PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Francis Ysengrin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Vessla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Victor Vessla is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Ysengrin
vs
Vessla

173 cm
19
157 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

175 cm
26
165 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Arcticus University: London
KAISER

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Francis Ysengrin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Victor Vessla!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Paul Aken and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ysengrin connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ysengrin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vessla was well out of range. Poor timing from Ysengrin.
The fighters circle momentarily. Vessla darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Vessla throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
As Vessla backs away, Ysengrin returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Ysengrin on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ysengrin.
Ysengrin delivers a nice body kick.
Vessla's coach down at Men of Mayhem was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Vessla's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Ysengrin connects with an inside leg kick.
Ysengrin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Vessla avoids a kick to the body.
Ysengrin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Vessla missing with a left hand there. Ysengrin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ysengrin fakes the leg kick and cracks Vessla in the body.
Vessla misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ysengrin.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ysengrin lands a front kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ysengrin lands a body shot.
Ysengrin looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Victor Vessla seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vessla is looking to clinch.
Ysengrin slips a straight right by Vessla.
Ysengrin delivers a nice body kick.
Vessla paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Good leg kick by Ysengrin there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A good leg kick by Ysengrin.
Ysengrin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Vessla misses with a straight right.
Vessla tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ysengrin was well out of range. Poor timing from Vessla.
As Vessla backs away, Ysengrin returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
A jab from Vessla finds it's way through Ysengrin's defenses.
Ysengrin fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ysengrin bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vessla jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ysengrin tried to counter with a leg kick but Vessla avoided it.
Vessla takes a swing at Ysengrin's ribcage but misses.
Ysengrin staying out of range there.
Ysengrin scoring well with a low kick there.
Vessla tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Ysengrin fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Vessla takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
The fight stays on the outside here - Vessla looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ysengrin throws a quick counter kick to the body but Vessla avoids it.

Ysengrin drives through and clinches with Vessla against the cage.
Ysengrin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ysengrin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Vessla backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vessla swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ysengrin stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ysengrin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vessla.
Ysengrin misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Ysengrin fails to land.
A right hook to the body lands for Vessla.
Nice body punch from Vessla.
Vessla tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vessla misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Vessla.
A right handed body shot lands from Ysengrin.
Vessla prevents a body shot from Ysengrin.
Ysengrin prevents a body shot from Vessla.
Vessla lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ysengrin or not.
Vessla prevents a body shot from Ysengrin.
Vessla misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short left from Vessla.

Ysengrin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ysengrin dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vessla takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vessla. Ysengrin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ysengrin is looking to counter the offense by Vessla and move into the clinch.
Ysengrin throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Vessla looks winded!
Vessla throws a big shot that misses.
Ysengrin throws a leg kick which misses Vessla's front leg but catches the back leg as Vessla tries to avoid it.
Ysengrin scores with a kick to the body.
Ysengrin lands a jab to the nose.
Ysengrin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vessla.
Ysengrin lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ysengrin tries to land a front kick but Vessla steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Vessla misses with a straight left.
Ysengrin cracks Vessla with a right hand to the side of the head.
Vessla has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ysengrin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Francis Ysengrin dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Vessla throws a right and a left that Ysengrin avoids nicely.
Ysengrin moves out of range as Vessla strikes.
Ysengrin shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Ysengrin thuds a left hand into Vessla's body.
Ysengrin feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Vessla's calf.
Ysengrin lands with a nice body kick.
Ysengrin fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Vessla.
Ysengrin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vessla.
Vessla takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ysengrin connects with a high kick.
A big right from Vessla misses.
Ysengrin slips a jab from Vessla.
It looked like Ysengrin was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Vessla.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ysengrin avoids the body shot from Vessla.
An attempted straight right counter from Ysengrin misses the target.
Vessla has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Ysengrin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ysengrin cracks Vessla with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

