PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Isaac Clarksdale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Warren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Warren comes into a darkened arena with his song building. London Calling - The Clash kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Frank Warren is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Clarksdale
vs
Warren

168 cm
22
151 lbs
8 - 3 - 1

175 cm
26
155 lbs
12 - 6 - 2

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

CEC Nutrition Q160 *Christmas Sale*

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Isaac Clarksdale!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 2, fighting out of London, Frank Warren!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Cecil Peabody and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clarksdale ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Warren moves away.
Warren doesn't manage to clinch there - Clarksdale circles away.
Clarksdale misses with a few strikes there.
Clarksdale moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
The fighters circling - Warren throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Warren shoots in looking for a takedown but Clarksdale manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Warren's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Clarksdale swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Warren swings for the body but Clarksdale moves out of range.
Warren throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Good shot there by Clarksdale.
Warren blocks a low kick nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Warren throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Warren misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Clarksdale.
Clarksdale looks to land a combination but Warren avoids it well.
Warren displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Jab, jab by Warren - just one landing.
Warren throws a lazy right hand but Clarksdale sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Warren rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Clarksdale moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Isaac Clarksdale is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Clarksdale uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Warren.
Warren throws a body punch but Clarksdale moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warren shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Clarksdale defends it nicely.
Clarksdale misses with a wild combination.
Clarksdale fails to land with a series of punches.
Clarksdale throws a series of punches but Warren moves out of range.
Warren lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Clarksdale at a distance.
Clarksdale keeps the fight on the outside.
Warren slips under a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clarksdale leaves Warren with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Isaac Clarksdale has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frank Warren.
Clarksdale fails to land with a series of punches.
Clarksdale tries to bum rush Warren with a series of wild strikes but Warren uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Clarksdale takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Warren looks to score with a jab to the body but Clarksdale is just out of range.
A left and a right from Warren both land. Nice combination.
Clarksdale will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Warren pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clarksdale fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Warren manages to avoid it.
Clarksdale connects with a nice looking jab.
Clarksdale showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Warren.
Clarksdale tries to bum rush Warren with a series of wild strikes but Warren uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Clarksdale connects with a looping right hand.
Clarksdale changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Warren walks into a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Isaac Clarksdale will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Clarksdale throws a wild body kick that Warren sees coming a mile off.
Warren misses with a looping left.
Clarksdale's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Warren connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Clarksdale scrambles back to his feet.
A lazy left from Warren finds it's target.
Clarksdale misses the jab.
Clarksdale misses with a double jab
and Warren connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Warren throws a lazy right hand but Clarksdale sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Warren fails in his attempt to clinch.
Clarksdale misses with a few strikes there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clarksdale takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Warren tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Clarksdale manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Clarksdale stuns Warren with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Clarksdale throws a jab when Warren was well out of range.
Isaac Clarksdale is winning the standup battle so far.
Clarksdale misses with a wild combination.
Clarksdale ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A slow jab from Warren misses its intended target.
Clarksdale connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warren lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Warren.
Warren dives in and grabs Clarksdale's left leg, looking for a takedown. Clarksdale pushes down on Warren's head and hops out.
Warren lands a jab to Clarksdale's midsection.
Horrible takedown by Warren or perhaps it was just good defense by Clarksdale which made him look bad.
Warren misses with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Warren. Clarksdale does a little dance to reset his feet.
Clarksdale will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warren thows a body shot but no joy.
Warren lands a two punch combo.
A swing and a miss from Warren.
A left lands for Clarksdale.
Clarksdale just misses with a punch to the body.
Clarksdale misses with a double jab.
Warren connects with a jab.
Clarksdale misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clarksdale moves away from the strike by Warren.
Clarksdale lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Nice sprawl there from Clarksdale as Warren shoots in.
Isaac Clarksdale has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frank Warren.
Clarksdale finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Clarksdale throws a wild body kick that Warren sees coming a mile off.
Warren misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Clarksdale.
Clarksdale takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Clarksdale uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Warren.
Clarksdale lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Warren circles away quickly and effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Frank Warren will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Nice body punch from Clarksdale.
Clarksdale misses with a double jab.
Nice defenses there by Clarksdale.
Isaac Clarksdale is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Warren fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Warren shoots in for a double leg but Clarksdale sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Warren swinging wildly here.
Clarksdale throws a nice looking combination but Warren bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Warren looks to land a left hand but Clarksdale moved out of range nicely.
Isaac Clarksdale seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clarksdale walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Clarksdale throws a body punch but Warren moves out of range.

Warren shoots in and bounces Clarksdale off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Clarksdale utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Warren wants to control from the top but Clarksdale keeps moving.
Warren loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Warren tries to free his leg and advance position but Clarksdale is retaining full guard.
Clarksdale looking to control.
Clarksdale keeping full guard, as Warren tries to pass.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clarksdale not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Warren trying to control but Clarksdale is working from the bottom.
Warren is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A chopping leg kick lands by Clarksdale.

Warren closes the distance and pushes Clarksdale back into the cage.
A short left from Warren.
Clarksdale working hard to break the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Warren misses with a short punch on the inside.
Warren softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Warren.
Warren struggles to land a body shot inside as Clarksdale controls his hands.

Clarksdale pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Clarksdale takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Clarksdale slips under a jab.
Clarksdale misses with the combination.
Warren misses with a body punch
and Clarksdale counters with a left and a right that stings Warren.
Warren has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Clarksdale tries to bum rush Warren with a series of wild strikes but Warren uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Warren lands a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clarksdale moves out of range as Warren strikes.
Warren fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Clarksdale manages to avoid it.
Clarksdale misses with a two punch combination.
Clarksdale misses with a hook.
Warren loads up on a big right hand but Clarksdale slips the punch.
Warren throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Clarksdale lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Clarksdale takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Frank Warren comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Warren has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:30
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frank Warren!