PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Oscar De La Mota (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joels Van Wijnbergen (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.

De La Mota
vs
Van Wijnbergen

187 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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 Helsinki, Oscar De La Mota !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Joels Van Wijnbergen!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Paulsen Ambrosius and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Wijnbergen throws a nice outside leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by De La Mota .
De La Mota throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Van Wijnbergen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
De La Mota misses with a head kick.
Van Wijnbergen avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
De La Mota checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
De La Mota half committed to a counter leg kick.
Van Wijnbergen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Van Wijnbergen checks a leg kick nicely.
Van Wijnbergen throws a leg kick but De La Mota checks it.
Van Wijnbergen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
De La Mota takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Van Wijnbergen, right into the meat.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Van Wijnbergen.
De La Mota throws a head kick that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Wijnbergen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Van Wijnbergen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De La Mota tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Van Wijnbergen lands a leg kick that knocks De La Mota off balance momentarily.
Van Wijnbergen throws a head kick that misses
and De La Mota counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A head kick misses from Van Wijnbergen.
De La Mota wants to land a leg kick but Van Wijnbergen is out of range.
Van Wijnbergen thinks about the counter body kick.
De La Mota takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Van Wijnbergen has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by De La Mota .
Van Wijnbergen scores with a leg kick.
Van Wijnbergen fakes a jab and throws a low kick but De La Mota checks it well.
De La Mota lands with a kick to the temple. Van Wijnbergen shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

It looks like Joels Van Wijnbergen has been cut.
De La Mota tries to work over Van Wijnbergen's front leg with a kick but Van Wijnbergen checks it.
De La Mota blocks the body kick.
De La Mota tries to close the distance and clinch up but Van Wijnbergen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
De La Mota moves out of range of the body kick from Van Wijnbergen.
An inside leg kick lands from De La Mota .

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De La Mota throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De La Mota dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Van Wijnbergen. That did some damage!
Van Wijnbergen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Van Wijnbergen checks a low kick from De La Mota .
Van Wijnbergen is looking to land body kicks.
De La Mota thumps Van Wijnbergen with a low kick.
De La Mota takes a head kick and keeps coming.
De La Mota scores with a leg kick.
Van Wijnbergen connects with a leg kick. De La Mota looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
De La Mota is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A solid body kick from Van Wijnbergen.
Van Wijnbergen scores with a head kick. De La Mota tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Van Wijnbergen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Van Wijnbergen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Van Wijnbergen tries a head kick but it misses.
Van Wijnbergen throws a quick head kick that skims the top of De La Mota 's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Wijnbergen pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
De La Mota lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Van Wijnbergen looks winded!
Both fighters circling a little - De La Mota finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
De La Mota throws a low kick but Van Wijnbergen moves out of range easily.
De La Mota throws a leg kick but Van Wijnbergen sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by De La Mota .
A kick lands to the mid section there for Van Wijnbergen.
Van Wijnbergen fakes a jab and throws a low kick but De La Mota checks it well.
Van Wijnbergen throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and De La Mota counters with a good, hard body kick but Van Wijnbergen shrugs it off.
De La Mota is looking to land body kicks.
Van Wijnbergen keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Van Wijnbergen appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
De La Mota pivots, looking for a leg kick but Van Wijnbergen is out of range and De La Mota settles back down.
De La Mota looking to land some kicks to the body here.
De La Mota is looking to score with low kicks.
De La Mota doesn't manage to clinch there - Van Wijnbergen circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De La Mota blocks the body kick.
De La Mota quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Van Wijnbergen throws a nice outside leg kick.
De La Mota throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Wijnbergen throws a head kick that misses.
A bone on bone clash there as Van Wijnbergen blocks the leg kick.
Van Wijnbergen tried to score with a low kick but De La Mota checks it.
De La Mota tried to counter with a leg kick but Van Wijnbergen avoided it.
De La Mota goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by De La Mota .
Van Wijnbergen throws a quick inside leg kick.
Van Wijnbergen throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and De La Mota counters with a leg kick.
Van Wijnbergen blocks a head kick by De La Mota .
De La Mota throws a sloppy head kick and Van Wijnbergen moves out of range easily.
Good leg kick by Van Wijnbergen there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Van Wijnbergen throws a head kick that misses
and De La Mota counters with a good low kick that Van Wijnbergen was not able to check.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Joels Van Wijnbergen will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Joels Van Wijnbergen's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

