PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Steven Kopp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jay Van Clief (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Van Clief has chosen "Momma said knock you out" by LL Cool J as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kopp
vs
Van Clief

170 cm
27
140 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

170 cm
25
145 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

KnockOut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Steven Kopp!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jay Van Clief!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Daniel Bishop and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kopp shoots in but no luck this time.

Kopp gets a double leg takedown into Van Clief's guard.
Kopp scoring with some ground and pound.
Van Clief has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Van Clief working a defensive guard here.
Van Clief seems keen to control Kopp's posture.
Van Clief wants to sweep here but Kopp controlling him for the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kopp throwing strikes from guard but Van Clief blocks nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kopp throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Kopp scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Kopp throws a big elbow that misses.
Kopp loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Kopp has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Kopp throws an elbow that misses. Van Clief uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Kopp's guard. Nice move by Van Clief!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Clief wants to control from the top but Kopp keeps moving.

Van Clief gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

Kopp feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Kopp working some strikes from top position.
Kopp working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Van Clief's head.
Van Clief avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Van Clief really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Kopp. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Van Clief avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Kopp landing with the ground and pound.
Kopp throws a big elbow that misses.
Van Clief working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kopp.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Kopp's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Kopp lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Kopp throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Van Clief works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Kopp stops Van Clief from standing up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kopp postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Kopp working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Kopp connects with a couple of short punches.

Van Clief is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kopp working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Van Clief's head.
Van Clief is still in real trouble! Can Kopp finish him?
Kopp loads up on a big left hand. Van Clief felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Kopp looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Van Clief can't hide his disappointment, as Kopp celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Steven Kopp!
An out of breath Steven Kopp thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
In defeat, Jay Van Clief stepped up to the mic, saying 'We trained hard and things didn't go my way tonight. I'll be back better than ever believe that!'.