PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Junior Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stefan Roosmalen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stefan Roosmalen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Dos Santos
vs
Roosmalen

190 cm
25
185 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

185 cm
26
190 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Junior Dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Stefan Roosmalen!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Paulsen Ambrosius and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Roosmalen feints and as Santos raises his hands in defense, Roosmalen changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Santos is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Roosmalen sitting in guard here, content to control.
It looks like Roosmalen might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Santos controls Roosmalen momentarily but Roosmalen frees himself.
Roosmalen stands up over Santos, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Santos being controlled here, momentarily.
Roosmalen trying to control but Santos is working from the bottom.
Santos working a defensive guard here.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Santos comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Roosmalen shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Roosmalen can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Santos is looking to escape.
Santos tries to hold on but Roosmalen postures up.
Roosmalen prevents Santos from getting the reversal.
Santos is working hard here to advance position.
Santos tries to hold on but Roosmalen pushes him away.
Roosmalen controlling his opponent.
Santos tries to hold on but Roosmalen postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Santos is trying desperately to improve position.
Roosmalen controlling his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Roosmalen with a couple of short strikes.
Roosmalen raining down hammerfists from mount.
Roosmalen controlling from mount.
Roosmalen landing shots from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roosmalen controlling his opponent.

Roosmalen is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Santos to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Santos shrugs it off.
Santos tries to hold on but Roosmalen pushes him away.
Roosmalen with shots to the head and body - Santos looks very uncomfortable down there.
Roosmalen looking to finish Santos with some ground and pound. This is bad for Santos!
Roosmalen trying to control but Santos is having none of it.
Roosmalen avoids the attempt from Santos to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos gets back to half guard.
Roosmalen is pressing down on Santos's thigh, looking to free his foot. Santos is holding on for now.
Roosmalen controlling the action here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Santos has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Roosmalen is working away from the top position though.
Roosmalen is trying to control. Santos wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stefan Roosmalen dominated that round.
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.

Roosmalen is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Santos's half guard.
Santos is trying to control but can't.
Roosmalen controlling the pace.
Let's hope that Roosmalen has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Roosmalen takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Roosmalen keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Roosmalen works his way into side control.
Santos manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Santos is trying to get back to full guard.
Roosmalen controlling the action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roosmalen trying to control from half guard but Santos is working away.

Santos looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Santos trying to control here.
Roosmalen controlling the pace.
Roosmalen thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Santos's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roosmalen performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Roosmalen's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Stefan Roosmalen hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.

Roosmalen shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Santos is trying to defend but Roosmalen finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Santos has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Roosmalen is working away from the top position though.
Roosmalen is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Santos wants to control but Roosmalen is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roosmalen prevents Santos from improving his position.
Santos tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Roosmalen has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Roosmalen takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Roosmalen landing strikes from the mount.
Roosmalen breaks from Santos's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Roosmalen tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Santos wants to control but Roosmalen is having none of it.
Santos working to try and regain half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos is bucking up trying to escape but Roosmalen cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Roosmalen landing strikes, looking to finish!
Santos tries to hold on but Roosmalen postures up.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Roosmalen tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stefan Roosmalen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Santos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Roosmalen doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Roosmalen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A swing and a miss from Santos.
Santos is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Roosmalen.
Santos rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Roosmalen counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Santos controls Roosmalen momentarily but Roosmalen frees himself.
Roosmalen slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

Santos is looking for a triangle but Roosmalen pushes his legs off easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Roosmalen tries to free his leg and advance position but Santos is retaining full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Santos looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Roosmalen trying to control but Santos is working from the bottom.
Roosmalen is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Roosmalen is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

Roosmalen got a little sloppy there for a moment and Santos has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Roosmalen has managed to get both his arms back between Santos's legs - danger averted.
Santos keeping moving, preventing Roosmalen from controlling successfully.
Roosmalen working some strikes from top position.

Santos looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Roosmalen passes into half guard.
Stefan Roosmalen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well, if Roosmalen is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Santos has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Roosmalen is working away from the top position though.
Roosmalen is controlling the pace.
Santos trying to control from the bottom.
Santos is looking to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Stefan Roosmalen wasn't active enough on the ground.

Roosmalen looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Santos!
Roosmalen controlling the position easily from mount.
Santos wants to hold on but Roosmalen pushes him away.

Junior Dos Santos has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Roosmalen throws a jab when Santos was well out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Roosmalen gets a takedown into half guard.
Santos slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Roosmalen must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santos trying to keep a closed guard but Roosmalen is proving a slippery customer.

Santos throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Roosmalen not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

And that's the end of the fight!
Stefan Roosmalen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Roosmalen winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Nard Betker scores the fight for Stefan Roosmalen!
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight for Stefan Roosmalen!
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight for Stefan Roosmalen!

Stefan Roosmalen wins by unanimous decision!