PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Paul Clipse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenny Rogers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rogers is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Flea - Pea. Paul Clipse could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Kenny Rogers's chin.

Clipse
vs
Rogers

170 cm
28
142 lbs
12 - 6 - 1

150 cm
24
142 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 1, fighting out of London, Paul Clipse!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Kenny Rogers!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Andrew Berry and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clipse lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Rogers chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Clipse can pounce on him.

Clipse drives through and clinches with Rogers against the cage.
Clipse dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Rogers avoiding damage as Clipse throws knees to the body.
Clipse manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

Rogers jumps guard.

Clipse stands up and waves to Rogers to follow him.
Rogers takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clipse throws a looping overhand right but Rogers ducks down to avoid it.
A slow jab from Clipse misses its intended target.
Rogers throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rogers waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Clipse.
Rogers looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Clipse is fending him off so far but Rogers persists. Nope, Clipse circles away and we're back to standing.
Jab by Clipse.
Rogers avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Clipse gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Clipse with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Kenny Rogers has been cut.
Clipse with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rogers jumps guard but Clipse stands there with Rogers around his waist. Rogers gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Clipse stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clipse lands a right hand.
Clipse connects with a knee to the head.
Clipse pushes Rogers back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

Rogers pulls guard effortlessly.
Clipse pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Rogers is keeping the position for now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Rogers working for a triangle but Clipse defends it easily.
Rogers wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clipse wants to control from the top but Rogers keeps moving.
Clipse stopping the sweep attempt from Rogers.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Paul Clipse.
Clipse throws a hook but Rogers avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Rogers takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Good leg kick by Clipse there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Clipse loads up on a big right hand but Rogers slips the punch.
Rogers moves out of range of the body kick from Clipse.
Clipse looks to throw the jab but Rogers is out of range.
A combination from Clipse does no damage.
Clipse misses with a straight right.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Clipse tries to clinch up.
Clipse thows a left - swing and a miss!
Clipse scores with a nice head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Clipse dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kenny Rogers's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Clipse fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rogers moves out of range as Clipse throws a body kick.
Rogers slips a straight right by Clipse.
Clipse misses with a kick to the body.
Clipse tries to clinch but Rogers moves out of range.
Rogers tries for a takedown but Clipse sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Clipse. That's going to slow Rogers down.
Clipse is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Clipse throws a leg kick which misses Rogers's front leg but catches the back leg as Rogers tries to avoid it.
Clipse throws a right and a left that Rogers avoids nicely.
Jab from Clipse.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clipse's corner calls for a 1-2. Clipse obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Rogers ducks under a wild hook from Clipse.
Clipse swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rogers takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Rogers gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Clipse.
Paul Clipse is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Clipse misses with a body kick.
Rogers walks into a stiff left hand from Clipse.
Clipse tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Rogers is able to avoid easily.
Paul Clipse seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Clipse tries to clinch there but Rogers circles away.
Rogers checks the leg kick nicely there.
Clipse throws a series of punches but Rogers avoids them all with ease.
The fight stays on the outside here - Clipse looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rogers looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Clipse is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rogers has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Clipse.

Clipse has closed the distance and engaged Rogers in a clinch.
Clipse throws an elbow that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Clipse with a knee to the head.
Clipse lands a damaging elbow.
Clipse lands an uppercut.
Rogers tries for a takedown. No joy.
Paul Clipse has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kenny Rogers.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clipse makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Clipse manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Clipse creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rogers's defenses.
Clipse trying to stall but Rogers improves his position.
Rogers is working for takedown but Clipse is calmly controlling the position for now.
With the fighters up against the cage, Clipse throws an elbow but misses.
Rogers avoids the elbow strike from Clipse, against the cage.
Clipse is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rogers is defending well for now.
Rogers can't break the clinch.
Rogers takes a shot to the head.
Clipse lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rogers avoids a wild elbow strike from Clipse.
Clipse working aggressively here.
Rogers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Clipse is trying to stall.
Come on Rogers - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Clipse utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Clipse taking a breather.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Clipse softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That has opened up Kenny Rogers's cut even more.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Clipse pushes off an throws an elbow but Rogers leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
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 Kenny Rogers's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Clipse throws a right hand that Rogers ducks under and follows up with a left that Rogers also avoids with ease.
Clipse tries to clinch up.
Rogers steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Clipse.
Clipse with a jab.
Clipse is looking to clinch but Rogers is avoiding it.
Rogers closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Clipse lunges at Rogers with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Rogers's hand.
Rogers looks to score with a jab to the body but Clipse is just out of range.
Clipse is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rogers can do to turn this around?
Rogers blocks a head kick by Clipse.

Rogers shoots in and bounces Clipse off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Clipse controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rogers drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Clipse manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Rogers has Clipse in his guard.

Rogers throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Rogers working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Clipse has passed into half guard!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rogers is looking for a sweep. Clipse is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Clipse is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rogers is trying to maintain the position but Clipse is very close to passing his half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogers is trying to get back to full guard.
Clipse wants to stand up but Rogers is controlling the position.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Paul Clipse.
Clipse getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Rogers 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Clipse throws a hook but Rogers blocks it.
Rogers ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Clipse moves away.
The fighters circling - Rogers throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Clipse's corner calls for a 1-2. Clipse obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Clipse scores with a three punch combo!
Clipse's jab looks to have found its range, popping Rogers under the eye.

Rogers is rocked!
Clipse moves in looking to clinch but Rogers pushes him off.
Rogers is still on wobbly legs! Can Clipse finish him?
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rogers shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Clipse as he avoids it easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rogers scores with a hook.
Kenny Rogers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Paul Clipse is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rogers seems to have recovered his senses.
Clipse is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Left hook, right uppercut from Clipse.

And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Clipse showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Clipse, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Clipse!