PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Peter Van Nostrand (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ross Artings (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Van Nostrand
vs
Artings

198 cm
21
250 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

205 cm
25
270 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Peter Van Nostrand!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ross Artings!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Alec Ball and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Artings throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Van Nostrand misses with a shot to the body
and Artings counters with a left and a right that stings Van Nostrand.

Van Nostrand has taken the fight to the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Artings tries for a takedown but Van Nostrand manages to get underhooks.
Artings can't break the clinch.

Van Nostrand jumps guard.
Artings controlling from the top position.

Van Nostrand is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Artings controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Artings tries to free his leg and advance position but Van Nostrand is retaining full guard.
Artings is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Ross Artings wasn't active enough on the ground.
Van Nostrand misses with a few strikes there.
Artings swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Van Nostrand blocks a head kick by Artings.
Artings lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Van Nostrand circles away quickly and effectively.
Artings fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Van Nostrand shoots and misses

and Artings counters by clinching up.
Artings drops down looking for an ankle pick but Van Nostrand pulls his leg out and moves away.
Peter Van Nostrand has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ross Artings.
Artings tries a head kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Nostrand shoots in looking for a takedown. Artings tries to sprawl out of it but Van Nostrand keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Artings manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Ross Artings seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice takedown defense from Artings. No joy for Van Nostrand on that attempt.
Van Nostrand looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Van Nostrand shoots in but Artings avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Artings is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Van Nostrand's half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Van Nostrand is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Artings moves into full mount! Van Nostrand won't be happy about that!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Nostrand avoids a series of strikes thrown by Artings.
Artings has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Van Nostrand's face.
Artings throws some wild stikes that Van Nostrand manages to avoid easily.

Artings moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Van Nostrand has worked his arm free - good work by Van Nostrand!
Van Nostrand is being controlled here.
Artings throws an elbow but Van Nostrand slips to the side and avoids it well.
Van Nostrand managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Artings.
The ground and pound from Artings seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
An elbow from Artings crashes against the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Nostrand struggling a bit here.
The strikes coming from Artings are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Artings lands a nice forearm strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Artings working away.
Artings controls the position.
Artings fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Van Nostrand is looking to regain half guard here but Artings keeps moving and retains side control.
Van Nostrand parries the strikes from Artings easily there. Artings is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Van Nostrand to escape.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Artings sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Van Nostrand is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Artings tries to score with some ground and pound. Van Nostrand controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Van Nostrand is being controlled here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ross Artings dominated that round.
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.

Nice takedown defense from Van Nostrand. No joy for Artings on that attempt.
Van Nostrand throws a right hand that Artings ducks under and follows up with a left that Artings also avoids with ease.
Artings avoids the head kick by Van Nostrand.
Van Nostrand shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Artings as he avoids it easily.

Artings clinches up with Van Nostrand and pushes him back against the cage.
Van Nostrand wants a takedown.
Van Nostrand swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Artings drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Van Nostrand gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Van Nostrand tries to pull guard but Artings won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Peter Van Nostrand. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Van Nostrand gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Artings.
Van Nostrand jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Artings walks away with a smile on his face. Van Nostrand gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Artings tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Van Nostrand swivels and escapes.
Van Nostrand misses with a head kick.
Artings changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Van Nostrand tries to avoid it but Artings manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Van Nostrand to the ground. Van Nostrand escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Artings tries a head kick but it misses.
Artings scores with the left hand. Van Nostrand knows he should have avoided that one.
Artings tries to clinch but Van Nostrand moves out of range.
Van Nostrand shoots in but no luck this time.
Artings is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Artings misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Nostrand throws a right and a left that Artings avoids nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Van Nostrand looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
No luck for Artings with that takedown attempt.
Van Nostrand moves out of range of the body kick from Artings.
Artings will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Artings shoots in for a takedown but Van Nostrand shows good takedown defense.
Artings misses with a wild combination.

Van Nostrand drives through and clinches with Artings against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Nostrand fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Artings is looking for a takedown.

Van Nostrand pulls guard.
Artings prevents Van Nostrand from getting back to his feet.
Artings stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Van Nostrand swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Artings looking to sit in guard and control but Van Nostrand gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Van Nostrand wants to get up but he can't break Artings's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Artings has Van Nostrand pulled in close to control his posture.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Artings throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

Artings uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Van Nostrand shoots for a takedown but Artings saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Artings fails to land the takedown.
Van Nostrand moves to clinch but Artings breaks away

and Artings counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Van Nostrand trying to control but Artings postures up.

Artings is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Van Nostrand sees it coming and defends easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ross Artings showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Artings tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Van Nostrand manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Artings shoots in looking for a takedown. Van Nostrand tries to sprawl out of it but Artings keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Van Nostrand manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Van Nostrand tries to clinch but Artings is having none of it.
Artings gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Van Nostrand counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Van Nostrand.
Van Nostrand stalling in the clinch but Artings improves position.

Artings gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Artings takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Van Nostrand is trying to control but can't.
Ross Artings has got the better of the ground game so far.
Van Nostrand keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.

Artings is working for a submission of some sort.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Artings takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Van Nostrand tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Artings manages to move to mount!
Van Nostrand is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Artings controlling the position easily from mount.
Van Nostrand wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Nostrand wants to hold on but Artings pushes him away.
Artings throws some wild stikes that Van Nostrand manages to avoid easily.
Artings raining down hammerfists from mount.
Artings fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
BOOM! Artings connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Artings cracks Van Nostrand with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Artings working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Artings landing punches.
Van Nostrand taking shots to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Nostrand takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Artings takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Artings is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Van Nostrand working to try and regain half guard.
Artings pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Artings raining down shots from the mount!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Artings takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Artings pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Nostrand is in all sorts of trouble here.
Artings scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Van Nostrand?
Van Nostrand is bucking up trying to escape but Artings cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Artings cracks Van Nostrand with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Artings lands a couple of good shots and Van Nostrand has given up his back, trying to escape the position!

Van Nostrand defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Artings's arms.
Ross Artings is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Artings is riding his opponent, not letting Van Nostrand buck him off.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Artings throwing damaging strikes from the back! Van Nostrand could be in trouble here!
Peter Van Nostrand has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Artings throwing sloppy strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ross Artings comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Artings winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ross Artings!