PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jan Claude Van Damme (ranked 5753 p4p, 5814 weight class) and Jean Arlin (ranked 488 p4p, 490 weight class). Van Damme comes to the cage accompanied by Wai khru ram muay. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Van Damme
vs
Arlin

185 cm
18
195
1 - 2 - 0

186 cm
18
196
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jan Claude Van Damme!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jean Arlin!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Michael Johnstone and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Damme throws a low kick, looking for Arlin's leg but Arlin calmly moves out of range.
Van Damme throws a leg kick but Arlin moved away.
Arlin tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Van Damme counters with a thumping low kick.
Van Damme shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Arlin takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Van Damme throws a nice inside leg kick.
Van Damme looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Van Damme seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Van Damme lands a head kick. Arlin smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Arlin blocks the body kick.
Van Damme shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A good leg kick by Van Damme.
A big right from Arlin misses.
Van Damme feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Arlin moves out of range of the body kick.
Van Damme feints and then cracks Arlin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Arlin down.
A big right from Arlin misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Arlin checks a leg kick.
A jab from Arlin misses.
Van Damme looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Van Damme throws a leg kick but Arlin sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Arlin stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Van Damme.
Van Damme avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Van Damme throws a sloppy head kick and Arlin moves out of range easily.
Van Damme throws a push kick but Arlin slaps the foot to one side.
Arlin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Van Damme throws a head kick that misses.
Arlin 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.
Arlin connects with a jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Arlin misses the target.
Arlin misses with a straight right.
Van Damme fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Arlin checks it well.
Van Damme throws a sloppy head kick and Arlin moves out of range easily.
Van Damme keeps Arlin at a distance using the push kick.
Arlin throws an overhand right that lands on Van Damme's shoulder, as Van Damme tries to avoid the shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Damme misses with a leg kick
and Arlin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Van Damme fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Van Damme throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Van Damme swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Van Damme thumps Arlin with a low kick.
Arlin throws a predictable looking body shot
and Van Damme counters with a low kick, right behind Arlin 's knee.
Arlin avoids the head kick by Van Damme.
Arlin throws a looping overhand right but Van Damme ducks down to avoid it.
Jan Claude Van Damme seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Arlin misses with a straight right.
Arlin throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Arlin might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
A telegraphed right hand from Arlin misses the target.
Van Damme looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Arlin checks a low kick from Van Damme.
Van Damme looks to land a body kick but Arlin moved away.
Arlin misses with a hook. Van Damme ducked under it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arlin looks to land a combination but Van Damme avoids it well.
Arlin throws the left hand but Van Damme avoids the punch easily.
Van Damme throws a quick inside leg kick.
Van Damme scores with a spinning back kick!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Van Damme.
Arlin moves out of range of the body kick from Van Damme.
Van Damme uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Arlin.
Van Damme misses with a head kick.
Arlin misses with a hook
and Van Damme counters with a slapping leg kick.
Van Damme looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Arlin throws a body shot but no joy.
Arlin takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Van Damme uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Arlin.
Van Damme uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Arlin.
Van Damme throws a head kick but Arlin moves out of range.
Van Damme misses with a body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Damme with the inside leg kick.
Van Damme pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Van Damme looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Arlin's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Arlin lands with an overhand left.
Van Damme slips a straight right by Arlin.
Some wild striking there from Arlin.
Van Damme gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Van Damme with a nice calf kick.
You can follow us on Twitter at...Ooooooh Van Damme got wobbled bad by a big combination! Arlin presses forward with punches and knees until Van Damme stumbles to the ground! The ref watches Van Damme closely before deciding to step in and end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jean Arlin!