PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Adonis Stevenson (ranked 1315 p4p, 176 weight class) and Ludo Van Veen (ranked 408 p4p, 58 weight class). Van Veen is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Give it ALL. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Ludo Van Veen was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Stevenson
vs
Van Veen

180 cm
32
175 lbs
17 - 11 - 1

185 cm
35
174 lbs
28 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 17 - 11 - 1, fighting out of New York, Adonis Stevenson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ludo Van Veen!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Shimada and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stevenson throws a body shot but no joy.
Van Veen throws a solid leg kick but Stevenson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Van Veen.
Van Veen has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Stevenson slips a straight right by Van Veen.
Van Veen scores with a spinning back kick!
Stevenson looks to land a body kick but Van Veen moved away.
Stevenson misses with a series of wild punches.
Stevenson checks a leg kick nicely.
Van Veen walks into a left hand.
Van Veen moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Stevenson looks to score with a jab to the body but Van Veen is just out of range.
Stevenson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Stevenson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Van Veen manages to avoid it.
Stevenson throws a hook to the side of Van Veen's head but Van Veen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Stevenson staying out of range there.
Van Veen looks to score with a jab to the body but Stevenson is just out of range.
Stevenson looks to land a left hand but Van Veen moved out of range nicely.
We've been told by Stevenson's head coaches at Rickys House that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Stevenson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Van Veen slips under a jab from Stevenson.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stevenson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Van Veen moves away from the strike by Stevenson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevenson misses with a head kick.
Stevenson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Van Veen was well out of range. Poor timing from Stevenson.
A decent looking cross lands there for Stevenson.
Stevenson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Stevenson throws a series of punches but Van Veen moves out of range.
Stevenson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Van Veen.
Van Veen lands with a kick to the ribs.
Stevenson misses the shot to the body.
Stevenson tries to bum rush Van Veen with a series of wild strikes but Van Veen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Stevenson throws an overhand right that lands on Van Veen's shoulder, as Van Veen tries to avoid the shot.
A head kick misses from Stevenson.
Van Veen tries to land a body kick
and Stevenson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Stevenson connects with a body shot that sends Van Veen's belly button to the back.
Van Veen throws a nice head kick!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Veen connects with a single shot there.
Stevenson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Van Veen lands with a good body shot.
Van Veen ducks under a wild hook from Stevenson.
Van Veen connects with a nice looking jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Veen throws a hook but Stevenson blocks it.
Van Veen just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromStevenson.
Stevenson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Van Veen.
Van Veen blocks a head kick by Stevenson.
Van Veen connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Van Veen swings for the body but Stevenson moves out of range.
Van Veen connects with a jab.
The fighters circling - Van Veen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Van Veen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Stevenson throws a right hand that Van Veen ducks under and follows up with a left that Van Veen also avoids with ease.
Stevenson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Van Veen lands a really nice looking cross but Stevenson seems unphased.
Van Veen blocks a jab.
Van Veen is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Stevenson with a body shot.
Van Veen scores with a nice strike.
Stevenson looks to throw the jab but Van Veen is out of range.
Van Veen throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Van Veen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ludo Van Veen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stevenson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Stevenson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Van Veen stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Van Veen is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Stevenson had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Stevenson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson misses with a two punch combination.
Stevenson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Van Veen scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A chopping leg kick lands by Van Veen.
Van Veen lands a right hook to the body.
Van Veen throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Van Veen fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Stevenson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Van Veen throws out a loose jab but Stevenson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stevenson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Van Veen walks forward, straight into a front kick from Stevenson.
Nice shot lands for Van Veen.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Van Veen throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Stevenson ducks under a wild hook from Van Veen.
Van Veen lands a nice looking kick to the body. Stevenson takes a step back to recover.
A jab lands there for Stevenson.
A jab from Van Veen misses.
Van Veen stuns Stevenson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson scores with a nice head shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Van Veen. Stevenson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stevenson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Stevenson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Stevenson misses with a straight right.
Stevenson tries to close the distance and clinch but Van Veen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Van Veen connects with an inside leg kick.
Van Veen avoids the body shot from Stevenson.
Stevenson misses with a low kick.
Stevenson ducks under a wild hook from Van Veen.
Stevenson seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
A slow jab from Stevenson misses its intended target.
Stevenson tries to land a leg kick but Van Veen saw it coming and moves away.
Van Veen lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Van Veen misses with a hook. Stevenson ducked under it nicely.
Van Veen takes a swing at Stevenson's ribcage but misses.
Stevenson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Van Veen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Stevenson scores with a nice right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ludo Van Veen will probably get the nod.
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.

