PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Laurens Van Der Sluijs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zeddicus Starburst (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Van Der Sluijs comes into the arena with Shutterbugg - Big Boi Feat. Cutty blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Van Der Sluijs
vs
Starburst

178 cm
28
176 lbs
18 - 6 - 0

185 cm
28
182 lbs
13 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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 18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Laurens Van Der Sluijs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Zeddicus Starburst!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Starburst throws a low kick but Van Der Sluijs moves out of range easily.
Van Der Sluijs ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Starburst moves away.
A head kick misses from Starburst.
Van Der Sluijs lands a glancing blow to the side of Starburst's head.
Starburst tries to clinch but Van Der Sluijs moves out of range.
A combination from Van Der Sluijs does no damage.
Van Der Sluijs takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Starburst throws a shot to the body.
Van Der Sluijs shoots for a takedown but Starburst saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Starburst fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Van Der Sluijs has been working on his boxing with his coaches at ACME! Thai Boxing Academy 13 ELITE COACHES & SAUNA in the buildup to the fight.
Van Der Sluijs stuns Starburst with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A lazy left from Starburst finds it's target.
Starburst fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Van Der Sluijs misses with a straight left.
Van Der Sluijs takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Zeddicus Starburst seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Van Der Sluijs fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Starburst to the ground. Van Der Sluijs is now in Starburst's guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Van Der Sluijs loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Van Der Sluijs is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Starburst keeping moving, preventing Van Der Sluijs from controlling successfully.
Van Der Sluijs postures up.
Starburst tries to strike from the bottom.
Starburst trying to strike off his back.
Starburst wants to stand up but Van Der Sluijs is controlling him.
Starburst keeping moving, preventing Van Der Sluijs from controlling successfully.
Van Der Sluijs landing some decent shots from guard.
Van Der Sluijs wants to control from the top but Starburst keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Starburst tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Starburst wants to stand up but Van Der Sluijs is controlling him.
Van Der Sluijs trying to control the position from guard on top but Starburst is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Van Der Sluijs tries to free his leg and advance position but Starburst is retaining full guard.
Van Der Sluijs controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

Laurens Van Der Sluijs has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Starburst throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Van Der Sluijs cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Decent striking displayed by Van Der Sluijs there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Starburst takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Starburst loads up on a big right hand but Van Der Sluijs slips the punch.
Starburst is looking to land body kicks.
Van Der Sluijs throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Starburst throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Starburst defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Van Der Sluijs.

Van Der Sluijs shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Starburst wants to improve his position but Van Der Sluijs is controlling well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Der Sluijs perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Starburst blocking the ground and pound attempt from Van Der Sluijs.
Van Der Sluijs working the head and body with strikes.
Starburst on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Van Der Sluijs 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.
Starburst is refusing to be controlled, as Van Der Sluijs sits in half guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Starburst pushes Van Der Sluijs off looking to stand but Van Der Sluijs dives back in and keeps control.
Van Der Sluijs thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Nice strikes from Van Der Sluijs there.
Van Der Sluijs sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Van Der Sluijs wants to lay and pray for a moment but Starburst keeps working.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Starburst is trying to get back to full guard.
Van Der Sluijs passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Starburst!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Van Der Sluijs postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Starburst looks a forlorn figure.

Starburst is rocked!
Van Der Sluijs controlling from mount.
Starburst tries to lock up and control but Van Der Sluijs gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Van Der Sluijs drops a big elbow. That's hurt Starburst! More shots from Van Der Sluijs and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Laurens Van Der Sluijs!
An out of breath Laurens Van Der Sluijs thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.