De La Mota lands a big head kick that sends Van Wijnbergen tumbling to the mat! De La Mota takes a step backwards and waves Van Wijnbergen back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Van Wijnbergen thumps De La Mota with a low kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Van Wijnbergen.
Van Wijnbergen just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromDe La Mota .
De La Mota tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
De La Mota throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Van Wijnbergen tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and De La Mota is able to avoid easily.
Van Wijnbergen looks to land a body kick but De La Mota moved away.
Van Wijnbergen throws a low kick but De La Mota avoids it.
De La Mota tried to counter with a leg kick but Van Wijnbergen avoided it.
Van Wijnbergen is looking to slow De La Mota down with leg kicks.
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 Wijnbergen motions for De La Mota to come forward. Van Wijnbergen throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
De La Mota fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Van Wijnbergen.
Nice body kick there by Van Wijnbergen.
Van Wijnbergen pushes De La Mota away with a front kick.
Both fighters circling a little - De La Mota finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Van Wijnbergen is breathing heavily.
Van Wijnbergen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
De La Mota half committed to a counter leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Van Wijnbergen misses.
Oscar De La Mota is winning the standup battle so far.
A clash of legs there as Van Wijnbergen blocks the low kick.

De La Mota lands a big head kick that sends Van Wijnbergen tumbling to the mat! De La Mota takes a step backwards and waves Van Wijnbergen back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Van Wijnbergen is rocked!
Van Wijnbergen is looking to land body kicks.
De La Mota appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Van Wijnbergen is still on wobbly legs! Can De La Mota finish him?
A clash of legs there as Van Wijnbergen blocks the low kick.
Van Wijnbergen seems to have recovered his senses.
De La Mota throws out a leg kick but Van Wijnbergen moves out of range and De La Mota only half commits.
Nice body kick from De La Mota .
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Van Wijnbergen might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, De La Mota has got the better of the exchanges.
Van Wijnbergen blocks a leg kick.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
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 La Mota buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
De La Mota chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Van Wijnbergen can pounce on him.
De La Mota throws a sloppy head kick and Van Wijnbergen moves out of range easily.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from De La Mota lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Van Wijnbergen has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Van Wijnbergen and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
De La Mota attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Wijnbergen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
De La Mota scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
De La Mota throws a head kick that misses
and Van Wijnbergen counters with an inside leg kick.
De La Mota throws a front kick aimed at Van Wijnbergen's knee but Van Wijnbergen avoids it well.
De La Mota takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
De La Mota finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
De La Mota throws a head kick that misses.
De La Mota throws a head kick that misses.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by De La Mota . That's going to slow Van Wijnbergen down.
De La Mota lands a nice looking body kick.
Van Wijnbergen lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
De La Mota tries a head kick but it misses.
Good leg kick by De La Mota there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De La Mota throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
De La Mota tries a head kick but it misses.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Van Wijnbergen.
Van Wijnbergen throws a quick inside leg kick.
De La Mota throws a push kick but Van Wijnbergen slaps the foot to one side.
De La Mota tries to score with a low kick but Van Wijnbergen moves his leg out of the way.
De La Mota checks a leg kick nicely.
De La Mota throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
De La Mota moves out of range of the body kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by De La Mota .
Van Wijnbergen lands with a thumping leg kick.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Van Wijnbergen in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Van Wijnbergen delivers a nice body kick.
Van Wijnbergen checks a low kick from De La Mota .

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De La Mota tries to close the distance and clinch up but Van Wijnbergen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
De La Mota avoids a kick to the body.
De La Mota looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Van Wijnbergen has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from De La Mota .
De La Mota motions for Van Wijnbergen to come forward. De La Mota throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Van Wijnbergen follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Some bone on bone action there as De La Mota checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Some bone on bone action there as De La Mota checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
De La Mota scoring well with a low kick there.

