PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jean Claude Van Damme (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pulla Sorsa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Van Damme comes to the cage accompanied by Boom! Shake The Room . Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Claude Van Damme
vs
Sorsa

177 cm
25
184 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

187 cm
24
185 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Perkele!

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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jean Claude Van Damme!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Pulla Sorsa!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Ryoma Takatsuka and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sorsa fails with a takedown attempt.
Sorsa throws a nice outside leg kick.
Van Damme misses with a hook. Sorsa ducked under it nicely.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Sorsa.
Sorsa finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Sorsa connects with a right hand. Van Damme shakes it off.
Sorsa throws a nice head kick!

It looks like Jean Claude Van Damme has been cut.
A bone on bone clash there as Van Damme blocks the leg kick.
Sorsa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sorsa scores with a push kick.
Sorsa turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Damme throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Sorsa blocks a head kick by Van Damme.
Van Damme throws a half hearted mid kick.
Van Damme cracks Sorsa with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Sorsa scores with a jab to the head.
Sorsa throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sorsa closes the distance and clinches.
A head punch on the inside from Van Damme fails to land.
Sorsa lands with a right to the head.
Sorsa misses with the head strike.
Van Damme lands a left hand.
Sorsa has Van Damme pressed against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Van Damme.
Van Damme is trying to force a seperation but Sorsa has the dominant position.
Sorsa pushes Van Damme back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sorsa pressing his opponent against the cage.
Sorsa scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sorsa lands with a light punch inside.
Van Damme misses with a hook to the ribs.
Van Damme tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Van Damme avoids the elbow strike from Sorsa, against the cage.
Van Damme takes a shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Van Damme fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Van Damme misses with the head strike.
Good body shot from Sorsa.
Van Damme lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sorsa backwards.
Van Damme misses with a punch to the body.
A right hand to the body from Sorsa.
Sorsa pushes Van Damme back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Van Damme misses with a punch to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Sorsa.
Van Damme tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sorsa holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Sorsa lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Van Damme on the inside.
Sorsa is struggling to control the position.
Van Damme misses with a hook from the clinch.
Van Damme misses with a punch on the inside.
Sorsa scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Van Damme takes a shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sorsa effectively controlling the action here.
Van Damme working hard to break the clinch.
Van Damme throws a head punch that misses.
Van Damme lands a shoulder strike.
Sorsa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sorsa blocking some punches.
Sorsa pressing his opponent against the cage.
Van Damme swings wildly with an uppercut but Sorsa uses good head movement to avoid it.

Van Damme breaks the clinch.
Jean Claude Van Damme is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Van Damme misses with a wild combination.
Sorsa is looking to clinch but Van Damme is avoiding it.

Sorsa drives through and clinches with Van Damme against the cage.
Sorsa misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sorsa prevents a body shot from Van Damme.
Sorsa lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sorsa dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Van Damme softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
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 Damme misses with a hook from the clinch.
Van Damme throws a head punch that misses.
Van Damme misses with a hook from the clinch.
Van Damme misses with the head strike.
Van Damme tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sorsa leaning against his opponent.
Sorsa gets through Van Damme's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Van Damme has a couple of punches blocked by Sorsa.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Van Damme.
Sorsa blocking some punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Van Damme swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Van Damme fails to land.
Sorsa blocking some punches.
Sorsa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sorsa trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pulla Sorsa dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jean Claude Van Damme's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Sorsa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Van Damme thows a body shot but no joy.
Van Damme throws out a loose jab but Sorsa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Van Damme tries to land a front kick but Sorsa steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Van Damme throws a hook but Sorsa avoids it easily.

Van Damme has taken the fight to the clinch.
Van Damme misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sorsa avoiding damage.
Van Damme tries to work over Sorsa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sorsa lands with a short shot to the head.
Van Damme misses with some punches.
Sorsa content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Sorsa looking to slow down the pace here.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Sorsa creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Pulla Sorsa.
Van Damme throws the left hand but Sorsa avoids the punch easily.
Sorsa throws a head kick that misses.
Pulla Sorsa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sorsa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Sorsa throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Van Damme was covering up waiting for the punch and Sorsa finishes the takedown easily into guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Sorsa looking to sit in guard and control but Van Damme gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Sorsa trying to keep a closed guard but Van Damme is proving a slippery customer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sorsa wants to sweep here but Van Damme controlling him for the moment.
Sorsa is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Van Damme has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Sorsa is proving hard to escape from.

Van Damme is sitting in close to Sorsa's body. Sorsa has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Van Damme is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Van Damme is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Sorsa.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Pulla Sorsa!