PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Adams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Van Rijn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mike Van Rijn has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Adams
vs
Van Rijn

200 cm
18
200 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

196 cm
22
210 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Hell's Balls Nutrition

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Adams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mike Van Rijn!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Wagner Zegers and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Rijn misses with the combination.
Van Rijn keeps the fight on the outside.
Van Rijn throws the kick towards the body but Adams avoids it.

Adams fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Van Rijn, pushing him back against the cage.
Adams tries to land a knee to the head but Van Rijn blocks with his arms.
Nice elbow from Van Rijn.

It looks like John Adams has been cut.
Van Rijn unloads a knee to the mid-section.

Van Rijn breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Van Rijn. Adams shrugs it off though.
Adams is breathing heavily.
Adams tries a head kick but it misses.

Van Rijn gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Van Rijn stalling against the cage.
Van Rijn landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Van Rijn obliges.
Van Rijn stalling the fight.
Adams has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Van Rijn is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Adams takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Rijn stalling.
Van Rijn receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Mike Van Rijn.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Adams looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Van Rijn lands a right hand.
Adams looking to throw knees to the head but Van Rijn is blocking nicely.
Adams is working for takedown but Van Rijn is calmly controlling the position for now.
Knees in the clinch landing for Van Rijn.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

Van Rijn's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Adams wants to clinch

and Van Rijn counters by moving into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Rijn is pushing Adams up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Van Rijn throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Van Rijn's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Adams closes the distance and clinches up with Van Rijn, looking for a takedown. Adams pushes Van Rijn against the cage but Van Rijn circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Adams. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Van Rijn with a hook.

Van Rijn closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Van Rijn breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Van Rijn rushes Adams and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Van Rijn escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Van Rijn tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Adams swivels and escapes.
Van Rijn pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Van Rijn throws a head kick but Adams moves out of range.
Adams closes the distance looking to clinch

and Van Rijn holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adams drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Adams leaning his opponent against the cage.
Van Rijn manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Adams looking for a takedown.
Van Rijn is struggling to control the position.
Adams stalling.
Adams misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Van Rijn.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Van Rijn as Adams tries to tie him up.

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.
Adams tries to break free but Van Rijn pushes him back against the cage.
Van Rijn is struggling to control the position.
Van Rijn lands a knee to the body.
Van Rijn lands a nice elbow.
Van Rijn stalling in the clinch.

Adams pulls Van Rijn into guard.
Van Rijn wants to stand but Adams is controlling his posture from full guard.
Adams is trying to keep Van Rijn in close.
Van Rijn wants to stand but Adams is controlling his posture from full guard.
Adams looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Van Rijn gets to his feet - Adams follows without any prompting.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Van Rijn dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Adams's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Van Rijn throws a combination. Adams tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

Van Rijn gets a clinch.
Adams trying to land knees to the body.
Van Rijn putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Adams in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Van Rijn being controlled against the cage.
Van Rijn lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Van Rijn stops a takedown attempt from Adams.
Van Rijn is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Van Rijn unloads a knee to the mid-section. Adams lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Van Rijn is leaning against Adams and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Knees to the body from Van Rijn.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Rijn lands a knee to the head.
Van Rijn landing knees to the head.
Van Rijn stalls.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Van Rijn crunches a lovely knee into Adams's ribcage.
Van Rijn works on Adams's body with a couple of short punches.
Van Rijn has Adams pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Van Rijn pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Van Rijn stalks Adams and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Adams's face. Adams staggers backwards, shaken.
Van Rijn darts in trying to clinch
and Adams counters with a straight right hand.
Van Rijn lands with a kick to the temple. Adams shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A head kick from Van Rijn lands but Adams takes it in his stride.

