PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rowan Clowsley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dustin McCauley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Clowsley's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Fort Minor Remember the Name (Hardstyle remix). McCauley comes into a darkened arena with his song building. You're Going Down kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Dustin McCauley will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Clowsley
vs
McCauley

170 cm
22
168 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

186 cm
23
167 lbs
5 - 2 - 1

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rowan Clowsley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dustin McCauley!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Frank Dennis and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCauley throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Clowsley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McCauley thows a body shot but no joy.
Good exchange - McCauley coming out on top.
Clowsley shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. McCauley defends it nicely.
A punch lands to the side of Clowsley 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Dustin McCauley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A punch combination from McCauley misses.
Clowsley dodges the punch combination from McCauley.
McCauley tries to bum rush Clowsley with a series of wild strikes but Clowsley uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
McCauley scores with a three punch combo!

Clowsley is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from McCauley.
Clowsley ducks under a wild hook from McCauley.
Clowsley drops his hands momentarily and McCauley takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
McCauley misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

McCauley lands a left and a right that send Clowsley crashing to the mat, dazed. McCauley thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Oh Clowsley is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
McCauley is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
McCauley misses with a wild body shot.
McCauley throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McCauley misses with a jab, cross combination.
McCauley lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Clowsley circles away quickly and effectively.
Clowsley seems to have got his legs back now.
McCauley throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCauley scores with a one two! Clowsley had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
McCauley misses with a few strikes there.
Clowsley ducks under a wild hook from McCauley.
Clowsley slips a jab from McCauley.
McCauley throws a series of punches but Clowsley moves out of range.
Clowsley checks a low kick from McCauley.
Clowsley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McCauley.
McCauley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Clowsley was well out of range. Poor timing from McCauley.

McCauley gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
McCauley throws a couple of heel strikes.
Clowsley with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCauley working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Clowsley.
McCauley is pulling down on Clowsley's head. It's preventing any offense from Clowsley, at least for the moment.
Clowsley trying to control the position from guard on top but McCauley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Clowsley postures up and lands a big shot to McCauley's brow.
Clowsley stops McCauley from standing up.
McCauley lands an upkick as Clowsley stands over him.
Clowsley working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Clowsley prevents McCauley from getting back to his feet.
McCauley looks gassed!
McCauley thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

That's four 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.
Clowsley throwing strikes from guard but McCauley blocks nicely.
Clowsley distracts McCauley with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

Clowsley drops back looking for a leg! McCauley is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and McCauley manages to kick Clowsley off! Clowsley jumps back into McCauley's guard.
Clowsley postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Clowsley wants to control from the top but McCauley keeps moving.
Clowsley in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McCauley avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Clowsley landing with the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dustin McCauley dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Clowsley slips a jab and a cross from McCauley.
McCauley throws a right hand that Clowsley ducks under and follows up with a left that Clowsley also avoids with ease.
McCauley lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
McCauley throws a right hand that Clowsley ducks under and follows up with a left that Clowsley also avoids with ease.
McCauley thuds his right hand into Clowsley's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Clowsley throws a wild body kick that McCauley sees coming a mile off.
A punch combination from McCauley misses.

McCauley drops Clowsley with a beautiful combination! Clowsley stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - McCauley is looking for the KO!
McCauley throws a series of punches but Clowsley moves out of range.
No joy there for McCauley, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dustin McCauley is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McCauley is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCauley thows a body shot but no joy.
McCauley rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Clowsley moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Clowsley shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with McCauley but McCauley pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Clowsley fails with a takedown attempt.
McCauley misses with a jab, cross combination.
Clowsley bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
McCauley misses with a wild body shot.
Clowsley lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
McCauley throws a right hand that Clowsley ducks under and follows up with a left that Clowsley also avoids with ease.

McCauley gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Clowsley to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Clowsley 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.
Clowsley thows a big elbow that misses.
McCauley is looking to stand up but Clowsley isn't so interested in that idea.
McCauley wants to sweep here but Clowsley controlling him for the moment.
Clowsley working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of McCauley's head.
Clowsley in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Clowsley trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clowsley would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
McCauley preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
McCauley controls Clowsley momentarily but Clowsley frees himself.
McCauley is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Clowsley is looking to advance position but McCauley has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
McCauley controlling the position easily from mount.
McCauley prevents Clowsley from getting the reversal.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
McCauley controlling the pace for now.
Clowsley tries to get back to half guard but can't.
McCauley controlling from the full mount.
Clowsley is squirming around, avoiding McCauley's attempts to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dustin McCauley showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

McCauley pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
McCauley waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Clowsley.
McCauley misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Clowsley dodges the punch combination from McCauley.
Clowsley shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts McCauley as he jumps to the side.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCauley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A jab from McCauley misses.
Clowsley showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from McCauley.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCauley misses with a wild combination.
McCauley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Clowsley was well out of range. Poor timing from McCauley.
McCauley will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rowan Clowsley is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A punch combination from McCauley misses.
McCauley takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
McCauley takes a swing at Clowsley's ribcage but misses.
Clowsley showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from McCauley.
Clowsley slips a straight right by McCauley.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
McCauley misses with an uppercut.
Clowsley avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

McCauley gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Clowsley to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Clowsley makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Clowsley preventing the sweep.
Clowsley wants to control from the top but McCauley keeps moving.
Clowsley is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because McCauley is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clowsley throwing strikes but missing.
McCauley wants to get back to his feet but Clowsley is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Clowsley is looking to work some ground and pound but McCauley has wrist control.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
McCauley throws the left hand but Clowsley avoids the punch easily.
Clowsley throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around McCauley's waist but McCauley gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Clowsley off to one side.
Dustin McCauley seems to be getting the better of the standup.
McCauley misses with the combination.
McCauley scores with a decent looking hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
McCauley takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A solid body kick from Clowsley.
Rowan Clowsley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
McCauley throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
McCauley lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Clowsley backs up against the cage.
McCauley throws a series of punches but Clowsley moves out of range.
Dustin McCauley is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Clowsley uses good head movement to avoid the hook from McCauley.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
McCauley defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Clowsley.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rowan Clowsley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Clowsley slips a jab from McCauley.
McCauley takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rowan Clowsley showed his dominance in that final round.
I think McCauley has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dustin McCauley!