PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jean Claude Van Damme (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cristiano Ronaldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Claude Van Damme
vs
Ronaldo

172 cm
30
162 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

170 cm
24
165 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Wolfpack Threadz
Wolfpack Blood Labs

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 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jean Claude Van Damme!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cristiano Ronaldo!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Aafke Stam and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ronaldo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A combination from Ronaldo does no damage.
A left lands for Ronaldo.

It looks like Jean Claude Van Damme has been cut.
Ronaldo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Van Damme sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Van Damme tries to close the distance and clinch but Ronaldo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ronaldo misses with a series of wild punches.
A left and a right from Ronaldo both land. Nice combination.
A combination from Ronaldo does no damage.
Van Damme plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

It looks like Cristiano Ronaldo has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ronaldo works over Van Damme's head and body with a nice combination.
Van Damme is looking to clinch but Ronaldo is avoiding it.
A slow jab from Ronaldo misses its intended target.
Van Damme takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Ronaldo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ronaldo takes a swing at Van Damme's ribcage but misses.
Ronaldo cracks Van Damme with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Ronaldo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Van Damme tries to clinch but Ronaldo moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Damme tries to clinch up.
Jean Claude Van Damme seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Van Damme throws a sloppy head kick and Ronaldo moves out of range easily.
Ronaldo circles away from the clinch attempt
and Ronaldo counters with a two punch combo.
A combination from Ronaldo does no damage.
Ronaldo circles away from the clinch attempt
and Ronaldo counters with a stiff right hand.
Ronaldo takes a swing at Van Damme's ribcage but misses.
Ronaldo throws a big shot that misses.
Ronaldo throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Van Damme fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ronaldo throws a right and a left that Van Damme avoids nicely.
Van Damme fails in his attempt to clinch.
Van Damme closes the distance looking to clinch
and Ronaldo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Damme tries to clinch there but Ronaldo circles away.
Ronaldo misses with a wild combination.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ronaldo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Van Damme wants to clinch
and Ronaldo counters with a left and a right that stings Van Damme.
Ronaldo misses with a straight right.
Van Damme wants to clinch.
Ronaldo misses with a two punch combination.
Ronaldo looks gassed!
Ronaldo misses with a double jab.
Van Damme throws a sloppy head kick and Ronaldo moves out of range easily.
Ronaldo circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ronaldo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ronaldo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ronaldo moves out of range of the body kick.
Ronaldo is working the combinations to good effect here.
Van Damme tries to clinch but Ronaldo moves out of range.
Good leg kick by Van Damme there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Ronaldo has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Van Damme.
Van Damme pushes Ronaldo away with a front kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Van Damme moves in looking to clinch but Ronaldo pushes him off.
Van Damme wants to clinch.
Van Damme throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
The fight stays on the outside here - Van Damme looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ronaldo keeps the fight on the outside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ronaldo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Van Damme moves away.
Ronaldo keeps the fight on the outside.
Van Damme lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Van Damme lands with a slapping head kick.
Van Damme pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A head kick misses from Van Damme.
Ronaldo keeps the fight on the outside.
Van Damme tries to clinch but Ronaldo is having none of it.
Van Damme throws a quick inside leg kick.
Van Damme connects with a leg kick. Ronaldo looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

Van Damme clinches up with Ronaldo and pushes him back against the cage.
Van Damme gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Van Damme using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ronaldo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ronaldo is trying to break the clinch but Van Damme has him pressed against the cage.
Van Damme throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Van Damme connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ronaldo's face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jean Claude Van Damme dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Ronaldo takes a kick to the side of the head.
Van Damme wants to clinch.
Ronaldo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A punch combination from Ronaldo misses.
Van Damme fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ronaldo.
Van Damme fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ronaldo lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Van Damme is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Van Damme tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ronaldo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ronaldo is breathing heavily.
Ronaldo scores with a three punch combo!
Van Damme tries a head kick but it misses.
Van Damme wants to clinch up but Ronaldo keeps it at a distance.
Ronaldo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Van Damme.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Damme wants to clinch up but Ronaldo keeps it at a distance.
Ronaldo throws a hook but Van Damme blocks it.

Van Damme has taken the fight to the clinch.
Ronaldo managing to block the knees to the body from Van Damme.
Ronaldo avoids the elbow strike from Van Damme, against the cage.
Van Damme using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ronaldo can't break the clinch.
Ronaldo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ronaldo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Ronaldo breaks from the clinch.
Van Damme tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Ronaldo counters with a left and a right that stings Van Damme.
Van Damme tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ronaldo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ronaldo avoids the head kick by Van Damme.
Van Damme darts in trying to clinch
and Ronaldo counters with a one-two to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Damme tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Van Damme showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ronaldo.
Van Damme tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Ronaldo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Van Damme tries to clinch up but Ronaldo circles away and keeps his distance.
Some wild striking there from Ronaldo.
The fight stays on the outside here - Van Damme looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ronaldo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jean Claude Van Damme is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ronaldo misses with the combination.
Ronaldo listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Damme tries to clinch but Ronaldo moves out of range.
Van Damme lands with a slapping head kick.
Van Damme feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Ronaldo's calf.
Van Damme tries to close the distance and clinch but Ronaldo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Van Damme fails in his attempt to clinch.

Van Damme rushes Ronaldo and presses him up against the cage.
Ronaldo blocks the elbow strike.
Van Damme misses with a knee strike.
Van Damme connects with a knee to the head.
Ronaldo takes an elbow to the temple.
Van Damme using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ronaldo tries to break free but Van Damme pushes him back against the cage.
Ronaldo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Van Damme keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ronaldo's efforts to push away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Van Damme.
Ronaldo takes an elbow to the temple.
Van Damme comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Ronaldo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Van Damme tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Ronaldo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Van Damme throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Ronaldo's head.
Van Damme tries to clinch up but Ronaldo circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Van Damme looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ronaldo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Van Damme moves in looking to clinch but Ronaldo pushes him off.
Van Damme tries to clinch there but Ronaldo circles away.
Ronaldo throws a right hand that Van Damme ducks under and follows up with a left that Van Damme also avoids with ease.
Van Damme tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ronaldo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jean Claude Van Damme dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Van Damme tries to clinch up.
Ronaldo misses with a hook to the body
and Van Damme counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Ronaldo is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Van Damme tries to clinch up.
Van Damme tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ronaldo swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Van Damme clinches up with Ronaldo and pushes him back against the cage.
Van Damme lands a knee to the body.
Van Damme misses with a knee to the head.
Van Damme missing with knees to the body.

Ronaldo manages to break the clinch.
Van Damme throws a head kick but Ronaldo moves out of range.
Ronaldo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Van Damme moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ronaldo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ronaldo misses with the combination.
Van Damme wants to clinch.
Ronaldo takes a kick to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ronaldo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Van Damme circles away quickly and effectively.
Ronaldo takes a kick to the side of the head.

Ronaldo is rocked!
Ronaldo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ronaldo is still on wobbly legs! Can Van Damme finish him?
Ronaldo looks to throw the jab but Van Damme is out of range.
Ronaldo seems to have recovered his senses.
The fighters circle, before Van Damme throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Ronaldo's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! Van Damme lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). Jean Claude Van Damme!
Jean Claude Van Damme made sure to mention his sponsor, Wolfpack Blood Labs in his post fight interview.