solid left hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
van der Burgt avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kierre throws a big right hand that misses.
Kierre postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Anselmi Kierre overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Kierre in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
van der Burgt not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
van der Burgt being controlled here, momentarily.
Kierre postures up.
Kierre wants to pass the guard but van der Burgt is keeping the position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Kierre ducks under a wild hook from van der Burgt.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kierre.
van der Burgt throws a looping overhand right but Kierre ducks down to avoid it.
Kierre throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
van der Burgt misses with a series of wild punches.

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.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Kierre - that will leave a mark!
van der Burgt throws a series of punches but Kierre avoids them all with ease.
van der Burgt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kierre.
van der Burgt is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

Kierre 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.
Kierre trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kierre lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Kierre with a flurry of punches that miss.
van der Burgt is adopting a defensive guard.
Kierre looking to pass the guard.

Kierre avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Jonathan van der Burgt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
van der Burgt controls Kierre momentarily but Kierre frees himself.
Kierre slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Kierre wants to control for a moment but van der Burgt uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Kierre prevents van der Burgt from improving his position.
van der Burgt is looking to control Kierre's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can van der Burgt avoid being mounted?
van der Burgt is trying to stand back up but Kierre is controlling him

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.
van der Burgt is staying active underneath Kierre, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Kierre slips a nice elbow through van der Burgt's hands, connecting with van der Burgt's forehead.
Kierre working the head and body with strikes.
Kierre working over van der Burgt with some ground and pound. van der Burgt looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Kierre is looking to advance position but van der Burgt won't allow it.
van der Burgt avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Kierre.

van der Burgt looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
van der Burgt is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Kierre's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Kierre's back!

van der Burgt is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Anselmi Kierre is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
van der Burgt is trying to stick to Kierre's back but Kierre is turning into van der Burgt. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in van der Burgt's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Kierre.

And that's the end of the fight!
Anselmi Kierre showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kierre has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 for Anselmi Kierre!
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight for Anselmi Kierre!
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight for Anselmi Kierre!

Anselmi Kierre wins by unanimous decision!