PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Xander Coll (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taylor Clark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Coll
vs
Clark

187 cm
24
170 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

180 cm
22
185 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Intelligent

Crippler's Corner
Crippler's Corner

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 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Xander Coll!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Taylor Clark!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Lou da Vinci and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Coll scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Xander Coll seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Clark misses with a body kick.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Coll.
Coll fails to land the takedown.
Coll misses with a two punch combination.
Clark misses with a leg kick.
Coll tries to clinch but Clark moves out of range.
Coll looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Clark connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Coll's hands.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Coll.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Xander Coll. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Coll.
Coll throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
The ground and pound from Coll seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Coll is trying to ground and pound but Clark uses the momentary lack of control by Coll to regain half guard.
Coll not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coll sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Clark defending well though.
Clark keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.

Clark makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Clark throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Coll drops his hands momentarily and Clark takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Coll tries to bum rush Clark with a series of wild strikes but Clark uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Clark throws a one two combo.
A decent looking cross lands there for Clark.
Coll moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Clark looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Clark stuffs the takedown attempt from Coll. Coll gets slowly back to his feet.
Clark throws a leg kick but Coll sees it coming and moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coll shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Clark pinned against the cage. Clark gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Coll checks a leg kick.
Coll will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Coll tries to score a power double leg takedown but Clark sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Coll somewhat.
Coll shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Clark sprawls well. Clark wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Coll gets slowly back to his feet.
Clark misses the shot to the body.
Coll tries to clinch up.
Coll fails with a takedown attempt.
Coll checks a low kick from Clark.
Taylor Clark is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Clark buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Clark feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Coll's calf.
Clark throws a chopping leg kick but Coll manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clark scores with a crisp jab that stopped Coll in his tracks.
Clark fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Clark is looking to chop away at Coll's legs.
Coll shoots in looking for a takedown. Clark tries to sprawl out of it but Coll keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Clark manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Coll is breathing heavily.
Coll has a takedown stuffed.
Coll fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Coll throws a right and a left that Clark avoids nicely.
Clark leaves Coll with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Clark stuns Coll with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Clark tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Coll falls off balance throwing a combination
and Clark counters with a nice body shot.
Clark connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Clark's corner calls for a 1-2. Clark obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coll drops his hands momentarily and Clark takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Clark scores with a decent looking hook.
Clark is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Coll had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Coll doesn't manage to clinch there - Clark circles away.
Coll moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Clark scores with a kick to the body.
Clark goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Coll is rocked!

It looks like Xander Coll has been cut.
Clark thows a body kick. Coll tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Oh Coll is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Coll drops his hands momentarily and Clark needs no second invitation. He sets himself and throws a perfect high kick, that clips Coll just on the top of the head. Coll drops like a sack of potatoes to the canvas, out cold! Oooooooh yeah! Stick a fork in Coll - he's done!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Taylor Clark!