PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Ruud Van Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oby dGreat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Van Hall comes to the ring accompanied by Nico Vega - Beast. dGreat has chosen BLIND by KoRn as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Van Hall
vs
dGreat

189 cm
32
198 lbs
14 - 15 - 0

190 cm
31
211 lbs
18 - 16 - 0

World class boxer
Granite chin

World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ruud Van Hall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Oby dGreat!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Paul Aken and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Hall misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
dGreat connects with an inside leg kick.
dGreat throws a right hand that Van Hall ducks under and follows up with a left that Van Hall also avoids with ease.
Van Hall slips under a jab from dGreat.
Van Hall wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Van Hall lands a nice hook to dGreat's body. dGreat takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
dGreat moves away from the strike by Van Hall.
dGreat feints a counter leg kick.
Van Hall ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Van Hall tries to close the distance and clinch but dGreat swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Van Hall avoids the body shot from dGreat.
A little feinted left hand from Van Hall on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Van Hall falls off balance throwing a combination
letting dGreat counter with a right hand.
A head kick from Van Hall lands but dGreat takes it in his stride.
dGreat with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Van Hall to score with a decent uppercut.
Ruud Van Hall seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
dGreat checks the leg kick nicely there.
dGreat slips under a jab from Van Hall.
Van Hall connects with a looping right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Hall staying out of range there.
dGreat closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Van Hall lands with an uppercut that bounces dGreat off the ropes and back into range.
dGreat throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Hall misses with a wild body shot.
Van Hall misses with a hook.
dGreat scores with a one two! Van Hall had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
dGreat throws a lazy right hand but Van Hall sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Van Hall takes a swing at dGreat's ribcage but misses.
A little jabbing left from dGreat on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Van Hall swings for the body but dGreat moves out of range.
dGreat is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
dGreat swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Van Hall looks to throw the jab but dGreat is out of range.
Van Hall throws a body punch but dGreat moves out of range.
Nice shot lands for Van Hall.
dGreat swings for the body but Van Hall moves out of range.
dGreat cracks Van Hall with an open hand slap.
Van Hall looks to land a combination. dGreat sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
dGreat throws a one two combo.
Van Hall looks to land a right hand but dGreat moved out of range.
Van Hall throws a head kick that misses.
Van Hall checks a leg kick nicely.
Van Hall lands a body shot.
Van Hall rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but dGreat moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Hall takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
dGreat has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from dGreat there as he acknowledges the shot.
Van Hall throws a jab but it's blocked by dGreat.
Van Hall lands the left hand.
dGreat fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Van Hall on the side of the head.
Van Hall lands with a nice combination. dGreat backs away looking to recover.

dGreat is rocked!
Van Hall catches dGreat napping and cracks him with a perfect head kick! dGreat goes down! He's bigtime hurt! He's not going to make it back to his feet - the referee has called it off! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Ruud Van Hall!
A very excited looking Ruud Van Hall made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.