PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sean Bad Karma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sprague Cleghorn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Bad Karma
vs
Cleghorn

175 cm
22
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

179 cm
19
167 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Anti Tapout Clothing

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sean Bad Karma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sprague Cleghorn!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, William Peck and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cleghorn is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Bad Karma's half guard.
Cleghorn tries to stand but can't do so whilst Bad Karma controls his leg.
Cleghorn blocks the strikes from Bad Karma.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bad Karma wants to get back to his feet.
Cleghorn is nestled in close to Bad Karma, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

Bad Karma looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Cleghorn is trying to control the action in half guard but Bad Karma is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Cleghorn lands with a punch from half guard.
Bad Karma 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.
Bad Karma wants to control but Cleghorn is keeping busy.
Bad Karma regains full guard. Nicely done.
Cleghorn scoring with punches to the head and body.
Cleghorn passes Bad Karma's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Cleghorn is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Cleghorn lands a nice short elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bad Karma taking some punishment here, with Cleghorn in his half guard.
Cleghorn lands strikes from half guard.
Bad Karma trying to control but Cleghorn postures up.
Bad Karma has hold of Cleghorn's hands but Cleghorn slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Ground and pound from Cleghorn.
Bad Karma wants to get back to his feet.
Bad Karma is breathing heavily.
Cleghorn is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Bad Karma is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Bad Karma tries to buck Cleghorn off but he can't manage it.
Bad Karma is in a horrible position here. Cleghorn smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Cleghorn with shots to the head and body - Bad Karma looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cleghorn controlling from mount.
Bad Karma is trying to escape the mount.
Cleghorn working the ground and pound effectively.
Cleghorn really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bad Karma. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Cleghorn with a couple of short strikes.
Bad Karma taking shots to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cleghorn working Bad Karma over with strikes here.
Cleghorn punishing his opponent with strikes.
Cleghorn connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Cleghorn dominating with strikes here.
Cleghorn working Bad Karma over with strikes here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Cleghorn has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Bad Karma's face.
BOOM! Cleghorn connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Cleghorn landing strikes, looking to finish!
Cleghorn landing punches.
Cleghorn fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cleghorn landing shots from mount.
Cleghorn landing strikes, looking to finish!
Cleghorn lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Bad Karma taking shots to the head.
Cleghorn working the ground and pound effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bad Karma is trying desperately to improve position.
Cleghorn is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Bad Karma can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Bad Karma is trying desperately to improve position.
Cleghorn looking to control and managing it successfully.
Cleghorn unloading with bombs!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cleghorn avoids the attempt from Bad Karma to control.
Cleghorn scoring with strikes but Bad Karma is staying in there.
Bad Karma is trying desperately to improve position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sprague Cleghorn 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.

Cleghorn rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bad Karma moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bad Karma throws a combination that misses

and Cleghorn counters with a shoot takedown. Bad Karma fights it but they end up in guard.

Cleghorn drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Bad Karma dives on top into guard.
Cleghorn is striking off his back. Bad Karma thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
Bad Karma is keen to just control but Cleghorn is a slippery customer.

Bad Karma is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Cleghorn throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Cleghorn keeping control of the position.

Cleghorn kicks Bad Karma off and gets back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bad Karma shoots and misses

so Cleghorn counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bad Karma trying to control the position.
Cleghorn not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

Bad Karma throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Cleghorn landing some decent shots from guard.
Cleghorn makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Cleghorn distracts Bad Karma with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

Bad Karma throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cleghorn postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Cleghorn passes Bad Karma's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Cleghorn takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Bad Karma tries to get to full guard but Cleghorn has control of the leg.
Cleghorn controlling the pace.

Bad Karma is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Cleghorn pulls his head out easily.
Cleghorn performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Cleghorn looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bad Karma tries to kick Cleghorn off but Cleghorn keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Cleghorn lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Cleghorn lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Cleghorn is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Bad Karma is trying to maintain the position but Cleghorn is very close to passing his half guard.
Cleghorn slips a nice elbow through Bad Karma's hands, connecting with Bad Karma's forehead.
Bad Karma is looking to escape.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Cleghorn scores with a one two! Bad Karma had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Cleghorn darts in and clinches Bad Karma up against the cage.
Cleghorn is stalling here.

Cleghorn has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Bad Karma is trying to keep an underhook but Cleghorn manages to get the takedown into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cleghorn lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Cleghorn trying to mount his opponent but Bad Karma defends it.
Ground and pound from Cleghorn.
Cleghorn wants to free his trapped foot but Bad Karma is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Ground and pound from Cleghorn.
Cleghorn working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Bad Karma is trying to stand up here but Cleghorn is controlling him well.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cleghorn looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Bad Karma with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Sprague Cleghorn has got the better of the ground game so far.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Bad Karma shoots in and drives through. Cleghorn sprawls well.
Cleghorn throws a sloppy head kick and Bad Karma moves out of range easily.
Nice cross by Cleghorn.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sprague Cleghorn showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Bad Karma fails in his attempt to clinch.

Cleghorn shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Bad Karma manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Bad Karma is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Cleghorn is controlling him.
Cleghorn distracts Bad Karma with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Cleghorn advances position into side control!
Cleghorn controlling the position from side mount.
Cleghorn working the head with strikes.
Bad Karma is looking for a sweep.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cleghorn lands some shots froms side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cleghorn is putting a hurting on Bad Karma here, landing some big shots from side control.
Cleghorn is working Bad Karma over with some ground and pound from side control.
Cleghorn working the ground and pound from side control.
Cleghorn in side control lands a decent elbow.
Cleghorn prevents Bad Karma from escaping the position.
Bad Karma is not content to let Cleghorn control the position.
Cleghorn in side control lands a decent elbow.
Bad Karma is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Cleghorn asserts his dominance and retains side control.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Cleghorn scores a takedown into full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Bad Karma that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Bad Karma tries to lock up and control but Cleghorn gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Cleghorn has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bad Karma is looking to get to half guard.
Bad Karma is working hard here to advance position.
Cleghorn is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Bad Karma working to try and regain half guard.
Cleghorn working the ground and pound effectively.
Cleghorn putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Cleghorn working the ground and pound effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bad Karma throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Cleghorn with a couple of short strikes.
Cleghorn landing strikes from the mount.
Bad Karma is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Cleghorn landing punches.
Cleghorn landing strikes from the mount.
Bad Karma wants to control but Cleghorn is having none of it.
The referee warns Bad Karma that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Bad Karma is looking to improve his position but Cleghorn isn't that keen on the idea.
Cleghorn lands a big shot there that rocks Bad Karma but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Cleghorn scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Cleghorn cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Bad Karma is bucking up trying to escape but Cleghorn cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Cleghorn lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Cleghorn scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Bad Karma?
Cleghorn working Bad Karma over with strikes here.
The referee warns Bad Karma that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Cleghorn is landing with some decent strikes but Bad Karma is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Cleghorn working the ground and pound effectively.
Bad Karma wants to control but Cleghorn is having none of it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bad Karma swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Sean Bad Karma has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sprague Cleghorn is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bad Karma throwing hammer fists to the chest of Cleghorn. What's that going to do exactly?

And that's the end of the fight!
Sprague Cleghorn comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Cleghorn has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 26:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 26:30
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sprague Cleghorn!