PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dick van Greeven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and mark cunns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). mark cunns is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

van Greeven
vs
cunns

205 cm
22
299 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
22
306 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dick van Greeven!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, mark cunns!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, George Francis and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

van Greeven shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. van Greeven showed some decent athleticism there.
van Greeven performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
van Greeven seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
cunns won't allow van Greeven to pass to mount.
van Greeven has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
van Greeven takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
van Greeven frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
van Greeven raining down shots from the mount!
van Greeven looking to control but cunns is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
van Greeven landing shots from mount.
van Greeven tries to control but cunns wriggling away.
cunns is bucking up trying to escape but van Greeven cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
van Greeven lands with some vicious ground and pound - can cunns hang on?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
cunns wants to try and get back to his feet.
cunns looks gassed!
van Greeven content just to control the position here.
cunns in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
van Greeven lands a big shot there that rocks cunns but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
van Greeven connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
cunns is trying to stand up.
van Greeven scoring with strikes but cunns is staying in there.
van Greeven dominating with strikes here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, van Greeven cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
van Greeven working cunns over with strikes here.
van Greeven working away from the top, dropping strikes.

cunns is rocked!
van Greeven is in the full mount, landing strikes.
cunns is still in real trouble! Can van Greeven finish him?
van Greeven lands a nice shot to the head.
van Greeven takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, van Greeven cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

van Greeven with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
cunns seems to have recovered his senses.
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!
van Greeven looking to control and managing it successfully.
van Greeven connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
van Greeven lands with some vicious ground and pound - can cunns hang on?
van Greeven scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish cunns?

van Greeven is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. cunns can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
van Greeven scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish cunns?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
van Greeven pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
van Greeven with shots to the head and body - cunns looks very uncomfortable down there.
van Greeven won't let cunns get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
van Greeven lands a nice shot to the head.
van Greeven fails to move to back control.
cunns's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.

van Greeven wants to finish this one by submission but cunns is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from van Greeven.
cunns is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
van Greeven lands with some strikes.
van Greeven lands a nice shot to the head.
van Greeven controlling from mount.
The referee warns cunns that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
van Greeven loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have cunns scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from van Greeven land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. van Greeven stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dick van Greeven!