PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Cliche Clinchmaster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Equili Brado (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Equili Brado was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Clinchmaster
vs
Brado

190 cm
25
160 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

172 cm
25
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Good knees
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cliche Clinchmaster!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Equili Brado!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Patrick Alders and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Clinchmaster moves into the clinch.
Clinchmaster really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Clinchmaster misses with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Clinchmaster.
Brado managing to block the knees to the body from Clinchmaster.
Clinchmaster lands a knee to the head.
Brado is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Clinchmaster letting Brado take a breather here.
Clinchmaster with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Clinchmaster content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Brado blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Brado is looking to control Clinchmaster's arms but Clinchmaster gets an underhook and turns him. Now Brado has his back to the cage.
Clinchmaster throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brado blocks it with crossed arms.
Clinchmaster lands a knee to the head.
Brado tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clinchmaster manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Clinchmaster tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Clinchmaster scores with a knee to the head.
Brado is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Brado throws a knee to the head but misses.
Clinchmaster unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brado lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Brado tries to stall but Clinchmaster uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Clinchmaster misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brado.
Clinchmaster gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Brado.
Brado is looking for a takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brado tries to stall but Clinchmaster uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Clinchmaster misses with a knee to the head.
Brado stalling in the clinch but Clinchmaster improves position.
Clinchmaster tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Clinchmaster with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Clinchmaster tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brado is looking to take this one to the mat.
Cliche Clinchmaster has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Equili Brado.
Clinchmaster throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brado blocks it with crossed arms.
Brado can't get the takedown.
Brado goes for a takedown attempt but Clinchmaster pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brado shoots in and drives through. Clinchmaster sprawls well.
Brado looks gassed!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clinchmaster wants to clinch but Brado slips to the side
and Brado makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Brado circles away from the clinch attempt.

Clinchmaster moves into range and clinches up with Brado.
Clinchmaster using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brado has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brado takes an elbow to the temple.
Clinchmaster tries a knee to the head but Brado blocks it.
Clinchmaster unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Clinchmaster scores with a knee to the head.
Clinchmaster using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brado has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Clinchmaster tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Clinchmaster is pushing Brado up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Clinchmaster obliges.
Brado is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Clinchmaster stalling.
Clinchmaster with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Clinchmaster throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brado blocks it with crossed arms.
Brado drops down looking for an ankle pick but Clinchmaster pulls his leg out and moves away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brado misses with the combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cliche Clinchmaster dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Clinchmaster tries to clinch up
and Brado counters with a series of strikes. Clinchmaster will be more careful next time no doubt.
Good leg kick by Brado there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Brado throws a right hand that Clinchmaster ducks under and follows up with a left that Clinchmaster also avoids with ease.
Clinchmaster tries to land a front kick but Brado steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Clinchmaster moves in looking to clinch but Brado pushes him off.
Clinchmaster doesn't manage to clinch there - Brado circles away.
Brado has a takedown stuffed.
Clinchmaster tries to clinch up.
Brado moves out of range of the body kick.
Clinchmaster looks to land a combination but Brado avoids it well.
Clinchmaster fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cliche Clinchmaster is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Brado fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Clinchmaster sprawls well initially but Brado persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Brado sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Clinchmaster defending well though.
Brado lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Brado is trying to control the action in half guard but Clinchmaster is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Brado thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Clinchmaster's head.
Brado throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Clinchmaster is looking to improve his position.
Brado has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Brado misses with a head shot. Clinchmaster uses the momentum to regain guard.
Brado missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Clinchmaster pulls Brado in close to prevent any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brado scoring with punches to the head and body.
Brado trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Brado trying to control but Clinchmaster is working from the bottom.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Clinchmaster can't keep his opponent in guard - Brado advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Brado seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brado throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Still in half guard, Brado seems content to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brado wants to free his trapped foot but Clinchmaster is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Clinchmaster is not content to let Brado control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brado missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Brado lands strikes from half guard.
Clinchmaster is not content to let Brado control the position.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Brado in particular looking to stall.
Clinchmaster on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Clinchmaster tries to get out of the position.
Brado lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Brado is looking to take a break and control but Clinchmaster is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brado might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Clinchmaster kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Clinchmaster is trying is best to control the position here.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Brado throws a series of punches but Clinchmaster avoids them all with ease.
Cliche Clinchmaster is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Clinchmaster is looking to clinch.
Brado avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Clinchmaster moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Equili Brado 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! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Brado checks a leg kick.
Brado circles away from the clinch attempt.
Brado swats away the attempt to clinch by Clinchmaster.
Clinchmaster tries to clinch up.
Clinchmaster is looking to clinch but Brado is avoiding it.
Clinchmaster tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Brado counters with a straight right hand.
Clinchmaster is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Clinchmaster misses with a leg kick
and Brado counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Clinchmaster moves into range and clinches up with Brado.
A knee to the head by Clinchmaster.

It looks like Equili Brado has been cut.
Brado is looking to break free of the clinch but Clinchmaster has double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clinchmaster is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Brado blocks the elbow strike.
Cliche Clinchmaster has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Clinchmaster keeps control of Brado as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Clinchmaster unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brado lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Brado takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Clinchmaster is stalling here.
Clinchmaster utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Clinchmaster putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Brado in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Clinchmaster misses with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Clinchmaster.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clinchmaster connects with a nasty looking knee right to Brado's face.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Clinchmaster landing knees to the head.
Clinchmaster misses with a knee strike.
Clinchmaster scores with a knee to the head.
Clinchmaster with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Brado just misses with a elbow thrown towards Clinchmaster's brow.
Clinchmaster with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Clinchmaster misses with a knee to the head.
Brado is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Clinchmaster is defending well for now.
Clinchmaster tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Clinchmaster misses with a knee strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clinchmaster using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brado has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brado looking to stall.
Clinchmaster throws a knee to the head but misses.
Brado pushes off an throws an elbow but Clinchmaster leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Clinchmaster gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Brado.
Clinchmaster blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Brado swings wildly with an uppercut but Clinchmaster uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Clinchmaster obliges.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clinchmaster lands an elbow inside.
Clinchmaster with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Brado is trying to maintain a safe position but Clinchmaster gets an underhook and turns Brado into the cage.
Brado controlling the action here for a moment.
Clinchmaster lands an elbow just above Brado 's eye.
Clinchmaster using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brado has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brado drops down looking for an ankle pick but Clinchmaster pulls his leg out and moves away.
Brado tries to score a power double leg takedown but Clinchmaster sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Brado somewhat.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cliche Clinchmaster showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Clinchmaster has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Albert Achterberg scores the fight 29:28
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cliche Clinchmaster!