PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sven Willems (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ras Buten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ras Buten is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Willems
vs
Buten

180 cm
16
181 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
18
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sven Willems!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ras Buten!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Saam Ante and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Willems misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Buten.
Buten misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Willems.
Willems misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Buten.
A telegraphed right hand from Buten misses the target.
A big right from Buten misses.
Buten cracks Willems with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Buten. Willems does a little dance to reset his feet.
Buten throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Willems counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Buten rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Willems moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A little feinted left hand from Willems on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Willems jabs Buten to the body, keeping him at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Buten looks to throw the jab but Willems is out of range.
Willems slips under a jab from Buten.
Buten keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ras Buten seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Buten throws a lazy right hand but Willems sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Willems fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Buten manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buten takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Willems uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Buten.
Willems bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Buten lands a left and a right that send Willems crashing to the mat, dazed. Buten thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Willems is rocked!

It looks like Sven Willems has been cut.
Buten misses with a straight right.
It looked like Willems wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Oh Willems is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Willems bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A swing and a miss from Buten.
It looked like Willems wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Buten looks to land a right hand but Willems moved out of range.
Willems was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Buten missing with a left hand there. Willems was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A jab from Willems misses.
Willems lands a nice shot that snaps Buten's head back.
Buten misses with a hook. Willems ducked under it nicely.
A slow jab from Buten misses its intended target.
Buten throws a nice looking combination but Willems bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Buten lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Willems circles away quickly and effectively.
Willems seems to have got his legs back now.
Willems uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Buten takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Willems's jab looks to have found its range, popping Buten under the eye.
Buten tries to move into range but Willems moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Buten keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buten misses the shot to the body.
A little feinted left hand from Willems on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Buten misses with a lunging right hand
and Willems makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Buten misses with a hook.
Buten swings for the body but Willems moves out of range.
Buten scores with a hook to the body. Willems takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Buten looks to throw the jab but Willems is out of range.
Willems swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Buten throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Buten throws a body punch but Willems moves out of range.
Willems darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Buten misses with a looping right.
Willems swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Willems blocks a jab.
Buten throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Willems takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Buten throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
It looked like Willems wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Willems slips a straight right by Buten.
Buten misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Willems counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Some wild striking there from Willems.
Buten throws a left and a right that both miss
and Willems counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A slow jab from Buten misses its intended target.
Willems paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Willems is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Buten keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Willems.
Buten throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Oooooh!!! Buten has knocked Willems down with a huge combo! Buten steps away and waves a wobbly Willems back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Buten throws a hook to the side of Willems's head but Willems sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Willems was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Willems with a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buten throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Buten takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Buten throws a right and a left that Willems avoids nicely.
It looked like Willems wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Buten throws a series of punches but Willems avoids them all with ease.
Willems just misses with a punch to the body.
Buten misses with a straight right.
Willems ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Willems connects with a body shot.
Willems swinging wildly here.
Willems misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Buten.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Willems smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Willems scores with a nice strike.
Willems scores with a punch to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ras Buten will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Sven Willems's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Buten on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Buten throws a jab when Willems was well out of range.
Willems throws a hook to the side of Buten's head but Buten sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Buten swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Buten takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Willems takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Willems scores with a body shot.
Buten misses with an uppercut.
Willems appears to be looking for a big counter.
Willems tests Buten's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Willems throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Willems throws a hook to the side of Buten's head but Buten sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Buten is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Willems with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big right from Buten misses.
Willems was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Willems listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A telegraphed right hand from Buten misses the target.
Willems misses with a double jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buten ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Willems moves away.
An attempted straight right counter from Willems misses the target.
Buten is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Willems.
Buten misses with a combination
and Willems counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Willems thows a left - swing and a miss!
Willems lands with a good body shot.
Willems throws a lazy right hand but Buten sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Willems catches Buten with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Nice straight punches there by Willems. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Willems.
Buten throws a lazy uppercut
and Buten takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Willems staying out of range there.
Willems smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Buten throws a big shot that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buten defending well as Willems loads up on a big left hand.
Some wild striking there from Buten.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Buten displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Buten misses the shot to the body.
Buten misses with a left hand
and Willems counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sven Willems is winning the standup battle so far.
Buten misses with a hook. Willems ducked under it nicely.
A counter left hand to the body from Willems misses its target.
Buten misses with a body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Willems misses the target.
Buten bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Willems throws a lazy uppercut
and Buten connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Buten throws the left hand but Willems avoids the punch easily.
Willems scores with a nice strike.
Buten misses with an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Willems looks to land a left hand but Buten moved out of range nicely.
Buten loads up on a big right hand but Willems slips the punch.
Willems scores with a punch to the head.
Willems keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Buten throws the left hand but Willems avoids the punch easily.
Willems connects with a crisp jab.
Buten has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Willems showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Buten.
Buten waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Willems.
Buten throws a right hand that Willems ducks under and follows up with a left that Willems also avoids with ease.
Buten misses with a two punch combination.
Willems throwing a counter right hand but Buten manages to avoid it.
A jab from Buten misses.
Willems throwing a counter right hand but Buten manages to avoid it.
No joy there for Willems, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Willems stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A big right from Buten misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Buten lands an overhand right.
Buten throws a combination that misses
and Willems counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Willems with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Nice defenses there by Buten.
Willems stalks Buten and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Buten's face. Buten staggers backwards, shaken.
Buten misses with a body shot.
Willems closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Buten looks to throw the jab but Willems is out of range.
It looked like Willems wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Buten's corner calls for a 1-2. Buten obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Willems lands a nice shot that snaps Buten's head back.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Buten throws a jab but it's blocked by Willems.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sven Willems dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sven Willems's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Buten throws an overhand right that lands on Willems's shoulder, as Willems tries to avoid the shot.
Willems lands a jab to the nose.
Nice defenses there by Willems.
Buten closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Willems ducks under a wild hook from Buten.
Willems looks to land a combination but Buten avoids it well.
Willems keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Buten misses the jab.
Buten misses with a double jab
and Willems counters with a stiff right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Willems looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Buten misses with a body shot.
Buten throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The fighters circling - Willems throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buten scores with the left hand. Willems knows he should have avoided that one.
Willems throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Buten on the side of the head.
Willems throws a looping overhand right but Buten ducks down to avoid it.
Willems slips under a jab.
Willems bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Buten tries to bum rush Willems with a series of wild strikes but Willems uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Willems defending well as Buten loads up on a big left hand.
Willems throws a combination that misses
and Buten counters with a big right hand! Oh Willems is in trouble here! Buten follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ras Buten!