PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Paul Clipse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raymond Chow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Clipse
vs
Chow

170 cm
25
142 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

162 cm
25
141 lbs
8 - 1 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Clipse!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 1, fighting out of London, Raymond Chow!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, William Gold and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chow connects with a good right hand that stumbles Clipse. Clipse circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
The fight stays on the outside here - Clipse looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Chow defending well as Clipse loads up on a big left hand.
Clipse misses with an attempted mid kick.
Chow throws a series of punches but Clipse moves out of range.
Clipse throws an off balance right hand
and Chow counters with a straight right hand.
Clipse wants to clinch up but Chow keeps it at a distance.
Clipse plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

It looks like Raymond Chow has been cut.
Chow fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Chow misses with a double jab.

Chow shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Clipse's guard.
Clipse preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Chow passes Clipse's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Clipse wants to improve his position but Chow is controlling well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Clipse has his hands clasped together around Chow's back. He's all about the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Chow is trying to work for a kimura but Clipse is defending well.
Chow has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Chow is keen to just control but Clipse is a slippery customer.
Chow prevents Clipse from improving his position.

Chow is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Clipse slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Clipse wants to sweep but no luck.
Clipse knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Chow on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Chow pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Clipse is keeping the position for now.
Chow passes easily into side control. Nice work.

Chow is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Clipse has escaped the position, nice work there.
Chow postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Chow scoring with punches from side control.
Chow wants to control but Clipse is keeping him busy.
Clipse struggling a bit here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chow working the ground and pound from side control.
Chow controlling the position from side mount.
Chow working away.
Chow wants to control but Clipse is keeping him busy.
A lull in the action here.
Clipse is trying to buck Chow off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Clipse tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Chow wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

Chow is trying to get an arm triangle but Clipse is defending well.
Clipse manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Chow looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Clipse with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Clipse controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Chow is taking a breather. Clipse says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raymond Chow dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Raymond Chow's cut.
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.

Chow throws a shot from downtown. Clipse moves away and avoids it.
Chow closes this distance looking for a takedown but Clipse circles away.
Paul Clipse seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Clipse misses with a hook
and Chow counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Chow moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Chow walks into a straight right hand from Clipse.
Chow looks to score with a jab to the body but Clipse is just out of range.
Clipse throws a good cross that connects.
Clipse connects with a nice looking jab.
Chow tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Clipse misses with a few strikes there.
Clipse lands with a kick to the ribs.
Paul Clipse is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Clipse throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Clipse looks to land a right hand but Chow moved out of range.
Chow swinging wildly here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chow wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Chow uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Clipse.
Chow misses the shot to the body.
Clipse swings for the body but Chow moves out of range.
Chow will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Clipse rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Chow moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Clipse scores with a nice strike.
Clipse avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Chow fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Clipse scores with a decent looking hook.

Clipse gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Nice elbow from Clipse.
Chow throws a punch but it's blocked by Clipse.
Chow tries to work over Clipse's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Clipse looking to throw knees to the head but Chow is blocking nicely.
Chow takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chow tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Clipse smiles and moves away.
Clipse misses with a hook.
Clipse stuffs the takedown.
Paul Clipse has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Raymond Chow.
Clipse throws an off balance right hand
and Chow counters with a left to the body.
Clipse throws a right and a left that both miss.
A looping hook to the body misses from Chow. Clipse does a little dance to reset his feet.
Chow misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Clipse.
Chow throws a nice looking combination but Clipse bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Clipse throws an overhand right that lands on Chow's shoulder, as Chow tries to avoid the shot.
Chow moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
The fighters circling - Clipse throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Clipse comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clipse throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Clipse walks into a straight right hand from Chow.
Clipse dodges the punch combination from Chow.
Chow throws a right and a left that both miss.
Chow doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Chow looks to score with a jab to the body but Clipse is just out of range.
A swing and a miss from Clipse.
A jab from Chow does it's job there.

Clipse pushes Chow up against the cage in a clinch.
Clipse tries a knee to the head but Chow blocks it.
Chow tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Clipse gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That has opened up Raymond Chow's cut even more.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Clipse.
Clipse lands a nice elbow.
Clipse trying to stall but Chow improves his position.
Chow trying to stall but Clipse improves his position.
Chow blocks an elbow strike.
Chow lands a nice shot to the body.
Chow is trying to force a seperation but Clipse has the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Clipse obliges.
Clipse blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Chow tries for a takedown. No joy.
Chow is breathing heavily.
Chow fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Chow misses with a body punch.
Chow tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Clipse's elbow.
Chow tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Clipse's elbow.
Clipse lands an elbow inside.
Clipse pushes Chow back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Chow misses with a hook to the ribs.
Clipse lands a nice elbow.
Chow struggles to land a body shot inside as Clipse controls his hands.
Clipse lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

The cut above Raymond Chow's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Clipse gets through Chow's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Clipse working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Clipse creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Chow's defenses.
Clipse lands with a left to the head.
Chow tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Clipse pushes Chow back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Clipse working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Clipse misses with a knee to the head.
Clipse blocking some punches.
Clipse has Chow pressed against the cage.
Chow misses with a body punch.
Chow misses with a hook to the ribs.
Chow drops down looking for an ankle pick but Clipse pulls his leg out and moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Clipse dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Raymond Chow's cut.
That's time! Clipse's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Chow takes one to the chin there.
Chow blocks the body kick.
Chow fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Clipse manages to avoid it.
Chow throws a hook but Clipse avoids it easily.
Chow shoots for a takedown but Clipse saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Chow lands with a nice body punch.
Chow chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Clipse can pounce on him.
Clipse scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Clipse tries to close the distance and clinch up but Chow swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Clipse connects with a body shot.
A right-left combo lands from Chow.
Chow takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Clipse goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Chow is rocked!

Raymond Chow's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Raymond Chow's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:02 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Paul Clipse!
Paul Clipse is the new bantamweight champion!