PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andrew Clarke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diogo Hakushaku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hakushaku has chosen Sandstorm as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Clarke
vs
Hakushaku

182 cm
28
183 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

175 cm
25
170 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Brawler
Determined

Fightworld Formula and Laundry Service

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Andrew Clarke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Diogo Hakushaku!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shirou Masuda and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clarke connects with a right hand. Hakushaku shakes it off.
Hakushaku doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Clarke counters with a right hand to the body.
Clarke misses with a body shot.
Hakushaku has his takedown stuffed

and Clarke counters with a nice double leg into guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Clarke wants to pass the guard but Hakushaku is keeping the position.
Clarke is looking to work some ground and pound but Hakushaku has wrist control.

Hakushaku has an active guard here but Clarke has managed to pass into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Clarke looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Hakushaku with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Clarke prevents Hakushaku from improving his position.
Clarke has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hakushaku avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Clarke.
Hakushaku gets full guard.
Clarke throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hakushaku works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Clarke throws a strike but Hakushaku rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Clarke wants to sweep here but Hakushaku controlling him for the moment.
Hakushaku throwing strikes from guard but Clarke blocks nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clarke looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Clarke keeping full guard, as Hakushaku tries to pass.
Hakushaku trying to control the position from guard on top but Clarke is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Clarke trying to control the position here.
Hakushaku working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hakushaku trying to control but Clarke is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Clarke seems keen to control Hakushaku's posture.

Andrew Clarke has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Hakushaku fails with the takedown
and Clarke counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Andrew Clarke has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Diogo Hakushaku.
Hakushaku misses with a takedown
and Clarke counters with a straight right hand.
Hakushaku shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Clarke counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Hakushaku doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Clarke counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Hakushaku looks gassed!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hakushaku takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hakushaku on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Hakushaku is rocked!

Oh, that's a big right hand from Clarke and Hakushaku goes tumbling to the canvas! Clarke follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.
Hakushaku is still in real trouble! Can Clarke finish him?
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Clarke in particular looking to stall.
Clarke working Hakushaku over with strikes.
Hakushaku is in trouble now - Clarke has advanced to mount!
Clarke raining down shots from the mount!
Hakushaku tries to lock up and control but Clarke gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Hakushaku seems to have recovered his senses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Clarke postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Hakushaku looks a forlorn figure.
Clarke landing strikes from the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrew Clarke dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Hakushaku is holding his hands too far apart here. Clarke throws a hard, straight punch right down the pipe and BOOM! Hakushaku is out! That punch landed square on the jaw - what a shot!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Andrew Clarke!
A very excited looking Andrew Clarke made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.