PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Troy Slamen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jean Van Dam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jean Van Dam has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Slamen
vs
Van Dam

183 cm
25
163 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

180 cm
19
166 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very strong

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Troy Slamen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jean Van Dam!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Dam dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Slamen fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Van Dam avoids it really well and circles away.
Van Dam swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Slamen misses with a takedown attempt
and Van Dam counters with a stiff right hand.
Slamen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Van Dam.
Van Dam takes a swing at Slamen's ribcage but misses.
Van Dam lands a nice hook to Slamen's body. Slamen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Van Dam looks for a takedown but Slamen sprawls well.
Van Dam throws a body punch but Slamen moves out of range.
Van Dam fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Slamen manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slamen shoots in for a takedown but Van Dam shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Troy Slamen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Slamen blocks a jab.
Van Dam shoots and misses

so Slamen counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Van Dam avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Van Dam trying to keep a closed guard but Slamen is proving a slippery customer.
Slamen pushes down on Van Dam's leg and manages to get into half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Van Dam can do anything to dispel that myth.
Van Dam tries to get to full guard but Slamen has control of the leg.
Van Dam taking some punishment here, with Slamen in his half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slamen not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Slamen controlling the pace.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Slamen prevents Van Dam from improving his position.
Slamen sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Van Dam defending well though.
Slamen throwing shots but Van Dam is blocking nicely.

Slamen is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Slamen in particular looking to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slamen sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Van Dam defending well though.
Slamen wants to lay and pray for a moment but Van Dam keeps working.
Slamen trying to advance position but Van Dam counters by regaining guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Van Dam controls Slamen momentarily but Slamen frees himself.
Slamen lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Slamen accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Slamen trying to control the position from guard on top but Van Dam is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Van Dam working for a triangle but Slamen defends it easily.
Slamen throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Van Dam works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Slamen works over Van Dam with some ground and pound from guard.
Slamen working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Van Dam's head.

Slamen got a little sloppy there for a moment and Van Dam has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Slamen has managed to get both his arms back between Van Dam's legs - danger averted.
Slamen prevents Van Dam from getting back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Van Dam keeping moving, preventing Slamen from controlling successfully.
This has been an exciting period of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Troy Slamen dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Slamen shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Van Dam as he avoids it easily.
Nice defenses there by Slamen.
Van Dam misses with a wild body shot.
Slamen stuffs the takedown attempt from Van Dam. Van Dam gets slowly back to his feet.
Slamen misses with a takedown
and Van Dam counters with a stiff right hand.
Van Dam stuffs the takedown attempt from Slamen. Slamen gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Troy Slamen. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Van Dam looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Slamen!
Van Dam throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Dam in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Van Dam unloading with bombs!
Slamen tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Van Dam cracks Slamen with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Van Dam punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Dam throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Van Dam throwing strikes but Slamen recovers to half guard. A much better position.
Troy Slamen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Slamen tries to roll over but Van Dam keeps him under control.
Van Dam sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Slamen moves into full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Dam postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Slamen has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Van Dam doesn't defend quickly enough and Slamen has managed to lock this one up! Can Van Dam escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Slamen on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Troy Slamen!
Troy Slamen retains his lightweight title!
Troy Slamen seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.