PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shawn Merriman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Wayne Killer Clown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Merriman comes to the cage accompanied by Here Comes The Boom. The key to victory for Shawn Merriman has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Merriman
vs
Wayne Killer Clown

197 cm
22
295 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

214 cm
18
300 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Shawn Merriman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, John Wayne Killer Clown!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Killer Clown slips a jab from Merriman.
Merriman misses with an uppercut. Killer Clown saw that one coming.
Merriman throws a jab when Killer Clown was well out of range.

Killer Clown clinches up with Merriman and pushes him back against the cage.
Killer Clown lands a knee to the head.
Merriman takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Shawn Merriman has been cut.
Merriman wants to break the clinch but can't.
Killer Clown content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A knee to the head by Killer Clown.
Merriman wants to get back to striking at distance but Killer Clown won't allow it.
Killer Clown lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Merriman wants to get back to striking at distance but Killer Clown won't allow it.
Merriman is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Killer Clown scores with a knee to the head.
Killer Clown unloads a knee to the mid-section. Merriman lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Killer Clown just leaning against Merriman, taking a breather.
Killer Clown landing knees to the head.
Killer Clown with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Merriman wants to break free but Killer Clown has control.
Merriman takes a knee right on the jaw!
Killer Clown lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Merriman is rocked!
Killer Clown connects with a knee to the head.
Oh Merriman is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Merriman tries to break the clinch but Killer Clown is controlling the position.
Killer Clown misses with a knee to the head.
Merriman seems to have got his legs back now.
Killer Clown lands an elbow inside that Merriman shrugs off.
Merriman wants to get back to striking at distance but Killer Clown won't allow it.
Killer Clown lands a knee to the head.
Killer Clown lands a knee to the head.
Killer Clown using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Killer Clown connects with a nasty looking knee right to Merriman's face.
Killer Clown tries to land a knee to the head but Merriman blocks with his arms.
Merriman is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Killer Clown with a knee to the head.
Merriman is looking to break free of the clinch but Killer Clown has double underhooks.
A knee to the head by Killer Clown.
Killer Clown tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Merriman can't break the clinch.
Killer Clown with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Merriman wants to break free but Killer Clown has control.
Killer Clown connects with a nasty looking knee right to Merriman's face.
Killer Clown keeps control of Merriman as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Killer Clown lands a knee to the body.
Killer Clown looks gassed!
Killer Clown looking to throw knees to the head but Merriman is blocking nicely.
Merriman tries to break the clinch but Killer Clown is controlling the position.
Merriman wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Knees to the body from Killer Clown.
Merriman wants to break the clinch but can't.
Killer Clown lands a knee to the body.
Killer Clown tries a knee to the head but Merriman blocks it.
Killer Clown with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Merriman is looking to break free of the clinch but Killer Clown has double underhooks.
Killer Clown with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Merriman tries to break the clinch but Killer Clown is controlling the position.
Merriman wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Killer Clown with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Merriman is trying to break free.
Merriman wants to get back to striking at distance but Killer Clown won't allow it.
Killer Clown prevents Merriman from breaking the clinch.
Merriman is trying to break the clinch but Killer Clown has him pressed against the cage.
Killer Clown throws a knee to the head but misses.
Merriman wants to get back to striking at distance but Killer Clown won't allow it.
Merriman has had enough of the clinch but Killer Clown keeps him there for the moment.
Merriman wants to break the clinch but can't.
Merriman tries to break the clinch but Killer Clown is controlling the position.
Killer Clown with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Killer Clown scores with a knee to the head.
Killer Clown prevents Merriman from breaking the clinch.
Killer Clown prevents Merriman from breaking the clinch.
Merriman can't break the clinch.
Merriman can't break the clinch.
Merriman can't break the clinch.
Merriman tries to break the clinch but Killer Clown is controlling the position.
Killer Clown prevents Merriman from breaking the clinch.
Killer Clown misses with a knee strike.
