PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Clubber Lang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Putten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Clubber Lang is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Lang
vs
Putten

199 cm
19
250 lbs
2 - 2 - 1

190 cm
23
245 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

GummIberry Nutrition ($10 Sale)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Clubber Lang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexander Putten!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Aleksandr Martynov and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lang looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Both fighters circling a little - Putten finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Lang swats away the attempt to clinch by Putten.
A punch combination from Putten misses.
Putten has his takedown stuffed

and Lang counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Lang.
Putten tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Lang just stands there and leans against the cage.
Putten jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Lang walks away with a smile on his face. Putten gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Clubber Lang has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alexander Putten.
Putten connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Alexander Putten seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Putten gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Lang counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Lang thows a huge punch but Putten dodges it nicely.
Putten tries to roll over but Lang keeps him under control.
Putten keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Putten is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Lang stops Putten from getting back to his feet.
Putten trying to control but Lang postures up.

Lang is working for a kimura but Putten is defending it quite comfortably.
Lang wants to lay and pray for a moment but Putten keeps working.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Lang closes the distance and clinches.
Putten is looking to break free of the clinch but Lang has double underhooks.

Lang has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Putten regains guard immediately.
Lang prevents Putten from getting back to his feet.
Putten should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lang thows a big elbow that misses.
Lang working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Putten's head.
Lang working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Putten's head.
Lang thows a big elbow that misses.

Putten looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Putten looks gassed!
Lang cracks Putten with a solid left hand.
Lang works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Putten trying to control but Lang postures up.

Lang is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Putten is just riding it out for now. Lang eventually gives up the hold.
Lang wants to control but Putten is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Putten gets full guard.

Lang is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Lang drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Putten manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Lang has Putten in his guard.
Lang working a defensive guard here.
Putten trying to control but Lang is working from the bottom.
Lang has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Putten looking to pass the guard.

Lang is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Putten trying to control the position from guard on top but Lang is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Lang looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Lang wants to control the position but Putten says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Putten tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Lang.

Lang looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Lang wants to sweep but Putten has passed to side control!
Putten throwing shots but missing, from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Clubber Lang dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Putten fails with the takedown

and Lang counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Lang.
Lang trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Putten keeping moving, preventing Lang from controlling successfully.
Lang in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Lang drops back looking for a leg! Putten is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Putten manages to kick Lang off! Lang jumps back into Putten's guard.
Lang throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Putten works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Lang wants to get up but he can't break Putten's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Lang trying to control but Putten is working from the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Putten closes the distance and clinches.
Putten fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Lang fails to pull guard.
Putten wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Putten lands a nice knee to the body.
Putten jumps guard but Lang stands there with Putten around his waist. Putten gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Clubber Lang has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alexander Putten.
Putten landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Putten drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Lang gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Lang prevents Putten from breaking the clinch.
Putten wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Putten can't break the clinch.
Putten wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lang blocking some punches.
Putten tries to break the clinch but Lang is controlling the position.
Putten fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Putten goes for a takedown attempt but Lang pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Lang scores a takedown into full mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Putten in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Putten is looking to improve his position but Lang isn't that keen on the idea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lang landing punches.
Clubber Lang overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Lang wants to finish this one by submission but Putten is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Lang.
Lang landing punches.

Lang is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Putten can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Lang scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Putten?
Lang lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Putten in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Lang with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Putten flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Putten can't escape the position.
Lang looking to finish Putten with some ground and pound. This is bad for Putten!
Putten is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Putten is looking to improve his position but Lang isn't that keen on the idea.
Lang lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Lang working for a guillotine from mount but Putten is in no mood to give up.

Lang has control of Putten's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Putten regains control of the situation pretty easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lang lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Clubber Lang dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Putten fails with the takedown

and Lang decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Putten's guard.

Lang is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Putten is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Lang trying to control the position from guard on top but Putten is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lang cracks Putten with a solid left hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lang wants to control from the top but Putten keeps moving.
Lang stopping the sweep attempt from Putten.
Putten is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lang lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Lang sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Lang throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Putten works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Lang throwing strikes from guard but Putten blocks nicely.
Lang missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Lang is in close to Putten's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Lang with a flurry of punches that miss.
Putten tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Lang distracts Putten with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lang trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Lang working some strikes from top position.
Lang lands a couple of digs.
Lang throwing strikes from guard but Putten blocks nicely.
Lang won't allow Putten to get back to his feet.
Putten throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Lang with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lang missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Lang scoring with some ground and pound.
Putten wants to get back to his feet but Lang is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Putten is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Lang fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Putten, pushing him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Putten is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Lang gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Putten jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Lang walks away with a smile on his face. Putten gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Clubber Lang has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alexander Putten.
Putten pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Lang looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Putten is not content to let Lang control the position.
Clubber Lang is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lang keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Lang seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Putten for as long as he can get away with.

Lang seems to be working for a kimura but Putten defends the submission attempt.
Lang not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Putten is trying to stand back up but Lang is controlling him

Lang wants to work for an arm triangle but Putten is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Putten wants to control but Lang is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Lang scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Lang has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Putten defend it? Lang steps over the head and cranks it - Putten is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Lang!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Clubber Lang!