PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Miguel delos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mick Clarke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mick Clarke has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

delos Santos
vs
Clarke

163 cm
23
153 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

170 cm
23
154 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Miguel delos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mick Clarke!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clarke avoids a punch combination nicely.
delos Santos lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Clarke has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Clarke avoids a punch combination nicely.
Clarke slips a jab and a cross from delos Santos.
delos Santos tries to bum rush Clarke with a series of wild strikes but Clarke uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
delos Santos lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by delos Santos.
Clarke shoots in and drives through. delos Santos sprawls well.
Clarke doesn't manage to clinch there - delos Santos circles away.
delos Santos throws a series of punches but Clarke avoids them all with ease.
delos Santos throws a right and a left that Clarke avoids nicely.
Danga de danga de dang - delos Santos scores with a four punch combination!
Miguel delos Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Clarke tries to clinch there but delos Santos circles away.
delos Santos lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Clarke backs up against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Some wild striking there from delos Santos.
Clarke has a takedown stuffed.
delos Santos lands with a nice combination. Clarke backs away looking to recover.

That's one minute gone in the round.
delos Santos scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Clarke shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as delos Santos sprawls well. delos Santos wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Clarke gets slowly back to his feet.
Miguel delos Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mick Clarke.
delos Santos throws a right and a left that both miss.
Left hook, right uppercut from delos Santos.
delos Santos throws a right and a left that both miss.
delos Santos tests Clarke's chin there with a solid looking shot.
delos Santos scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Clarke shoots in for a takedown but delos Santos shows good takedown defense.
Clarke looks gassed!
delos Santos displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Clarke.
Clarke takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
delos Santos looks to land a combination but Clarke avoids it well.
A punch combination from delos Santos misses.
delos Santos closes the distance and lands a one-two.
delos Santos fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Clarke has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from delos Santos finds it's way round the side to connect with Clarke's head.
delos Santos throws a series of punches but Clarke moves out of range.
delos Santos looks to land a combination but Clarke avoids it well.
delos Santos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
delos Santos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
delos Santos cracks Clarke with a right hand to the side of the head.
delos Santos misses with a few strikes there.
Miguel delos Santos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
delos Santos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
delos Santos swinging wilding here.
delos Santos is working the combinations to good effect here.
delos Santos's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and delos Santos duly obliges.
delos Santos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
delos Santos stuffs the takedown.
Clarke has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Clarke there as he acknowledges the shot.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by delos Santos!
Clarke takes one on the button.
delos Santos misses with a few strikes there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clarke showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from delos Santos.
Clarke is trying desperately to land a takedown but delos Santos is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Clarke.
delos Santos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
delos Santos throws a series of punches but Clarke moves out of range.
delos Santos lands with a hook. Clarke tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
delos Santos swinging wilding here.
delos Santos closes the distance and lands a one-two.
delos Santos is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
delos Santos moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Danga de danga de dang - delos Santos scores with a four punch combination!
Clarke slips a jab and a cross from delos Santos.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Clarke.
Clarke slips a jab and a cross from delos Santos.
A combination from delos Santos does no damage.
delos Santos throws a right and a left that both miss.
Clarke showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from delos Santos.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clarke shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as delos Santos sprawls well. delos Santos wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Clarke gets slowly back to his feet.
delos Santos's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and delos Santos duly obliges.
delos Santos is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Clarke showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from delos Santos.
Donk. delos Santos catches Clarke right on the button with a cross.
Clarke has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Clarke throws a combination that misses
and delos Santos counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
delos Santos goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
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!
delos Santos lands with a nice combination. Clarke backs away looking to recover.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
delos Santos throws a right and a left that Clarke avoids nicely.
delos Santos lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
delos Santos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
delos Santos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Miguel delos Santos dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by delos Santos!
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Clarke might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, delos Santos has got the better of the exchanges.
A combination from delos Santos does no damage.
Clarke shoots in for a takedown but delos Santos shows good takedown defense.
delos Santos throws a series of punches but Clarke moves out of range.
delos Santos slaps away a takedown attempt from Clarke, before circling back to the center of the mat.
delos Santos misses with the combination.
Miguel delos Santos is winning the standup battle so far.
delos Santos moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Clarke shoots in for a takedown but delos Santos shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Miguel delos Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mick Clarke.
delos Santos lands with a nice combination. Clarke backs away looking to recover.
delos Santos throws a series of punches but Clarke avoids them all with ease.
Clarke takes one on the button.
delos Santos scores with a three punch combo!
Clarke is breathing heavily.
A right-left combo lands from delos Santos.
delos Santos misses with a jab, cross combination.
delos Santos throws a series of punches but Clarke avoids them all with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
delos Santos throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Clarke moves into the clinch.
delos Santos is looking to break free of the clinch but Clarke has double underhooks.
delos Santos has had enough of the clinch but Clarke keeps him there for the moment.
delos Santos is trying to force a seperation but Clarke has the dominant position.
delos Santos is trying to force a seperation but Clarke has the dominant position.
Clarke has a couple of punches blocked by delos Santos.
delos Santos is looking to break free of the clinch but Clarke has double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
delos Santos has had enough of the clinch but Clarke keeps him there for the moment.
Clarke is stalling here.

