PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jonathan van der Burgt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodie Tua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). van der Burgt kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Sepultura - Angel. Jonathan van der Burgt is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

van der Burgt
vs
Tua

197 cm
22
305 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

225 cm
18
300 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

5th Round

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jonathan van der Burgt!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rodie Tua!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Paulsen Ambrosius and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tua uses good head movement to avoid the hook from van der Burgt.
Tua fails in his attempt to clinch.
Some wild striking there from van der Burgt.
Nice takedown defense from van der Burgt. No joy for Tua on that attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tua looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
van der Burgt misses with a body shot.
Tua displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as van der Burgt throws out the jab.
Tua is looking to clinch but van der Burgt is avoiding it.

Tua scores with a takedown into van der Burgt's guard.
Tua must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Tua pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. van der Burgt is keeping the position for now.
Tua tries to stand but van der Burgt is controlling from the bottom.
van der Burgt looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
van der Burgt bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Tua's guard.
van der Burgt working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
van der Burgt is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Tua striking off his back but it's not causing van der Burgt any problems.
Tua keeping moving, preventing van der Burgt from controlling successfully.
van der Burgt stops Tua from standing up.
Tua is trying to keep van der Burgt in close.
Tua manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. van der Burgt manages to get himself to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tua stopping the sweep attempt from van der Burgt.
van der Burgt trying to keep a closed guard but Tua is proving a slippery customer.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now van der Burgt is on top in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
van der Burgt passes Tua's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Tua keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Tua really doesn't want to stay on the ground with van der Burgt. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
van der Burgt trying to control from half guard but Tua is working away.
Tua punching from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
van der Burgt trying to pass the guard but Tua defending well.
Tua pushes van der Burgt off looking to stand but van der Burgt dives back in and keeps control.
Tua looks gassed!

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

van der Burgt looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

van der Burgt wants to work for an arm triangle but Tua is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Tua is looking to improve his position.
van der Burgt thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Tua's head.
van der Burgt missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
van der Burgt trying to control from half guard but Tua is working away.
van der Burgt thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tua is trying to stand up here but van der Burgt is controlling him well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tua is trying to get back to full guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Tua tries to clinch but van der Burgt moves out of range.
Tua is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
van der Burgt has his takedown stuffed

and Tua counters with a takedown into side control.
Tua scoring with punches from side control.
Tua tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
van der Burgt gets back to half guard.
van der Burgt works his way to full guard. Good work.
van der Burgt is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Rodie Tua will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

van der Burgt misses the shot to the body.
van der Burgt with a hook.

It looks like Rodie Tua has been cut.
van der Burgt sends Tua crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! van der Burgt is motioning to the referee to let Tua up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Tua is rocked!
Jonathan van der Burgt is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tua fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Tua showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from van der Burgt.

van der Burgt shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Tua works his way to full guard. Good work.
van der Burgt sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Tua is breathing heavily.
van der Burgt throwing strikes but missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tua working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from van der Burgt.
van der Burgt forces his way into half guard.
Tua is refusing to be controlled, as van der Burgt sits in half guard.
van der Burgt moves into full mount! Tua won't be happy about that!
Tua tries to lock up and control but van der Burgt gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, van der Burgt cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

van der Burgt has control of Tua's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Tua regains control of the situation pretty easily.
van der Burgt 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.
Tua is bucking up trying to escape but van der Burgt cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tua is trying to escape the mount.
van der Burgt throwing strikes here but Tua is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Tua can't escape the position.
van der Burgt tries to control but Tua wriggling away.
van der Burgt breaks from Tua's wrist control and lands an elbow.
van der Burgt postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Tua looks a forlorn figure.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
van der Burgt raining down shots from the mount!
Tua is still in real trouble! Can van der Burgt finish him?
A nice elbow there by van der Burgt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by van der Burgt.
Tua seems to have recovered his senses.
Tua flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
van der Burgt sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Tua takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
van der Burgt tries to control but Tua wriggling away.
van der Burgt connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Tua is desperately trying to improve his position but van der Burgt has a good base and remains in mount.
Poor strikes thrown by van der Burgt there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

van der Burgt is going olschool here, as he tries to force Tua to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Tua shrugs it off.
Tua is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
van der Burgt is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Tua can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
van der Burgt thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Tua is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Tua holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as van der Burgt tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Jonathan van der Burgt overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
van der Burgt lands a nice shot to the head.
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 der Burgt fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
van der Burgt can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Tua is looking to escape.
Tua can't escape the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
van der Burgt pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Tua tries to reverse the position but van der Burgt maintains control.
van der Burgt throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonathan van der Burgt dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rodie Tua's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

van der Burgt misses with a wild body shot.
van der Burgt throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

van der Burgt drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Tua throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
van der Burgt throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
van der Burgt's corner calls for a 1-2. van der Burgt obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Tua dodges the punch combination from van der Burgt.
van der Burgt is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tua can do to turn this around?
van der Burgt takes a swing at Tua's ribcage but misses.
Tua takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Tua feints and as van der Burgt raises his hands in defense, Tua changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Tua accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
van der Burgt bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Tua's guard.
van der Burgt throwing strikes from guard but Tua blocks nicely.
van der Burgt postures up in Tua's guard and throws a big left but Tua blocks it.
van der Burgt trying to control but Tua is working from the bottom.
Tua preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Tua can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as van der Burgt controls the pace.
Tua working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from van der Burgt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Tua is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tua with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling van der Burgt to score with a decent uppercut.
van der Burgt drops Tua with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Tua looks back up at him and smiles so van der Burgt waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Tua tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but van der Burgt swivels and escapes.

van der Burgt shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. van der Burgt showed some decent athleticism there.
van der Burgt wants to take a breather but Tua is having none of it.
Well, if van der Burgt is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
van der Burgt lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tua trying to control but van der Burgt postures up.
van der Burgt scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Tua blocking the ground and pound attempt from van der Burgt.
van der Burgt seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Tua does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Tua avoiding damage under a succession of punches from van der Burgt.
van der Burgt thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Tua misses with some strikes from the bottom.
van der Burgt thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Tua's head.
Tua is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
van der Burgt thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Tua's head.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

van der Burgt drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
van der Burgt scoring with punches from side control.
You can see the frustration on Tua's face as van der Burgt controls the position.
Tua is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Tua is not content to let van der Burgt control the position.
Tua struggling a bit here.
van der Burgt has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Tua!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
van der Burgt controlling his opponent.

van der Burgt looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonathan van der Burgt clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Rodie Tua's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Tua attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
van der Burgt lands with a shot to the body.
van der Burgt fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
van der Burgt misses the body punch
and Tua counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
van der Burgt lands with a big left! Tua is wobbled badly! van der Burgt comes in with a flurry of punches and drops Tua to the floor. The ref jumps in to save him from unneccessary punishment.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:31 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Jonathan van der Burgt!
Jonathan van der Burgt retains his super heavyweight title!