PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shane Hart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carsten Van Amstel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hart comes to the cage accompanied by DMX - Where My Dogs At. Shane Hart has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hart
vs
Van Amstel

189 cm
21
217 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

200 cm
24
215 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Shane Hart!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Carsten Van Amstel!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Phil Schofield and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Amstel avoids a kick to the body.
Van Amstel tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Van Amstel gets a clinch.
Van Amstel landing knees to the head.
Van Amstel landing knees to the head.
Hart takes a knee to the side of the body.
Van Amstel working Hart over with knees to the body.

Van Amstel breaks from the clinch.
Van Amstel is looking to clinch.
Van Amstel scores with a leg kick.
Van Amstel scores with a nice body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hart scores with a hook to the body. Van Amstel takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A head kick misses from Van Amstel.
A combination from Van Amstel does no damage.
Van Amstel is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Van Amstel moves in looking to clinch but Hart pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Amstel tries to clinch but Hart is having none of it.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Hart.

Van Amstel has taken the fight to the clinch.
Van Amstel misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hart.

Van Amstel's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Van Amstel pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Van Amstel is looking to clinch.
Hart misses with a series of wild punches.
Hart shoots in for a takedown but Van Amstel shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Van Amstel tries to clinch up but Hart circles away and keeps his distance.
Van Amstel lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hart throws a right hand that Van Amstel ducks under and follows up with a left that Van Amstel also avoids with ease.

Van Amstel has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hart is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Van Amstel gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shane Hart. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Van Amstel holding his opponent close, against the cage.

Van Amstel breaks the clinch.
Van Amstel throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hart fails to land the takedown.
Van Amstel tries to clinch but Hart moves out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A kick lands to the mid section there for Van Amstel.
Hart avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Van Amstel tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Van Amstel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hart misses with a head kick.
Van Amstel is looking to clinch but Hart is avoiding it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hart fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Van Amstel wants to clinch up but Hart keeps it at a distance.

Van Amstel forces Hart back against the cage and clinches.
Van Amstel with a knee to the head.

It looks like Shane Hart has been cut.
Hart managing to block the knees to the body from Van Amstel.
Hart managing to block the knees to the body from Van Amstel.
Van Amstel with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Knees in the clinch landing for Van Amstel.
Knees to the body from Van Amstel.
Hart is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Van Amstel with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Van Amstel.
Hart is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Van Amstel with a knee to the head.
Van Amstel lands a good knee to the midsection. Hart won't want to take too many of those.
Van Amstel putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hart in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

Van Amstel's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
It's a brutal combination of punches from Van Amstel! Hart is backing up but he can't get away as Van Amstel lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops Hart and ends the fight. Great knockout.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Carsten Van Amstel!
Carsten Van Amstel seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.