PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jan Kriel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Schuurman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kriel's entrance music is Fokofpolisiekar - Fokofpolisiekar. A fine choice. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Kriel
vs
Schuurman

178 cm
21
181 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

175 cm
23
175 lbs
8 - 5 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jan Kriel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Frank Schuurman!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Daniel Cesar and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Schuurman pushes Kriel up against the cage in a clinch.
Schuurman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A knee to the head by Schuurman.

It looks like Jan Kriel has been cut.
Schuurman misses with a knee strike.
Schuurman misses with a knee to the head.
Schuurman tries to land a knee to the head but Kriel blocks with his arms.
Schuurman looking to throw knees to the head but Kriel is blocking nicely.
Schuurman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Schuurman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kriel has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Schuurman misses with a knee to the head.
Kriel scores with a shoulder strike.
A short uppercut from Kriel.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kriel.
Kriel misses with a knee to the head.
Schuurman throws a knee to the head but misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kriel lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Schuurman backwards.

Kriel breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kriel misses with a hook. Schuurman ducked under it nicely.
Schuurman tries to clinch up but Kriel circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice shot by Kriel.

It looks like Frank Schuurman has been cut.

Schuurman closes the distance and clinches.
Schuurman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kriel has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kriel breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Schuurman moves into the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Kriel takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A right hand to the body from Kriel.
Schuurman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kriel avoids it.
Nice body punch from Kriel - that landed with a thud.
Our sources have told us that Kriel has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Kriel digs a right hand underneath Schuurman's ribcage. Schuurman let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Schuurman looking to throw knees to the head but Kriel is blocking nicely.
Kriel on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kriel misses with a punch to the body.
Kriel scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kriel works on Schuurman's body with a couple of short punches.
Schuurman looks winded!
Schuurman looking to throw knees to the head but Kriel is blocking nicely.
Kriel lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kriel on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Schuurman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kriel avoids it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kriel creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kriel digs a right hand underneath Schuurman's ribcage. Schuurman let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kriel connects with a nasty looking knee right to Schuurman's face.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kriel just misses with a elbow thrown towards Schuurman's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kriel scores with a shoulder strike.

Kriel manages to break the clinch.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Schuurman crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Kriel - the referee stops the clock and Schuurman gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Kriel. Schuurman manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Schuurman is looking to clinch but Kriel is avoiding it.
An attempted straight right counter from Kriel misses the target.
Kriel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Schuurman manages to avoid it.
Schuurman wants to counter the offense by Kriel and move into the clinch position.
Kriel keeps the fight on the outside.
Schuurman tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting Kriel counter with a right hand.
Frank Schuurman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Schuurman tries to clinch but Kriel is having none of it.
Schuurman closes the distance but Kriel moves to the side
and Kriel counters with a nice uppercut.
Schuurman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kriel just misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kriel circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kriel misses with a body kick.
Schuurman closes the distance but Kriel moves to the side
and Schuurman takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Schuurman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kriel paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Schuurman moves in looking to clinch but Kriel pushes him off.
It looked like Kriel wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Schuurman tries to clinch up but Kriel circles away and keeps his distance.
Schuurman fails with an attempt to clinch.
An attempted straight right counter from Kriel misses the target.

Schuurman closes the distance and clinches.
Schuurman lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kriel lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kriel lands a right hand.
Schuurman utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Schuurman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Schuurman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kriel has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kriel content to slow the pace in the clinch.

Kriel breaks the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Schuurman tries to close the distance and clinch but Kriel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kriel is looking to counter punch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Schuurman looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Schuurman gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kriel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Schuurman blocks an elbow strike from Kriel.
Kriel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Schuurman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kriel blocks it with crossed arms.
Kriel blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Good body shot from Kriel.
Schuurman utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Schuurman tries a knee to the head but Kriel blocks it.
Kriel lands a shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kriel tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jan Kriel dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Kriel pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Schuurman is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Kriel lands with a straight right. Schuurman didn't see that one coming.
Schuurman wants to clinch
and Kriel cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kriel looks to land a body kick but Schuurman moved away.
Schuurman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kriel.
Kriel circles away from the clinch attempt.
Schuurman tries to clinch up.
Kriel circles away from the clinch attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kriel pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Kriel sets himself, and Schuurman steps forward looking for the clinch! Kriel avoids it this time.
Kriel lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Kriel scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Schuurman tries to clinch there but Kriel circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schuurman tries to clinch there but Kriel circles away.
Schuurman walks into a jab.
Schuurman tries to close the distance and clinch but Kriel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kriel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kriel is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Schuurman can do to turn this around?
Schuurman tries to clinch but Kriel moves away
and Schuurman takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kriel keeps the fight on the outside.
Kriel was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Schuurman is looking to clinch but Kriel is avoiding it.

Schuurman moves into range and clinches up with Kriel.
Schuurman throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kriel just misses with a elbow thrown towards Schuurman's brow.
Schuurman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kriel stalling the fight.
Kriel lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Schuurman backwards.
Kriel misses with a hook to the ribs.
Schuurman missing with knees to the body.

Kriel breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schuurman closes the distance looking to clinch
and Kriel counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That has opened up Frank Schuurman's cut even more.
Kriel throws a jab when Schuurman was well out of range.
Jan Kriel is winning the standup battle so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kriel just misses with a punch to the body.

Schuurman closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Kriel throws an elbow but it misses.
Schuurman blocks an elbow strike.
Kriel scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Schuurman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Schuurman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kriel.
Kriel managing to block the knees to the body from Schuurman.
Kriel managing to block the knees to the body from Schuurman.
Schuurman missing with knees to the body.
Schuurman tries a knee to the head but Kriel blocks it.
Schuurman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kriel blocks it with crossed arms.
Schuurman is breathing heavily.
Kriel dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for Kriel to work.
Frank Schuurman seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kriel.

Kriel pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kriel lands with a right hand.
Schuurman tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Kriel counters with a stiff right hand.
Kriel scores with a nice right hand.

Schuurman is rocked!
Schuurman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kriel paws at him with a jab and circles away.
It looked like Kriel was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Schuurman.
Schuurman looks to clinch
and Kriel counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Schuurman is still on wobbly legs! Can Kriel finish him?
Schuurman closes the distance looking to clinch
and Kriel counters with a huge overhand right that connects right on the temple, sending him crumpling, face first to the floor! This one is all over! What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jan Kriel!
Jan Kriel spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.