PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jason Knowless (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ruud van Meyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). van Meyer is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Destroy Everything. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Knowless
vs
van Meyer

220 cm
18
280 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

189 cm
21
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jason Knowless!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ruud van Meyer!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
van Meyer dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Knowless. That did some damage!
No luck for Knowless with that takedown attempt.
van Meyer tries to close the distance and clinch but Knowless swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Knowless tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but van Meyer swivels and escapes.
Jason Knowless seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Horrible takedown by Knowless or perhaps it was just good defense by van Meyer which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jason Knowless. That's going to take a lot out of him.
van Meyer tries to close the distance and clinch but Knowless swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Knowless tries to clinch but fails miserably
and van Meyer counters with a nice leg kick.
van Meyer scores with a one two! Knowless had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

van Meyer closes the distance and clinches.
Knowless tries to pull guard but van Meyer holds him up against the cage and eventually Knowless drops back down to his feet.
van Meyer drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Knowless gets the underhooks and prevents it.
van Meyer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
van Meyer looking to throw knees to the head but Knowless is blocking nicely.

van Meyer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
van Meyer tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knowless with a lazy takedown attempt

and van Meyer counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

van Meyer ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. van Meyer no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
van Meyer wants to stand up but Knowless is controlling him.
van Meyer looking to hit a scissor sweep but Knowless is one step ahead there.
van Meyer managing to control the position.
Knowless pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. van Meyer is keeping the position for now.
Knowless will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Knowless is breathing heavily.

Knowless drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but van Meyer manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Knowless has van Meyer in his guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
van Meyer is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

van Meyer gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

van Meyer moves into the clinch.
van Meyer prevents a takedown attempt there.
Knowless tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

van Meyer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
van Meyer dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Knowless. That did some damage!

van Meyer takes the fight into the clinch.

van Meyer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

van Meyer manages to break the clinch.

van Meyer fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Knowless, pushing him back against the cage.
Knowless tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. van Meyer just stands there and leans against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
van Meyer has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Knowless is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Knowless drops down looking for an ankle pick but van Meyer pulls his leg out and moves away.
van Meyer fails to land the takedown.
van Meyer connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

van Meyer has taken the fight to the clinch.
van Meyer drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Knowless gets the underhooks and prevents it.

van Meyer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

van Meyer closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Knowless to the mat! Knowless manages to get full guard.
van Meyer trying to stand up but can't free himself from Knowless's guard.
van Meyer loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Knowless looking for a guillotine here but van Meyer defends easily.

Knowless working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. van Meyer doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. van Meyer manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

van Meyer avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ruud van Meyer dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

van Meyer throws a series of strikes that have Knowless backpedaling.

van Meyer clinches up against the cage.
van Meyer is trying to drag Knowless to the mat but Knowless just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.

Knowless manages to pull guard.

Knowless looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Knowless on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Knowless tries to get out of the position.

Knowless escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. van Meyer gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Knowless isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. van Meyer stacks Knowless on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by van Meyer!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
van Meyer scores with a couple of short elbows.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for van Meyer. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
van Meyer is putting a hurting on Knowless here, landing some big shots from side control.
Knowless is looking for a sweep.
van Meyer working the body and head with strikes.

van Meyer decides to stand up, so the ref orders Knowless to his feet.
van Meyer fakes the leg kick and cracks Knowless in the body.
Left hook, right uppercut from van Meyer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

van Meyer fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Knowless, pushing him back against the cage.

van Meyer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

van Meyer takes the fight into the clinch.
van Meyer can't get the takedown.

van Meyer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Knowless tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. van Meyer just stands there and leans against the cage.

van Meyer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

van Meyer bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Knowless tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Knowless tries to buck van Meyer off but van Meyer is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knowless gets back to half guard.
Knowless missing with punches from the bottom.

Knowless is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but van Meyer pulls his head out easily.
van Meyer lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Knowless looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
van Meyer throws a nice inside leg kick.

van Meyer gets a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

van Meyer manages to break the clinch.

van Meyer closes the distance and clinches.

van Meyer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Knowless circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nice shot by van Meyer.
Knowless with a poor takedown

and van Meyer counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

van Meyer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Knowless shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and van Meyer makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jason Knowless. That's going to take a lot out of him.
van Meyer connects with a solid leg kick.
Knowless misses with a takedown
and van Meyer counters with a one-two to the body.
Knowless sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ruud van Meyer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

van Meyer has closed the distance and engaged Knowless in a clinch.
van Meyer wants to break the clinch but can't.
Knowless controlling the action here for a moment.

van Meyer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Knowless shoots and misses

and van Meyer counters with a takedown into side control.

van Meyer stands up.
Knowless shoots and misses

and van Meyer counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
van Meyer lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
van Meyer is looking to stand up but Knowless won't let him.

van Meyer avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Ruud van Meyer has got the better of the ground game so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Knowless looking for submissions from the bottom but instead van Meyer passes into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
van Meyer seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Knowless does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Knowless actively working from the bottom here.
Knowless wants to get back to full guard but van Meyer has passed into side control.
Knowless is wriggling around trying to escape.
Knowless is working hard here to advance position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Knowless is in a horrible position here. van Meyer smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Knowless flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Knowless is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
van Meyer unloading with bombs!
Knowless is looking to improve his position but van Meyer isn't that keen on the idea.
van Meyer pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
van Meyer has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knowless takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
van Meyer working away from the top, dropping strikes.
van Meyer is landing with some decent strikes but Knowless is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
van Meyer pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
A nice elbow there by van Meyer.
van Meyer trying to control but Knowless is having none of it.
Knowless is desperately trying to improve his position but van Meyer has a good base and remains in mount.
Knowless swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
van Meyer looking to control but Knowless is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Knowless sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
van Meyer missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Knowless actively working from the bottom here.
van Meyer wants to get back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ruud van Meyer comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well van Meyer 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ruud van Meyer!