Killer Clown landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Merriman wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Killer Clown throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Merriman blocks it with crossed arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Merriman has had enough of the clinch but Killer Clown keeps him there for the moment.
Killer Clown keeps control of Merriman as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Merriman tries to break the clinch but Killer Clown is controlling the position.
Merriman wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Killer Clown connects with a nasty looking knee right to Merriman's face.
Merriman wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Killer Clown looking to throw knees to the head but Merriman is blocking nicely.
Merriman has had enough of the clinch but Killer Clown keeps him there for the moment.
Merriman wants to get back to striking at distance but Killer Clown won't allow it.
Merriman wants to break the clinch but can't.
Killer Clown keeps control of Merriman as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Killer Clown with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Killer Clown prevents Merriman from breaking the clinch.
Merriman wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Killer Clown has him pressed against the cage.
Merriman has had enough of the clinch but Killer Clown keeps him there for the moment.
Killer Clown lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Killer Clown comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Merriman wants to break free but Killer Clown has control.
Merriman is trying to break the clinch but Killer Clown has him pressed against the cage.
Killer Clown keeps control of Merriman as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Killer Clown landing knees to the head.
Merriman tries to break the clinch but Killer Clown is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Killer Clown unloads a knee to the mid-section. Merriman lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Killer Clown misses with a knee to the head.
Merriman wants to break the clinch but can't.
Merriman is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Merriman is trying to break free.
Killer Clown connects with a knee to the head.
Merriman wants to break free but Killer Clown has control.
Killer Clown lands a knee to the body.
Killer Clown tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Killer Clown lands a knee to the body.
Killer Clown throws a knee to the head but misses.
Killer Clown throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Merriman blocks it with crossed arms.
Merriman can't break the clinch.
Killer Clown is looking to control Merriman's arms but Merriman gets an underhook and turns him. Now Killer Clown has his back to the cage.
Merriman wants to break the clinch but can't.
Killer Clown throws a knee to the head but misses.
Killer Clown throws a knee to the head but misses.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Merriman wants to break the clinch but can't.
Merriman wants to break the clinch but can't.
Killer Clown with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Merriman is trying to break the clinch but Killer Clown has him pressed against the cage.
Merriman can't break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Wayne Killer Clown dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Shawn Merriman's cut.
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 big left from Merriman misses.
Killer Clown slips a jab from Merriman.
Merriman is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Killer Clown.
Merriman lands with an overhand left.
Merriman is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Killer Clown.
Killer Clown ducks under a wild hook from Merriman.
Shawn Merriman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Merriman crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Killer Clown - the referee stops the clock and Merriman gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Killer Clown. Merriman manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Killer Clown lands with a kick to the temple. Merriman shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Merriman takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Merriman tests Killer Clown's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Killer Clown has taken the fight to the clinch.
Killer Clown scores with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Merriman wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Killer Clown has him pressed against the cage.
Killer Clown scores with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Killer Clown.
Killer Clown with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A knee to the head by Killer Clown.
Merriman is trying to break the clinch but Killer Clown has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Killer Clown with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Killer Clown prevents Merriman from breaking the clinch.
Merriman can't break the clinch.
Knees to the body from Killer Clown.
Merriman wants to get back to striking at distance but Killer Clown won't allow it.
Merriman can't break the clinch.
Merriman has had enough of the clinch but Killer Clown keeps him there for the moment.
Merriman has had enough of the clinch but Killer Clown keeps him there for the moment.
Merriman letting Killer Clown take a breather here.
Killer Clown lands an elbow that stopped Merriman in his tracks for a moment.
Killer Clown with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Merriman wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Merriman wants to break the clinch but can't.
Killer Clown landing knees to the body.
Merriman wants to break free but Killer Clown has control.
Merriman is trying to break the clinch but Killer Clown has him pressed against the cage.
Killer Clown throws a knee to the head but misses.
Killer Clown tries to land a knee to the head but Merriman blocks with his arms.
