PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jan De Veers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Twardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jan De Veers could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Dan Twardy's chin.

De Veers
vs
Twardy

170 cm
19
160 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

178 cm
20
155 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jan De Veers!
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, Dan Twardy!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Cecil Peabody and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Veers throws a head kick that Twardy semi-blocks.

De Veers looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Twardy is looking for a sweep. De Veers is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Twardy is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but De Veers pulls his head out easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Twardy wants to get back to full guard.
Twardy is trying to defend against the ground and pound but De Veers scores with a couple of nice shots.

De Veers is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
De Veers perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
The fighters are battling for position here. Twardy manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Twardy looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
De Veers is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
De Veers tries to stand but Twardy is controlling from the bottom.
De Veers trying to control but Twardy is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Twardy escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. De Veers gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Twardy wants to sweep here but De Veers controlling him for the moment.
Twardy preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
De Veers trying to control the position from guard on top but Twardy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Twardy wants to sweep but no luck.
Twardy looks gassed!

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
De Veers checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
De Veers looks for a takedown but Twardy sprawls well.
Jan De Veers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

De Veers has closed the distance and engaged Twardy in a clinch.
Twardy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A body shot lands from De Veers.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Twardy wants a takedown but no success here.

De Veers breaks from the clinch.
Twardy tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

De Veers scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

De Veers decides to stand up.

De Veers has Twardy up against the cage in a clinch.

De Veers manages to break the clinch.

De Veers shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Twardy lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for De Veers!
De Veers wants to control but Twardy is having none of it.
Twardy landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Veers tries to reverse the position but Twardy maintains control.
Twardy in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

Twardy swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and De Veers is now in Twardy's guard. A big mistake from Twardy there, giving up the dominant position!
De Veers passes Twardy's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Twardy tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

De Veers stands up and beckons Twardy to join him on the feet.
An inside leg kick from Twardy misses.

De Veers scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Ground and pound from De Veers.
De Veers slips a nice elbow through Twardy's hands, connecting with Twardy's forehead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Veers slips a nice elbow through Twardy's hands, connecting with Twardy's forehead.
De Veers working over Twardy with some ground and pound. Twardy looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
De Veers 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.
De Veers lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Twardy has hold of De Veers's hands but De Veers slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Twardy is looking to get back to full guard here but De Veers has managed to pass to side control instead.
De Veers with a couple of short strikes.
De Veers landing strikes from the mount and Twardy is in trouble!
De Veers has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Twardy's face.

De Veers working for a submission but Twardy is keeping him at bay.
De Veers scoring with strikes but Twardy is staying in there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Twardy is desperately trying to improve his position but De Veers has a good base and remains in mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jan De Veers dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Twardy throws a head kick that misses
enabling De Veers to counter with a crisp jab.
Twardy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but De Veers paws at him with a jab and circles away.

De Veers rushes Twardy and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Twardy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

De Veers breaks the clinch.
De Veers misses with a low kick.

De Veers drives through and clinches with Twardy against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for De Veers.

De Veers breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Twardy swats away the attempt to clinch by De Veers.
De Veers throws a sloppy head kick and Twardy moves out of range easily.
Jan De Veers is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
De Veers misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
De Veers tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Twardy swivels and escapes.
De Veers circles away from the clinch attempt

and De Veers counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Twardy drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

De Veers wants the takedown. Twardy is fighting it off but De Veers persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Twardy's guard against the cage.

Twardy looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
De Veers won't allow Twardy to sweep him here.

De Veers gets to his feet - Twardy follows without any prompting.
Nice sprawl there from Twardy as De Veers shoots in.

Twardy fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with De Veers, pushing him back against the cage.
De Veers prevents a takedown attempt there.
Twardy looking for a takedown.
Jan De Veers has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dan Twardy.
Twardy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

De Veers gets control of Twardy's arms and successfully pulls guard. De Veers will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Veers lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Twardy!
Twardy really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
De Veers controlling the position easily from mount.
Twardy tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Veers landing strikes from the mount and Twardy is in trouble!
De Veers cracks Twardy with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
De Veers controlling from the full mount.
De Veers dominating with strikes here.
De Veers fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Twardy is working to get back to half guard.
De Veers with shots to the head and body - Twardy looks very uncomfortable down there.
Twardy keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
De Veers looking to control but Twardy is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
De Veers fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Twardy is trying to escape the mount.
De Veers dominating with strikes here.
De Veers landing punches.
De Veers looking to control but Twardy is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Twardy gets back to half guard.
De Veers frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Twardy is trying desperately to improve position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jan De Veers dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

De Veers moves out of range of the leg kick from Twardy.
Twardy tries for a takedown but De Veers circles away easily

and De Veers counters with a shoot takedown. Twardy fights it but they end up in guard.
De Veers sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Twardy's guard.
De Veers lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Twardy is refusing to be controlled, as De Veers sits in half guard.
De Veers lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
De Veers prevents Twardy from improving his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Twardy is defending against the submission attempts here by De Veers.
Nice strikes from De Veers there.
Twardy gets back to full guard.
Twardy wants to sweep here but De Veers controlling him for the moment.
De Veers is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Twardy keeping moving, preventing De Veers from controlling successfully.
De Veers showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Twardy 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.
De Veers is working Twardy over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Twardy is striking but De Veers is not phased and passes to half guard.
Twardy is trying to get back to full guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
De Veers throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

De Veers feints and as Twardy raises his hands in defense, De Veers changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Twardy tries to strike from the bottom.

Twardy has his foot on De Veers's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. De Veers works his way back into a safe position though.

Twardy working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. De Veers doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. De Veers manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Twardy manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

Twardy is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, De Veers has managed to escape the submission attempt.
De Veers working to try and regain half guard.
De Veers is working hard here to advance position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Twardy landing strikes from the mount and De Veers is in trouble!
De Veers looks out of his depth in this position - he's holding on tight.
De Veers is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Twardy with the ground and pound from mount.

Twardy working for a guillotine from mount but De Veers is in no mood to give up.
De Veers manages to regain half guard. Good work.
De Veers is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Twardy's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Twardy's back!
De Veers is trying to stick to Twardy's back but Twardy is turning into De Veers. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in De Veers's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Twardy.
Dan Twardy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jan De Veers is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
De Veers not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jan De Veers showed his dominance in that final round.
Well De Veers has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jan De Veers!