PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dark Dutch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marc Zietsch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dutch comes to the cage accompanied by feuer frei. Dark Dutch had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Dutch
vs
Zietsch

168 cm
23
149 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

166 cm
20
158 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Valhalla Q160 Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dark Dutch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marc Zietsch!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Reed Andrews and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zietsch drops his hands momentarily and Dutch takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Dutch darts in trying to clinch
and Zietsch counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dark Dutch seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zietsch takes one on the button.
Dutch slips under a jab from Zietsch.
Dutch doesn't manage to clinch there - Zietsch circles away.
Zietsch looks to land a right hand but Dutch moved out of range.
Dutch connects with a leg kick. Zietsch looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Zietsch misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dutch.
Zietsch fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Dutch moves into the clinch successfully.
Zietsch misses with a punch on the inside.
Zietsch is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Dutch is keeping busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dutch breaks from the clinch.
Dutch tries to land a leg kick but Zietsch saw it coming and moves away.
Zietsch lands with a straight right. Dutch didn't see that one coming.
Zietsch closes this distance looking for a takedown but Dutch circles away.
Zietsch is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dutch.
Dutch tries to clinch but Zietsch moves out of range.
Dutch tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Zietsch paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dutch ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Zietsch keeps the fight on the outside.

Dutch gets a clinch.

Dutch breaks the clinch.
Dark Dutch is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Zietsch keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dutch tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Zietsch paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dutch uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Zietsch.
Dutch throws a leg kick that misses.

Dutch rushes Zietsch and presses him up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zietsch on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dutch creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Dutch lands a knee to the body.
Dutch lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dutch crunches a lovely knee into Zietsch's ribcage.
Dutch throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Zietschs head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dutch obliges.
Zietsch looks gassed!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

Dutch breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dutch tries to close the distance and clinch but Zietsch swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Dutch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Dutch.
Dutch throws a series of punches but Zietsch avoids them all with ease.
Dutch moves in looking to clinch but Zietsch pushes him off.
Zietsch tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Zietsch checks a leg kick.
That kick from Dutch tenderised Zietsch's leg. Zietsch is trying to keep his angry face on.

Dutch moves into range and clinches up with Zietsch.

Dutch's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Zietsch misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dutch tries to clinch up but Zietsch circles away and keeps his distance.

Zietsch gets tackled into the cage by Dutch. Dutch maintains the clinch.

Dutch breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice shot lands for Zietsch.
Zietsch throws a right hand that misses
and Dutch counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Marc Zietsch has been cut.
Dutch connects with a leg kick. Zietsch looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

Dutch instigates a clinch.
Dutch prevents the takedown attempt.
Dutch missing with knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dutch lands an elbow inside that Zietsch shrugs off.

Dutch breaks the clinch.

Dutch has Zietsch up against the cage in a clinch.
Zietsch wants to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dark Dutch dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marc Zietsch's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

A leg kick checked by Zietsch.
Dutch finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Zietsch circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dutch ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zietsch moves away.
Zietsch circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dutch tries to land a leg kick but Zietsch saw it coming and moves away.
Nice straight punches there by Dutch. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Dutch.
Dutch throws a nice inside leg kick.
Dutch cracks the inside of Zietsch's front leg.
Zietsch fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dutch tries to clinch up but Zietsch circles away and keeps his distance.
Dutch turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Zietsch tries to keep at a distance but Dutch has taken the fight into the clinch.

Dutch breaks the clinch.
Zietsch on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Dutch tries to close the distance and clinch but Zietsch swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Zietsch swings widly with a right hand
and Dutch counters with a good low kick that Zietsch was not able to check.
Zietsch fails with the takedown.
Dutch is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Zietsch can do to turn this around?
Dutch scores with a jab to the body.
Zietsch is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dutch misses with a few strikes there.

Dutch pushes Zietsch up against the cage in a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dutch is working Zietsch over against the cage.
Dutch working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Zietsch managing to block the knees to the body from Dutch.
Zietsch trying to control the position but instead, Dutch has worked for underhooks and has pushed Zietsch into the cage.
Dutch is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

Dutch's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Zietsch ducks right into an uppercut from Dutch.
Zietsch takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Dark Dutch is winning the standup battle so far.
Dutch connects with a right hand. Zietsch shakes it off.

Zietsch is rocked!
Dutch weaves into range and cracks Zietsch right on the temple with a beautiful overhand right! Zietsch goes down! He's out cold! Wow, what a beautiful knockout! Dutch is strutting round the canvas like a movie star as the camera bulbs flash frantically.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dark Dutch!
A relieved looking Dark Dutch thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.