PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lightning Fastt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jean Claude Van Damme (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Fastt
vs
Claude Van Damme

175 cm
25
165 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

172 cm
27
162 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

The Perfect Bloodline Laboratories

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lightning Fastt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jean Claude Van Damme!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paul Aken and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Damme tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fastt throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Van Damme misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Van Damme throws a head kick but Fastt moves out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Fastt. That's going to slow Van Damme down.
Fastt lands a head kick!
Fastt looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Van Damme is looking to clinch.
Van Damme wants to clinch.
Van Damme tries to clinch there but Fastt circles away.
Fastt throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Fastt misses with a body kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Van Damme tries to clinch but Fastt moves out of range.
Fastt misses with a body kick.
Van Damme misses with a series of wild punches.
Fastt throws a quick inside leg kick.
Van Damme tries to clinch up but Fastt circles away and keeps his distance.
Van Damme tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Fastt manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Van Damme moves out of range of the body kick.
Van Damme throws a nice head kick!
Van Damme is looking to clinch but Fastt is avoiding it.
Fastt connects with a high kick.
Lightning Fastt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Damme throws a head kick but Fastt moves out of range.
Van Damme tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Fastt lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Fastt scores with a kick to the midsection.
Van Damme doesn't manage to clinch there - Fastt circles away.
Fastt misses with a kick to the body.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Van Damme crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Fastt - the referee stops the clock and Van Damme gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Fastt. Van Damme manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Fastt throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Van Damme.
Van Damme throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Van Damme tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Fastt manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Van Damme throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Fastt scores with a leg kick.
Van Damme looks gassed!

Van Damme has closed the distance and engaged Fastt in a clinch.
Fastt fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Van Damme breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fastt is looking to land body kicks.
Fastt throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
A nice inside leg kick there by Fastt. That's going to slow Van Damme down.
Van Damme on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Fastt.
Fastt lands a nice looking body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Damme takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Fastt feints and then cracks Van Damme's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Van Damme down.
Van Damme tries to clinch but Fastt moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Damme throws a head kick but Fastt moves out of range.
Van Damme on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Fastt throws a sloppy head kick
and Van Damme counters with a big head kick but Fastt shrugs it off.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Fastt, right into the meat.
Fastt pushes Van Damme away with a front kick.
Van Damme misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Van Damme's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Fastt misses with a body kick.
A head kick misses from Van Damme.
Van Damme tries to land a front kick but Fastt steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Fastt explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Fastt bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Van Damme on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Fastt lands with a slapping head kick.
Van Damme misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fastt plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Fastt plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Fastt lands with a kick to the ribs.
Fastt turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Van Damme tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fastt throws a head kick that Van Damme semi-blocks.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Fastt. Van Damme shrugs it off though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fastt connects with a leg kick. Van Damme looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Fastt explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Fastt lands with a slapping head kick.
Van Damme avoids a kick to the body.
Van Damme pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A thudding body kick lands there by Fastt!
Fastt misses with a body kick.
Fastt throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.

Van Damme clinches.
Fastt tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Van Damme just stands there and leans against the cage.
Van Damme throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fastt blocks it with crossed arms.
Van Damme has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Fastt.
Fastt managing to block the knees to the body from Van Damme.
Fastt tries to pull guard but Van Damme holds him up against the cage and eventually Fastt drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lightning Fastt. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Van Damme escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Van Damme tries to clinch up.
Van Damme blocks the body kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Van Damme crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Fastt - the referee stops the clock and Van Damme gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Fastt. Van Damme manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Van Damme looks to land a body kick but Fastt moved away.
Fastt tries to land a body kick
and Van Damme counters with a head kick. That will keep Fastt thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Van Damme takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Damme tries a head kick but it misses.
Van Damme fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fastt looks for the body kick but Van Damme saw that one coming.
Fastt pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Van Damme looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fight stays on the outside here - Van Damme looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fastt scores with a nice body kick.

