PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carlton Draught (ranked 1500 p4p, 2283 weight class) and Mark Clarke (ranked 94 p4p, 133 weight class). Draught comes to the cage accompanied by JACKEDANDSTACKEDMASSMONSTER. The crowd seem to be enjoying Clarke's choice of entrance music: One Cent, Five Cent, Ten Cent, Dollar - Soca Boys. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Draught
vs
Clarke

190 cm
23
280
13 - 5 - 0

185 cm
31
275
11 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Knock Out Sups
Black Lab Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Carlton Draught!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mark Clarke!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Radbod Blank and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Draught scores with a punch to the head.
Draught ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Clarke takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Draught lands with a good body shot.
Draught misses the shot to the body.
Clarke missing with a left hand there. Draught was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Carlton Draught seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Draught lands a nice hook to Clarke's body. Clarke takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Draught scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Draught looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nice shot by Draught.
Draught connects with a good right hand that stumbles Clarke. Clarke circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Left hook, right uppercut from Draught.

It looks like Mark Clarke has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Draught keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Clarke goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Draught scores with a hook.
Draught takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Clarke's coach down at Final Mile was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Clarke's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
A shot to the liver by Draught. Beautiful body shot.
Draught throws a good cross that connects.
Clarke fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Clarke takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Draught connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Clarke's hands.
Clarke takes a jab right on the kisser.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Draught stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Draught tests Clarke's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Clarke takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Clarke walks into a jab.
Clarke looks for a takedown but Draught sprawls well.
Clarke on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Clarke misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Draught lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Draught is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Draught lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Clarke sprawling to the canvas. Draught follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Clarke hang on?

Clarke is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Draught looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Clarke is still in real trouble! Can Draught finish him?
Draught trying to pass the guard but Clarke defending well.
Clarke seems to have recovered his senses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clarke holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Clarke won't allow Draught to pass to mount.

Draught is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Clarke defends it well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Clarke has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Draught is working away from the top position though.
Draught moves into full mount! Clarke won't be happy about that!
Draught lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clarke sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Draught lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Clarke tries to get to full guard but Draught has control of the leg.
Draught seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Clarke does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Draught is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Clarke has managed to free his arm - good work.
Draught not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Draught thows a huge punch but Clarke dodges it nicely.
Draught trying to control from Clarke's half guard. Clarke has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Draught stopping the sweep attempt from Clarke.
Draught pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Clarke is keeping the position for now.
Draught 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clarke looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Draught pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Clarke is keeping the position for now.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Draught accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Draught tries to free his leg and advance position but Clarke is retaining full guard.
Clarke looking for a sweep. Not yet Clarke, not yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Draught wants to control from the top but Clarke keeps moving.
Clarke tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Draught with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Clarke looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Draught pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Clarke is keeping the position for now.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Carlton Draught dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mark Clarke's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Draught throws the left hand but Clarke avoids the punch easily.
Clarke feints the counter takedown.
Draught scores with a hook.
Draught throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Draught connects with a right hand. Clarke shakes it off.
Draught scores with a jab. Clarke acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Clarke looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Draught is fending him off so far but Clarke persists. Nope, Draught circles away and we're back to standing.
Carlton Draught is winning the standup battle so far.
Clarke fails to land the takedown.
Clarke on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Draught lands a jab to the head.
Draught lands a nice looking body shot.
Nice shot by Draught.
Clarke throws a right hand that Draught ducks under and follows up with a left that Draught also avoids with ease.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Clarke throws a head kick that misses.
Draught connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Draught misses with a looping right.
Clarke tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Draught swings for the body but Clarke moves out of range.
Draught just misses with a punch to the body.
Clarke tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Draught misses with a looping left.
A lazy left from Draught finds it's target.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Clarke.
Carlton Draught has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Clarke.
Draught throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A head kick misses from Clarke.
Sloppy strikes from Clarke. Those never looked like landing.
Clarke takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Clarke is breathing heavily.
Nice straight punches there by Draught. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Draught.
Clarke throws a jab but it's blocked by Draught.
Clarke takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Clarke has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Clarke misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Draught.
Draught does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Draught lunges at Clarke with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Clarke's hand.
Draught throws a hook but Clarke avoids it easily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Clarke looks for a takedown but Draught sprawls well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draught with a nice cross.
Nice shot by Draught.
Draught throws a series of punches but Clarke moves out of range.
Clarke feints the counter takedown.
Clarke needs to keep his hands up - Draught had a free shot at his head there.

Nice combo by Draught! Oh, that's hurt him - Clarke falls to the canvas and Draught follows him into side control.

Clarke is rocked!

Draught tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Clarke is still in real trouble! Can Draught finish him?
Draught working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Draught passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Clarke!
Clarke seems to have recovered his senses.
Draught looking to finish with strikes here!
Draught throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clarke working to try and regain half guard.
Draught punishing his opponent with strikes.
Draught misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Draught postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Clarke badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Draught around the waist but Draught pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Draught is the winner by TKO! Draught jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Carlton Draught!
Carlton Draught thanked the fans post fight for their support.
The defeated Mark Clarke had this to say: 'You beat me again... Well played. I wish you the best of luck in the future... However this is my final fight, thank you to everyone who supported me.. I want to pass the torch to Handerson. Good work brother.'.