PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Steve van der Slam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gun Show (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). van der Slam comes to the ring accompanied by Biggest & the best - Clawfinger. Steve van der Slam has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

van der Slam
vs
Show

165 cm
22
140 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

189 cm
22
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Crashforce Voodoo Labs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Steve van der Slam!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gun Show!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Wagner Zegers and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
van der Slam misses with a head kick.

Show shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Show works over van der Slam with some ground and pound from guard.
van der Slam knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Show on the ground.
van der Slam keeping moving, preventing Show from controlling successfully.
Show won't allow van der Slam to sweep him here.
van der Slam wants to stand and escape but Show is having none of it.
van der Slam keeping full guard, as Show tries to pass.
Show is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Show won't allow van der Slam to get back to his feet.
van der Slam on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if van der Slam tries to get out of the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Show tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
van der Slam feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Show's calf.
van der Slam rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Show moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
van der Slam shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Show as he avoids it easily.
van der Slam tries a head kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Show shoots in looking for a takedown. van der Slam tries to sprawl out of it but Show keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. van der Slam manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
van der Slam throws a head kick that misses.
van der Slam tries to clinch up but Show circles away and keeps his distance.
van der Slam scores with a one two! Show had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
van der Slam scores with a head kick.
Show doesn't manage to clinch there - van der Slam circles away.
Show shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with van der Slam but van der Slam pushes him off and we're back to square one.
van der Slam tries for a takedown but Show circles away easily

and Show counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Show has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. van der Slam is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Steve van der Slam has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gun Show.

van der Slam manages to break the clinch.
van der Slam throws a right and a left that both miss.
van der Slam looks to clinch

and Show holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
van der Slam drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Show gets underhooks to prevent van der Slam's takedown attempt.
van der Slam throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Show blocks it with crossed arms.
van der Slam misses with a knee strike.
Show jumps guard but van der Slam stands there with Show around his waist. Show gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

van der Slam's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
van der Slam tries to clinch

and Show counters with a nice double leg into side control. van der Slam won't be happy with that.

Show looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Show looks gassed!
van der Slam is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Show asserts his dominance and retains side control.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Show wants to lay and pray for a moment but van der Slam keeps working.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
van der Slam is pushing Show's head away, looking to escape. Show manages to hold on to the position though.
Show wants to lay and pray for a moment but van der Slam keeps working.
van der Slam is trying to improve his position.
van der Slam wants to get back to his feet but Show drags him back down.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
van der Slam stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and van der Slam wants it to stay on the feet.
Steve van der Slam seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
van der Slam thows a body kick. Show tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from van der Slam.
van der Slam tries to clinch but Show moves out of range.
van der Slam darts in trying to clinch

and Show counters by moving into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
van der Slam is trying to drag Show to the mat but Show just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
Show is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
van der Slam is trying to stall.
Show tries to break free but van der Slam pushes him back against the ropes.
van der Slam looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
van der Slam stalling against the ropes.
van der Slam throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Show blocks it with crossed arms.
van der Slam tries to land a knee to the head but Show blocks with his arms.

Show pulls guard successfully.
van der Slam would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Show wants to sweep but no luck.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gun Show dominated that round.
That's time! van der Slam's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Show chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before van der Slam can pounce on him.

van der Slam closes the distance and clinches.
van der Slam has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
van der Slam has Show pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. Show manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
van der Slam connects with a knee to the head.
Show goes for a takedown attempt but van der Slam pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
van der Slam misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
van der Slam misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Show fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
van der Slam tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
van der Slam tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
van der Slam throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A head kick misses from van der Slam.

That's one minute gone in the round.
van der Slam falls off balance throwing a combination

and Show counters by moving into the clinch.
van der Slam misses with a knee strike.
van der Slam throws a knee to the head but misses.

van der Slam breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

van der Slam has taken the fight to the clinch.

van der Slam has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Show uses from the top position.
Show preventing the sweep.
Show tries to free his leg and advance position but van der Slam is retaining full guard.
Show slips nicely into half guard.
Show is breathing heavily.
Show stops van der Slam from getting back to his feet.
Show wants to take a breather but van der Slam is having none of it.

