PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Redfield (ranked 1922 p4p, 215 weight class) and Pierre Van Gogh (ranked 1505 p4p, 168 weight class). Redfield comes to the cage accompanied by False Alarm. Van Gogh has chosen Outro - By: M83 as his entrance music. Pierre Van Gogh has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Redfield
vs
Van Gogh

192 cm
43
275 lbs
41 - 27 - 0

195 cm
30
264 lbs
14 - 13 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

IniTech Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 41 - 27 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Chris Redfield!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pierre Van Gogh!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Trevor Gratis and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Gogh misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Redfield is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Van Gogh has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Redfield's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Van Gogh connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Redfield scrambles back to his feet.
Redfield bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Redfield looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Van Gogh throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Redfield definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
No joy there for Redfield, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nice shot lands for Van Gogh.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Van Gogh!
Redfield ducks under a wild hook from Van Gogh.
Redfield went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Redfield moves away from the strike by Van Gogh.
Redfield on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Van Gogh works the jab nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Van Gogh shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Redfield as he avoids it easily.

Van Gogh is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Redfield's half guard.
Redfield is looking to improve his position.
Van Gogh throwing shots but Redfield is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Gogh trying to control the action but Redfield is working from the bottom.
Redfield avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Van Gogh.
Redfield has hold of Van Gogh's hands but Van Gogh slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Van Gogh is thwarting Redfield's attempts to control the position.
Van Gogh not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Van Gogh throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Redfield to regain full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Van Gogh missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Redfield wants to sweep but no luck.
Van Gogh trying to control the position from guard on top but Redfield is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Van Gogh has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Van Gogh content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Van Gogh keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Redfield's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Gogh trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Van Gogh throwing strikes from guard but Redfield blocks nicely.
Van Gogh prevents Redfield from getting back to his feet.
Van Gogh wants to control from the top but Redfield keeps moving.
Van Gogh advances position into side control!
Van Gogh postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Redfield is not content to let Van Gogh control the position.
Van Gogh misses with the ground and pound.
Van Gogh lands a decent elbow from side control.
Van Gogh landing a few strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Redfield defending against the ground and pound.
Sloppy strikes there by Van Gogh.
Redfield takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Redfield is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Van Gogh wants to control but Redfield is keeping him busy.
Redfield takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Redfield is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Van Gogh throws a strike aimed at the side of Redfield's head but Redfield avoids it well.
Redfield dodges the ground and pound from Van Gogh.
Redfield is trying to get back to half guard.
Van Gogh is putting a hurting on Redfield here, landing some big shots from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes there by Van Gogh.
Van Gogh lands a nice forearm strike.
Redfield takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Van Gogh throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Van Gogh working the ground and pound from side control.
Van Gogh lands a few punches from side control.
Van Gogh is chipping away with strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Redfield taking a bit of punishment here - Van Gogh scoring with strikes.
Redfield is not content to let Van Gogh control the position.
Van Gogh working the head with strikes.
Van Gogh throws an elbow but Redfield slips to the side and avoids it well.
An elbow from Van Gogh crashes against the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pierre Van Gogh dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Van Gogh slips under a jab.
Redfield sets himself, and Van Gogh steps forward looking for the clinch! Redfield avoids it this time.
Redfield takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Van Gogh takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Redfield swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Van Gogh looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nice shot lands for Van Gogh.
Van Gogh listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Van Gogh lands a nice shot that snaps Redfield's head back.
Van Gogh pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Redfield slips a jab from Van Gogh.
Redfield misses with a head kick.
Redfield takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Redfield slips under a jab.
Redfield walks into a jab.
Redfield looks to throw the jab but Van Gogh is out of range.
Redfield misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Van Gogh lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Pierre Van Gogh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Redfield is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Redfield has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Van Gogh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Redfield looks to score with a jab to the body but Van Gogh is just out of range.
Van Gogh throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Redfield misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Van Gogh.
A jab from Redfield misses.
Van Gogh takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Van Gogh misses with a straight right.
A big left from Van Gogh misses.
Van Gogh cracks Redfield with an open hand slap.
Redfield throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Van Gogh ducks under a wild hook from Redfield.
Redfield staying out of range there.
Redfield seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Van Gogh cracks Redfield with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Pierre Van Gogh seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Redfield's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Van Gogh connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Redfield scrambles back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Gogh listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Redfield staying out of range there.
Redfield misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Van Gogh throws the left hand but Redfield avoids the punch easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Van Gogh.
A jab lands there for Van Gogh.
Redfield on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Van Gogh is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Van Gogh looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Van Gogh stops Redfield from getting back to his feet.
Van Gogh trying to control the action but Redfield is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Redfield trying to hold on to Van Gogh's head to control him but Van Gogh postures up.
Van Gogh wants to pass the guard but Redfield is defending well.
Van Gogh misses with a head shot. Redfield uses the momentum to regain guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Redfield avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Van Gogh trying to control but Redfield is working from the bottom.
Van Gogh lands a couple of elbows.
Van Gogh controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Van Gogh throws a big elbow that misses.
Van Gogh working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Van Gogh landing some decent shots from guard.
Van Gogh stops Redfield from standing up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Van Gogh postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Van Gogh landing some decent shots from guard.
Van Gogh connects with a couple of short punches.
Van Gogh trying to control but Redfield is working from the bottom.
Van Gogh scoring with punches to the head and body.
Van Gogh chips away with some ground and pound.

