PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Calabi Yau (ranked 3864 p4p, 4262 weight class) and Joels Van Wijnbergen (ranked 55 p4p, 61 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Yau
vs
Van Wijnbergen

184 cm
36
182
20 - 14 - 2

185 cm
40
210
24 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

HELLBENT

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Calabi Yau!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joels Van Wijnbergen!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Donald Grub and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Wijnbergen motions for Yau to come forward. Van Wijnbergen throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Van Wijnbergen looks to score with a jab to the body but Yau is just out of range.

Yau rushes Van Wijnbergen and presses him up against the cage.
Van Wijnbergen misses with the head strike.
Van Wijnbergen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Our sources have told us that Yau has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Yau prevents a body shot from Van Wijnbergen.
Yau tries to land knees in the clinch but Van Wijnbergen avoids the damage to the body.
Van Wijnbergen can't find room to land a body shot as Yau controls the action.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Van Wijnbergen.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a punch to the body.
Van Wijnbergen swings wildly with an uppercut but Yau uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yau misses with some punches.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a body punch.
Yau unloads a knee to the mid-section. Van Wijnbergen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yau is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Van Wijnbergen gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Van Wijnbergen.
Van Wijnbergen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yau goes for a takedown attempt but Van Wijnbergen pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Nice body punch from Van Wijnbergen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yau lands a lovely overhand right.
Yau uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Van Wijnbergen.
Van Wijnbergen lands a front kick.
Van Wijnbergen attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Yau tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Yau with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A jab lands there for Yau.
Van Wijnbergen throws a hook but Yau avoids it easily.
Yau fails in his attempt to clinch.
Yau cracks Van Wijnbergen with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Van Wijnbergen connects with a crisp jab.
Van Wijnbergen throws a body punch but Yau moves out of range.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a low kick.
Yau checks the leg kick nicely there.
Yau takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Good shot there by Yau.
Yau moves in looking to clinch but Van Wijnbergen pushes him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yau misses with a looping right.
Yau throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Decent striking displayed by Yau there.
Calabi Yau seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yau scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Yau connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Van Wijnbergen ducks under a wild hook from Yau.

Yau gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Van Wijnbergen working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Yau fails to land.
Yau tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Van Wijnbergen avoids it.
Yau tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Van Wijnbergen avoids it.
Yau drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Van Wijnbergen gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Calabi Yau. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Van Wijnbergen is leaning against Yau and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Yau misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right from Yau on the inside.
Yau working aggressively here.
Yau swings wildly with an uppercut but Van Wijnbergen uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yau.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Van Wijnbergen breaks the clinch.

Yau clinches.
Van Wijnbergen managing to block the knees to the body from Yau.
Van Wijnbergen throws a punch but it's blocked by Yau.
Yau swings wildly with an uppercut but Van Wijnbergen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Van Wijnbergen has a couple of punches blocked by Yau.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yau misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Van Wijnbergen.
Van Wijnbergen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Yau creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Yau blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yau unloads a knee to the mid-section. Van Wijnbergen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Van Wijnbergen is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Van Wijnbergen has a couple of punches blocked by Yau.

Van Wijnbergen breaks the clinch.
Van Wijnbergen moves away from the strike by Yau.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Wijnbergen takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Yau sizes up Van Wijnbergen with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Van Wijnbergen takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Yau misses with a wild body shot.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Yau checks a leg kick.
Van Wijnbergen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Yau moves into range and clinches up with Van Wijnbergen.
Yau lands a right hand that snaps the head of Van Wijnbergen backwards.
Van Wijnbergen managing to block the knees to the body from Yau.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yau putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Van Wijnbergen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Yau fails to land.
Van Wijnbergen works on Yau's body with a couple of short punches.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a punch on the inside.

Van Wijnbergen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Van Wijnbergen pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yau ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Van Wijnbergen throws a front kick that sends Yau stumbling back into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Calabi Yau 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.

Van Wijnbergen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yau.
Yau tries to clinch but Van Wijnbergen moves away
and Van Wijnbergen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Yau tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Yau takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Yau jabs at Van Wijnbergen's body.
Van Wijnbergen avoids the body shot from Yau.
Yau avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Yau tries to counter with a takedown but Van Wijnbergen is quick to defend against it.
Yau with a jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Van Wijnbergen misses the target.
Yau tries to close the distance and clinch up but Van Wijnbergen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Yau swings for the body but Van Wijnbergen moves out of range.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Van Wijnbergen takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Yau is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Van Wijnbergen can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yau throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Calabi Yau is winning the standup battle so far.
Yau fails in his attempt to clinch.
Van Wijnbergen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yau lands with a straight right. Van Wijnbergen didn't see that one coming.
A slow jab from Van Wijnbergen misses its intended target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Van Wijnbergen circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yau is looking to clinch but Van Wijnbergen is avoiding it.
Van Wijnbergen swings for the body but Yau moves out of range.
Van Wijnbergen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Yau staying out of range there.
Yau lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nice defenses there by Van Wijnbergen.
Yau moves in looking to clinch but Van Wijnbergen pushes him off.
It seemed like Van Wijnbergen was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Yau moves away from the strike by Van Wijnbergen.
Yau changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Van Wijnbergen throws a head kick that misses.
Yau scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Van Wijnbergen misses with the combination.
Yau lands a nice hook to Van Wijnbergen's body. Van Wijnbergen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Yau lands a nice hook to Van Wijnbergen's body. Van Wijnbergen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a head kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Van Wijnbergen, as that shot connected.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yau misses the shot to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Yau blocks the leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yau takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Yau getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Yau lands a nice looking body shot.
Van Wijnbergen throws a leg kick but Yau checks it.
Van Wijnbergen throws a body shot but no joy.
Van Wijnbergen throws a hook but Yau avoids it easily.
Van Wijnbergen misses the jab.
Yau half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Van Wijnbergen swats away the attempt to clinch by Yau.
Yau throws a right hand that Van Wijnbergen ducks under and follows up with a left that Van Wijnbergen also avoids with ease.
Van Wijnbergen looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a body kick.
Yau swings for the body but Van Wijnbergen moves out of range.
Yau tries to clinch but Van Wijnbergen moves away
and Van Wijnbergen finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
A big right from Yau misses.
It seemed like Van Wijnbergen was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Yau changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Wijnbergen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Yau uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Van Wijnbergen.
Van Wijnbergen throws out a powerful jab.
Yau takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Yau takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Yau stuns Van Wijnbergen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Van Wijnbergen lands a front kick.
Van Wijnbergen scores with a shot to the body.
Yau tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Van Wijnbergen throws out a counter right but Yau avoids it with no problem.

