PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Young Lad (ranked 1044 p4p, 490 weight class) and Joost Van Buren (ranked 150 p4p, 75 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lad
vs
Van Buren

175 cm
30
220
23 - 9 - 0

188 cm
35
206
29 - 17 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing
Hardcore Alchemy

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Young Lad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 17 - 1, fighting out of New York, Joost Van Buren!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Ren Mimura and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lad displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A head kick by Van Buren misses
and Van Buren takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A low kick lands for Van Buren.
Lad with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Van Buren to score with a decent uppercut.
Lad rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Van Buren counters with a stiff right hand.
Lad throws a jab when Van Buren was well out of range.
Lad throws a leg kick
and Van Buren counters with a body kick.
Lad misses with a body shot.
Van Buren is looking to slow Lad down with leg kicks.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lad. Van Buren does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice defenses there by Van Buren.
Van Buren looks to land a left hand but Lad moved out of range nicely.
Lad is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Van Buren.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lad cracks Van Buren with an open hand slap.
Van Buren scores with a kick to the body.
Lad slips a jab from Van Buren.
Lad is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Van Buren thows a left - swing and a miss!
A counter left hand to the body from Lad misses its target.
Van Buren throws a leg kick but Lad sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Van Buren slips a jab from Lad.
Van Buren slips a jab from Lad.
Lad blocks the body kick.
Lad is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Lad rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Van Buren counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lad takes a swing at Van Buren's ribcage but misses.
Lad throws a jab but it's blocked by Van Buren.
Lad checks a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lad throws a poor cross that misses
and Van Buren counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Lad takes a kick to the side of the head.
Lad throws a series of punches but Van Buren avoids them all with ease.
Van Buren looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice inside leg kick there by Van Buren. That's going to slow Lad down.
Lad is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Van Buren's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Lad throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Lad takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Van Buren throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lad.
Lad throws a left and a right that both miss
and Van Buren makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Lad really felt that one!
Van Buren throws a looping overhand right but Lad ducks down to avoid it.
Van Buren throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Van Buren throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Van Buren has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Van Buren misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lad.
Lad is looking to counter the offense by Van Buren and move into the clinch.
Van Buren throws a solid leg kick but Lad takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Van Buren.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Buren's corner calls for a 1-2. Van Buren obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Van Buren scores with a nice right hand.

Lad is rocked!
We've been told by Lad's head coaches at Elite MMA Training that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Van Buren cracks Lad with a brutal left hook that knocks him out cold! This one is over in a flash! Game over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Joost Van Buren!
Joost Van Buren bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.