John Adams's cut is getting worse.
Adams avoids a punch combination nicely.
Adams changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Van Rijn tries to avoid it but Adams manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Van Rijn to the ground. Van Rijn escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Van Rijn rushes Adams and presses him up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adams tries to stall but Van Rijn uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Adams misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Van Rijn.
Van Rijn leaning against his opponent.
Adams with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Van Rijn scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Van Rijn landing knees to the head.
Van Rijn stalls.
Van Rijn keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Adams's efforts to push away.
A short body shot lands from Van Rijn as the two fighters clinch.
Adams letting Van Rijn take a breather here.
Van Rijn landing knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Van Rijn obliges.
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 Rijn stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

Van Rijn pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adams falls off balance throwing a combination

and Van Rijn counters by clinching up.
Knees in the clinch landing for Van Rijn.
Adams missing with knees to the body.
Van Rijn lands a knee to the body.
Van Rijn stalling against the cage.

Van Rijn breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Van Rijn jabs at Adams's body.
Adams takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

Van Rijn throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as Adams stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. Van Rijn follows into mount!

Adams is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Van Rijn controlling his opponent.
Oh Adams is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Adams working to try and regain half guard.
Adams seems to have got his legs back now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Rijn controlling his opponent.
Adams tries to hold on but Van Rijn pushes him away.
Adams can't escape the position.

Van Rijn is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!

Van Rijn drives through and clinches with Adams against the cage.
Van Rijn is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Van Rijn pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Van Rijn tries to close the distance and clinch but Adams swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Van Rijn doesn't manage to clinch there - Adams circles away.
John Adams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Adams drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Van Rijn showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on John Adams's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Adams misses with a takedown
and Van Rijn counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Van Rijn misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Adams tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Van Rijn counters with a head kick. That will keep Adams thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Van Rijn stuffs the takedown.
Van Rijn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Van Rijn tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Adams moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Adams wants to get back to striking at distance but Van Rijn won't allow it.
Mike Van Rijn seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Van Rijn breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Van Rijn clinches up with Adams and pushes him back against the cage.
Van Rijn misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Adams.
Van Rijn lands a body punch.
Van Rijn trying to stall but Adams improves his position.
Adams is trying to maintain a safe position but Van Rijn gets an underhook and turns Adams into the cage.
Van Rijn trying to control the position but instead, Adams has worked for underhooks and has pushed Van Rijn into the cage.
Van Rijn lands with a right to the head.
Van Rijn landing knees to the head.
Van Rijn lands an elbow that stopped Adams in his tracks for a moment.
Van Rijn stalling the fight.
Adams wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Van Rijn has him pressed against the cage.

Adams pulls guard.
Van Rijn wanted to stand there but Adams had control of the position.
Van Rijn takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Van Rijn is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adams looking for a sweep. Not yet Adams, not yet.
Adams bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Van Rijn's guard.
Adams trying to control but Van Rijn is working from the bottom.
Adams won't allow Van Rijn to get back to his feet.

Adams stands up and waves to Van Rijn to follow him.
Adams tries to clinch but Van Rijn moves out of range.
Van Rijn wants to clinch

and Adams counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Van Rijn!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adams is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Van Rijn can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Adams raining down shots from the mount!
Van Rijn is trying to stand.
Adams can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Van Rijn is looking to escape.

Adams jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Van Rijn manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Van Rijn is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Adams has just dragged him back down to the mat.

Adams stands up and beckons Van Rijn to his feet.
Adams throws a sloppy head kick and Van Rijn moves out of range easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Rijn avoids the head kick by Adams.
Adams tries to clinch but Van Rijn moves away
and Van Rijn counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Adams is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Van Rijn scores with a head kick.

John Adams's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Adams chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Van Rijn can pounce on him.
Mike Van Rijn seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Van Rijn wants to clinch

and Adams moves into the clinch.
Van Rijn lands with a right to the head.
Van Rijn misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Adams.
Van Rijn lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Adams dodges an elbow strike from Van Rijn.

Van Rijn breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Adams darts in and clinches Van Rijn up against the cage.
John Adams has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mike Van Rijn is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Adams misses with a knee to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to John Adams.
I think Van Rijn has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 26:30
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Van Rijn!