PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mourits Vrutaal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hans De Vries (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Vries has chosen Duke Lion as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Vrutaal
vs
De Vries

170 cm
25
155 lbs
12 - 0 - 0

173 cm
37
151 lbs
34 - 19 - 1

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mourits Vrutaal!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 19 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hans De Vries!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Daniel Blasius and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vrutaal takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
De Vries ducks under a wild hook from Vrutaal.
De Vries moves away from the strike by Vrutaal.
Vrutaal slips a jab and a cross from De Vries.
De Vries fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
De Vries misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vrutaal.
Vrutaal throws a body punch but De Vries moves out of range.
De Vries connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Vrutaal throws a shot from downtown. De Vries moves away and avoids it.
De Vries looks to land a left hand but Vrutaal moved out of range nicely.
An inside leg kick from De Vries misses.
De Vries closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
De Vries throws a wild body kick that Vrutaal sees coming a mile off.

De Vries has closed the distance and engaged Vrutaal in a clinch.
De Vries lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Vrutaal creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
De Vries landing knees to the body.
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!
De Vries using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Vrutaal has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Vrutaal throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
De Vries lands an elbow inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vrutaal avoids the elbow strike from De Vries, against the cage.
Vrutaal looks to throw an elbow but misses.
De Vries tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
I was talking to Vrutaal's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
De Vries landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Vrutaal pushes off an throws an elbow but De Vries leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
De Vries lands a knee to the body.
De Vries avoids a wild elbow strike from Vrutaal.
De Vries pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
De Vries slows down the pace here.
De Vries dodges an elbow strike from Vrutaal.
With the fighters up against the cage, Vrutaal throws an elbow but misses.
Vrutaal looking to slow down the pace here.
Vrutaal avoids a wild elbow strike from De Vries.
Vrutaal misses with an elbow strike.
De Vries lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Vrutaal throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Vrutaal displaying some good clinch control by pressing De Vries up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vrutaal throws an elbow but it's blocked.
De Vries avoids the elbow strike from Vrutaal, against the cage.
Vrutaal tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and De Vries avoids it.
A nice left hand lands by De Vries.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Vries works on Vrutaal's body with a couple of short punches.
Vrutaal misses with an elbow over the top.
Vrutaal managing to block the knees to the body from De Vries.
Vrutaal avoids the elbow strike from De Vries, against the cage.
De Vries blocks an elbow strike.
Vrutaal looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Vrutaal creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
De Vries blocks the elbow strike.
Vrutaal pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
De Vries creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
De Vries avoids a wild elbow strike from Vrutaal.
De Vries lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A short right from De Vries on the inside.
De Vries pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
De Vries lands a left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Vries misses with an elbow over the top.
De Vries throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vrutaal blocks it with crossed arms.
Vrutaal blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Vrutaal taking a breather.
De Vries lands a right hand that snaps the head of Vrutaal backwards.
De Vries blocks an elbow strike from Vrutaal.
Vrutaal misses with an elbow strike.
Vrutaal lands an elbow inside that De Vries shrugs off.
De Vries dodges an elbow strike from Vrutaal.
Vrutaal lands a damaging elbow.
De Vries tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vrutaal pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Vrutaal stalling in the clinch but De Vries improves position.
De Vries lands a damaging elbow.
A short uppercut from De Vries.
De Vries takes an elbow to the temple.
Vrutaal throws an elbow that misses.
Vrutaal stalling in the clinch but De Vries improves position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Vries gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Mourits Vrutaal has been cut.
Vrutaal looks to throw an elbow but misses.
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!
De Vries comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
De Vries using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Vrutaal has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
De Vries scores with a knee to the head.
De Vries lands an elbow inside that Vrutaal shrugs off.
Vrutaal lands an elbow just above De Vries 's eye.
Vrutaal throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Vrutaal lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
De Vries misses with an elbow strike.
Vrutaal throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Vrutaal takes a knee to the side of the body.
De Vries avoids the elbow strike from Vrutaal, against the cage.
De Vries throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
De Vries managing to block the knees to the body from Vrutaal.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De Vries pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
De Vries gets through Vrutaal's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Vrutaal pushes off an throws an elbow but De Vries leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by De Vries.
De Vries scores with an uppercut up the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hans De Vries dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mourits Vrutaal's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

De Vries cracks Vrutaal with a good jab.

Vrutaal is rocked!
De Vries dances in with a quick combination. Vrutaal is being worked over with jabs and crosses. Oooh, a right straight from De Vries snaps Vrutaal's head back. Vrutaal stumbles backwards against the cage. De Vries steps forward and delivers a right cross that connects with Vrutaal's jaw, simultaneously knocking him out and sending his mouthpiece into the crowd! There's a worthy souvenir for the fans. This one is over folks. Vrutaal just didn't come prepared.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Hans De Vries!
Hans De Vries is the new featherweight champion!
After winning the bout, Hans De Vries thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.