PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hassan Van Den Berg (ranked 3246 p4p, 346 weight class) and Irong Kasamsun (ranked 2697 p4p, 301 weight class). Kasamsun has chosen BJJ Blue Belt July 13th, 2019 as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Van Den Berg
vs
Kasamsun

181 cm
26
157 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

176 cm
19
156 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hassan Van Den Berg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Irong Kasamsun!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Elvis Blanc and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Den Berg throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Van Den Berg throws a right hand that misses
and Kasamsun counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Van Den Berg on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Kasamsun has managed to clinch.
A short uppercut from Kasamsun.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kasamsun creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kasamsun lands a right hand.
Kasamsun keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Van Den Berg's efforts to push away.
Kasamsun lands a body punch in the clinch.
Kasamsun scores with a nice hook to the head.
Van Den Berg is trying to break the clinch but Kasamsun is controlling him.
Van Den Berg wants to break the clinch but can't.
A right hook to the body lands for Kasamsun.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A left hand lands to the body for Kasamsun.
Kasamsun lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kasamsun digs a right hand underneath Van Den Berg's ribcage. Van Den Berg let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kasamsun lands a body shot.
Kasamsun lands a left hand.
Kasamsun lands a right hand.

Van Den Berg is rocked!
Kasamsun digs a right hand underneath Van Den Berg's ribcage. Van Den Berg let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Oh Van Den Berg is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Van Den Berg is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kasamsun is working Van Den Berg over against the cage.
Van Den Berg is trying to force a seperation but Kasamsun has the dominant position.
Van Den Berg seems to have got his legs back now.
Kasamsun throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Van Den Bergs head.
A short right from Kasamsun on the inside.
Kasamsun lands a shot to the body.
Kasamsun lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A hook to the body from Kasamsun.

Kasamsun has Van Den Berg pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Kasamsun pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Van Den Berg tumbling to the mat - Kasamsun dives into Van Den Berg's guard.
Kasamsun is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Kasamsun forces his way into half guard.
Kasamsun stops Van Den Berg from getting back to his feet.
Kasamsun landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Kasamsun takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ground and pound from Kasamsun.
Nice strikes from Kasamsun there.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Kasamsun working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Ground and pound from Kasamsun.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kasamsun scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Kasamsun is taking a breather. Van Den Berg says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Van Den Berg has hold of Kasamsun's hands but Kasamsun slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Kasamsun seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Kasamsun connects with a nice short shot to Van Den Berg's temple.
Kasamsun trying to control the pace.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Kasamsun working the head and body with strikes.
Kasamsun lands a big elbow - Van Den Berg is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Kasamsun!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Irong Kasamsun!
An out of breath Irong Kasamsun thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.