It looks like Victor Vessla has been cut.
Ysengrin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Vessla can do to turn this around?
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ysengrin.
Ysengrin throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Ysengrin walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Vessla tries to clinch but Ysengrin is having none of it.
It looked like Ysengrin was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Vessla.
Ysengrin feints and then cracks Vessla's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Vessla down.
Vessla walks forward, straight into a front kick from Ysengrin.
Vessla drops his hands momentarily and Ysengrin takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
An inside leg kick lands from Ysengrin.
Vessla takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Vessla is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ysengrin thuds his right hand into Vessla's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Ysengrin thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Vessla if he has to take too many more of those.
Ysengrin has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Vessla misses with a looping right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Ysengrin there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Ysengrin connects with a leg kick. Vessla looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Vessla pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Vessla's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Vessla misses with a lunging right hand
and Ysengrin counters with a nice low kick that buckles Vessla's knee momentarily.
Ysengrin connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ysengrin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ysengrin.
Ysengrin scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Vessla doesn't seem bothered though.
Ysengrin scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Ysengrin.
Vessla takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ysengrin with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Francis Ysengrin is winning the standup battle so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ysengrin ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Ysengrin.

Ysengrin moves into range and clinches up with Vessla.
Ysengrin lands with a right to the head.
Vessla's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ysengrin misses with a body punch.
A short uppercut from Ysengrin.
Ysengrin lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Vessla backwards.

Ysengrin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ysengrin misses with a hook. Vessla ducked under it nicely.
Vessla misses with a straight right.
Ysengrin lands with a kick to the ribs.
Ysengrin goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ysengrin lands the left hand.
You can see that Vessla has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ysengrin throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Ysengrin throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A big left from Vessla misses.
Ysengrin throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Vessla on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Ysengrin lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Vessla on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ysengrin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Ysengrin has managed to clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ysengrin.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ysengrin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ysengrin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ysengrin swings wildly with an uppercut but Vessla uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vessla.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Francis Ysengrin dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Victor Vessla's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Vessla throws a poor cross that misses
and Ysengrin makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Vessla really felt that one!
A head kick from Ysengrin lands but Vessla takes it in his stride.
Ysengrin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vessla.
Ysengrin throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ysengrin throws a push kick but Vessla slaps the foot to one side.
Ysengrin misses with a wild body shot.
Ysengrin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Vessla sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ysengrin moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ysengrin misses with a body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ysengrin blocks a jab.
The fighters circling - Vessla throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Vessla dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ysengrin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vessla.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ysengrin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vessla takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Vessla misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ysengrin.
Vessla tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ysengrin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ysengrin fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Vessla.
Ysengrin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vessla.
Ysengrin connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
It looks like Ysengrin has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Ysengrin throws a head kick but Vessla moves out of range.
Ysengrin thumps Vessla with a low kick.
Ysengrin fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Vessla.
Ysengrin lands with a good body shot.
Ysengrin misses with a hook. Vessla ducked under it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ysengrin lands a nice leg kick that just misses Vessla's sensitive parts.
Vessla wants to clinch.
Ysengrin with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Vessla throws a big shot that 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!
Ysengrin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vessla.
Ysengrin lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Vessla moves in looking to clinch but Ysengrin pushes him off.
A little feinted left hand from Ysengrin on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Ysengrin lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ysengrin throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Ysengrin lands a really nice looking cross but Vessla seems unphased.
Vessla wants to clinch.
Vessla takes a kick to the side of the head.
Vessla throws a jab when Ysengrin was well out of range.
Ysengrin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Vessla swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Vessla wants to counter with a clinch but Ysengrin pushes him away.
Vessla throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ysengrin sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Ysengrin gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vessla working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Ysengrin.
Ysengrin tries to work over Vessla's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Ysengrin lands a body shot.
Vessla tries to throw a body punch but Ysengrin avoids it by throwing Vessla back against the cage.
Ysengrin can't find room to land a body shot as Vessla controls the action.
Ysengrin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Vessla backwards.
Ysengrin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
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!
Ysengrin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Vessla tries to throw a body punch but Ysengrin avoids it by throwing Vessla back against the cage.
Vessla struggles to land a body shot inside as Ysengrin controls his hands.
Ysengrin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ysengrin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ysengrin lands a nice shot to the body.
Ysengrin lands a shoulder strike.
Ysengrin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Victor Vessla has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ysengrin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Francis Ysengrin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ysengrin 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 Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Francis Ysengrin!
During a confident post fight interview, Francis Ysengrin thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.