Merriman is trying to break the clinch but Killer Clown has him pressed against the cage.
Merriman wants to break the clinch but can't.
Merriman wants to break free but Killer Clown has control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Merriman takes a knee right on the jaw!
Killer Clown landing knees to the head.
Killer Clown keeps control of Merriman as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Killer Clown landing knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Killer Clown.
Killer Clown landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Killer Clown tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Killer Clown keeps control of Merriman as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Merriman wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Merriman has had enough of the clinch but Killer Clown keeps him there for the moment.
Killer Clown lands a knee to the head.
Killer Clown prevents Merriman from breaking the clinch.
Killer Clown landing knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Killer Clown.
Killer Clown stalling in the clinch but Merriman improves position.
Merriman wants to break free but Killer Clown has control.
Merriman tries to break the clinch but Killer Clown is controlling the position.
Knees in the clinch landing for Killer Clown.
Killer Clown tries to land a knee to the head but Merriman blocks with his arms.
Merriman wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Killer Clown misses with a knee to the head.
Merriman wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Merriman is trying to break the clinch but Killer Clown has him pressed against the cage.
Merriman tries to break the clinch but Killer Clown is controlling the position.
Merriman wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Killer Clown lands an elbow inside that Merriman shrugs off.
Nice elbow from Killer Clown.
Knees in the clinch landing for Killer Clown.
Merriman is looking to break free of the clinch but Killer Clown has double underhooks.
Merriman wants to get back to striking at distance but Killer Clown won't allow it.
Killer Clown lands a knee to the head.
Killer Clown with a knee to the head.
Merriman is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Killer Clown tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Killer Clown has Merriman pushed against the cage.
Merriman is trying to break free.
Merriman wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Killer Clown has him pressed against the cage.
Merriman can't break the clinch.
Killer Clown connects with a nasty looking knee right to Merriman's face.
Merriman wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Killer Clown has him pressed against the cage.
Killer Clown unloads a knee to the mid-section. Merriman lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Merriman is looking to break free of the clinch but Killer Clown has double underhooks.
Killer Clown with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Merriman takes a knee right on the jaw!
Killer Clown keeps control of Merriman as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Merriman is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Killer Clown connects with a nasty looking knee right to Merriman's face.
Killer Clown connects with a nasty looking knee right to Merriman's face.
Merriman wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Killer Clown has him pressed against the cage.
Merriman wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Killer Clown using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Merriman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Killer Clown lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Killer Clown using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Killer Clown lands a knee to the body.
Merriman wants to break free but Killer Clown has control.
Killer Clown with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Killer Clown connects with a knee to the head.
Killer Clown scores a nice knee to the body.
Merriman is trying to break free.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Killer Clown stalling in the clinch.
Merriman can't break the clinch.
Merriman is looking to break free of the clinch but Killer Clown has double underhooks.
Killer Clown tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Killer Clown lands a knee to the head.
Merriman takes a knee right on the jaw!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but John Wayne Killer Clown will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Shawn Merriman's cut.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Killer Clown clinches.
Killer Clown with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Killer Clown landing knees to the head.
Merriman wants to get back to striking at distance but Killer Clown won't allow it.
Merriman tries to break the clinch but Killer Clown is controlling the position.
Killer Clown connects with a nasty looking knee right to Merriman's face.
Killer Clown using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Merriman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Killer Clown landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Merriman wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Killer Clown has him pressed against the cage.
Killer Clown landing knees to the body.
Killer Clown scores with a knee to the head.
Merriman is looking to break free of the clinch but Killer Clown has double underhooks.
Merriman wants to break free but Killer Clown has control.
Killer Clown lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Merriman has had enough of the clinch but Killer Clown keeps him there for the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Merriman wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Killer Clown prevents Merriman from breaking the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Merriman wants to break the clinch but can't.
Merriman tries to break the clinch but Killer Clown is controlling the position.
Merriman is trying to break the clinch but Killer Clown has him pressed against the cage.