De La Mota lands a big head kick that sends Van Wijnbergen tumbling to the mat! De La Mota takes a step backwards and waves Van Wijnbergen back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De La Mota throws a head kick but Van Wijnbergen moves out of range.
Van Wijnbergen throws the kick towards the body but De La Mota avoids it.
De La Mota lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Van Wijnbergen.
De La Mota throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Van Wijnbergen avoids the head kick by De La Mota .
Van Wijnbergen feints a counter leg kick.
Van Wijnbergen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oscar De La Mota dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Joels Van Wijnbergen's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

De La Mota lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Van Wijnbergen lands with a thumping leg kick.
Van Wijnbergen swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Good leg kick by De La Mota there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting De La Mota here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
De La Mota thows a body kick. Van Wijnbergen tries to catch it but that hurt him.
A clash of legs there as De La Mota blocks the low kick.
De La Mota throws a leg kick but Van Wijnbergen checks it.
Van Wijnbergen thows a leg kick but De La Mota checks it
and De La Mota counters with an outside leg kick.
De La Mota dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Van Wijnbergen. That did some damage!
De La Mota takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body kick there by De La Mota .
Van Wijnbergen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
De La Mota throws a low kick but Van Wijnbergen moves out of range easily.

De La Mota lands a big head kick that sends Van Wijnbergen tumbling to the mat! De La Mota takes a step backwards and waves Van Wijnbergen back to his feet - he wants the finish!
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 La Mota tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Wijnbergen checks a low kick from De La Mota .
Van Wijnbergen throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
De La Mota throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
De La Mota misses with a leg kick.
Van Wijnbergen flicks out a counter leg kick but De La Mota steps away.
De La Mota blocks a low kick nicely.
Van Wijnbergen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
De La Mota fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Van Wijnbergen checks it well.
De La Mota tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
De La Mota swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by De La Mota .
Van Wijnbergen looks to land a body kick but De La Mota moved away.
Van Wijnbergen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
De La Mota throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
De La Mota throws a solid leg kick but Van Wijnbergen takes the impact on his shin and smiles at De La Mota .

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De La Mota feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Van Wijnbergen's calf.
Van Wijnbergen lands a leg kick that knocks De La Mota off balance momentarily.
De La Mota bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A low kick from Van Wijnbergen is predictable there
and De La Mota counters with a body kick.
De La Mota throws a sloppy head kick and Van Wijnbergen moves out of range easily.
Van Wijnbergen was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice body kick from Van Wijnbergen.
De La Mota connects with an inside leg kick.
De La Mota thumps Van Wijnbergen with a low kick.
De La Mota tried to score with a low kick but Van Wijnbergen checks it.
De La Mota is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Van Wijnbergen can do to turn this around?
Van Wijnbergen throws out a leg kick but De La Mota moves out of range and Van Wijnbergen only half commits.
De La Mota misses with a head kick.
Van Wijnbergen tries to score with a low kick but De La Mota moves his leg out of the way.
De La Mota swings away with a leg kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De La Mota with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
An inside leg kick from De La Mota misses.
Van Wijnbergen throws a lazy head kick
and De La Mota counters with a leg kick.
Van Wijnbergen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
De La Mota throws out a leg kick but Van Wijnbergen moves out of range and De La Mota only half commits.
Van Wijnbergen cracks the inside of De La Mota 's front leg.
De La Mota throws a leg kick that is checked
and Van Wijnbergen counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Some bone on bone action there as Van Wijnbergen checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
De La Mota lands with a thumping leg kick.
De La Mota has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Van Wijnbergen.
Van Wijnbergen throws a head kick that misses
and De La Mota counters with an inside leg kick.
De La Mota throws a low kick but Van Wijnbergen moves out of range easily.
De La Mota throws a leg kick that is checked
and Van Wijnbergen counters with a body kick that stops De La Mota in his tracks momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a leg kick
and De La Mota counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
De La Mota pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Van Wijnbergen throws a sloppy head kick and De La Mota moves out of range easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De La Mota throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Van Wijnbergen was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Van Wijnbergen swings away with a leg kick that misses.

De La Mota has closed the distance and engaged Van Wijnbergen in a clinch.
De La Mota throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Van Wijnbergen working hard to break the clinch.
De La Mota pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Van Wijnbergen looking to slow down the pace here.
De La Mota looks to throw an elbow but misses.
De La Mota pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, De La Mota throws an elbow but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Oscar De La Mota showed his dominance in that final round.
Well De La Mota 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 29:28
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Oscar De La Mota !