Van Veen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Stevenson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Van Veen.
A telegraphed right hand from Stevenson misses the target.
Stevenson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Van Veen.
Sloppy strikes from Stevenson. Those never looked like landing.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Van Veen in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Van Veen scores with a kick to the body.

Stevenson gets tackled into the cage by Van Veen. Van Veen maintains the clinch.
Van Veen misses with a punch to the body.
Van Veen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Van Veen pushes Stevenson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

Stevenson manages to break the clinch.
Stevenson looks to throw the jab but Van Veen is out of range.
Stevenson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Van Veen throws a hook but Stevenson blocks it.
Stevenson throwing a counter right hand but Van Veen manages to avoid it.
Van Veen connects with a solid leg kick.
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 Veen connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Stevenson just misses with a punch to the body.
Stevenson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevenson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Van Veen.
Van Veen lands with a good body shot.
Stevenson ducks under a wild hook from Van Veen.
Van Veen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stevenson moves away.
Van Veen looks to land a right hand but Stevenson moved out of range.
Van Veen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Stevenson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Van Veen.
Stevenson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Stevenson ducks right into an uppercut from Van Veen.
Stevenson will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Stevenson ducks under a wild hook from Van Veen.
Stevenson swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Van Veen looks to land a right hand but Stevenson moved out of range.
Stevenson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Stevenson misses with a body shot.
Stevenson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Van Veen connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Stevenson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Van Veen.
Van Veen moves away from the strike by Stevenson.
Van Veen swings widly with a right hand
and Stevenson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Stevenson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Van Veen manages to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A jab from Stevenson finds it's way through Van Veen's defenses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Veen moves away from the strike by Stevenson.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Van Veen lands a right hook to the body.
Van Veen blocks a leg kick.
Van Veen slips a straight right by Stevenson.
Van Veen cracks Stevenson with a right hand to the side of the head.
A chopping leg kick lands by Van Veen.
Stevenson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Van Veen lands a lovely overhand right.
Van Veen moves out of range as Stevenson strikes.
Van Veen scores with a jab.
Van Veen misses with a looping left.
Stevenson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Van Veen at a distance.
Van Veen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Stevenson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Van Veen.
Stevenson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Van Veen digs a good hook to Stevenson's body.
Ludo Van Veen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stevenson. Van Veen does a little dance to reset his feet.
A big left from Van Veen misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Stevenson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Van Veen throws a hook but Stevenson blocks it.
Stevenson scores with a head kick. Van Veen tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Stevenson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Van Veen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Van Veen lands with a nice body punch.
Van Veen misses the shot to the body.
Van Veen lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Van Veen jabs at Stevenson's body.
Van Veen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stevenson moves away.
Van Veen misses with a hook
and Stevenson counters with a left and a right that stings Van Veen.
Stevenson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
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 Veen connects with a body shot that sends Stevenson's belly button to the back.
Van Veen looks to land a body kick but Stevenson moved away.
Van Veen misses with a body shot.
Van Veen lands a jab to Stevenson's midsection.
Stevenson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Van Veen.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson misses with a body shot
and Van Veen counters with a lovely shot to the body.
No joy there for Stevenson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Van Veen connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Stevenson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Van Veen.
Van Veen scores with a nice head shot.
Stevenson throws a leg kick but Van Veen moved away.
And Van Veen responds with a good body kick, but Stevenson manages to step out the way in time.
Van Veen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Stevenson avoids the body shot from Van Veen.
Van Veen cracks Stevenson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Van Veen avoids the head kick by Stevenson.
Van Veen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Stevenson doesn't seem bothered though.
Stevenson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A slow jab from Van Veen misses its intended target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Van Veen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Van Veen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Stevenson.
Van Veen takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Stevenson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Van Veen looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ludo Van Veen 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. This is the final round!

