PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alain Clark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hunter Bradley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Clark comes to the cage accompanied by Empire State. Hunter Bradley will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Clark
vs
Bradley

178 cm
23
179 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

184 cm
20
181 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alain Clark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hunter Bradley!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Saam Ante and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clark misses with a few strikes there.
Clark looks for a takedown but Bradley sprawls well.
Clark moves away from the strike by Bradley.
Clark gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bradley.

Clark looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Bradley utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bradley keeping full guard, as Clark tries to pass.

Clark drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Bradley manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Clark has Bradley in his guard.
Clark wants to sweep but no luck.
Bradley is looking to work some ground and pound but Clark has wrist control.
Bradley has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Clark is proving hard to escape from.

Bradley avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Clark looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Bradley has picked Clark up and slammed him! Clark can't keep hold of the triangle and Bradley manages to pass to side control!
Bradley in side control, throwing shots but Clark defends.
Clark can't do much from the bottom here.

Bradley decides to stand up, so the ref orders Clark to his feet.
Clark shoots in for a takedown but Bradley shows good takedown defense.
Clark takes one to the chin there.
A head kick misses from Bradley.
Bradley works the jab nicely.
Bradley throws a combination that misses

and Clark counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Bradley!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Clark working Bradley over with strikes here.
Clark avoids the attempt from Bradley to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clark unloads with some shots from mount but Bradley bucks and avoids them well.
Clark looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Clark looking to ground and pound but Bradley is blocking nicely.

Clark is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Bradley can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Clark is breathing heavily.

Clark looking for a guillotine from mount but Bradley is having none of it.
Clark misses with a head shot.
Clark looking to ground and pound but Bradley is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bradley tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Bradley tries to buck Clark off but he can't manage it.
Bradley keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Clark sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Bradley is looking to get to half guard.
Clark connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

Clark working for a submission but Bradley is keeping him at bay.
Bradley is in a horrible position here. Clark smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

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.
Bradley is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

Clark jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Bradley is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Bradley and Clark has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Bradley defending against the ground and pound.
Bradley manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

Clark is working for an americana but Bradley has been sneaky and has managed to get back to half guard, whilst Clark was thinking about the submission.
Clark wants to pass the guard but Bradley is keeping the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Clark trying to control the position from guard on top but Bradley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hunter Bradley dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Clark takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Clark fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bradley punishes Clark's body with a nice straight punch.

Bradley drops Clark with a beautiful combination! Clark stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Bradley is looking for the KO!

Clark is rocked!

It looks like Alain Clark has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Clark ducks into an uppercut from Bradley and that's knocked him out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Hunter Bradley!