Redfield looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Redfield keeping moving, preventing Van Gogh from controlling successfully.
Van Gogh slips nicely into half guard.
Redfield is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Van Gogh scores with a couple of nice shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pierre Van Gogh showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Van Gogh has taken the fight to the clinch.
Redfield takes an elbow to the temple.
Redfield throws a knee to the head but misses.
Redfield using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Van Gogh has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Redfield tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Redfield looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Redfield is trying to stall.
Redfield tries a knee to the head but Van Gogh blocks it.
Redfield avoids the elbow strike from Van Gogh, against the cage.
Redfield tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Van Gogh lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Van Gogh lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Van Gogh.
Redfield tries to throw a body punch but Van Gogh avoids it by throwing Redfield back against the cage.
Van Gogh lands an elbow that stopped Redfield in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Chris Redfield has been cut.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A short left from Van Gogh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Gogh lands an elbow just above Redfield 's eye.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Van Gogh lands a hook that snaps the head of Redfield backwards.
Redfield missing with knees to the body.
Van Gogh looking to throw knees to the head but Redfield is blocking nicely.
Redfield blocking some punches.
Still in the clinch, Van Gogh scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right from Van Gogh.
Redfield with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Van Gogh lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Redfield tries to work over Van Gogh's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Van Gogh wants a takedown.
Redfield working aggressively here.

Van Gogh jumps into guard, dragging Redfield to the mat.
Redfield stopping the sweep attempt from Van Gogh.
Van Gogh working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Redfield.
Van Gogh looking to hit a scissor sweep but Redfield is one step ahead there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Gogh thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Van Gogh striking off his back but it's not causing Redfield any problems.
Redfield with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Redfield stopping the sweep attempt from Van Gogh.
Redfield is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Redfield stopping the sweep attempt from Van Gogh.
Van Gogh is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Van Gogh has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Van Gogh not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ground and pound from Van Gogh.
Van Gogh moves nicely into side control.
Van Gogh fails to land a wild elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Gogh creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Van Gogh scores with punches from side control.
Van Gogh working the ground and pound.
Pierre Van Gogh has got the better of the ground game so far.
Redfield is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Van Gogh has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Sloppy strikes there by Van Gogh.
Van Gogh lands an elbow.
Van Gogh throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Van Gogh connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Redfield some visible discomfort.
Van Gogh looks up at the clock and then as Redfield takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Van Gogh smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Van Gogh landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Van Gogh scores with punches from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Gogh misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Van Gogh looks up at the clock and then as Redfield takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Van Gogh smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Van Gogh working the head and body with strikes.

Redfield is rocked!
Van Gogh lands a few punches from side control.
Oh Redfield is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Van Gogh lands a big left to the face of Redfield, bouncing his head like a basketball. Another shot from Van Gogh and another - Redfield is out! Van Gogh stands up and salutes his fans, who are going crazy in the stands.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Pierre Van Gogh!
After the fight, Pierre Van Gogh was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
In defeat, Chris Redfield stepped up to the mic, saying 'The End is Near. No Scratch that, I think it's here.'.