PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hans Dorrestijn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Staal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Dorrestijn
vs
Staal

225 cm
24
265 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

197 cm
24
273 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hans Dorrestijn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brian Staal!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dorrestijn moves in looking to clinch but Staal pushes him off.
Dorrestijn throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dorrestijn really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Staal shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Staal wants to control from the top but Dorrestijn keeps moving.
Dorrestijn has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Staal throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Dorrestijn works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Staal is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Dorrestijn wants to sweep but no luck.
Dorrestijn trying to keep a closed guard but Staal is proving a slippery customer.
Staal has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Dorrestijn manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Staal manages to get himself to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Staal manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Dorrestijn manages to get himself to full guard.
Dorrestijn working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Staal.
Staal in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Staal trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Staal throws a big right hand that misses.
Dorrestijn pulls Staal in close to prevent any damage.
Dorrestijn is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Staal working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Staal working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Dorrestijn tries to close the distance and clinch up but Staal swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dorrestijn misses with an attempted mid kick.
Dorrestijn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dorrestijn tries to clinch but Staal moves out of range.
Dorrestijn tries to close the distance and clinch up but Staal swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dorrestijn goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Dorrestijn tries to clinch there but Staal circles away.
Dorrestijn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dorrestijn misses with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dorrestijn wants to clinch.
Staal circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dorrestijn tries to clinch but Staal is having none of it.
Dorrestijn tries to clinch up.
Dorrestijn tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dorrestijn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Staal throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dorrestijn sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dorrestijn slips under a jab.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Staal, as that shot connected.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Staal dips to his left and cracks Dorrestijn with an uppercut!
Horrible takedown by Staal or perhaps it was just good defense by Dorrestijn which made him look bad.
Hans Dorrestijn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dorrestijn tries to clinch up.

Staal scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Staal missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Staal trying to control the action but Dorrestijn is working from the bottom.
Dorrestijn avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Staal.
Dorrestijn is controlling Staal's trapped leg to prevent Staal from advancing to side control.
Staal slips a nice elbow through Dorrestijn's hands, connecting with Dorrestijn's forehead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brian Staal dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Staal misses with a takedown attempt - Dorrestijn sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Dorrestijn is looking to clinch.
Dorrestijn tries to clinch but Staal is having none of it.
Staal throws a lazy right hand but Dorrestijn sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dorrestijn wants to clinch up but Staal keeps it at a distance.
Staal on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Dorrestijn. Dorrestijn obviously looking to wear him down.
Staal avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dorrestijn tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Staal paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hans Dorrestijn is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dorrestijn feints and then cracks Staal's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Staal down.
Dorrestijn fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Staal keeps the fight on the outside.
Dorrestijn tries to clinch up.
Dorrestijn is looking to clinch but Staal is avoiding it.
Staal swats away the attempt to clinch by Dorrestijn.
Dorrestijn doesn't manage to clinch there - Staal circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dorrestijn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Staal misses with a hook.
Staal staying out of range there.

That's two 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.
Dorrestijn doesn't manage to clinch there - Staal circles away.
Dorrestijn tries to close the distance and clinch up but Staal swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Staal lands a jab.
Staal fails to land the takedown.
Dorrestijn throws a head kick that misses.
Dorrestijn moves in looking to clinch but Staal pushes him off.
Dorrestijn is looking to clinch but Staal is avoiding it.
Dorrestijn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Staal manages to avoid it.
Dorrestijn throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dorrestijn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dorrestijn wants to clinch.
Staal avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Staal keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Staal misses the jab.
Staal swats away the attempt to clinch by Dorrestijn.
Dorrestijn fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Dorrestijn fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dorrestijn fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dorrestijn slips under a jab.
Dorrestijn doesn't manage to clinch there - Staal circles away.
Dorrestijn moves in looking to clinch but Staal pushes him off.
Staal avoids the head kick by Dorrestijn.
Dorrestijn tries to clinch but Staal moves out of range.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Staal tests Dorrestijn's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dorrestijn slips under a jab from Staal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Brian Staal will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Dorrestijn tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Staal paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Staal scores with a hook.
Dorrestijn tries to clinch there but Staal circles away.
Dorrestijn fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dorrestijn misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dorrestijn is looking to clinch but Staal is avoiding it.
Dorrestijn tries to clinch but Staal moves out of range.

Staal looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Staal trying to control but Dorrestijn is working from the bottom.
Staal is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Staal postures up in Dorrestijn's guard and throws a big left but Dorrestijn blocks it.
Staal throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Dorrestijn works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Staal trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Staal wants to control from the top but Dorrestijn keeps moving.
Staal sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Dorrestijn's guard.
Dorrestijn avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Staal.
Dorrestijn trying to control here.

Staal is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Dorrestijn is just riding it out for now. Staal eventually gives up the hold.
Dorrestijn trying to control from the bottom.
Brian Staal is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Staal trying to control from half guard but Dorrestijn is working away.
Dorrestijn blocking the ground and pound attempt from Staal.
Staal sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Dorrestijn defending well though.
Staal with the ground and pound but Dorrestijn uses the opportunity to regain guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Dorrestijn tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Staal paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Staal lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dorrestijn at a distance.
Dorrestijn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dorrestijn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hans Dorrestijn is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Staal shoots for a takedown but Dorrestijn saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
The fighters circle momentarily. Staal darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Horrible takedown by Staal or perhaps it was just good defense by Dorrestijn which made him look bad.
Staal lands with a cross.
Nice sprawl there from Dorrestijn as Staal shoots in.
Hans Dorrestijn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brian Staal.
Staal circles away from the clinch attempt.
A combination from Staal does no damage.
Dorrestijn wants to clinch up but Staal keeps it at a distance.
Hans Dorrestijn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Staal has a takedown stuffed.

Staal drives through with a takedown into guard.
Staal takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Staal trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Staal trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Staal is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Dorrestijn on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Dorrestijn tries to get out of the position.
Staal wants to pass the guard but Dorrestijn is keeping the position.

Dorrestijn looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brian Staal comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Staal has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brian Staal!