PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Cluk Cloo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Al Grind (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cloo comes to the cage accompanied by Mali Young Masters: Djembe World Drum Music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cloo
vs
Grind

159 cm
25
141 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

152 cm
24
130 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Cluk Cloo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Al Grind!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Hugh Johnson and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cloo gets the takedown into side control.
Cloo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Grind keeps working.
Cloo throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Grind tries to buck Cloo off but Cloo is having none of it.
Cloo cracks Grind with a big right hand but Grind just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Cloo just content to control the position.
Grind is looking to regain half guard here but Cloo keeps moving and retains side control.
Grind gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Grind wants to get back to his feet.
Cloo is trying to control the action in half guard but Grind is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Grind looking for submissions off his back.
Cloo winds up and cracks Grind with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Cloo lands with a punch from half guard.
Cloo working over Grind with some ground and pound. Grind looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Cloo lands a nice short elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cloo lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Cloo 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.
Cloo landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Cloo sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Grind is pressing down on Cloo's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cloo working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Cloo is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

Grind is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Cloo is aware though and is defending well.
Cloo scoring with some ground and pound.
Cloo slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Cloo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Grind swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Cloo is working hard here to advance position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cloo cracks Grind with a solid left hand.
Cloo working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Grind's head.
Cloo scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Cloo is working Grind over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Cloo working some strikes from top position.
Cloo working some strikes from top position.

Grind is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Grind looking for a sweep. Not yet Grind, not yet.
Grind looks gassed!
Cloo postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grind tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Cloo with a nice head shot there.
Grind has momentary wrist control but Cloo slips an elbow through the middle.
Cloo postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Grind throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Cloo with a nice head shot there.

Grind looking for a guillotine here but Cloo defends easily.
Cloo sitting in guard here, content to control.

Grind throws his legs up looking for a submission but Cloo uses it to pass to side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cluk Cloo dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Cloo lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Grind backs up against the cage.

It looks like Al Grind has been cut.
Cloo lands a two punch combo.
Cloo connects with a looping right hand.
Grind with a lazy takedown attempt
letting Cloo counter with a right hand.
Cluk Cloo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cloo misses with a wild combination.
Grind walks into a straight right hand from Cloo.
Cloo throws a left jab followed by a right to the body, Oh Grind colapses and takes a barrage of punches from Cloo as he moves to mount! the ref stops the fight and Grind is left battered and dazed whilst Cloo and his camp cheer!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cluk Cloo!