Yau gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Calabi Yau has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Van Wijnbergen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Van Wijnbergen tries to throw a body punch but Yau avoids it by throwing Van Wijnbergen back against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Yau creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Van Wijnbergen manages to break the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yau works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Yau tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Van Wijnbergen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Van Wijnbergen only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Yau is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yau takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Yau on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Van Wijnbergen. Van Wijnbergen obviously looking to wear him down.
Yau tries to clinch up.
Yau lands with a nice body punch.
Yau throws an overhand right that lands on Van Wijnbergen's shoulder, as Van Wijnbergen tries to avoid the shot.
Van Wijnbergen keeps the fight on the outside.
Yau steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Van Wijnbergen. That one must have hurt.
Yau tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Van Wijnbergen goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Van Wijnbergen feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Yaus jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A clash of legs there as Yau blocks the low kick.
Van Wijnbergen takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Yau moves in looking to clinch but Van Wijnbergen pushes him off.
Van Wijnbergen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yau uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Van Wijnbergen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Joels Van Wijnbergen will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Yau dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Yau misses with a two punch combination.
Van Wijnbergen is looking for the big counter here.
A telegraphed right hand from Yau misses the target.
Yau scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Van Wijnbergen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Yau fails in his attempt to clinch.
Yau doesn't manage to clinch there - Van Wijnbergen circles away.
Yau tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Van Wijnbergen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Van Wijnbergen throws the kick towards the body but Yau avoids it.
Yau throws a lazy uppercut
letting Van Wijnbergen counter with a right hand.
An inside leg kick from Van Wijnbergen misses.
Yau tries to clinch but Van Wijnbergen moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a straight right.
Yau throws a body shot but no joy.
Yau is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Yau closes the distance but Van Wijnbergen moves to the side
and Van Wijnbergen counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Wijnbergen walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Yau checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Yau appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Yau throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yau connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Yau moves out of range of the body kick from Van Wijnbergen.
Yau changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Van Wijnbergen on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Van Wijnbergen takes a body punch but keeps moving.

Yau clinches up with Van Wijnbergen and pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Van Wijnbergen fails to land.
Yau misses with the head strike.
Yau trying to land knees to the body.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a punch to the body.

Yau lands a takedown into guard.
Van Wijnbergen is trying to keep Yau in close.
Van Wijnbergen working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Yau.
Yau postures up in Van Wijnbergen's guard and throws a big left but Van Wijnbergen blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yau in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yau cracks Van Wijnbergen with a solid left hand.
Yau throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Van Wijnbergen works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Van Wijnbergen looking to control.
Van Wijnbergen keeping full guard, as Yau tries to pass.
Yau working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Yau postures up in Van Wijnbergen's guard and throws a big left but Van Wijnbergen blocks it.
Yau postures up in Van Wijnbergen's guard and throws a big left but Van Wijnbergen blocks it.
Yau loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Yau in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Van Wijnbergen working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Yau.
Yau throws a big elbow that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Yau accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Yau throwing strikes but missing.
Yau has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Van Wijnbergen is trying to control the position but Yau postures up.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Yau postures up in Van Wijnbergen's guard and throws a big left but Van Wijnbergen blocks it.
Yau working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Yau is looking to work some ground and pound but Van Wijnbergen has wrist control.
Van Wijnbergen looking to control.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Van Wijnbergen scoring well with a low kick there.
An inside leg kick from Van Wijnbergen misses.
Yau connects with a body shot.
Van Wijnbergen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Yau lands a two punch combo.
Van Wijnbergen throws the left hand but Yau avoids the punch easily.
Van Wijnbergen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Yau gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Yau misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Van Wijnbergen.
Van Wijnbergen gets underhooks to prevent Yau's takedown attempt.
Yau blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yau putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Van Wijnbergen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Van Wijnbergen scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yau unloads a knee to the mid-section. Van Wijnbergen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Yau is looking to take this one to the mat.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yau.
Yau lands with a left to the head.
Yau landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Yau lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Van Wijnbergen avoiding damage as Yau throws knees to the body.
Yau is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Van Wijnbergen gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Calabi Yau. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yau lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Yau swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yau lands with a left to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Calabi Yau showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Yau has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Calabi Yau!
An out of breath and clearly excited Calabi Yau thanked HELLBENT for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).