PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kaiser Soze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Clooten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Clooten's choice of entrance music: Hot Ride by The Prodigy. Kaiser Soze could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Matt Clooten's chin.

Soze
vs
Clooten

188 cm
29
192 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

180 cm
30
182 lbs
16 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Rivers Edge Nutrition(Disciples of Pain)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kaiser Soze!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Matt Clooten!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Chad Campbell and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Soze, as that shot connected.

It looks like Matt Clooten has been cut.
Clooten takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Soze looks to land a combination but Clooten avoids it well.
Clooten fails with an attempt to clinch.
Soze throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Soze lands a lovely overhand right.
Clooten takes a swing at Soze's ribcage but misses.
A decent looking cross lands there for Clooten.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Clooten connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Soze's hands.
Soze misses with a body shot.
A big right from Soze misses.
Soze missing with a left hand there. Clooten was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soze scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Soze throws a sloppy body shot
and Clooten connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Soze fails to land with a series of punches.
Soze throws a right hand that misses
and Clooten counters with a stiff right hand.
Kaiser Soze seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Soze looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Clooten missing with a left hand there. Soze was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Clooten moves out of range as Soze throws a body kick.
Soze lands a really nice looking cross but Clooten seems unphased.
Soze misses with an uppercut. Clooten saw that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soze avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Clooten tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Soze misses with an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Clooten checks the leg kick.
Clooten connects with a single shot there.
Left hook, right uppercut from Soze.
Clooten looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Clooten fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Clooten looks to land a right hand but Soze moved out of range.
Soze lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soze throws an overhand right that lands on Clooten's shoulder, as Clooten tries to avoid the shot.
Clooten avoids the body shot from Soze.
Some wild striking there from Soze.
Clooten lands with a straight right. Soze didn't see that one coming.
Soze throws an overhand right that lands on Clooten's shoulder, as Clooten tries to avoid the shot.
Clooten fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Soze avoids it really well and circles away.
Soze jabs Clooten to the body, keeping him at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soze misses with an uppercut.
Soze misses with a right hand

so Clooten counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Clooten pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Soze is keeping the position for now.
Clooten postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Clooten won't allow Soze to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kaiser Soze dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Matt Clooten's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Soze steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Clooten.
Soze misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Soze throws an overhand right that lands on Clooten's shoulder, as Clooten tries to avoid the shot.

Clooten shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Clooten was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Clooten looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Soze really wants to buck Clooten off and get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soze avoids a series of strikes thrown by Clooten.
Soze is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Clooten thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Clooten lands with some strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clooten looking to control but Soze is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Clooten throws some wild stikes that Soze manages to avoid easily.
Soze really wants to buck Clooten off and get back to his feet.
Clooten throwing strikes here but Soze is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Clooten has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soze wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Clooten punching from mount but Soze doing a good job of avoiding damage.
BOOM! Clooten connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clooten dominating with strikes here.
Soze is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Soze wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Clooten.
Clooten trying to control but Soze is having none of it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matt Clooten showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Matt Clooten'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. 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.

Soze swings widly with a right hand
and Clooten counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Clooten lands a jab-cross combination.
Kaiser Soze is winning the standup battle so far.
Soze throws a series of punches but Clooten moves out of range.
Soze loads up on a big right hand but Clooten slips the punch.
Soze lands with a nice combination. Clooten backs away looking to recover.
Soze uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Clooten has time to react.
Soze just misses with a punch to the body.
Clooten shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Soze as he jumps to the side.
Clooten connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clooten defending well as Soze loads up on a big left hand.
Clooten tries to close the distance and clinch up but Soze swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Soze throws a shot from downtown. Clooten moves away and avoids it.
Soze throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Clooten rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Soze moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Clooten misses with an uppercut. Soze saw that one coming.
Clooten avoids the body shot from Soze.
Soze looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Soze misses with a two punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soze misses with a low kick as Clooten jumps back.
Soze fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Clooten misses with a hook. Soze ducked under it nicely.
Kaiser Soze is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Soze swats away the attempt to clinch by Clooten.
A big right from Soze misses.
Clooten is trying hard to land a takedown here. Soze sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Soze circles away from the clinch attempt.
Soze swings for the body but Clooten moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soze throws a head kick but Clooten moves out of range.
Soze paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A swing and a miss from Soze.
Soze with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A nice combination there by Soze.
Clooten tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A big right from Soze misses.
Soze misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Clooten throws a hook but Soze avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soze darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Soze misses with a head kick.
Soze is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Clooten.
A right-left combo lands from Soze.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Clooten throws the kick towards the body but Soze avoids it.
Soze keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Kaiser Soze has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matt Clooten.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Soze misses with an uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kaiser Soze showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Soze has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kaiser Soze!