PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jr StClair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Markus Sizemore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

StClair
vs
Sizemore

188 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Intelligent

Nature's Edge Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jr StClair!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Markus Sizemore!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Skip Squint and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
StClair tries to clinch up.
StClair fails to land with a series of punches.
StClair punishes Sizemore's body with a nice straight punch.

Sizemore gets in close and instigates a clinch.
StClair wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sizemore tries to break free but StClair pushes him back against the cage.
StClair is trying to break the clinch but Sizemore has him pressed against the cage.
Sizemore tries to break the clinch but StClair is controlling the position.
Sizemore keeps control of StClair as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sizemore wants to stall.
StClair is trying to break free.
Sizemore tried to land a shot to the body but connects with StClair's elbow.

StClair breaks the clinch.

Sizemore closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Sizemore lands strikes from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
StClair wants to get back to his feet.
Sizemore trying to control from half guard but StClair is working away.
Sizemore looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sizemore wants to pass to mount but StClair is defending the position.
StClair has hold of Sizemore's hands but Sizemore slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
StClair is trying to stand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sizemore trying to mount his opponent but StClair defends it.
Sizemore lands strikes from half guard.
StClair is breathing heavily.
StClair won't allow Sizemore to pass to mount.
Sizemore wants to control but StClair is keeping him busy.
Sizemore takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Sizemore should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Sizemore's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Sizemore looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks StClair with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Sizemore missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Sizemore decides to stand up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from StClair. No joy for Sizemore on that attempt.
StClair misses with a series of wild punches.
Sizemore misses with a wild body shot.
Sizemore defends well against a solid takedown attempt from StClair.

Sizemore closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Sizemore passes the guard and advances to mount!
StClair trying desperately to get to his feet.
Sizemore sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The referee warns StClair that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sizemore controlling the position easily from mount.
Sizemore unloading with bombs!
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Sizemore stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Markus Sizemore dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Sizemore is looking to clinch.
Jr StClair is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
No joy there for StClair, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
StClair misses with a wild combination.

Sizemore shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. StClair is trying to defend but Sizemore finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

Sizemore 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.
StClair is trying to stand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sizemore wants to control but StClair is keeping him busy.
Sizemore is figuring out what he wants to do next.

Sizemore is working for a submission of some sort.

StClair has one foot on Sizemore's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

StClair gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Sizemore to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Sizemore connects with a couple of short punches.
StClair keeping moving, preventing Sizemore from controlling successfully.
Sizemore controlling from the top position.
Sizemore throws a big right hand that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sizemore trying to control the position from guard on top but StClair is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sizemore stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. StClair swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Markus Sizemore hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sizemore. StClair does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jr StClair seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sizemore looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sizemore tries to clinch up.

Sizemore shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. StClair manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
StClair keeping full guard, as Sizemore tries to pass.
Sizemore wants to control from the top but StClair keeps moving.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sizemore's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Sizemore decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
StClair tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sizemore swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
StClair misses with the combination.
Sizemore doesn't manage to clinch there - StClair circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Markus Sizemore showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! 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.

Sizemore closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into StClair's guard.
StClair is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
StClair will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

StClair pushes Sizemore off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
StClair throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sizemore.

StClair gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Sizemore wants to control from the top but StClair keeps moving.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sizemore is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sizemore wants to control from the top but StClair keeps moving.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Markus Sizemore was stalling too much, according to the referee.
A combination from Sizemore does no damage.
A combination from StClair does no damage.

Sizemore drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
StClair wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!

Sizemore stands up and beckons StClair to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sizemore shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as StClair sprawls well. StClair wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Sizemore gets slowly back to his feet.
Sizemore slips a jab and a cross from StClair.

Sizemore fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. StClair sprawls well initially but Sizemore persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Sizemore passes to side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sizemore takes a little break here. StClair wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.

Sizemore decides to stand up, so the ref orders StClair to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
StClair misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sizemore throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sizemore tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
StClair throws a series of punches but Sizemore moves out of range.
StClair takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

StClair tries to sprawl but Sizemore drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Sizemore working StClair over with strikes.
Sizemore not doing much here.
Sizemore passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for StClair!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sizemore won't let StClair get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Sizemore landing strikes from the mount and StClair is in trouble!
Sizemore looking to control but StClair is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sizemore pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Markus Sizemore comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sizemore 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 John Mangel scores the fight 27:30
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Markus Sizemore!
After the big win, Markus Sizemore made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Nature's Edge Nutrition and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.