PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Xavier David (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cameron Clark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). David's entrance music is Bring The Pain. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

David
vs
Clark

190 cm
36
185 lbs
27 - 20 - 2

179 cm
28
176 lbs
12 - 7 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 20 - 2, fighting out of New York, Xavier David!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Cameron Clark!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Anthony Taglia and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clark moves away from the strike by David.
Clark misses with a right hand
enabling David to counter with a crisp jab.
Clark needs to keep his hands up - David had a free shot at his head there.

It looks like Cameron Clark has been cut.
David throws a hook to the side of Clark's head but Clark sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
David looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
David misses with a hook

and Clark counters by moving into the clinch.
David lands a left hand.
Clark using the Thai plumb to throw knees but David has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Clark misses with a knee to the head.
Clark tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Clark blocking some punches.
David creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
David lands a right hand.
Clark tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
David misses with a punch to the body.
David tries to land knees in the clinch but Clark avoids the damage to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Clark scores with a shot to the side of David's head.
Clark blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the fighters up against the cage, David throws an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
David misses with a punch on the inside.
Clark misses with the head strike.
Clark lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right from Clark on the inside.
Clark takes an elbow to the forehead.
Clark connects with a nasty looking knee right to David's face.

It looks like Xavier David has been cut.
Clark connects with a knee to the head.
Clark lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
David avoiding damage as Clark throws knees to the body.
Nice elbow from David.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
David throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Clark blocks it with crossed arms.
David missing with knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from David fails to land.
A nice glancing elbow lands by David.
David misses with a punch to the body.
Clark fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Clark tries to land a knee to the head but David blocks with his arms.
Clark connects with a knee to the head.
Clark lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
David tries to work over Clark's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Clark connects with a knee to the head.
David throws an elbow that misses.
David lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Clark.
David working aggressively here.
David lands a body punch in the clinch.
Clark avoids the elbow strike from David, against the cage.
David blocks an uppercut.
Clark misses with a knee strike.
David tries to land knees in the clinch but Clark avoids the damage to the body.
Clark using the Thai plumb to throw knees but David has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
David working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Clark blocks an elbow strike from David.
Clark prevents a body shot from David.
Clark throws a knee to the head but misses.
David can't find room to land a body shot as Clark controls the action.
David misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Clark.
Clark blocks the elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clark blocks an elbow strike from David.
David tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Clark tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
David lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for David.
David is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Clark is defending well for now.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for David.
David pushes Clark back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Clark lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of David backwards.
Clark misses with a knee to the head.
David lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That has opened up Cameron Clark's cut even more.
Clark throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Davids head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
David misses with a short punch on the inside.
David lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Clark fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
David fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Clark blocks an uppercut.
David tries to land knees in the clinch but Clark avoids the damage to the body.
Clark blocks an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clark lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Clark blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Clark blocks an elbow strike.
Clark unloads a knee to the mid-section. David lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
David scores with an uppercut up the middle.
David lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
David misses with some punches.
Clark lands a left hand that snaps the head of David backwards.
A short uppercut from Clark.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, David just misses with a elbow thrown towards Clark's brow.
Clark lands a knee to the head.
David throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Clark blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from David.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Clark landing knees to the head.
David tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Clark avoiding damage as David throws knees to the body.
Clark working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Clark throws a punch but it's blocked by David.
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 Xavier David will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! David's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

David throws a shot from downtown. Clark moves away and avoids it.
David scores with a nice head shot.
David misses with the combination.
Clark cracks David with a right hand to the side of the head.
Cameron Clark seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick by David misses