A looping hook to the body misses from Stevenson. Van Veen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stevenson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Van Veen misses with a straight right.
Stevenson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Van Veen throws a body shot but no joy.
Stevenson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A little jabbing left from Van Veen on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A left and a right from Van Veen both land. Nice combination.
Stevenson has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Van Veen.
Stevenson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Stevenson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Van Veen connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Stevenson scrambles back to his feet.
Stevenson throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Van Veen looks to throw the jab but Stevenson is out of range.
Stevenson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Stevenson avoids a kick to the body.
Stevenson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Stevenson takes one on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Veen lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Stevenson throws a shot from downtown. Van Veen moves away and avoids it.
An inside leg kick from Stevenson misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Veen misses with a jab to the body
and Stevenson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Van Veen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Stevenson.
Van Veen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Stevenson doesn't seem bothered though.
Stevenson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Stevenson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Van Veen.
Van Veen slips a jab from Stevenson.
Van Veen blocks a head kick by Stevenson.
Stevenson misses the shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by Stevenson.
Van Veen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Stevenson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Van Veen lands a nice hook to Stevenson's body. Stevenson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Van Veen scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Stevenson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Stevenson misses with a straight left.
Stevenson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Van Veen throws a body shot but no joy.
Stevenson swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Van Veen fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Stevenson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Van Veen moves into range and connects with a jab.
Adonis Stevenson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stevenson misses with a body kick.
Van Veen lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Stevenson at a distance.
Van Veen takes a kick to the side of the head.
Nice straight punches there by Stevenson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Stevenson.
Stevenson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Van Veen's corner calls for a 1-2. Van Veen obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Stevenson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Van Veen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Van Veen cracks Stevenson with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Van Veen takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Van Veen lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Van Veen dips to his left and cracks Stevenson with an uppercut!
Stevenson misses with a low kick.
Van Veen lands with a slapping head kick.
Stevenson swings for the body but Van Veen moves out of range.
Stevenson takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Stevenson lands a nice shot to the body.
Stevenson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Van Veen moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Veen ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Stevenson.
The crowd cheers as Van Veen lands an impressive looking overhand right. Stevenson doesn't seem phased though.
Van Veen's jab looks to have found its range, popping Stevenson under the eye.
Van Veen avoids the head kick by Stevenson.
Van Veen scores with a leg kick.
Good work by Van Veen as he checks the leg kick.
Stevenson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Stevenson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Stevenson throws a shot from downtown. Van Veen moves away and avoids it.
Stevenson lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stevenson slips under a jab.
Stevenson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Stevenson moves out of range of the body kick from Van Veen.
Stevenson 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.
Van Veen with a nice cross.
Stevenson misses with a wild body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Veen scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Van Veen misses with a hook. Stevenson ducked under it nicely.
Van Veen avoids the body shot from Stevenson.
Van Veen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stevenson.
Van Veen lands with a right hand.
Van Veen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Stevenson. That did some damage!
Stevenson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Van Veen looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Stevenson walks into a stiff left hand from Van Veen.
Van Veen throws a nice outside leg kick.
Van Veen moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Van Veen on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Van Veen lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stevenson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stevenson avoids the head kick by Van Veen.
Stevenson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Van Veen misses with a wild body shot.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Van Veen.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ludo Van Veen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Van Veen 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ludo Van Veen!
Ludo Van Veen took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Reaper Combatwear for their support in the buildup to the fight.