PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jeroen van Beil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricky Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Davis has chosen Snoop DoGG as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

van Beil
vs
Davis

187 cm
25
197 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

185 cm
23
200 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Good knees
Very quick

ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Hell's Kitchen Lab Corp (95% quick laundry)
TITAN

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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jeroen van Beil!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ricky Davis!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Wagner Zegers and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davis gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and van Beil holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
van Beil connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Ricky Davis has been cut.
van Beil connects with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for van Beil.
Davis avoiding damage as van Beil throws knees to the body.
van Beil utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Davis managing to block the knees to the body from van Beil.
Davis avoiding damage as van Beil throws knees to the body.
Davis wants a takedown but no success here.
Davis wants a takedown but no success here.
Jeroen van Beil has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricky Davis.
Davis is working for takedown but van Beil is calmly controlling the position for now.
van Beil tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
van Beil is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Davis is defending well for now.
van Beil landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Davis managing to block the knees to the body from van Beil.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis changes levels and goes for a takedown here. van Beil fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Ricky Davis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
van Beil missing with a left hand there. Davis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Davis misses with an uppercut.
van Beil just misses with a punch to the body.
Davis moves away from the strike by van Beil.

Davis shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Davis postures up.
van Beil keeping full guard, as Davis tries to pass.
van Beil wants to sweep here but Davis controlling him for the moment.
Davis trying to control the position from guard on top but van Beil is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis stands and throws van Beil's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Davis is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. van Beil knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Davis is trying to get an arm triangle but van Beil is defending well.
van Beil tries to improve position but can't.
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!

Davis is trying to get an arm triangle but van Beil is defending well.
van Beil stops Davis from passing to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
van Beil tries to bench press Davis off him but Davis keeps the position.
Davis trying to control the position but van Beil is working away.
van Beil tries to get back to half guard but can't.
van Beil can't do much from the bottom here.
van Beil tries to buck Davis off but Davis is having none of it.

Davis is trying to get an arm triangle but van Beil is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis gets to mount! van Beil was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
van Beil avoids a series of strikes thrown by Davis.

Davis swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and van Beil is now in Davis's guard. A big mistake from Davis there, giving up the dominant position!
van Beil trying to control but Davis is working from the bottom.
van Beil keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Davis's head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Davis bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in van Beil's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Davis passes into half guard.

Davis is looking for a kimura but van Beil is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Davis to get the leverage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ricky Davis will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ricky Davis's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Davis lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Davis shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as van Beil sprawls well. van Beil wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Davis gets slowly back to his feet.
Davis throws a hook to the side of van Beil's head but van Beil sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
van Beil takes a swing at Davis's ribcage but misses.
Davis moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
van Beil swings away with a body shot that misses
and Davis counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Davis avoids the body shot from van Beil.
Davis lands an overhand right.
Davis doesn't succeed with the takedown
and van Beil counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from van Beil. Davis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Davis connects with a body shot.
Davis lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Davis tries for a takedown but van Beil circles away easily

so van Beil counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Jeroen van Beil has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricky Davis.
van Beil scoring with some ground and pound.
van Beil trying to control the position from guard on top but Davis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
van Beil is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Davis is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Davis is trying to keep van Beil in close.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
van Beil with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Davis looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
van Beil is looking to work some ground and pound but Davis has wrist control.
Davis lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for van Beil!
Davis thowing shots but they're missing.

Davis is going oldschool here, as he tries to force van Beil to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so van Beil shrugs it off.
van Beil really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

Davis looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
van Beil is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
van Beil is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Davis throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Davis prevents van Beil from getting the reversal.
Davis can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as van Beil is looking to escape.
Ricky Davis has got the better of the ground game so far.

Davis is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but van Beil is surviving well by controlling Davis's body position as best he can.
van Beil is squirming around, avoiding Davis's attempts to control the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
van Beil is working to get back to half guard.
van Beil is working hard here to advance position.
van Beil wants to control but Davis is having none of it.

Davis looking to secure an arm triangle but van Beil defends it well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Davis working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Ricky Davis will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Ricky Davis's cut.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Davis fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but van Beil avoids it really well and circles away.
Nice sprawl there from van Beil as Davis shoots in.
van Beil is looking to wear down Davis with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

van Beil clinches up with Davis and pushes him back against the cage.
van Beil scores a nice knee to the body.

van Beil gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Davis wants to control but van Beil is keeping busy.
The fighters are battling for position here. Davis manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's one minute gone in the round.
van Beil trying to control the position from guard on top but Davis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
van Beil trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Davis looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
van Beil trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
van Beil throws a strike but Davis rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

van Beil is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
van Beil manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Davis tries to reverse the position but van Beil maintains control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
van Beil lands with some strikes.
van Beil scoring with strikes but Davis is staying in there.
Davis really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
van Beil working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
van Beil with the ground and pound from mount.
van Beil working Davis over with strikes here.
Davis is looking to get to half guard.
van Beil trying to control but Davis is having none of it.
van Beil with the ground and pound from mount.
Jeroen van Beil has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
van Beil cracks Davis with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Davis is trying to escape the mount.
van Beil scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Davis?
van Beil with good strikes from the mount here!

Davis is rocked!
van Beil cracks Davis with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jeroen van Beil!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Jeroen van Beil waved his t-shirt featuring Hell's Kitchen Lab Corp (95% quick laundry)'s logo in front of the cameras.