PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dangerous Dan (ranked 5300 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nieky Holzken (ranked 17494 p4p, 0 weight class). Dangerous Dan could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Nieky Holzken's chin.

Dan
vs
Holzken

193 cm
22
192 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

188 cm
29
204 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dangerous Dan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nieky Holzken!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Albert Achterberg and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Holzken.
Dan misses with a wild combination.
Holzken blocks a low kick nicely.

Holzken gets a clinch.
Holzken controlling the action here for a moment.
Dan is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Holzken pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Dan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Holzken's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dan.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dan.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Holzken.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Holzken.
Holzken misses with a hook to the ribs.
Holzken throws an elbow but it misses.
Dan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Holzken tries a knee to the head but Dan blocks it.
A right handed body shot lands from Holzken.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Holzken.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Holzken creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dan scores with a shoulder strike.
Holzken blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Holzken takes a shot to the head.
Holzken prevents a takedown attempt there.
Dan can't find room to land a body shot as Holzken controls the action.
Holzken looking to throw knees to the head but Dan is blocking nicely.
A head punch on the inside from Dan fails to land.
Dan digs a right hand underneath Holzken's ribcage. Holzken let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Dan prevents a body shot from Holzken.
A knee to the head by Holzken.
Dan misses with a punch on the inside.
Dan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Holzken tries to land a knee to the head but Dan blocks with his arms.
Dan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dan scores with a shoulder strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dan avoids the elbow strike from Holzken, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holzken on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Holzken throws a knee to the head but misses.
Holzken tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dan's elbow.
Holzken gets underhooks to prevent Dan's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dangerous Dan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Holzken lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Dan missing with knees to the body.
Holzken with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dan struggles to land a body shot inside as Holzken controls his hands.
Dan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Holzken's elbow.
Holzken can't find room to land a body shot as Dan controls the action.
Dan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Holzkens head.
Holzken cracks Dan with a nice body shot.
Holzken lands a body punch.
Dan lands an elbow just above Holzken 's eye.
Holzken blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Holzken looking to throw knees to the head but Dan is blocking nicely.
Holzken misses with a knee strike.
Holzken misses with a knee strike.
Dan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Holzken.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dan working hard to break the clinch.
Holzken works on Dan's body with a couple of short punches.
Dan blocks a body shot from Holzken.
Holzken throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dan blocks it with crossed arms.
Holzken stops a takedown attempt from Dan.
Dan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Holzken tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Holzken throws a knee to the head but misses.
Holzken throws a knee to the head but misses.
Holzken misses with a knee to the head.
Good body shot from Holzken.
Holzken blocks a body shot from Dan.
Dan lands a shoulder strike.
Dan changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Holzken fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Dan tries to clinch there but Holzken circles away.

Holzken has Dan up against the cage in a clinch.

Holzken is fighting off a takedown attempt but Dan is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Holzken to the mat. Holzken regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dan chips away with some ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dan trying to control but Holzken is working from the bottom.
Holzken looking to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Dan working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Dan preventing the sweep.
Dan lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Dan cracks Holzken with a solid left hand.
Dan content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Dan landing some decent shots from guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Dan's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Dan lands a couple of digs.
Holzken really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Dan. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Dan is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Dan trying to control but Holzken is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Dangerous Dan will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Holzken pushes Dan up against the cage in a clinch.
Dan tries a body shot but Holzken blocks it.
Holzken scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Dangerous Dan has been cut.
Holzken pushes off an throws an elbow but Dan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Dan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right from Holzken on the inside.
Dan digs a right hand into Holzken's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Holzken's gas tank.
Dan can't find room to land a body shot as Holzken controls the action.
Dan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Holzken misses with a knee to the head.
Holzken scores with a shot to the side of Dan's head.
Holzken prevents a takedown attempt there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A right hand to the body from Holzken.
Holzken lands a shot to the body.
Dan has a couple of punches blocked by Holzken.
Holzken lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Holzken as Dan tries to tie him up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holzken tries to throw a body punch but Dan avoids it by throwing Holzken back against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Holzken with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dan can't find room to land a body shot as Holzken controls the action.
Holzken gets underhooks to prevent Dan's takedown attempt.
Dan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Holzken's elbow.
A short right from Dan on the inside.
Holzken tries to land a knee to the head but Dan blocks with his arms.
Dan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Holzken tries to stall but Dan uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Holzken lands a nice knee to the body.
Holzken lands a body shot in the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Holzken.
Holzken holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Holzken slowing the pace effectively.
Holzken with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Dan manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Dan clinches up against the cage.
Holzken throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dan blocks it with crossed arms.
Holzken misses with a punch to the body.
Dan lands a nice shot to the body.
Dan tries to land a knee to the head but Holzken blocks with his arms.
Holzken lands a hook that snaps the head of Dan backwards.
Dan can't find room to land a body shot as Holzken controls the action.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dan tries a body shot but Holzken blocks it.
Holzken lands a knee to the head.
Dan tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dangerous Dan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Holzken looking to throw knees to the head but Dan is blocking nicely.
Holzken misses with a knee to the head.
Holzken lands a knee to the head.
Dan is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Dan working aggressively here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dan.
Holzken throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dan avoids the elbow strike from Holzken, against the cage.
Nieky Holzken seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Dan drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Dan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dan throws a head punch that misses.

