PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brooklyn from the hood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Axel Van Dam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

from the hood
vs
Van Dam

179 cm
18
212 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
20
212 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Brooklyn from the hood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Axel Van Dam!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Yves DeLean and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Van Dam shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Van Dam wants to control from the top but from the hood keeps moving.
Van Dam throwing strikes from guard but from the hood blocks nicely.
from the hood is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Van Dam is controlling him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Van Dam throwing strikes but missing.
Van Dam stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. from the hood swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Van Dam prevents from the hood from getting back to his feet.
from the hood on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if from the hood tries to get out of the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Van Dam accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Van Dam tries to free his leg and advance position but from the hood is retaining full guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
from the hood throws a sloppy head kick and Van Dam moves out of range easily.
from the hood misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
from the hood throws a right hand that Van Dam ducks under and follows up with a left that Van Dam also avoids with ease.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.

Van Dam is looking for a kimura here.
Van Dam is keen to just control but from the hood is a slippery customer.
Van Dam takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
from the hood knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Van Dam on the ground.
Van Dam lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Van Dam trying to control the action but from the hood is working from the bottom.
Van Dam content to control rather than advance.
Van Dam not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
from the hood is trying to stand up here but Van Dam is controlling him well.
Van Dam trying to control the action but from the hood is working from the bottom.
from the hood tries to kick Van Dam off but Van Dam keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
from the hood throws a nice looking combination but Van Dam bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
from the hood walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
from the hood walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Van Dam checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Van Dam showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from from the hood.
from the hood misses with a wild combination.
from the hood is breathing heavily.
Van Dam misses with a jab, cross combination.
Brooklyn from the hood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
from the hood throws a left and a right that both miss
and Van Dam counters with a low kick, right behind from the hood 's knee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
from the hood throws a right hand that Van Dam ducks under and follows up with a left that Van Dam also avoids with ease.

Van Dam gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Van Dam breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
from the hood tries to land a body kick
and Van Dam counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Van Dam lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
from the hood throws a combination that misses
and Van Dam counters with a two punch combo.
Van Dam will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
from the hood throws a lazy head kick
and Van Dam counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
from the hood throws a left and a right that both miss
and Van Dam cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
from the hood takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

Van Dam gets the takedown into side control.
Van Dam advances to full mount.
Van Dam scoring with strikes but from the hood is staying in there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
from the hood is squirming around, avoiding Van Dam's attempts to control the action.
Van Dam takes from the hood's back.
from the hood avoids the strikes from Van Dam.

from the hood defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Van Dam's arms.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Van Dam has the rear naked choke here! This is very bad for from the hood! Can he survive? No! He's out! Van Dam gets to his feet and celebrates with his cornermen. He looks absolutely delighted. In the post fight interviews he takes time to thank his parents and everyone who has believed in him from the start. How sweet.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Axel Van Dam!