PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dong Uk (ranked 807 p4p, 102 weight class) and Cholo Van Gaal (ranked 1038 p4p, 129 weight class). Uk comes to the cage accompanied by Bonobo - Prelude & Kiara. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Uk
vs
Van Gaal

183 cm
37
165 lbs
28 - 27 - 1

177 cm
36
158 lbs
22 - 10 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 28 - 27 - 1, fighting out of London, Dong Uk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Cholo Van Gaal!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Russell Pearce and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Uk rushes Van Gaal and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Uk working aggressively here.
Still in the clinch, Van Gaal scores with a nice short uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Uk.
Van Gaal lands with a light punch inside.
A hook to the body from Uk.
Uk swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Van Gaal swings wildly with an uppercut but Uk uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Uk.
Uk blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Uk misses with a hook from the clinch.
Uk goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Van Gaal trying to stall but Uk improves his position.
A head punch on the inside from Van Gaal fails to land.
Uk tries to pull guard but Van Gaal holds him up against the cage and eventually Uk drops back down to his feet.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Gaal working aggressively here.
Van Gaal has a couple of punches blocked by Uk.
Van Gaal lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Van Gaal has a couple of punches blocked by Uk.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Van Gaal.
Van Gaal tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Uk is trying to pull guard but Van Gaal turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Van Gaal tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Van Gaal lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Van Gaal stalling the fight.
Van Gaal doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Uk.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Uk.
Van Gaal fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Van Gaal misses with a punch on the inside.
Van Gaal avoiding damage.
Uk prevents a body shot from Van Gaal.
Uk misses with a punch to the body.
Uk lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Van Gaal swings wildly with an uppercut but Uk uses good head movement to avoid it.

Uk jumps guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Uk is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Uk looking to hit a scissor sweep but Van Gaal is one step ahead there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Uk manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Van Gaal manages to get himself to full guard.

Uk stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Van Gaal swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Uk is working hard here to advance position.
Van Gaal is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Van Gaal keeping moving, preventing Uk from controlling successfully.
Uk content to stall in guard here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Uk won't allow Van Gaal to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Gaal trying to control the position here.

Van Gaal has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Uk is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Van Gaal lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Van Gaal is looking to control Uk's arms but Uk gets an underhook and turns him. Now Van Gaal has his back to the cage.
Van Gaal has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Uk seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Van Gaal can turn it around.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Van Gaal takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Van Gaal can't find room to land a body shot as Uk controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Van Gaal.
Uk fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Uk jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Van Gaal walks away with a smile on his face. Uk gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dong Uk. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Van Gaal misses with an uppercut. Uk saw that one coming.
Uk steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Van Gaal.
Van Gaal scores with a nice strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Uk pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A swing and a miss from Van Gaal.
Uk on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Uk is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Van Gaal.
Uk moves out of range of the leg kick from Van Gaal.
Uk stuns Van Gaal with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A slow jab from Uk misses its intended target.
Van Gaal looks to land a combination. Uk sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Uk steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Van Gaal.
Uk was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Uk walks into a straight right hand from Van Gaal.
No joy there for Uk, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Van Gaal lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Uk misses with a looping left.
Uk scores with a jab to the body.
Uk throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cholo Van Gaal dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

That kick from Van Gaal tenderised Uk's leg. Uk is trying to keep his angry face on.
Van Gaal throws the left hand but Uk avoids the punch easily.
Van Gaal will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Uk scores with a nice strike.
Uk lands a slapping body shot.
Van Gaal looks to land a right hand but Uk moved out of range.
Van Gaal has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Van Gaal scores with a body shot.
Van Gaal avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Van Gaal jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Gaal uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Uk.
Van Gaal only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Van Gaal slips under a jab from Uk.
Uk fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Van Gaal manages to avoid it.
Uk moves in looking to clinch but Van Gaal pushes him off.
Van Gaal scores with a punch to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Gaal connects with an inside leg kick.
Van Gaal throws a shot from downtown. Uk moves away and avoids it.
Van Gaal keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Uk.
Van Gaal bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Uk's head backwards.
Van Gaal uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Uk.
Van Gaal uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Uk.
Uk takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Uk takes a swing at Van Gaal's ribcage but misses.
Cholo Van Gaal seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Uk falls off balance throwing a combination
and Van Gaal cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Uk defending well as Van Gaal loads up on a big left hand.
Van Gaal swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Van Gaal misses with a looping left.
Uk misses with a looping left.
Van Gaal throws a shot from downtown. Uk moves away and avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Uk takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

