PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chester Clyde (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alasdair MundyJones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). MundyJones has chosen luv it as his entrance music. Alasdair MundyJones struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 171.2lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Clyde
vs
MundyJones

179 cm
20
178 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
28
181 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Chester Clyde!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alasdair MundyJones!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Hugh Johnson and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
MundyJones fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Clyde looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? MundyJones is fending him off so far but Clyde persists. Nope, MundyJones circles away and we're back to standing.

MundyJones looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Clyde!
MundyJones has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Clyde's face.
Clyde is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
MundyJones breaks from Clyde's wrist control and lands an elbow.
MundyJones scoring with strikes but Clyde is staying in there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Clyde regains half guard.
MundyJones wants to stand up but Clyde is controlling the position.
Clyde has hold of MundyJones's hands but MundyJones slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
MundyJones working over Clyde with some ground and pound. Clyde looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice strikes from MundyJones there.
MundyJones is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Clyde trying to control here.

Clyde looking for submissions off his back.
Clyde is breathing heavily.
MundyJones is nestled in close to Clyde, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
MundyJones 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.

MundyJones is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Clyde defends it well.
MundyJones lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Clyde is staying active underneath MundyJones, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clyde trying to control but MundyJones postures up.
MundyJones is keen to just control but Clyde is a slippery customer.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
MundyJones working over Clyde with some ground and pound. Clyde looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
MundyJones keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Clyde manages to get to full guard.
Clyde trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
MundyJones looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
MundyJones has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
MundyJones trying to control but Clyde is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clyde striking from the bottom.

MundyJones stands up and waves to Clyde to follow him.
Clyde tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Alasdair MundyJones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Clyde drives through with a takedown into guard.
Clyde trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
MundyJones is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
MundyJones scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
MundyJones is trying to control. Clyde wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Clyde looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
MundyJones scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
MundyJones wants to pass the guard but Clyde is defending well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
MundyJones working Clyde over with strikes.
Clyde trying to hold on to MundyJones's head to control him but MundyJones postures up.

MundyJones is working for a kimura but Clyde is defending it quite comfortably.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Clyde is looking to control MundyJones's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Clyde avoid being mounted?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alasdair MundyJones dominated that round.
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.

MundyJones feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
MundyJones wants to pass the guard but Clyde is keeping the position.
MundyJones preventing the sweep.
Clyde has momentary wrist control but MundyJones slips an elbow through the middle.
MundyJones is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
MundyJones stopping the sweep attempt from Clyde.
MundyJones landing some decent shots from guard.

Clyde working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because MundyJones has passed into half guard!
Clyde trying to control but MundyJones postures up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Clyde looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
MundyJones looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Let's hope that MundyJones has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
MundyJones lands strikes from half guard.
Clyde tries to get to full guard but MundyJones has control of the leg.
MundyJones is thwarting Clyde's attempts to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
MundyJones scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Clyde is trying to control but can't.

MundyJones stands up from half guard.

Clyde tries to sprawl but MundyJones drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Clyde is staying active underneath MundyJones, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Clyde on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
MundyJones slows the pace down in half guard.

Clyde actively working from the bottom here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clyde has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. MundyJones is working away from the top position though.
MundyJones trying to control the action but Clyde is working from the bottom.

MundyJones is trying to work for a kimura but Clyde is defending well.
MundyJones scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Clyde wants to control but MundyJones is keeping busy.
MundyJones lands strikes from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

MundyJones is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Clyde is looking to improve his position.
Clyde misses with some strikes from the bottom.
MundyJones working Clyde over with strikes.
MundyJones is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Clyde looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
MundyJones scoring with strikes to the body and head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. MundyJones lands a nice short elbow.
MundyJones stalling away here and it's allowed Clyde to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Clyde thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alasdair MundyJones showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

MundyJones scores with a jab. Clyde acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Clyde stuffs the takedown.
Clyde scores with a nice body kick.
Clyde stuffs the takedown attempt from MundyJones. MundyJones gets slowly back to his feet.
Clyde shoots in looking for a takedown. MundyJones tries to sprawl out of it but Clyde keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. MundyJones manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

MundyJones gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
MundyJones tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Clyde trying to control but MundyJones is working from the bottom.
Clyde looking to pass the guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clyde trying to control the position from guard on top but MundyJones is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Clyde throws a strike but MundyJones rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
MundyJones is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

Clyde throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
MundyJones working some strikes from top position.
MundyJones postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Clyde keeping full guard, as MundyJones tries to pass.
MundyJones advances to half guard.
Clyde is trying to maintain the position but MundyJones is very close to passing his half guard.
Clyde wants to get back to full guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

MundyJones looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
MundyJones is thwarting Clyde's attempts to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
MundyJones scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Clyde is pressing down on MundyJones's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Clyde looking for a sweep. Not yet Clyde, not yet.
MundyJones trying to control but Clyde is working from the bottom.
MundyJones engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
MundyJones scoring with punches to the head and body.

Clyde looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Clyde wants to stand but MundyJones is controlling the position.

MundyJones gets to his feet - Clyde follows without any prompting.

MundyJones shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Clyde manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Clyde keeping moving, preventing MundyJones from controlling successfully.
Chester Clyde has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Alasdair MundyJones is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!

And that's the end of the fight!
Alasdair MundyJones comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got MundyJones winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alasdair MundyJones!