Show is sneakily working for an arm triangle but van der Slam sees it coming and defends easily.
van der Slam is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
van der Slam is trying to stand back up but Show is controlling him

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
van der Slam displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Show.
Steve van der Slam has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gun Show.
van der Slam tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
van der Slam throws a nice looking combination but Show bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Show is on the wrong end of a nice combination from van der Slam.
van der Slam throws a combination that misses

and Show counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Show.
van der Slam tries a knee to the head but Show blocks it.
Show tries to break free but van der Slam pushes him back against the ropes.
van der Slam tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
van der Slam drops down looking for an ankle pick but Show pulls his leg out and moves away.
Show tries to clinch up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

van der Slam closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Show being controlled against the ropes.
van der Slam looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Show struggles to land a body shot inside as van der Slam controls his hands.
van der Slam is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Show pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Show jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as van der Slam walks away with a smile on his face. Show gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
van der Slam throws a series of punches but Show moves out of range.
van der Slam fails to land with a series of punches.
Steve van der Slam is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
van der Slam lands with a nice combination. Show backs away looking to recover.
van der Slam pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Show circles away from the clinch attempt.
van der Slam tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

van der Slam has closed the distance and engaged Show in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
van der Slam landing knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Show fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Show takes an elbow to the temple.
van der Slam connects with a knee to the head.
van der Slam tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
van der Slam landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
van der Slam looking to throw knees to the head but Show is blocking nicely.
van der Slam jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Show walks away with a smile on his face. van der Slam gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Show tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but van der Slam paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Show blocks a jab.
van der Slam scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Show blocks a low kick nicely.
Show shoots in but no luck this time.
van der Slam moves in looking to clinch but Show pushes him off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve van der Slam dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action!

van der Slam closes the distance and pushes Show back into the ropes.
van der Slam misses with a knee to the head.
van der Slam tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Show has van der Slam pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. van der Slam manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

van der Slam jumps guard and drags Show to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Show trying to control but van der Slam is working from the bottom.
van der Slam wants to get back to his feet but Show is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
van der Slam tries to land a sweep but no joy.
van der Slam wants to stand but Show is controlling the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
van der Slam keeping moving, preventing Show from controlling successfully.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
van der Slam is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

van der Slam throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Show was covering up waiting for the punch and van der Slam finishes the takedown easily into guard.

van der Slam avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

van der Slam gets to his feet - Show follows without any prompting.
van der Slam misses with a double jab.
van der Slam slaps away a takedown attempt from Show, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Show avoids the head kick by van der Slam.
van der Slam looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
van der Slam fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Show looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

van der Slam clinches with his opponent.
van der Slam on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
van der Slam using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
van der Slam looking to throw knees to the head but Show is blocking nicely.
A knee to the head by van der Slam.
van der Slam with an attempt at a knee that misses.
van der Slam is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Show gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Show tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
van der Slam manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

van der Slam pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
van der Slam misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
van der Slam is looking to slow Show down with leg kicks.
Show avoids the head kick by van der Slam.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Show tries to clinch but van der Slam is having none of it.
Show circles away from the clinch attempt

so Show counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
van der Slam is looking to stand up but Show isn't so interested in that idea.
Show trying to control but van der Slam is working from the bottom.
Show pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. van der Slam is keeping the position for now.

van der Slam pushes Show off and scrambles back to his feet.
Good leg kick by van der Slam there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from van der Slam misses.
Show tries to clinch

and van der Slam moves into the clinch.
van der Slam scores a nice knee to the body.
van der Slam tries to land a knee to the head but Show blocks with his arms.
van der Slam tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
van der Slam wants to stall.

van der Slam escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Show will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Steve van der Slam has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gun Show.
Show blocks a head kick by van der Slam.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from van der Slam.
van der Slam thumps Show with a low kick.

van der Slam moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve van der Slam clearly takes that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

van der Slam falls off balance throwing a combination
and Show counters with an outside leg kick.
van der Slam pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
van der Slam throws a head kick but Show moves out of range.

van der Slam fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Show sprawls well initially but van der Slam persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
van der Slam wants to stand but Show has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
van der Slam throws a strike but Show avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Show throwing short punches from the bottom.
van der Slam wants to stand but Show is controlling his posture from full guard.
van der Slam trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.