and Clark counters by moving into the clinch.
A knee to the head by Clark.
Clark working some nice short punches in the clinch.
David lands with a light punch inside.
Clark lands a hook to the side of the head.
Clark tries a knee to the head but David blocks it.
Clark looking to throw knees to the head but David is blocking nicely.
Clark throws a knee to the head but misses.
David looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clark lands with a right to the head.
Cameron Clark seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Clark scores with a shot to the side of David's head.
Clark working David over with knees to the body.
Clark lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Clark using the Thai plumb to throw knees but David has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Clark blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Clark with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Clark pushes David back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
David throws a punch but it's blocked by Clark.
David misses with the head strike.
Clark lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Clark lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of David backwards.
David goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Clark scores with an uppercut up the middle.
David lands with a right to the head.
David throws an elbow but it misses.
Clark tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Clark lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Clark working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for David.
David lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
David lands a damaging elbow.
David throws an elbow but it's blocked.
David blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from David.
Clark lands with a light punch inside.
David presses Clark against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
David goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
David misses with a punch to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from David.
Clark tries a knee to the head but David blocks it.
Clark scores with a shot to the side of David's head.
David has a couple of punches blocked by Clark.
David blocking some punches.
David lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Clark.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
David tries to work over Clark's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Clark.
Clark lands a right hand.
David goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, David throws an elbow but misses.
David utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
David has a couple of punches blocked by Clark.
Clark tries a knee to the head but David blocks it.
Clark tries to land a knee to the head but David blocks with his arms.
A knee to the head by David.
David lands an elbow just above Clark 's eye.

The cut above Cameron Clark's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
David tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Clark avoids it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
David lands a shoulder strike.
David unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Clark is breathing heavily.
David tries to land knees in the clinch but Clark avoids the damage to the body.
Clark tries a knee to the head but David blocks it.
David throws a punch but it's blocked by Clark.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clark tries to land a knee to the head but David blocks with his arms.
David throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Clarks head.
David working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
David lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Clark blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by David.
Clark has a couple of punches blocked by David.
David has a couple of punches blocked by Clark.
David lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Clark is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. David is defending well for now.
David swings away with an uppercut that misses.
David blocks an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from David.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
David lands a hook that snaps the head of Clark backwards.
David misses with an elbow strike.
David gets through Clark's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
David misses with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Xavier David dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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. This is the final round!

David avoids the head kick by Clark.
David checks a low kick from Clark.
David uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Clark.
Clark uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by David.
David throws a combination that misses

and Clark counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
David tries to work over Clark's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Clark throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but David blocks it with crossed arms.
Nice elbow from David.
Clark lands an uppercut.
David misses with a punch to the body.
Clark tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
David lands a shoulder strike.
Clark using the Thai plumb to throw knees but David has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
David misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's one minute gone in the round.
David lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Clark misses with a short punch on the inside.
David lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Clark tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
David comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Clark working aggressively here.
A short uppercut from Clark.
David throws a head punch that misses.
Clark with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
David misses with a punch to the body.
David lands an elbow just above Clark 's eye.
A head punch on the inside from David fails to land.
David using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Clark with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
David with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Clark lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Clark lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of David backwards.
Cameron Clark has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
David tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Clark tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Clark blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
David tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Clark avoids it.
Clark throws a knee to the head but misses.
David blocks a body shot from Clark.
Clark tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Clark misses with the head strike.
David trying to land knees to the body.
David tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Clark tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
David throws a punch but it's blocked by Clark.
David lands a damaging elbow.
David lands a right hand.

Cameron Clark's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
David landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
David tries to work over Clark's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Clark tries a knee to the head but David blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
David misses with some punches.
David tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Clark swings away with an uppercut that misses.
David misses with some punches.
Clark lands a knee to the head.
David lands with a right to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Clark.
Clark tries to land a knee to the head but David blocks with his arms.
Clark blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Clark lands a nice uppercut.
Clark looking to throw knees to the head but David is blocking nicely.
Clark takes a shot to the head.
David pushes Clark back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
David creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Clark on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
David misses with a hook from the clinch.
Clark misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
David takes a knee right on the jaw!
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short left from Clark.
Clark scores with a nice hook to the head.
Clark looking to throw knees to the head but David is blocking nicely.
Clark has a couple of punches blocked by David.
David working aggressively here.
Nice elbow from David.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Cameron Clark's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Xavier David!
Xavier David managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, TFP Graphics - Pit Inc, into his post fight interview.