PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aart Van Strijder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stefan Struve (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Van Strijder might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to JAY Z - 99 Problems. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Van Strijder
vs
Struve

193 cm
23
280 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

225 cm
21
265 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

(GTI) PROLETARIAN
(GTI) PROLETARIAN

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Aart Van Strijder!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Stefan Struve!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Albert Achterberg and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Strijder misses with a body kick.
Struve tries a low kick but Van Strijder avoids it.
Van Strijder scores with a leg kick.
Struve checks a leg kick.
Struve is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Van Strijder lands a nice leg kick that just misses Struve's sensitive parts.
Struve looks gassed!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Struve.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Struve shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Van Strijder defends it nicely.
Van Strijder shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Van Strijder throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Van Strijder ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Struve moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Strijder throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Struve closes this distance looking for a takedown but Van Strijder circles away.
Aart Van Strijder has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Stefan Struve.
Van Strijder looks to land a right hand but Struve moved out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Van Strijder.
Van Strijder tries to land a leg kick but Struve saw it coming and moves away.
Van Strijder throws a leg kick which misses Struve's front leg but catches the back leg as Struve tries to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Van Strijder tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Van Strijder wants to land a leg kick but Struve is out of range.
Struve avoids the head kick by Van Strijder.
Van Strijder thumps Struve with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Van Strijder moves into the clinch successfully.
Van Strijder has Struve pressed against the cage.
Van Strijder landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Van Strijder crunches a lovely knee into Struve's ribcage.
A knee to the head by Van Strijder.

It looks like Stefan Struve has been cut.
Van Strijder putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Struve in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Struve wants a takedown but no success here.
Van Strijder unloads a knee to the mid-section. Struve lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Van Strijder with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Van Strijder using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Van Strijder escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Van Strijder tries to score with a low kick but Struve moves his leg out of the way.
Van Strijder looks for the body kick but Struve saw that one coming.
Van Strijder throws a sloppy head kick and Struve moves out of range easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Strijder with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A nice leg kick lands there from Van Strijder.
Struve ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A nice leg kick lands there from Van Strijder.
Struve slips a jab and a cross from Van Strijder.
Van Strijder moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Van Strijder.
Van Strijder throws a right hand that Struve ducks under and follows up with a left that Struve also avoids with ease.
Struve fails to land the takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Strijder rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Struve moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Struve's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Van Strijder uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Struve.
Struve moves out of range of the body kick.
Struve avoids the head kick by Van Strijder.

Van Strijder closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Van Strijder lands a good knee to the midsection. Struve won't want to take too many of those.
Van Strijder displaying some good clinch control by pressing Struve up against the cage.
Struve looking to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aart Van Strijder dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Stefan Struve's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Struve shoots in looking for a takedown. Van Strijder tries to sprawl out of it but Struve keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Van Strijder manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Van Strijder looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Struve checks a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Strijder circles away from the clinch attempt.
Struve scores with a nice strike.
Struve is breathing heavily.
Van Strijder throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Struve slips a straight right by Van Strijder.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Struve throws a leg kick that is checked

and Van Strijder counters with a head kick that drops Struve to the mat! Struve scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Struve shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Van Strijder sprawls well. Van Strijder wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Struve gets slowly back to his feet.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Van Strijder lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Struve has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Struve and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Struve chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Van Strijder can pounce on him.
Aart Van Strijder is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Struve shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Aart Van Strijder has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Stefan Struve.
Van Strijder pushes Struve away with a front kick.
Van Strijder misses with a straight left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Struve misses the shot to the body.
Struve gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Struve is trying desperately to land a takedown but Van Strijder is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Struve.
Van Strijder misses with a low kick.
Van Strijder tries to work over Struve's front leg with a kick but Struve checks it.
Van Strijder finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Stefan Struve seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Van Strijder tries to land a front kick but Struve steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Struve is looking to clinch.
Struve is trying hard to land a takedown here. Van Strijder sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
A slapping body kick lands there for Van Strijder.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Van Strijder cracks Struve with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Struve looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Van Strijder finish him?
Van Strijder is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Struve can do to turn this around?
Van Strijder tries to land a front kick but Struve steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Van Strijder throws a leg kick but Struve moved away.
Struve lands a jab-cross combination.
Van Strijder tries to land a leg kick but Struve saw it coming and moves away.
Struve looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Van Strijder is fending him off so far but Struve persists. Nope, Van Strijder circles away and we're back to standing.
A punch combination from Van Strijder misses.
Struve throws a jab when Van Strijder was well out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Strijder throws a leg kick but Struve sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Van Strijder uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Struve.
Van Strijder lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Stefan Struve is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Struve shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Van Strijder as he avoids it easily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Van Strijder, right into the meat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Strijder with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Van Strijder turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Van Strijder clinches up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aart Van Strijder dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Stefan Struve'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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Van Strijder throws the kick towards the body but Struve avoids it.
Van Strijder misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Struve tries to clinch

and Van Strijder counters with a head kick that drops Struve to the mat! Struve scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!

Struve is rocked!
Struve changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Van Strijder tries to avoid it but Struve manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Van Strijder to the ground. Van Strijder escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Struve steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Van Strijder.
Struve wants to clinch but Van Strijder slips to the side

and Van Strijder counters by moving into the clinch.
Van Strijder scores with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Van Strijder.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Struve looking to throw knees to the head but Van Strijder is blocking nicely.
Van Strijder lands a knee to the head.
Van Strijder avoiding damage.
Struve tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Strijder lands a good knee to the midsection. Struve won't want to take too many of those.
A knee to the head by Van Strijder.
Van Strijder with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Van Strijder lands a nice knee to the body.
Van Strijder scores a nice knee to the body.
Van Strijder landing knees to the head.

Van Strijder breaks the clinch.
Struve fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Aart Van Strijder has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Stefan Struve.
Struve fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Van Strijder avoids it really well and circles away.
Struve chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Van Strijder can pounce on him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Struve ducks under a wild hook from Van Strijder.
Struve moves out of range of the strikes.
Struve is trying hard to land a takedown here. Van Strijder sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Van Strijder throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Van Strijder throws a nasty head kick that just misses. He throws another kick to the head of his opponent and almost takes it off! Struve crumples to the floor and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Aart Van Strijder!