PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jaspar Van Clausen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ritchie Johannesburg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Van Clausen
vs
Johannesburg

155 cm
20
135 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

162 cm
25
140 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jaspar Van Clausen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ritchie Johannesburg!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Nard Betker and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Van Clausen gets tackled into the cage by Johannesburg. Johannesburg maintains the clinch.
Van Clausen definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A knee to the head by Johannesburg.
Van Clausen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Van Clausen throws an elbow that misses.
Johannesburg is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Johannesburg landing knees to the head.
Johannesburg will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Van Clausen up against the cage.
Johannesburg landing knees to the head.
Van Clausen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Johannesburg connects with a nasty looking knee right to Van Clausen's face.

Van Clausen is rocked!
Van Clausen misses with a punch to the body.
Oh Van Clausen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Johannesburg landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Van Clausen seems to have got his legs back now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johannesburg crunches a lovely knee into Van Clausen's ribcage.
Johannesburg putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Van Clausen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Van Clausen misses with a punch on the inside.
Van Clausen misses with a punch on the inside.
Van Clausen looking to slow down the pace here.
Johannesburg tries to land a knee to the head but Van Clausen blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johannesburg landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Van Clausen is breathing heavily.
Van Clausen has a couple of punches blocked by Johannesburg.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Johannesburg.
Johannesburg unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Johannesburg unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Johannesburg scores with a knee to the head.
Johannesburg connects with a nasty looking knee right to Van Clausen's face.
A knee to the head by Johannesburg.
Johannesburg lands a knee to the head.
Johannesburg landing knees to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johannesburg lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Van Clausen has a couple of punches blocked by Johannesburg.
Johannesburg lands a big knee! That's hurt Van Clausen! Oh, he's all over the place! Johannesburg lands another knee that sends Van Clausen to the floor and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ritchie Johannesburg!
Ritchie Johannesburg was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
Jaspar Van Clausen was interviewed post fight and said 'I thank everyone for coming to watch tonight, my foe was just better, but it was a good fight and am going to learn from this and come back stronger.'.