PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Curtis Clay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cannabis Sativa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Clay might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Atari Teenage Riot - Revolution Action . The crowd seem to be enjoying Sativa's choice of entrance music: Rasta say SMOKE. Cannabis Sativa has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Clay
vs
Sativa

185 cm
22
200 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

194 cm
21
190 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Curtis Clay!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Cannabis Sativa!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sativa misses with a leg kick.
Sativa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A swing and a miss from Clay.
Sativa looks to throw the jab but Clay is out of range.
Sativa uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Clay has time to react.

It looks like Curtis Clay has been cut.
Sativa bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Clay shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sativa as he jumps to the side.
Clay slips a jab and a cross from Sativa.
Clay throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A big right from Clay misses.
Clay misses with a few strikes there.
Decent striking displayed by Sativa there.
Clay throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A head kick misses from Sativa.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clay throws a hook to the side of Sativa's head but Sativa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sativa is looking to slow Clay down with leg kicks.
Sativa dodges the punch combination from Clay.
An inside leg kick lands from Sativa.
Clay jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sativa avoids the body shot from Clay.
Sativa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Clay.
Clay takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Clay walks forward, straight into a front kick from Sativa.
Sativa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Clay.
Cannabis Sativa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sativa chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sativa with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sativa thumps Clay with a low kick.
Clay throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sativa tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Clay manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Clay thuds a left hand into Sativa's body.
Clay misses the shot to the body.
Sativa thumps Clay with a low kick.
Cannabis Sativa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Clay throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sativa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Clay thows a body shot but no joy.
Sativa staying out of range there.
Clay looks for a takedown but Sativa sprawls well.
Clay keeps the fight on the outside.

Sativa forces Clay back against the cage and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clay misses with a body punch.
Clay can't find room to land a body shot as Sativa controls the action.

Clay breaks the clinch.
Clay on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sativa. Sativa obviously looking to wear him down.
An inside leg kick lands from Sativa.
Clay on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Clay misses with a right hand
and Sativa counters with a good, hard body kick but Clay shrugs it off.
Nice defenses there by Sativa.
Clay throws a body punch but Sativa moves out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sativa.
Sativa cracks Clay with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sativa misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Sativa fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Clay, pushing him back against the cage.
Sativa comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Clay swings wildly with an uppercut but Sativa uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Sativa.
Sativa digs a right hand into Clay's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Clay's gas tank.
Clay is trying to stall.
Sativa lands an elbow that stopped Clay in his tracks for a moment.

Curtis Clay's cut is getting worse.
Sativa stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

Clay breaks the clinch.

Sativa moves into the clinch successfully.
Sativa lands with a left to the head.
Clay is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sativa scores with a nice hook to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sativa.

Clay is rocked!
Sativa lands with a light punch inside.
Oh Clay is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Clay.
Clay blocking some punches.
Sativa stalling against the cage.
Sativa lands a damaging elbow.
Sativa lands a big right hand that drops Clay! The killer instinct kicks in and Sativa finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Sativa!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cannabis Sativa!
Cannabis Sativa is the new middleweight champion!