Van Damme clinches.
Van Damme looking to slow down the pace here.
Fastt fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Van Damme breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Van Damme lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Van Damme tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fastt paws at him with a jab and circles away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Van Damme wants to clinch.
Van Damme wants to clinch up but Fastt keeps it at a distance.
Fastt throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lightning Fastt dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Fastt has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Van Damme.
Van Damme throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Van Damme tries to clinch but Fastt moves out of range.
Fastt gets off balance looking for a body kick

and Van Damme moves into the clinch.
Van Damme tries a knee to the head but Fastt blocks it.
Fastt tries to pull guard but Van Damme holds him up against the cage and eventually Fastt drops back down to his feet.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Van Damme's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Van Damme tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Fastt manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Fastt misses with a body kick.
Fastt scores with a nice body kick.
Fastt tries to land a body kick

and Van Damme counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Van Damme.
Fastt takes a knee right on the jaw!
Fastt tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Van Damme connects with a nasty looking knee right to Fastt's face.
Van Damme tries to land knees in the clinch but Fastt avoids the damage to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fastt fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lightning Fastt. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fastt tries to pull guard but Van Damme won't allow it.
Fastt tries to pull guard but Van Damme holds him up against the cage and eventually Fastt drops back down to his feet.
Fastt tries to pull guard but Van Damme won't allow it.
Fastt tries to pull guard but Van Damme holds him up against the cage and eventually Fastt drops back down to his feet.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Van Damme throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Damme looking to throw knees to the head but Fastt is blocking nicely.
Van Damme is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fastt is defending well for now.
Van Damme landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Van Damme misses with a knee to the head.
Fastt tries to pull guard but Van Damme holds him up against the cage and eventually Fastt drops back down to his feet.
Fastt has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Van Damme tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Van Damme wants to stall.

Van Damme breaks from the clinch.
A thudding body kick lands there by Fastt!
Fastt connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Van Damme is looking to clinch but Fastt is avoiding it.
Van Damme misses with a head kick.
Van Damme throws a series of punches but Fastt moves out of range.
Fastt connects with a high kick.
Fastt tries to land a body kick
and Van Damme counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Lightning Fastt is winning the standup battle so far.
Fastt blocks a head kick by Van Damme.
Fastt lands with a nice body kick.
Fastt throws a nice head kick!
Van Damme scores with a head kick. Fastt tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fastt delivers a nice body kick.
Fastt misses with a kick to the body.
Fastt throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Van Damme tries to clinch up.
Fastt misses with the body kick

and Van Damme counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Van Damme.

Van Damme breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Van Damme lands with a slapping head kick.
Van Damme ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Van Damme moves out of range as Fastt throws a body kick.
Fastt tries to land a front kick but Van Damme steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

Van Damme closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Van Damme misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Fastt.
Van Damme is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Fastt tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Fastt tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Van Damme smiles and moves away.
Van Damme throws a head kick that misses.
Fastt moves out of range of the body kick from Van Damme.
Fastt throws a head kick that misses
and Van Damme counters with a low kick, right behind Fastt 's knee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Van Damme has managed to clinch.

Van Damme breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Van Damme walks forward, straight into a front kick from Fastt.
Fastt blocks a head kick by Van Damme.
Van Damme tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fastt paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Van Damme pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fastt is looking to land body kicks.
Van Damme tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fastt swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fastt thows a body kick. Van Damme tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Van Damme throws a head kick but Fastt moves out of range.
Nice body kick there by Fastt.
Fastt fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Van Damme has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Fastt circles away from the clinch attempt.
Van Damme looks to land a body kick but Fastt moved away.
Van Damme tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fastt looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Lightning Fastt is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fastt does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Van Damme throws a wild body kick that Fastt sees coming a mile off.
Fastt throws a lazy head kick
and Van Damme counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Fastt is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Van Damme misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fastt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Damme tries to clinch there but Fastt circles away.
Van Damme is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Van Damme is looking to clinch but Fastt is avoiding it.
Van Damme tries to clinch up but Fastt circles away and keeps his distance.
A slapping body kick lands there for Fastt.
Van Damme tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fastt moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Van Damme wants to clinch up but Fastt keeps it at a distance.
Fastt throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Van Damme lands a head kick!
Fastt circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fastt scores with a head kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Van Damme gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Fastt fails to pull guard.

Van Damme pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fastt blocks a head kick by Van Damme.
Van Damme throws a head kick that misses.
Nice body kick there by Fastt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jean Claude Van Damme showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Fastt lets loose with a powerful body kick. Van Damme will feel that in the morning.
Fastt looks to throw a body kick
and Van Damme counters with a nice low kick that buckles Fastt's knee momentarily.
Fastt throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Van Damme misses with a head kick.

