PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chris Irvine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edgar Van Der Houst (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Irvine comes to the cage accompanied by Break the Walls. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Irvine
vs
Van Der Houst

180 cm
18
167 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

190 cm
21
180 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chris Irvine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Edgar Van Der Houst!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Jonathan Paton and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Der Houst connects with a good right hand that stumbles Irvine. Irvine circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Van Der Houst doesn't manage to clinch there - Irvine circles away.

Irvine shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Irvine lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Van Der Houst is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Irvine scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Van Der Houst trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

Van Der Houst throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Van Der Houst wants to sweep here but Irvine controlling him for the moment.
Irvine working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Van Der Houst's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Irvine chips away with some ground and pound.
Irvine stays in close to Van Der Houst's body and controls the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Irvine scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Irvine scoring with some ground and pound.
Irvine landing some decent shots from guard.
Irvine scoring with punches to the head and body.
Irvine connects with a couple of short punches.
Van Der Houst is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Van Der Houst is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Irvine landing some decent shots from guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Irvine working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Irvine lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Irvine is working Van Der Houst over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Irvine makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Irvine is working Van Der Houst over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Van Der Houst is rocked!

Van Der Houst looking for a guillotine here but Irvine defends easily.
Van Der Houst wants to stand and escape but Irvine is having none of it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Irvine lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Van Der Houst is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Irvine with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Irvine postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Van Der Houst keeping moving, preventing Irvine from controlling successfully.
Irvine scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Irvine postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Van Der Houst wants to sweep here but Irvine controlling him for the moment.
Irvine stops Van Der Houst from standing up.
Van Der Houst really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Irvine. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Irvine postures up and lands a big shot to Van Der Houst's brow.
Irvine working some strikes from top position.
Irvine postures up.
Van Der Houst keeping moving, preventing Irvine from controlling successfully.
Van Der Houst is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Irvine is working Van Der Houst over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Irvine is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Irvine distracts Van Der Houst with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Irvine controlling from the top position.
Irvine trying to control but Van Der Houst is working from the bottom.
Irvine sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Irvine is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Irvine makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Irvine won't allow Van Der Houst to sweep him here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Irvine is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Van Der Houst keeping moving, preventing Irvine from controlling successfully.
Irvine 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.
Irvine keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Van Der Houst's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Irvine dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Irvine moves out of range of the body kick from Van Der Houst.
Van Der Houst tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Irvine paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Irvine gets caught napping as Van Der Houst dives in and scores a takedown. Irvine manages to retain guard.
Van Der Houst would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Irvine is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Irvine manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Irvine lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Van Der Houst is still in real trouble! Can Irvine finish him?
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Van Der Houst can do anything to dispel that myth.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Irvine lands a big elbow - Van Der Houst is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Van Der Houst is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Chris Irvine!
Chris Irvine decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.