PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Virgil Van Dijk (ranked 6629 p4p, 529 weight class) and Owrip What (ranked 7688 p4p, 568 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Van Dijk
vs
What

184 cm
25
184 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

182 cm
25
175 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Good kicks
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Woodhouse's

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Virgil Van Dijk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Owrip What!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Dirk Anderson and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Dijk wants to land a leg kick but What is out of range.
What lands a jab to the head.
Van Dijk ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Van Dijk thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on What if he has to take too many more of those.
Van Dijk fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
What misses with a few strikes there.
Van Dijk tried to score with a low kick but What checks it.
What looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Van Dijk just misses with a punch to the body.
What looks to land a body kick but Van Dijk moved away.
What lands a nice looking body shot.
Van Dijk tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but What swivels and escapes.
What connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Van Dijk dives in for a single leg takedown but What sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Van Dijk is looking to land body kicks.
Van Dijk throws a half hearted mid kick.
Van Dijk throws a low kick, looking for What's leg but What calmly moves out of range.
What throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
What fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
What lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Van Dijk tries to work over What's front leg with a kick but What checks it.
Owrip What is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Van Dijk misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A little jabbing left from What on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Van Dijk takes a swing at What's ribcage but misses.
A left lands for What.
What throws a series of punches but Van Dijk avoids them all with ease.
What uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Van Dijk misses with a head kick.
What blocks a head kick by Van Dijk.
What lands with a shot to the body.
What digs a good hook to Van Dijk's body.
Van Dijk has been working on his balance at ELITE Island Gym - 19 Elite Coaches, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by What.
Van Dijk throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
What lands a jab to the head.
Van Dijk moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
What connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
What lands with a good body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Van Dijk looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Van Dijk swings away with a body shot that misses
and What counters with a stiff right hand.
Van Dijk throws a half hearted mid kick.
Van Dijk avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Van Dijk moves into the clinch.
Van Dijk misses with a short punch on the inside.
Van Dijk fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
What stalling.
Van Dijk presses What against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Van Dijk has a couple of punches blocked by What.
Van Dijk has What pressed against the cage, preventing What from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Van Dijk misses with a shot to the kidneys.
What blocking some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Dijk working aggressively here.
What can't break the clinch.
What presses Van Dijk against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Van Dijk throws a punch but it's blocked by What.
Van Dijk working aggressively here.
Van Dijk lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Van Dijk.
Van Dijk tries for a takedown but What manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Virgil Van Dijk. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Van Dijk cracks What with a nice body shot.
What lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Van Dijk or not.
Van Dijk misses with some punches.
Van Dijk working aggressively here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
What wants to break the clinch but can't.
Van Dijk misses with a short punch on the inside.
Van Dijk can't find room to land a body shot as What controls the action.
Van Dijk misses with a shot to the kidneys.
What blocks a body shot from Van Dijk.
What tries a body shot but Van Dijk blocks it.
What blocking some punches.
Van Dijk throws a punch but it's blocked by What.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Van Dijk lands with a right to the head.
Van Dijk taking a breather.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Owrip What will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Van Dijk displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as What throws out the jab.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Van Dijk.
What lands with a good body shot.
Van Dijk pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Nice defenses there by Van Dijk.
Van Dijk wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
What misses with a looping right.

Van Dijk lands a big head kick that sends What tumbling to the mat! Van Dijk takes a step backwards and waves What back to his feet - he wants the finish!

What is rocked!

It looks like Owrip What has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Van Dijk connects with a picture perfect right hand that knocks What out cold! This one is over in a flash!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Virgil Van Dijk!