|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Altare (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rembrandt Van Rijn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rembrandt Van Rijn told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
 |
|
 |
| 185 cm
20
200 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
|
180 cm
26
195 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
KO power |
|
Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful |
|
| |
|
Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, John Altare!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rembrandt Van Rijn!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Aleksandr Martynov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Altare lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Altare cracks Van Rijn with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Van Rijn misses with a wild body shot.
Van Rijn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Altare manages to avoid it.
Van Rijn tries to clinch up but Altare circles away and keeps his distance.
Altare avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
It looked like Altare wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Jab by Altare.
Van Rijn throws a right hand that Altare ducks under and follows up with a left that Altare also avoids with ease.
A swing and a miss from Van Rijn.
Altare throwing a counter right hand but Van Rijn manages to avoid it.
Altare throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Altare uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Van Rijn.
Altare misses with an attempted mid kick.
Van Rijn misses with a body shot.
Van Rijn throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Altare sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Altare with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Altare feints and then cracks Van Rijn's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Van Rijn down.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Van Rijn keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Altare.
Altare misses with a hook.
Van Rijn wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Altare will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Van Rijn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
An attempted straight right counter from Altare misses the target.
John Altare seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Van Rijn blocks a head kick by Altare.
A nice side step and Van Rijn releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Altare avoids the body shot from Van Rijn.
Altare misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Van Rijn.
Altare misses with a straight right.
Van Rijn looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Altare throws a hook but Van Rijn avoids it easily.
Altare fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Van Rijn manages to avoid it.
Altare swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Van Rijn.
Altare looks to score with a jab to the body but Van Rijn is just out of range.
Van Rijn connects with a body shot.
Van Rijn has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
A slow jab from Van Rijn misses its intended target.
Van Rijn scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Van Rijn lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Rijn on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Altare takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Rijn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Altare manages to avoid it.
Altare definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Altare uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Van Rijn.
Van Rijn fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Altare keeps the fight on the outside.
Altare misses with a straight left.
Van Rijn swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Van Rijn cracks a nice hook into Altare's ribs.
Altare throws a wild body kick that Van Rijn sees coming a mile off.
Van Rijn's jab looks to have found its range, popping Altare under the eye.
Van Rijn closes the distance and pushes Altare back into the cage.
Altare misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Altare is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Van Rijn stalling in the clinch.
Van Rijn continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Altare lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Rijn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Altare's elbow.
Altare lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Van Rijn scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Altare blocks an uppercut.
Altare lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Van Rijn.
Altare blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Van Rijn just leaning against Altare, taking a breather.
Still in the clinch, Van Rijn scores with a nice short uppercut.
Van Rijn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Altare.
Van Rijn lands a hook that snaps the head of Altare backwards.
Van Rijn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Altare blocks an uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Rijn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Van Rijn is trying to stall.
Altare presses Van Rijn against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Van Rijn is struggling to control the position.
Van Rijn misses with a punch on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Altare working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Rijn stalls.
Altare breaks the clinch.
and Altare counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Van Rijn! He's just covering up as Altare starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Altare!
A very excited looking John Altare made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
50% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