That's one minute gone in the round.
van der Slam thows a big elbow that misses.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
van der Slam trying to control the position from guard on top but Show is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

van der Slam stands up from Show's guard - van der Slam perhaps looking for a knockout.
Show tries to clinch up.
A head kick misses from van der Slam.
van der Slam lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
van der Slam feints and then cracks Show's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Show down.
van der Slam fails with the takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Show closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
van der Slam is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Show is controlling him well.
Show moves into full mount!
Show can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as van der Slam is looking to escape.
van der Slam is in all sorts of trouble here.
van der Slam trying desperately to get to his feet.
van der Slam manages to regain half guard. Good work.
van der Slam is trying to stand.
Gun Show has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Show is trying to control the action in half guard but van der Slam is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
van der Slam pushes Show off looking to stand but Show dives back in and keeps control.

Show decides to stand up.

Show shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

van der Slam kicks Show off and gets back to his feet.
Show throws a push kick but van der Slam slaps the foot to one side.
van der Slam lands a nice leg kick that just misses Show's sensitive parts.

Show fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with van der Slam, pushing him back against the ropes.

van der Slam breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
van der Slam fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for van der Slam.
Show throws a head kick but van der Slam moves out of range.
van der Slam fails to land with a series of punches.
van der Slam throws a head kick that half lands.

van der Slam darts in and clinches Show up against the ropes.
van der Slam lands with a short shot to the head.

Show is fighting off a takedown attempt but van der Slam is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Show to the mat. Show regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
van der Slam wants to control from the top but Show keeps moving.
Show is trying to control the position from the bottom.
van der Slam wants to stand but Show is controlling his posture from full guard.
van der Slam might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve van der Slam had his way with Gun Show in that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Show is looking to slow van der Slam down with leg kicks.
Show keeps the fight on the outside.
van der Slam throws a series of punches but Show avoids them all with ease.

van der Slam has Show up against the ropes in a clinch.

van der Slam breaks the clinch.
Show tries for a takedown but van der Slam sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Danga de danga de dang - van der Slam scores with a four punch combination!
van der Slam misses with a two punch combination.
van der Slam avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Show shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has van der Slam pinned against the cage. van der Slam gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Show is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
van der Slam throws a leg kick which misses Show's front leg but catches the back leg as Show tries to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
van der Slam looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Show is fending him off so far but van der Slam persists. Nope, Show circles away and we're back to standing.
van der Slam throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A punch combination from van der Slam misses.

van der Slam rushes Show and presses him up against the ropes.
Show's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

van der Slam breaks the clinch.
A punch combination from van der Slam misses.
van der Slam throws a sloppy head kick

and Show counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Show.
van der Slam is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
van der Slam keeping moving, preventing Show from controlling successfully.
Show pushes down on van der Slam's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Show prevents van der Slam from standing back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
van der Slam wants to stand back up but Show manages to pass into side control.
van der Slam tries to buck Show off but Show is having none of it.
van der Slam looking for a sweep but Show has passed into full mount! Oh no!
van der Slam working to try and regain half guard.

Show is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, van der Slam has managed to escape the submission attempt.
van der Slam is trying to escape the mount.

Show is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. van der Slam can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Show wants to control the pace but van der Slam is squirming around nicely.
van der Slam is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
van der Slam is trying desperately to improve position.
Show raining down shots from the mount!
van der Slam can't escape the position.
van der Slam squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.

Show jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but van der Slam manages to avoid the submission attempt.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

van der Slam clinches up against the ropes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
van der Slam with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
van der Slam with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Show stalling in the clinch but van der Slam improves position.
van der Slam with a knee to the head.
van der Slam tries to land knees in the clinch but Show avoids the damage to the body.
Show looking for a takedown.
Steve van der Slam has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gun Show.
van der Slam is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
van der Slam tries to land a knee to the head but Show blocks with his arms.
Show blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
van der Slam is trying to force a seperation but Show has the dominant position.
Show goes for a takedown attempt but van der Slam pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Show.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Gun Show.
I think van der Slam has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight for Steve van der Slam!
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight for Gun Show!
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight for Steve van der Slam!

Steve van der Slam wins by split decision!
Steve van der Slam is the new bantamweight champion!