PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Daan Hellinga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny The Rocket (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hellinga's entrance music is Drowned. A fine choice. The Rocket comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Airplanes - B.O.B. and Hayley Williams kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hellinga
vs
The Rocket

178 cm
19
162 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

176 cm
26
160 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Good gas tank

Valhalla Fight Wear

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Daan Hellinga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Johnny The Rocket!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Radbod Blank and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Rocket darts in trying to clinch
and Hellinga counters with a thumping low kick.
The Rocket throws a lazy uppercut

and Hellinga holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Hellinga scores with a knee to the head.
Hellinga controlling the action here for a moment.
The Rocket is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Hellinga throws a knee to the head but misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Hellinga takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

The Rocket pulls guard effortlessly.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Hellinga content to stall in guard here.

The Rocket working for submissions but it's allowed Hellinga to get to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Rocket is trying to get back to full guard.
Hellinga slows the pace down in half guard.

The Rocket looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The Rocket is looking for a sweep. Hellinga is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The Rocket makes his way to full guard. A much better position for The Rocket.
Hellinga is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hellinga slips nicely into half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Hellinga in particular looking to stall.

Hellinga stands up out of the half guard.
The Rocket looks to land a left hand but Hellinga moved out of range nicely.
The Rocket tries to clinch up.
The Rocket tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The Rocket tries to clinch up
and Hellinga counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Rocket swings widly with a right hand
and Hellinga makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. The Rocket really felt that one!
Hellinga fakes high and swings low for a body shot but The Rocket manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hellinga takes one to the side of the head.
Hellinga lands a right hook to the body.
The Rocket darts in trying to clinch
and Hellinga counters with an outside leg kick.
The Rocket tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Hellinga counters with a nice leg kick.
The Rocket closes the distance looking to clinch
and Hellinga counters with a head kick.
The Rocket waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hellinga.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Rocket wants to clinch but Hellinga slips to the side
and Hellinga counters with a stiff right hand.
The Rocket tries to land a front kick but Hellinga steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
That kick from Hellinga tenderised The Rocket's leg. The Rocket is trying to keep his angry face on.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Rocket waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hellinga.
The Rocket moves to clinch but Hellinga breaks away
and Hellinga counters with a stiff right hand.
Hellinga misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from The Rocket.
Hellinga fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt The Rocket.
Hellinga throws a low kick, looking for The Rocket's leg but The Rocket calmly moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Rocket swinging wildly here.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hellinga.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daan Hellinga dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Hellinga scores with a leg kick.
The Rocket closes the distance looking to clinch
and Hellinga counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The Rocket is looking to clinch.
The Rocket tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hellinga paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The Rocket misses with a straight right.
The Rocket throws a big shot that misses.
Hellinga with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The Rocket closes the distance and lands a one-two.

It looks like Daan Hellinga has been cut.
The Rocket misses with a hook
and Hellinga counters with an inside leg kick.
The Rocket throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hellinga turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Rocket wants to clinch but Hellinga slips to the side
and Hellinga counters with a slapping leg kick.
The Rocket stuns Hellinga with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Hellinga pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A big right from Hellinga misses.
Hellinga fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hellinga moves out of range of the body kick from The Rocket.
The Rocket thows a body shot but no joy.
Hellinga slips under a jab from The Rocket.
The Rocket tries to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Hellinga avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hellinga scores with a kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Rocket wants to clinch but Hellinga slips to the side
and Hellinga counters with a body kick.
Johnny The Rocket seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hellinga lands a nice shot that snaps The Rocket's head back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A combination from The Rocket does no damage.
The Rocket misses with a straight right.
The Rocket tries to clinch
and Hellinga counters with an inside leg kick.
Hellinga lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The Rocket ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hellinga moves away.
Daan Hellinga is winning the standup battle so far.
Hellinga misses with a jab, cross combination.
A lazy left from The Rocket finds it's target.
Daan Hellinga is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The Rocket moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A nice combination there by Hellinga.
Hellinga looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Rocket swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A slapping body kick lands there for Hellinga.
The Rocket takes a swing at Hellinga's ribcage but misses.
The Rocket misses the jab.
The Rocket lands a glancing blow to the side of Hellinga's head.
The Rocket with a hook.
The Rocket throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Hellinga to counter with a crisp jab.
The Rocket feints a jab promting Hellinga to slip. The Rocket then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Hellinga slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
The Rocket wants to clinch but Hellinga slips to the side
and Hellinga counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps The Rocket thinking.
A good leg kick by Hellinga.
The Rocket throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Rocket looks to clinch
and Hellinga makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hellinga feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to The Rocket's calf.
Good leg kick by Hellinga there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The Rocket tries to clinch up
and Hellinga counters with an inside leg kick.
The Rocket moves in looking to clinch but Hellinga pushes him off.
The Rocket looks to land a right hand but Hellinga moved out of range.
The Rocket throws a jab but it's blocked by Hellinga.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The Rocket tries to clinch but Hellinga moves away
and Hellinga counters with a nice low kick that buckles The Rocket's knee momentarily.
Hellinga circles away from the clinch attempt
and Hellinga counters with a nice body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Daan Hellinga will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Daan Hellinga's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

The Rocket displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Hellinga thumps The Rocket with a low kick.
Hellinga throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and The Rocket counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nice defenses there by Hellinga.
The Rocket jabs Hellinga to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sloppy strikes from Hellinga. Those never looked like landing.
Hellinga pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
The Rocket moves to clinch but Hellinga breaks away
and Hellinga counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hellinga looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A lazy left from The Rocket finds it's target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Rocket wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Rocket will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
The Rocket throws an off balance right hand
and Hellinga counters with an outside leg kick.
Hellinga fails to land with a series of punches.
The Rocket moves to clinch but Hellinga breaks away
and Hellinga counters with an outside leg kick.
Hellinga misses the shot to the body.
The Rocket's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The Rocket wants to clinch but Hellinga slips to the side

and Hellinga counters by moving into the clinch.
Hellinga missing with knees to the body.
Hellinga lands an elbow inside that The Rocket shrugs off.
The Rocket is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Daan Hellinga is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hellinga misses with a knee to the head.
The Rocket fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Hellinga pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The Rocket takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
The Rocket 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.
The Rocket has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Hellinga.
Hellinga misses with a few strikes there.
The Rocket stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hellinga.

Hellinga drives through and clinches with The Rocket against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Hellinga breaks the clinch.
The Rocket misses with an uppercut.
The Rocket wants to clinch
and Hellinga counters with a solid body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Rocket misses with a straight left.
The Rocket stalks Hellinga and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Hellinga's face. Hellinga staggers backwards, shaken.
The Rocket displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hellinga throws out the jab.
Hellinga fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The Rocket staying out of range there.
Hellinga moves away from the strike by The Rocket.
Hellinga circles away from the clinch attempt.
A head kick from Hellinga lands but The Rocket takes it in his stride.
Both fighters circling a little - Hellinga finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
The Rocket lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A swing and a miss from Hellinga.
Hellinga circles away from the clinch attempt
and Hellinga counters with a left and a right that stings The Rocket.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hellinga uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by The Rocket.
The Rocket tries to bum rush Hellinga with a series of wild strikes but Hellinga uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The Rocket jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The Rocket misses the jab.
The Rocket uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hellinga.
Johnny The Rocket has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hellinga throws a head kick that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hellinga throws a jab but it's blocked by The Rocket.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head kick misses from Hellinga.
Hellinga keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Johnny The Rocket.
Well Hellinga 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 Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 29:28
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Daan Hellinga!
Our winner, Daan Hellinga, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.