PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cory McDonnell (ranked 368 p4p, 1330 weight class) and Cal Klos (ranked 52 p4p, 176 weight class). McDonnell comes to the cage accompanied by Jorge Quintero - 300 Violin Orchestra. Klos has chosen Our Father Enki as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

McDonnell
vs
Klos

183 cm
35
185
34 - 17 - 3

185 cm
30
188
18 - 12 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Altitude Clothing
Core Combat

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 34 - 17 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cory McDonnell!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 12 - 1, fighting out of London, Cal Klos!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Colin Fotheringham and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

McDonnell moves into the clinch successfully.
McDonnell misses with an elbow strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from McDonnell.
Klos just leaning against McDonnell, taking a breather.
Klos misses with the head strike.
Klos wants to get back to striking at distance but McDonnell won't allow it.
A short left from Klos.
Klos fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Klos slows down the pace here.
Klos effectively controlling the action here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Klos is trying to break free.
A head punch on the inside from Klos fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McDonnell lands an elbow inside that Klos shrugs off.
McDonnell blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McDonnell fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Klos fails to land.
McDonnell scores with a hook to the body.
Klos working aggressively here.
McDonnell blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McDonnell has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Klos swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Klos.
McDonnell prevents the takedown attempt.
Klos misses with a short punch on the inside.
Klos is trying to work for a single leg takedown but McDonnell pulls him back up using the underhooks.
McDonnell throws a punch but it's blocked by Klos.

McDonnell is fighting off a takedown attempt but Klos is just too persistent for him and manages to trip McDonnell to the mat. McDonnell regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McDonnell wants to sweep but no luck.
Klos sitting in guard here, content to control.
Klos forces his way into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McDonnell is refusing to be controlled, as Klos sits in half guard.
Klos is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Klos wants to control but McDonnell is keeping him busy.
Klos seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
McDonnell is trying is best to control the position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klos prevents McDonnell from improving his position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Klos lands a nice short elbow.
Klos takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
McDonnell manages to get to full guard.
Klos advances position into side control!
McDonnell is looking to regain half guard here but Klos keeps moving and retains side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

McDonnell wants to control the position but that's not easy when your opponent is in side control! Klos seems to be going for some sort of submission here. Hard to say what - oh, it's a Brabo choke! He's got it! McDonnell is tapping! Wow, great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Brabo Choke). Cal Klos!
Cal Klos is the new middleweight champion!
Cal Klos decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.