Van Gaal gets tackled into the cage by Uk. Uk maintains the clinch.
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!
Van Gaal has a couple of punches blocked by Uk.
Uk blocking some punches.
Van Gaal misses with a punch on the inside.
Uk fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Van Gaal is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Van Gaal softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Van Gaal misses with some punches.
Van Gaal lands with a light punch inside.
Uk lands with a left to the head.
Uk misses with a hook to the ribs.
Uk blocks a body shot from Van Gaal.
Cholo Van Gaal seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Van Gaal throws a head punch that misses.
Uk blocking some punches.
A short left from Van Gaal.
Van Gaal working aggressively here.
Uk misses with a short punch on the inside.
Uk tries to throw a body punch but Van Gaal avoids it by throwing Uk back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Uk tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Van Gaal's elbow.
Van Gaal working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Van Gaal misses with a short punch on the inside.
Uk misses with a hook from the clinch.
Uk scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Van Gaal.

Uk jumps guard and drags Van Gaal to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Van Gaal postures up.
Uk is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Van Gaal showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

Van Gaal stands up and waves to Uk to follow him.
Uk throws a jab but it's blocked by Van Gaal.
Uk slips under a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Gaal swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Van Gaal tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Uk was well out of range. Poor timing from Van Gaal.
It looked like Uk wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Uk throws a body punch but Van Gaal moves out of range.
Van Gaal connects with a good right hand that stumbles Uk. Uk circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Uk lands a nice looking body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Uk clinches with his opponent.
Uk jumps guard but Van Gaal turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Uk fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Uk has a couple of punches blocked by Van Gaal.
Van Gaal throws a punch but it's blocked by Uk.
Uk swings wildly with an uppercut but Van Gaal uses good head movement to avoid it.
Uk blocking some punches.
Uk lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Uk prevents a body shot from Van Gaal.
Van Gaal has a couple of punches blocked by Uk.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Uk as Van Gaal tries to tie him up.
Uk lands a shoulder strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cholo Van Gaal showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Uk misses with a body shot.
Van Gaal swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Uk counters with a nice uppercut.
Uk misses the shot to the body.
Van Gaal throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Uk on the side of the head.
Uk scores with a jab to the body.
A slow jab from Van Gaal misses its intended target.
Uk just misses with a punch to the body.
Uk uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Van Gaal.
Uk lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Van Gaal dips to his left and cracks Uk with an uppercut!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Gaal lands a nice leg kick that just misses Uk's sensitive parts.
Uk misses with a wild body shot.
The fighters circling - Uk throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Van Gaal throws an overhand right that lands on Uk's shoulder, as Uk tries to avoid the shot.
Uk ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Van Gaal moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Van Gaal.
Van Gaal misses with a straight right.
Van Gaal cracks Uk with a right hand to the side of the head.
Van Gaal paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Uk misses the jab.
Uk throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Uk gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Van Gaal throws a jab but it's blocked by Uk.
Van Gaal throws a front kick aimed at Uk's knee but Uk avoids it well.
Van Gaal jabs Uk to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A shot to the body from Uk misses
enabling Van Gaal to counter with a crisp jab.
Van Gaal misses with a lunging right hand
and Uk counters with a straight right hand.
Uk keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Van Gaal.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Uk misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Van Gaal.
Van Gaal misses with a hook. Uk ducked under it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Uk takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Van Gaal misses with a low kick.
Van Gaal connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Uk momentarily.
Uk takes a jab right on the kisser.
Nice defenses there by Uk.
Uk uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Uk tries to clinch up but Van Gaal circles away and keeps his distance.
Van Gaal throws a hook but Uk avoids it easily.
It looked like Uk wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Uk misses with a hook. Van Gaal ducked under it nicely.
Uk fails in his attempt to clinch.
Uk takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

Uk gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Uk tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Uk blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Van Gaal gets through Uk's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Gaal lands a shoulder strike.

Uk is rocked!
Van Gaal is pushing Uk up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Oh Uk is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Uk jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Van Gaal walks away with a smile on his face. Uk gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Van Gaal defending well as Uk loads up on a big left hand.
Van Gaal pounces like a tiger and cracks Uk with a vicious hook! Uk is down but not out! Van Gaal follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:17 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Cholo Van Gaal!
Our winner, Cholo Van Gaal, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.