PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dick van Greeven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bret Hart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). van Greeven comes to the cage accompanied by Tom Waits - Telephone call from Istanbul. Hart is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Sharpshooter. Dick van Greeven had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

van Greeven
vs
Hart

205 cm
30
284 lbs
18 - 16 - 1

185 cm
31
228 lbs
17 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Springfield HW Nutrition
Springfield HW Nutrition

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 18 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dick van Greeven!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bret Hart!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Frank Dennis and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hart with a poor takedown
and van Greeven counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
van Greeven takes a swing at Hart's ribcage but misses.

van Greeven dives in and scores a takedown into Hart's guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
van Greeven trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
van Greeven wants to control from the top but Hart keeps moving.
van Greeven working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hart keeping moving, preventing van Greeven from controlling successfully.
van Greeven sitting in guard, not really doing much.
van Greeven passes Hart's left leg - he's now in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
van Greeven passes to side control.
An elbow from van Greeven crashes against the mat.

van Greeven wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Hart, who protects the arm well.
van Greeven wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hart keeps working.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
van Greeven scores with punches from side control.
van Greeven tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
van Greeven tries to advance to mount but Hart denies him.
Hart is not content to let van Greeven control the position.
Hart parries the strikes from van Greeven easily there. van Greeven is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Hart to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
van Greeven trying to control the position but Hart is working away.
van Greeven sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Hart is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
van Greeven in side control, throwing shots but Hart defends.
van Greeven taking a breather here.
van Greeven wants to control but Hart is keeping him busy.
van Greeven in side control, throwing shots but Hart defends.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hart managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by van Greeven.
van Greeven wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hart keeps working.
van Greeven will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

van Greeven is trying to get an arm triangle but Hart is defending well.

van Greeven goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Hart rolls with the submission and now he's on top in van Greeven's guard! Nice work there by Hart!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hart in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dick van Greeven dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

van Greeven lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Hart backs up against the cage.

It looks like Bret Hart has been cut.

van Greeven shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
van Greeven sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hart defending well though.
van Greeven throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
van Greeven moves nicely into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
van Greeven tries to advance to mount but Hart denies him.
van Greeven throwing shots but missing, from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
van Greeven trying to control the position but Hart is working away.
van Greeven scores with punches from side control.
Hart is breathing heavily.
van Greeven taking a breather here.
Hart is not content to let van Greeven control the position.
van Greeven working the ground and pound but Hart is defending the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
van Greeven working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
van Greeven trying to control the position but Hart is working away.
van Greeven landing strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
van Greeven trying to control the action but Hart is working from the bottom.
van Greeven controlling from side mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
van Greeven tries to score with some ground and pound. Hart controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
van Greeven tries to score with some ground and pound. Hart controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
van Greeven moves into full mount!
van Greeven throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Hart is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Dick van Greeven overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hart is squirming around, avoiding van Greeven's attempts to control the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
van Greeven sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
van Greeven thowing shots but they're missing.
van Greeven content just to control the position here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
van Greeven throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dick van Greeven dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bret Hart'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. This is the final round!

Hart doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
van Greeven shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
van Greeven stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and van Greeven wants it to stay on the feet.
van Greeven misses with a two punch combination.
van Greeven is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hart can do to turn this around?

van Greeven clinches.
van Greeven has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Hart avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Hart tries for a takedown. No joy.

van Greeven breaks from the clinch.
van Greeven tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Hart swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dick van Greeven. That's going to take a lot out of him.
van Greeven displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Hart.
Hart gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

so van Greeven counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
This has been an exciting period of action!
van Greeven is stalling in the full guard.
van Greeven pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hart is keeping the position for now.
Hart takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
van Greeven forces his way into half guard.
van Greeven landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
van Greeven is pressing down on Hart's thigh, looking to free his foot. Hart is holding on for now.
van Greeven throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
van Greeven is looking to take a break and control but Hart is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
van Greeven is really struggling to control Hart but he's trying to hold on to the position.
van Greeven takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
van Greeven not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
van Greeven stalling away here and it's allowed Hart to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Dick van Greeven is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
van Greeven's corner is telling him to maintain position.

Dick van Greeven has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

van Greeven shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Hart napping and manages to drive through into side control!
This has been an exciting period of action!
van Greeven controlling from side mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
van Greeven has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Bret Hart has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
van Greeven is looking to take a break and control but Hart is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
van Greeven controls the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

Dick van Greeven has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

van Greeven gets the takedown into side control.
van Greeven trying to control the position but Hart is working away.
van Greeven passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Hart!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
van Greeven controlling the position easily from mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dick van Greeven showed his dominance in that final round.
Well van Greeven 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:26
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:26
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dick van Greeven!
Dick van Greeven seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.