PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jake Roberts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ike Clanton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Roberts might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Go to Sleep. Clanton has chosen Moment 4 Life- Jon Connor as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Roberts
vs
Clanton

180 cm
27
183 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

175 cm
30
180 lbs
16 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jake Roberts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ike Clanton!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Sergei Dronov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clanton avoids the head kick by Roberts.
An inside leg kick from Roberts misses.
A head kick misses from Roberts.

Clanton closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Roberts did well to prevent Clanton getting side control.
Clanton not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Roberts has hold of Clanton's hands but Clanton slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Clanton passes to full mount!

Clanton goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Roberts turns into him and now he's in Clanton's guard.

Clanton throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Roberts with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberts passes Clanton's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Roberts thows a huge punch but Clanton dodges it nicely.
Clanton gets back to full guard.
Roberts wants to control from the top but Clanton keeps moving.
Clanton keeping full guard, as Roberts tries to pass.

Roberts drops back looking for a leg! Clanton is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Clanton manages to kick Roberts off! Roberts jumps back into Clanton's guard.

That's two 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.
Roberts trying to control but Clanton is working from the bottom.
Clanton preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Roberts passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Clanton is not content to let Roberts control the position.

Roberts wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Clanton, who protects the arm well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberts tries to move to mount but Clanton blocks the move with his legs.
Clanton is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Clanton tries to improve position but can't.
Roberts is looking to take a break and control but Clanton is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Roberts throws a strike aimed at the side of Clanton's head but Clanton avoids it well.
Roberts lands a decent elbow from side control.
Clanton managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Roberts.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Clanton trying his best to control but Roberts has mounted him.
Clanton holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Roberts tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

Roberts is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Clanton can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Roberts tries to control but Clanton wriggling away.
Roberts fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Clanton really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Roberts breaks from Clanton's wrist control and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Roberts dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Roberts stuffs the takedown.
Clanton throws the left hand but Roberts avoids the punch easily.
Jake Roberts is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Roberts wants to clinch but Clanton slips to the side

and Clanton counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Roberts trying to control the position.
Clanton stops Roberts from standing up.

Roberts had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Clanton defends it easily.
Clanton not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Clanton trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Clanton is standing up over Roberts. Roberts looks to escape but Clanton dives into side control.
Roberts pushes Clanton away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Clanton gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clanton cracks Roberts with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Roberts is trying to get back to half guard.
Clanton wants to control but Roberts is keeping him busy.
Clanton works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Roberts is trying to get back to his feet.
Clanton throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Clanton tries to advance to mount but can't.
Clanton is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Clanton prevents Roberts from escaping the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roberts is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Clanton trying to control the position but Roberts is working away.
Roberts is trying to control Clanton's posture but Clanton avoids it.
Roberts tries to improve position but can't.
Clanton tries to advance to mount but can't.
Roberts tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Roberts manages to get back to half guard.

Clanton is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Clanton works his foot free and advances to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberts wants to try and get back to his feet.
Roberts really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Clanton can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Roberts is looking to escape.
Roberts tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Clanton can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Roberts is looking to escape.

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.
Roberts is working to get back to half guard.
Roberts's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Clanton lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Roberts hang on?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Clanton tries to control but Roberts wriggling away.
Clanton unloading with bombs!
Roberts keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ike Clanton showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Roberts shoots in but no luck this time.
Roberts tries to close the distance and clinch up but Clanton swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Roberts shoots in for a double leg but Clanton sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Roberts attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Roberts keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Clanton.
Jake Roberts seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Roberts is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Clanton throws a body punch but Roberts moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clanton looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Roberts moves in looking to clinch but Clanton pushes him off.
Roberts moves forwards but Clanton connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Clanton throws a lazy uppercut
and Roberts counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberts ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Roberts misses with a low kick.
Roberts moves to clinch but Clanton breaks away
and Clanton counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Roberts fails with the takedown

and Clanton counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jake Roberts. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Clanton pushes down on Roberts's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Clanton wants to lay and pray for a moment but Roberts keeps working.
Clanton working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Roberts is trying to stand up here but Clanton is controlling him well.
Clanton looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Clanton winds up and cracks Roberts with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roberts is trying to stand.
Clanton controlling the action here.
Clanton thows a huge punch but Roberts dodges it nicely.
Clanton takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Roberts is looking to improve his position.
Roberts is trying to stand back up but Clanton is controlling him
Clanton is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Clanton is landing with some decent strikes but Roberts is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Clanton landing punches.
Clanton landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberts is looking to improve his position but Clanton isn't that keen on the idea.
Clanton raining down shots from the mount!
Roberts taking shots to the head.
Clanton lands a heavy elbow.
Clanton working the ground and pound effectively.

Clanton is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Roberts has managed to escape the submission attempt.

Clanton looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Clanton avoids the attempt from Roberts to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roberts is squirming around, avoiding Clanton's attempts to control the action.
Roberts is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Roberts can't escape the position.
Clanton trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Roberts is trying desperately to improve position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Clanton looking to control but Roberts is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Roberts is trying to escape the mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ike Clanton comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Clanton has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 27:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ike Clanton!