Van Damme has closed the distance and engaged Fastt in a clinch.
Fastt fails to pull guard.
Van Damme misses with a knee strike.
Fastt tries to pull guard but Van Damme won't allow it.
A knee to the head by Van Damme.
Van Damme tries a knee to the head but Fastt blocks it.
Fastt fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lightning Fastt. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Van Damme landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Van Damme tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fastt avoids it.
Fastt tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Van Damme smiles and moves away.
Van Damme lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Van Damme on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Fastt. Fastt obviously looking to wear him down.
Fastt lands a head kick!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Van Damme tries to clinch but Fastt moves out of range.
Van Damme pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Damme wants to clinch up but Fastt keeps it at a distance.
Fastt blocks the body kick.
Fastt connects with an inside leg kick.
Fastt throws a leg kick which misses Van Damme's front leg but catches the back leg as Van Damme tries to avoid it.
Fastt throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Van Damme's head.
Fastt avoids the body shot from Van Damme.
Van Damme moves in looking to clinch but Fastt pushes him off.
A head kick misses from Van Damme.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Fastt. Van Damme shrugs it off though.
Fastt moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Van Damme moves out of range of the body kick from Fastt.
Fastt throws a leg kick

and Van Damme counters by moving into the clinch.
Fastt fails to pull guard.
Van Damme throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fastt blocks it with crossed arms.
Fastt tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Van Damme just stands there and leans against the cage.
Van Damme is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

Van Damme breaks the clinch.
Van Damme is looking to clinch.
A leg kick checked by Fastt.
Fastt throws the kick towards the body but Van Damme avoids it.
Fastt misses with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fastt keeps the fight on the outside.
Fastt tries to land a front kick but Van Damme steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Van Damme throws a front kick that sends Fastt stumbling back into the cage.

Van Damme has managed to clinch.

Van Damme's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Van Damme tries to clinch up but Fastt circles away and keeps his distance.
Van Damme is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fastt connects with an inside leg kick.
Van Damme tries to clinch up but Fastt circles away and keeps his distance.

Van Damme gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Van Damme breaks from the clinch.
Van Damme blocks the body kick.
Fastt throws a nice head kick!
Van Damme misses with a body kick.
Fastt keeps the fight on the outside.
Fastt looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Van Damme moves in looking to clinch but Fastt pushes him off.
Fastt keeps the fight on the outside.
Van Damme throws a head kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fastt scores with a kick to the midsection.
Van Damme takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Fastt throws a front kick that sends Van Damme stumbling back into the cage.
Fastt blocks a head kick by Van Damme.
Fastt tries to land a front kick but Van Damme steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Van Damme throws a sloppy head kick and Fastt moves out of range easily.
Fastt blocks a low kick nicely.
Fastt tries to land a front kick but Van Damme steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Van Damme moves out of range of the body kick from Fastt.
That kick from Van Damme tenderised Fastt's leg. Fastt is trying to keep his angry face on.
Van Damme wants to clinch.

Van Damme has closed the distance and engaged Fastt in a clinch.
Van Damme tries a knee to the head but Fastt blocks it.
Fastt tries to pull guard but Van Damme won't allow it.
Fastt jumps guard but Van Damme stands there with Fastt around his waist. Fastt gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Van Damme is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Van Damme lands a nice knee to the body.
Fastt tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fastt fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Van Damme breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Van Damme tries to clinch but Fastt moves out of range.
Van Damme scores with a head kick.
Fastt throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Fastt swats away the attempt to clinch by Van Damme.
Van Damme tries to clinch but Fastt is having none of it.
Fastt throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Van Damme.

Fastt tries to keep at a distance but Van Damme has taken the fight into the clinch.
Van Damme is looking to control Fastt's arms but Fastt gets an underhook and turns him. Now Van Damme has his back to the cage.
Fastt jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Van Damme walks away with a smile on his face. Fastt gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Fastt swats away the attempt to clinch by Van Damme.
Van Damme lets loose with a powerful body kick. Fastt will feel that in the morning.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fastt avoids the head kick by Van Damme.
Fastt throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Van Damme tries to clinch there but Fastt circles away.
Van Damme throws out a leg kick but Fastt moves out of range and Van Damme only half commits.
Fastt pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jean Claude Van Damme comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Van Damme has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 28:29
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jean Claude Van Damme!