PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Van Thuan Dang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junior Delight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Van Thuan Dang had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Thuan Dang
vs
Delight

160 cm
27
135 lbs
2 - 6 - 1

168 cm
20
146 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Good elbows
Experienced

Valhalla Q160 Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Van Thuan Dang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Junior Delight!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Wagner Zegers and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Delight keeps the fight on the outside.
Thuan Dang misses with a double jab.
Thuan Dang connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Thuan Dang checks a leg kick.
Thuan Dang swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Delight closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Delight breaks from the clinch.
Crunch! Thuan Dang slams his shin into Delight's torso.
Delight digs a good body shot into Thuan Dang's ribs.
Thuan Dang misses with a jab, cross combination.
Delight is looking to slow Thuan Dang down with leg kicks.
Thuan Dang pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Delight back to the cage. Thuan Dang follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Thuan Dang tries to clinch up
and Delight counters with a nice uppercut.
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!
Delight misses with a right hand
letting Thuan Dang counter with a right hand.
Delight throws a right and a left that both miss.

Delight moves into range and clinches up with Thuan Dang.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thuan Dang is trying to maintain a safe position but Delight gets an underhook and turns Thuan Dang into the cage.
Delight using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Thuan Dang has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Delight lands a knee to the body.
Thuan Dang trying to stall but Delight improves his position.
Delight on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Delight.

Delight manages to break the clinch.
Delight lands with an overhand left.

Delight fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Thuan Dang, pushing him back against the cage.
Delight lands a nice elbow.
Delight unloads a knee to the mid-section. Thuan Dang lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Thuan Dang tries to land a knee to the head but Delight blocks with his arms.
Thuan Dang avoids the elbow strike from Delight, against the cage.
Thuan Dang lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Thuan Dang throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Delight blocks it with crossed arms.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thuan Dang takes a knee to the side of the body.
Delight lands a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Delight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Delight misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thuan Dang.
Thuan Dang blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Thuan Dang takes an elbow to the forehead.
Thuan Dang can't find room to land a body shot as Delight controls the action.
Delight putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Thuan Dang in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Thuan Dang is breathing heavily.
Thuan Dang tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Delight avoids it.
Thuan Dang tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Delight throws a knee to the head but misses.
Delight tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Thuan Dang avoids it.
Thuan Dang blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Thuan Dang taking a breather.
Delight lands a good knee to the midsection. Thuan Dang won't want to take too many of those.
Delight throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Thuan Dang blocks it with crossed arms.
Thuan Dang takes an elbow to the temple.
Delight tries a knee to the head but Thuan Dang blocks it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Delight throws an elbow but misses.
Delight is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Thuan Dang is defending well for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thuan Dang blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Thuan Dang takes a knee to the side of the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Delight breaks from the clinch.
Delight cracks Thuan Dang with a right hand to the side of the head.

Delight forces Thuan Dang back against the cage and clinches.
Delight using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Thuan Dang blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Delight.
Delight looking to throw knees to the head but Thuan Dang is blocking nicely.
Delight on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Thuan Dang misses with a knee strike.
Delight tries a knee to the head but Thuan Dang blocks it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Delight obliges.
Delight lands an elbow that stopped Thuan Dang in his tracks for a moment.
Delight scores a nice knee to the body.
Thuan Dang blocks an elbow strike from Delight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thuan Dang trying to control the position but instead, Delight has worked for underhooks and has pushed Thuan Dang into the cage.
Delight crunches a lovely knee into Thuan Dang's ribcage.
Delight with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Thuan Dang tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Delight throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Delight throws an elbow that misses.
Delight managing to block the knees to the body from Thuan Dang.

Delight's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice cross by Delight.
Thuan Dang cracks Delight with an open hand slap.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Delight pushes Thuan Dang up against the cage in a clinch.
Delight putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Thuan Dang in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Thuan Dang throws a punch but it's blocked by Delight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Junior Delight dominated that round.
That's time! Thuan Dang's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Delight moves into the clinch successfully.
Delight lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Delight trying to land knees to the body.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Delight in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Thuan Dang blocks an elbow strike from Delight.
Thuan Dang utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Thuan Dang swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Thuan Dang takes an elbow to the temple.
Delight throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Thuan Dang avoiding damage as Delight throws knees to the body.
Thuan Dang blocks the elbow strike.
Delight using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Thuan Dang has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Delight putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Thuan Dang in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Thuan Dang tries to land knees in the clinch but Delight avoids the damage to the body.
Thuan Dang landing knees to the body.
Delight pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Thuan Dang takes a knee to the side of the body.
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!
Thuan Dang managing to block the knees to the body from Delight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Delight lands an elbow just above Thuan Dang 's eye.
Delight throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Delight lands an elbow that stopped Thuan Dang in his tracks for a moment.
Delight throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Delight tries a knee to the head but Thuan Dang blocks it.
Thuan Dang avoids the elbow strike from Delight, against the cage.
Delight lands a nice elbow.
Thuan Dang with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Delight misses with a knee strike.
Thuan Dang avoids a wild elbow strike from Delight.
Thuan Dang avoids the elbow strike from Delight, against the cage.
Delight missing with knees to the body.
Delight lands an elbow that stopped Thuan Dang in his tracks for a moment.
Delight tries to land knees in the clinch but Thuan Dang avoids the damage to the body.
Delight misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thuan Dang.
Delight misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thuan Dang.
Thuan Dang avoids the elbow strike from Delight, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thuan Dang managing to block the knees to the body from Delight.
Delight tries to land knees in the clinch but Thuan Dang avoids the damage to the body.
Thuan Dang scores with a shot to the side of Delight's head.
Thuan Dang avoids the elbow strike from Delight, against the cage.

Delight pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Thuan Dang throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

Delight closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Delight breaks from the clinch.
Delight tries to clinch but Thuan Dang moves out of range.
Delight throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Thuan Dang counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Thuan Dang lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Delight circles away quickly and effectively.
Thuan Dang throws a series of punches but Delight moves out of range.
Van Thuan Dang is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Thuan Dang looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Thuan Dang throws a front kick aimed at Delight's knee but Delight avoids it well.

Delight closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Delight tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Thuan Dang avoids it.

Delight breaks the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Delight needs to keep his hands up - Thuan Dang had a free shot at his head there.
Junior Delight seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Delight swings for the body but Thuan Dang moves out of range.

Delight clinches up with Thuan Dang and pushes him back against the cage.
Thuan Dang blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Delight misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thuan Dang.
Nice elbow from Delight.
Delight tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Delight connects with a knee to the head.
Delight is breathing heavily.

Delight manages to break the clinch.
Thuan Dang throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Delight feints and then cracks Thuan Dang's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Thuan Dang down.
Delight misses with a wild body shot.
Thuan Dang scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Delight rushes Thuan Dang and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Delight's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Delight has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thuan Dang scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Delight stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Thuan Dang.
Thuan Dang connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Delight momentarily.

Delight is rocked!
Thuan Dang connects with a combination that backs up Delight into the cage. Thuan Dang lands a flurry of punches that gets past Delight's guard. Delight is down and the referee has seen enough. It is all over! Thuan Dang bursts into tears - this win obviously means a huge amount to him.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Van Thuan Dang!
During a confident post fight interview, Van Thuan Dang thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.