PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Neil Cloud (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Who (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Who has chosen Let the body hit the floor as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Neil Cloud could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Johnny Who's chin.

Cloud
vs
Who

196 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 6 - 0

192 cm
18
202 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Intelligent

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 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Neil Cloud!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Johnny Who!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Dillan Fox and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cloud pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Who moves in looking to clinch but Cloud pushes him off.
Cloud tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Who counters with a good, hard body kick but Cloud shrugs it off.
Cloud throws a head kick that misses
and Who counters with a solid body kick.
Cloud is breathing heavily.

Who clinches up with Cloud and pushes him back against the cage.

Who has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Cloud clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Who throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Who throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Who throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Who missing with punches from the back.
Who missing with strikes from the back.
Cloud covering up well under a series of strikes from Who.
Who trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Who somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
Who has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cloud looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Cloud avoids the strikes from Who.
Who trying to control momentarily.
Who might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Cloud kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Who struggling to land strikes to the head as Cloud covers up.
Who is striking well from the back but Cloud escapes and manages to control the positon and works his way to half guard. A much better position - the crisis is over for the time being.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Cloud clinches with his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Cloud breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cloud takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Cloud closes the distance looking to clinch

and Who moves into the clinch.
Cloud tries to land a knee to the head but Who blocks with his arms.
Cloud lands an elbow inside that Who shrugs off.
Cloud misses with a knee to the head.
Who avoids the elbow strike from Cloud, against the cage.
Cloud is trying to break free.
Cloud lands an elbow inside that Who shrugs off.
Cloud tries a knee to the head but Who blocks it.
Cloud misses with an elbow strike.
Cloud throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Who manages to break the clinch.
Cloud looks to clinch

so Who counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Cloud has a closed guard, preventing Who from standing up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cloud keeping moving, preventing Who from controlling successfully.
Who stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Cloud swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Cloud pushes Who off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.

Cloud gets caught flat footed, as Who shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Cloud keeping moving, preventing Who from controlling successfully.
Cloud wants to stand but Who is controlling the position.
Who wanted to stand there but Cloud had control of the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Who pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cloud is keeping the position for now.
Who throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Cloud works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Cloud tries to clinch

and Who counters with a takedown into side control.
Cloud defending against the ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Who stands up.
Cloud wants to clinch
and Who counters with an outside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cloud keeps Who at a distance using the push kick.
Who throws a hook but Cloud avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Who 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.

A solid leg kick lands there for Cloud.
A solid leg kick lands there for Who.
Who is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cloud tries a head kick but it misses.
Good leg kick by Who there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Cloud plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Cloud wants to clinch up but Who keeps it at a distance.
Cloud throws a lazy head kick
and Who counters with a right hand to the body.
Who circles away from the clinch attempt
and Who counters with a nice low kick that buckles Cloud's knee momentarily.
Cloud walks into a stiff left hand from Who.
Neil Cloud is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cloud stuffs the takedown.
Cloud tries to clinch but Who moves away
and Who counters with a slapping leg kick.
Who throws a right hand that Cloud ducks under and follows up with a left that Cloud also avoids with ease.
Cloud throws a lazy head kick

and Who counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Who.
Cloud missing with knees to the body.

Cloud breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Cloud moves into the clinch successfully.
Who is trying to break free.
Cloud misses with a knee strike.

Cloud breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Who scores with a leg kick.
Who shoots in but Cloud avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Neil Cloud is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Who tries to bum rush Cloud with a series of wild strikes but Cloud uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Who connects with a jab.

Cloud is rocked!
Cloud wants to clinch.
Oh Cloud is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cloud throws a right and a left that both miss.
A big right followed by a crushing left from Who knocks Cloud out cold! Ouch - that one's going to be featured in highlight reels for years to come!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Johnny Who!