PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Clayton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boleslaw Krol (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Clayton comes into the arena with Jungle War Drums! blaring out of the sound system. Krol has chosen Rage Against The Machine - Guerrilla Radio as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Clayton
vs
Krol

200 cm
26
200 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

180 cm
25
190 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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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 5 - 3 - 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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Boleslaw Krol!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Illya Tyunina and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clayton tries to close the distance and clinch up but Krol swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Clayton moves into the clinch successfully.
Krol misses with the head strike.

Krol breaks from the clinch.
Clayton fails in his attempt to clinch.
Clayton dodges the punch combination from Krol.
Clayton is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Krol throws a sloppy head kick

and Clayton counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Krol swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Krol fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Krol struggles to land a body shot inside as Clayton controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Krol.
Krol misses with a punch on the inside.
Clayton tries to stall but Krol uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Krol blocks an uppercut.
Krol working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Clayton misses with a hook from the clinch.
Clayton fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Krol scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clayton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Clayton.
Krol swings wildly with an uppercut but Clayton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Clayton throws a head punch that misses.
Krol prevents a body shot from Clayton.
Clayton gets through Krol's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Clayton lands a right hand.
A nice left hand lands by Clayton.

Clayton manages to break the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Krol looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Krol lands a left hand.
Clayton digs a right hand underneath Krol's ribcage. Krol let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Clayton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Krol gets through Clayton's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Clayton blocks a body shot from Krol.
Clayton is pushing Krol 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 two minutes gone in the round.
Clayton swings wildly with an uppercut but Krol uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Clayton creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Krol fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Clayton fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Krol lands a body punch.
Clayton misses with a hook from the clinch.
Krol fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Krol prevents a body shot from Clayton.
Krol swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Krol doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Krol will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Clayton up against the cage.
Clayton misses with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Clayton.
Krol swings wildly with an uppercut but Clayton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Krol tries to throw a body punch but Clayton avoids it by throwing Krol back against the cage.
Clayton tries to throw a body punch but Krol avoids it by throwing Clayton back against the cage.
Krol tries a body shot but Clayton blocks it.
Clayton is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Krol is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Clayton holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Clayton lands a left hand.

Clayton's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Some wild striking there from Clayton.
Clayton wants to clinch up but Krol keeps it at a distance.
Krol throws a push kick but Clayton slaps the foot to one side.
Clayton fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Krol is out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krol throws a looping overhand right but Clayton ducks down to avoid it.
Boleslaw Krol is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Krol lands a nice looking kick to the body. Clayton takes a step back to recover.
Clayton fails in his attempt to clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Clayton wants to clinch.

Clayton has Krol up against the cage in a clinch.
Krol scores with a shoulder strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Krol creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Clayton is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Krol is keeping busy.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Krol blocks an uppercut.
Krol misses with some punches.
Clayton lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Krol backwards.
Krol swings wildly with an uppercut but Clayton uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Clayton dominated that round.
That's time! Clayton's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Krol doesn't manage to clinch there - Clayton circles away.
Clayton fails with an attempt to clinch.
Krol thumps Clayton with a low kick.

Clayton looking to score a takedown here. Krol is defending well but Clayton drives through and ends up in Krol's guard.
Krol throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Krol wants to sweep here but Clayton controlling him for the moment.
Clayton trying to control the position from guard on top but Krol is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Krol working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Clayton doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Clayton manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Clayton throws a big elbow that misses.
Clayton working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Clayton throwing strikes but missing.
Clayton lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krol is looking to sweep but instead, Clayton has passed into half guard.
Krol throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Krol missing with punches from the bottom.
Krol tries to get to full guard but Clayton has control of the leg.
Clayton working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Clayton sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Krol defending well though.
Krol wants to improve his position but Clayton is controlling well.
Krol is pressing down on Clayton's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Krol trying to strike off his back.
Krol looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clayton throws a big right hand that misses.
Krol is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Krol prevents Clayton from standing back up.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Krol working over Clayton with some ground and pound. Clayton looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Krol throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Krol sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Clayton defending well though.
Krol stalling away here and it's allowed Clayton to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Krol working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Clayton uses the cage to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krol wants to slow Clayton down by chopping away at his legs.
Krol pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Clayton instigates a clinch.
Krol leaning his opponent against the cage.
Clayton scores with a shot to the side of Krol's head.
Clayton lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Krol backwards.
Krol working aggressively here.
Krol working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Clayton.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Krol misses with a punch on the inside.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Clayton tries to work over Krol's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Krol tries a body shot but Clayton blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clayton scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Clayton lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Krol trying to stall but Clayton improves his position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Clayton.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Krol.
Krol fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Clayton lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Krol backwards.
Krol taking a breather.
Clayton throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Krols head.
A head punch on the inside from Clayton fails to land.
Krol misses with a body punch.
Krol tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Krol throws a punch but it's blocked by Clayton.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Krol tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Clayton working aggressively here.
A bit of stalling here from Clayton.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Clayton dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Krol throws a sloppy head kick
and Clayton counters with a leg kick.
Krol is looking to clinch but Clayton is avoiding it.
Clayton with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Krol wants to clinch.
Krol is looking to clinch but Clayton is avoiding it.
Clayton tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Krol closes the distance and clinches.
Clayton wants to stall.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Krol.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Clayton.

Clayton manages to break the clinch.
John Clayton is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Clayton lands with a cross.
Clayton tries to clinch up.
Krol throws a right hand that Clayton ducks under and follows up with a left that Clayton also avoids with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krol looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Clayton wants to clinch up but Krol keeps it at a distance.
Krol is looking to chop away at Clayton's legs.
Clayton throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Krol tries to clinch but Clayton moves out of range.
Clayton tries to clinch up.

Clayton gets a clinch.
Clayton is trying to break free.
Clayton doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Krol tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Clayton stalling.
Krol looking to slow down the pace here.
Clayton tries to throw a body punch but Krol avoids it by throwing Clayton back against the cage.
Krol's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Krol throws a punch but it's blocked by Clayton.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Clayton scores with a nice short uppercut.
Clayton blocks an uppercut.
Krol tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Krol can't find room to land a body shot as Clayton controls the action.
Krol taking a breather.
Clayton throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Krol wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Clayton has him pressed against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Krol takes a shot to the head.
Krol is working Clayton over against the cage.
Krol has a couple of punches blocked by Clayton.
Clayton blocking some punches.
Clayton cracks Krol with a nice body shot.
Krol takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Clayton controlling the action here for a moment.
Krol tries to work over Clayton's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Krol tries to stall but Clayton uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clayton blocks an uppercut.
Krol has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Clayton fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Clayton is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
John Clayton has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Clayton lands with a left to the head.
Krol misses with a body punch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Clayton - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Clayton misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A body shot lands from Clayton.
Krol working some nice short punches in the clinch.
John Clayton is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Clayton scores with a shot to the side of Krol's head.
Clayton lands a body shot.
A nice left hand lands by Clayton.
Clayton tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Boleslaw Krol has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Krol working aggressively here.
Clayton misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right from Clayton.
Krol lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Clayton backwards.
Krol misses with a punch on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Krol.

Clayton's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Krol has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Krol there as he acknowledges the shot.
Krol is looking to clinch but Clayton is avoiding it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Clayton has closed the distance and engaged Krol in a clinch.
Clayton lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Krol.
Clayton lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Krol.
A head punch on the inside from Krol fails to land.
Clayton lands a body shot in the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Clayton showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Clayton has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Clayton!
Our winner, John Clayton, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.