PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Jean Claude Van Halen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dutch Delight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Delight comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Bad Reputation kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Claude Van Halen
vs
Delight

195 cm
22
148 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

171 cm
32
149 lbs
23 - 10 - 1

World class MT
Cardio machine

World class MT
Good gas tank

Ultra Fight Gear
Valhalla Q160 Nutrition

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 - 3 - 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 23 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Dutch Delight!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Halen goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

It looks like Dutch Delight has been cut.
Van Halen with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Van Halen throws a series of punches but Delight moves out of range.
Van Halen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Delight fails in his attempt to clinch.

Delight instigates a clinch.
Delight lands a damaging elbow.
Delight blocks an elbow strike from Van Halen.

Delight breaks from the clinch.
Delight changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Van Halen throws a jab when Delight was well out of range.
Van Halen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Van Halen stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Delight instigates a clinch.
Delight lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Van Halen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Van Halen is trying to force a seperation but Delight has the dominant position.
Delight works on Van Halen's body with a couple of short punches.
Delight lands a nice uppercut.
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.
Delight tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Van Halen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Delight is working Van Halen over against the cage.
Delight is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Van Halen is defending well for now.
Delight lands a nice knee to the body.
Delight scores with a shot to the side of Van Halen's head.
Delight is leaning against Van Halen and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Van Halen is trying to break the clinch but Delight is controlling him.
Delight landing knees to the body.
Van Halen is breathing heavily.
Van Halen misses with some punches.
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!
Delight lands a right hand that snaps the head of Van Halen backwards.
Delight is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Delight lands a good knee to the midsection. Van Halen won't want to take too many of those.
Knees in the clinch landing for Delight.
Delight comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Delight putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Van Halen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Delight lands an elbow that stopped Van Halen in his tracks for a moment.
Delight misses with a knee strike.
Delight lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Van Halen is trying to push Delight away but Delight has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Van Halen is looking to break free of the clinch but Delight has double underhooks.

Delight escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Halen on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Jean Claude Van Halen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Van Halen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Delight moves away.

Delight has taken the fight to the clinch.
Delight lands with a left to the head.
Delight scores with a hook to the body.
Delight lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Van Halen or not.
Van Halen can't break the clinch.
Delight unloads a knee to the mid-section. Van Halen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Delight landing knees to the body.

Delight breaks from the clinch.
Van Halen misses with a straight left.
Delight throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Van Halen with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Delight to score with a decent uppercut.
Van Halen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Van Halen swings for the body but Delight moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Delight.

Delight gets a clinch.
A short right from Delight.
Delight lands a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dutch Delight dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dutch Delight'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.

Delight tries to bum rush Van Halen with a series of wild strikes but Van Halen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Delight bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Delight darts in and clinches Van Halen up against the cage.
Delight using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Van Halen tries to stall but Delight uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Delight scores a nice knee to the body.
Delight landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Van Halen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Delight landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Delight obliges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Delight lands with a short shot to the head.
Delight tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Delight throws a knee to the head but misses.
Delight comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Jean Claude Van Halen has been cut.
Delight pushes Van Halen back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Delight is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Van Halen is defending well for now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Van Halen tries to break the clinch but Delight is controlling the position.
Van Halen avoiding damage as Delight throws knees to the body.
Delight lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Delight using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Van Halen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Delight lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Delight lands an elbow inside.
Delight scores with a shoulder strike.
Van Halen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Van Halen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Delight lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Van Halen or not.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Delight.
Van Halen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Delight scores with a nice hook to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Delight.

Delight breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Delight avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Delight uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Van Halen.

Van Halen rushes Delight and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Delight comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Van Halen is rocked!
Van Halen can't find room to land a body shot as Delight controls the action.
Oh Van Halen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Knees in the clinch landing for Delight.
Van Halen is trying to force a seperation but Delight has the dominant position.
Van Halen seems to have got his legs back now.
Van Halen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Delight lands a good knee to the midsection. Van Halen won't want to take too many of those.

Delight breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Van Halen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Delight lands with a slapping head kick.

Van Halen gets tackled into the cage by Delight. Delight maintains the clinch.
Van Halen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Delight misses with a knee to the head.

Delight manages to break the clinch.

Delight takes the fight into the clinch.
Van Halen lands a shoulder strike.
Delight landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A short uppercut from Delight.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Delight lands a nice elbow.
Van Halen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Van Halen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nice elbow from Delight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dutch Delight showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.

Delight lands a head kick that sends Van Halen down! Van Halen is flopping around the mat trying to get back up, leaving the referee no choice but to wave off the fight! Delight is victorious!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Dutch Delight!
Dutch Delight seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.