PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Clayton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chael Patrick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Clayton's entrance music is Jungle War Drums!. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Clayton
vs
Patrick

200 cm
22
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

[WOT] DTK Designs (Laundry)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, John Clayton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chael Patrick!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Vladimir Khabensky and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Patrick with a lazy takedown attempt
and Clayton finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Patrick on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Clayton shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Patrick's guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Clayton connects with a couple of short punches.
Clayton scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Clayton trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Clayton works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Clayton working the head and body with strikes.
Clayton looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Clayton lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patrick on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Clayton throwing shots but Patrick is blocking nicely.
Clayton lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Patrick avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Clayton.
Clayton working Patrick over with strikes.
Clayton will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Clayton seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Patrick on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Clayton throwing shots but Patrick is blocking nicely.
Clayton takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Clayton thows a huge punch but Patrick dodges it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clayton working over Patrick with some ground and pound. Patrick looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Patrick has hold of Clayton's hands but Clayton slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Patrick looks gassed!
Clayton is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Clayton looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Clayton working Patrick over with strikes.
Clayton working over Patrick with some ground and pound. Patrick looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Clayton scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Clayton seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Clayton moves nicely into side control.
Clayton working the head and body with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clayton landing strikes.

Patrick is rocked!
Clayton crunches a massive hammerfist down on Patrick - he's out! Clayton Holds back on further strikes and jumps to his feet to celebrate with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). John Clayton!