Killer Clown prevents Merriman from breaking the clinch.
Merriman tries to break the clinch but Killer Clown is controlling the position.
Merriman tries to break the clinch but Killer Clown is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Merriman wants to break free but Killer Clown has control.
Merriman wants to break free but Killer Clown has control.
Killer Clown misses with a knee to the head.
Killer Clown prevents Merriman from breaking the clinch.
Killer Clown connects with a knee to the head.
Killer Clown throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Merriman blocks it with crossed arms.
Merriman can't break the clinch.
Killer Clown scores with a knee to the head.
Merriman tries to break the clinch but Killer Clown is controlling the position.
Killer Clown lands an elbow inside that Merriman shrugs off.
Merriman wants to get back to striking at distance but Killer Clown won't allow it.
Killer Clown with a knee to the head.
Merriman is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Killer Clown throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Merriman blocks it with crossed arms.
Killer Clown keeps control of Merriman as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Merriman takes an elbow to the forehead.
Come on Killer Clown - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Merriman is looking to break free of the clinch but Killer Clown has double underhooks.
Killer Clown lands an elbow inside that Merriman shrugs off.
Merriman wants to get back to striking at distance but Killer Clown won't allow it.
Killer Clown lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Merriman has had enough of the clinch but Killer Clown keeps him there for the moment.
Merriman is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Killer Clown lands an elbow inside.
Killer Clown misses with a knee to the head.
Killer Clown is looking to control Merriman's arms but Merriman gets an underhook and turns him. Now Killer Clown has his back to the cage.
Merriman wants to get back to striking at distance but Killer Clown won't allow it.
Merriman is trying to break free.
Killer Clown connects with a nasty looking knee right to Merriman's face.
Merriman can't break the clinch.
Killer Clown stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Killer Clown continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Killer Clown landing knees to the head.
Killer Clown misses with a knee to the head.
Killer Clown with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Killer Clown prevents Merriman from breaking the clinch.
Merriman is trying to break free.
Merriman wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Merriman wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Merriman has had enough of the clinch but Killer Clown keeps him there for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Killer Clown with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Merriman has had enough of the clinch but Killer Clown keeps him there for the moment.
Merriman is trying to break free.
Merriman is trying to break free.
Killer Clown with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Merriman wants to break free but Killer Clown has control.
Merriman wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Killer Clown has him pressed against the cage.
Killer Clown prevents Merriman from breaking the clinch.
Killer Clown tries a knee to the head but Merriman blocks it.
Killer Clown is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Killer Clown with a knee to the head.
Merriman wants to break free but Killer Clown has control.
Killer Clown with a knee to the head.
Merriman is looking to break free of the clinch but Killer Clown has double underhooks.
Killer Clown scores with a knee to the head.
Merriman is trying to break the clinch but Killer Clown has him pressed against the cage.
Killer Clown lands a knee to the body.
Killer Clown scores with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Killer Clown tries a knee to the head but Merriman blocks it.
Killer Clown landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Killer Clown lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Merriman wants to get back to striking at distance but Killer Clown won't allow it.
Merriman wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Killer Clown unloads a knee to the mid-section. Merriman lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Killer Clown landing knees to the head.
Killer Clown prevents Merriman from breaking the clinch.
Come on Killer Clown - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Killer Clown with a knee to the head.
Shawn Merriman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Killer Clown throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Merriman blocks it with crossed arms.
Merriman tries to break the clinch but Killer Clown is controlling the position.
Merriman wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Killer Clown looking to throw knees to the head but Merriman is blocking nicely.
Merriman throws a punch but it's blocked by Killer Clown.
Killer Clown tries to land a knee to the head but Merriman blocks with his arms.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Killer Clown lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Merriman throws a head punch that misses.
Merriman takes a knee right on the jaw!
The referee calls for Killer Clown to work.
Killer Clown with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Wayne Killer Clown comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Killer Clown winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Wayne Killer Clown!