Dan breaks the clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Holzken. Those never looked like landing.
Holzken misses with a looping right.
Holzken thumps Dan with a low kick.
Nice body kick there by Dan.
Dan sizes up Holzken with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Dan gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Nice body kick from Dan.
Dan throws a low kick but Holzken avoids it.
Dan throws a wild body kick that Holzken sees coming a mile off.
Holzken looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holzken fakes the leg kick and cracks Dan in the body.
Holzken throws out a loose jab but Dan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dangerous Dan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
An inside leg kick lands from Dan.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Holzken steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Dan. That one must have hurt.
Holzken throws a jab when Dan was well out of range.
Dan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Holzken bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Holzken tries to counter by closing the distance.
Holzken checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Holzken looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Dan throws a body kick that misses.
Holzken 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.
Dan misses with a low kick.
Dan doesn't manage to clinch there - Holzken circles away.
Dan misses with a body kick.
Holzken is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Dangerous Dan is winning the standup battle so far.
Good work by Holzken as he checks the leg kick.
Holzken swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Dan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nieky Holzken showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Dangerous Dan's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

A low kick from Dan misses

and Holzken holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Holzken lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Holzken lands a hook that snaps the head of Dan backwards.
Dan has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Holzken avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Dan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dan throws a punch but it's blocked by Holzken.
Holzken pressing his opponent against the cage.
Dan swings wildly with an uppercut but Holzken uses good head movement to avoid it.
Holzken lands a body punch.
The referee calls for Holzken to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Holzken with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dan is looking to take this one to the mat.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Holzken lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Good body shot from Holzken.
Holzken with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Holzken.
Dan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Holzken just leaning against Dan, taking a breather.
Holzken tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A right hand to the body from Dan.
Dan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dan is looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dangerous Dan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dan misses with a punch to the body.
Holzken misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dan throws a punch but it's blocked by Holzken.
Holzken tries a knee to the head but Dan blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dan.
Holzken with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Holzken misses with a knee strike.
Dan throws a punch but it's blocked by Holzken.
Dan drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Holzken gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Holzken landing knees to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holzken lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Dan misses with a punch on the inside.
Dan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Dan throws a punch but it's blocked by Holzken.
Holzken lands an elbow just above Dan 's eye.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Holzken gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Dangerous Dan's cut is getting worse.
Dan tries to throw a body punch but Holzken avoids it by throwing Dan back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Dan fails to land.
Holzken connects with a knee to the head.

Dan is rocked!
Holzken lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Dan.
Oh Dan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Holzken has Dan pressed up against the cage in a tight Thai clinch. Dan is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Holzken - that's hurt Dan badly! Oh, another knee lands and Dan is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Dan doesn't seem to be complaining.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Nieky Holzken!
A victorious Nieky Holzken thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.