Clarke breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
delos Santos displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Clarke scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
delos Santos is looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
delos Santos keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
delos Santos is trying to stand.

Clarke is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Clarke is trying to control the action in half guard but delos Santos is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
delos Santos is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Clarke can do to turn this around?
delos Santos tries to kick Clarke off but Clarke keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Clarke sitting and controlling from the half guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Clarke showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from delos Santos.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
delos Santos throws a right hand that Clarke ducks under and follows up with a left that Clarke also avoids with ease.
Clarke wants to clinch.
delos Santos is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
delos Santos throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Clarke.
delos Santos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
delos Santos takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
delos Santos misses with a wild combination.
delos Santos misses with a jab, cross combination.
delos Santos displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
delos Santos misses with a combination

so Clarke counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Miguel delos Santos will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Clarke shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as delos Santos sprawls well. delos Santos wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Clarke gets slowly back to his feet.
delos Santos misses with a series of wild punches.
Miguel delos Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Horrible takedown by Clarke or perhaps it was just good defense by delos Santos which made him look bad.
delos Santos throws a right and a left that Clarke avoids nicely.
delos Santos throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
delos Santos lunges at Clarke with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Clarke's hand.
delos Santos keeps the fight on the outside.
delos Santos misses with a combination

and Clarke counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Clarke stops delos Santos from getting back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clarke is trying to control the action in half guard but delos Santos is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Clarke prevents delos Santos from standing back up.
Clarke is trying to control. delos Santos wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Clarke might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control delos Santos kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
delos Santos pushes Clarke off looking to stand but Clarke dives back in and keeps control.
delos Santos on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if delos Santos tries to get out of the position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
delos Santos keeps the fight on the outside.
A left and a right from delos Santos both land. Nice combination.
Clarke moves forwards but delos Santos connects with a nice, crisp jab.
delos Santos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Clarke shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has delos Santos pinned against the cage. delos Santos gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Miguel delos Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mick Clarke.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Clarke takes one on the chin but seems OK.
delos Santos misses with the combination.
delos Santos keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
delos Santos lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
delos Santos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
delos Santos throws a series of punches but Clarke avoids them all with ease.
delos Santos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Clarke throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around delos Santos's waist but delos Santos gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Clarke off to one side.
delos Santos looks to land a combination. Clarke sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
delos Santos looks to land a combination but Clarke avoids it well.
delos Santos throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
delos Santos misses with a jab, cross combination.
delos Santos stuffs the takedown.
delos Santos throws a series of punches but Clarke avoids them all with ease.
delos Santos scores with a one two! Clarke had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
delos Santos misses with a double jab

and Clarke counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Clarke.
delos Santos prevents a takedown attempt there.
delos Santos can't break the clinch.
Mick Clarke has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Clarke tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. delos Santos smiles and moves away.

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.
delos Santos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Clarke fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but delos Santos avoids it really well and circles away.
delos Santos goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
delos Santos throws a one two combo.
A combination from delos Santos does no damage.
delos Santos lands a jab-cross combination.
delos Santos throws a right and a left that both miss.
Clarke tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but delos Santos swivels and escapes.
Clarke takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Miguel delos Santos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
delos Santos scores with a one two! Clarke had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Miguel delos Santos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for delos Santos, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:26
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Miguel delos Santos!