PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Jean Claude Van Halen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Micheal White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Claude Van Halen
vs
White

195 cm
22
148 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

196 cm
23
152 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jean Claude Van Halen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Micheal White!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Taro Takaoka and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Halen fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
White throws a looping overhand right but Van Halen ducks down to avoid it.

White clinches with his opponent.
Van Halen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
White lands a hook to the side of the head.
White lands with a short punch from the clinch.
White creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Van Halen misses with a punch on the inside.
Van Halen really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Van Halen tries to work over White's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Van Halen digs a right hand underneath White's ribcage. White let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Van Halen is trying to break free.
Van Halen throws a punch but it's blocked by White.
Van Halen's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nice elbow from White.

It looks like Jean Claude Van Halen has been cut.
White pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Van Halen blocks an elbow strike.
Van Halen can't find room to land a body shot as White controls the action.
Van Halen is trying to break the clinch but White has him pressed against the cage.
Van Halen has a couple of punches blocked by White.
White lands a left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
White lands an elbow inside that Van Halen shrugs off.
With the fighters up against the cage, White throws an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Halen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nice elbow from White.
White misses with an elbow over the top.
Van Halen misses with a punch on the inside.
Van Halen misses with a hook from the clinch.
White throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Van Halen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Van Halen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
White lands an elbow that stopped Van Halen in his tracks for a moment.
Van Halen blocks an elbow strike from White.
Van Halen wants to break free but White has control.
Van Halen gets through White's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Van Halen is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but White is keeping busy.
Van Halen has had enough of the clinch but White keeps him there for the moment.
White pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Van Halen is trying to break the clinch but White is controlling him.
Van Halen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Van Halen is looking to break free of the clinch but White has double underhooks.
Van Halen blocks an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Halen wants to break free but White has control.
White pushes off an throws an elbow but Van Halen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, White just misses with a elbow thrown towards Van Halen's brow.
Van Halen misses with some punches.
Van Halen wants to break free but White has control.
White lands an elbow inside that Van Halen shrugs off.
White blocks an uppercut.
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 Halen tries to circle away but White has him pinned against the cage.
Van Halen avoids the elbow strike from White, against the cage.
A shot in the inside from White.
White has Van Halen pressed against the cage, preventing Van Halen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A short right from White.
White lands an elbow just above Van Halen 's eye.
White creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Van Halen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
White throws an elbow but it misses.
Van Halen avoids the elbow strike from White, against the cage.
White looks to throw an elbow but misses.
White lands an elbow inside that Van Halen shrugs off.
Van Halen avoids the elbow strike from White, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Micheal White will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jean Claude Van Halen's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

White uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Van Halen.
White slips a jab from Van Halen.
White tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Van Halen was well out of range. Poor timing from White.
Van Halen is looking to land body kicks.
Van Halen connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

White is rocked!
Van Halen throws a lazy uppercut

and White counters quickly with a head kick that drops Van Halen to the mat! The referee starts the count at 3 - will Van Halen be able to get back to his feet in time? 4,5,6, he's up. He looks OK so we'll continue the action!

Van Halen is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
White thows a body shot but no joy.

White has managed to clinch.
White scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Oh Van Halen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Van Halen tries a body shot but White blocks it.
Van Halen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
White pushes Van Halen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Van Halen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Van Halen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Van Halen dodges an elbow strike from White.
Van Halen is trying to push White away but White has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Van Halen seems to have got his legs back now.
Van Halen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
White pushes off an throws an elbow but Van Halen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
White misses with an elbow strike.
White lands an elbow inside.
White lands a damaging elbow.
Van Halen dodges an elbow strike from White.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by White.

Jean Claude Van Halen's cut is getting worse.
Van Halen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Van Halen tries to break the clinch but White is controlling the position.
Van Halen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Van Halen wants to break free but White has control.
Van Halen throws a head punch that misses.
White misses with an elbow strike.
Van Halen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Van Halen throws a punch but it's blocked by White.
White working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short uppercut from White.
White lands with a short punch from the clinch.
White breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Van Halen with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Van Halen looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Van Halen get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Micheal White!