PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Michael Van Roost (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raine Lovelair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Van Roost comes to the cage accompanied by Marilyn Manson - This is Halloween. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Van Roost
vs
Lovelair

193 cm
24
190 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
195 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Michael Van Roost!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Raine Lovelair!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Nard Betker and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lovelair throws a nice looking combination but Van Roost bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Van Roost closes the distance looking to clinch
and Lovelair counters with a three punch combo that has Van Roost backing up. Van Roost nods at Lovelair to acknowledge the strikes.
Van Roost moves out of range of the strikes.
Lovelair misses the jab.
Lovelair misses with a wild combination.
Lovelair throws a body punch but Van Roost moves out of range.

Van Roost darts in and clinches Lovelair up against the cage.
Van Roost takes a shot to the head.
Van Roost creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Lovelair blocks an elbow strike from Van Roost.
Van Roost misses with an elbow strike.
Van Roost tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lovelair's elbow.
Van Roost pushes off an throws an elbow but Lovelair leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Van Roost prevents Lovelair from breaking the clinch.
Van Roost creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Lovelair dodges an elbow strike from Van Roost.
Lovelair looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lovelair avoiding damage as Van Roost throws knees to the body.

Lovelair breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Van Roost bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Van Roost gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Van Roost misses with an elbow strike.
Lovelair is trying to stall.
Lovelair blocks the elbow strike.
Van Roost misses with an elbow strike.
Lovelair blocks the elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Van Roost just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lovelair's brow.
Lovelair takes an elbow to the temple.
Lovelair avoids a wild elbow strike from Van Roost.
Lovelair blocks the elbow strike.
Lovelair is trying to force a seperation but Van Roost has the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Van Roost throws an elbow but misses.
Van Roost manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
With the fighters up against the cage, Van Roost throws an elbow but misses.
Van Roost throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nice elbow from Van Roost.
Van Roost lands a damaging elbow.
Lovelair blocks an elbow strike.
Lovelair takes an elbow to the forehead.
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 Roost tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lovelair avoids it.
Van Roost lands a nice elbow.
Van Roost stalling against the cage.
Van Roost is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lovelair is defending well for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Roost throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Van Roost lands a damaging elbow.
Lovelair is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lovelair blocks an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Van Roost throws an elbow but misses.
Van Roost creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The referee calls for Van Roost to work.
Lovelair avoids a wild elbow strike from Van Roost.
Van Roost lands an elbow inside that Lovelair shrugs off.
Van Roost lands an elbow that stopped Lovelair in his tracks for a moment.
Van Roost misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lovelair.
Van Roost gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Van Roost.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Roost stalling in the clinch but Lovelair improves position.
Van Roost pushes off an throws an elbow but Lovelair leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Van Roost throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Van Roost looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Van Roost creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lovelair's defenses.

It looks like Raine Lovelair has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lovelair blocks the elbow strike.
Lovelair wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Van Roost.
Van Roost tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lovelair's elbow.
Van Roost looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Van Roost lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Lovelair blocks the elbow strike.
Van Roost missing with knees to the body.
Lovelair taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Van Roost dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Raine Lovelair's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Van Roost tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Lovelair counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lovelair looks to land a combination but Van Roost avoids it well.
Lovelair swats away the attempt to clinch by Van Roost.
Van Roost tries to close the distance and clinch but Lovelair swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Van Roost keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lovelair.
Lovelair keeps the fight on the outside.
Lovelair looks to land a right hand but Van Roost moved out of range.
Raine Lovelair is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lovelair throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Van Roost moves into the clinch.
Lovelair takes an elbow to the forehead.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Van Roost just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lovelair's brow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
With the fighters up against the cage, Van Roost throws an elbow but misses.
Lovelair is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Van Roost misses with a punch to the body.
Lovelair is trying to force a seperation but Van Roost has the dominant position.
Van Roost misses with a punch to the body.
Van Roost lands an elbow inside that Lovelair shrugs off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Roost misses with an elbow over the top.
Lovelair takes an elbow to the forehead.
Lovelair looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Van Roost just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lovelair's brow.
Van Roost tries to work over Lovelair's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Van Roost throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Lovelair is trying to push Van Roost away but Van Roost has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Van Roost definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Van Roost is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lovelair can do to turn this around?
Van Roost throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Van Roost stalling in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Van Roost.

Lovelair is rocked!
Van Roost misses with an elbow over the top.
Lovelair is still on wobbly legs! Can Van Roost finish him?
With the fighters up against the cage, Van Roost throws an elbow but misses.
Lovelair avoids a wild elbow strike from Van Roost.
Van Roost throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Van Roost just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lovelair's brow.
Van Roost throws an elbow that misses.
Van Roost creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Van Roost misses with an elbow over the top.
Van Roost creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Van Roost pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Van Roost throws an elbow but it misses.
Lovelair dodges an elbow strike from Van Roost.
Van Roost pushes off an throws an elbow but Lovelair leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Lovelair blocks the elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Roost creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Van Roost misses with an elbow strike.
Lovelair seems to have recovered his senses.
Van Roost looks to throw an elbow but misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lovelair managing to block the knees to the body from Van Roost.
Van Roost looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Van Roost just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lovelair's brow.
Lovelair wants to break the clinch but can't.
Van Roost lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Lovelair dodges an elbow strike from Van Roost.
Van Roost misses with an elbow over the top.
Van Roost comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Van Roost throws an elbow but it misses.
Van Roost pulls back and lands a big elbow that stuns Lovelair! Van Roost unloads with more strikes and Lovelair sinks to his knees! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michael Van Roost!
Michael Van Roost looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'Finally I can fight in the Sliders FC cage and win my debut. It has been a long time since I was signed to the org to fight in here. I don‘t who‘s next but I am gonna let the darkness fulfills him!'.