PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Simbo Klice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Neely (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Neely has chosen Cracker - Low as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Klice
vs
Neely

201 cm
37
275 lbs
39 - 15 - 1

195 cm
32
275 lbs
32 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 39 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Simbo Klice!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jack Neely!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Trevor Gratis and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Neely throws a body kick that misses
and Klice counters with a right hand to the body.
Neely swings for the body but Klice moves out of range.
Neely will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Neely moves away from the strike by Klice.
A big right from Neely misses.
Klice throws a series of strikes that have Neely backpedaling.

It looks like Jack Neely has been cut.
Klice throws a low kick but it's checked well by Neely.
Neely connects with a solid leg kick.
Neely scores with a shot to the body.
Klice throws a body punch but Neely moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Klice. Neely does a little dance to reset his feet.
Klice swings for the body but Neely moves out of range.
Neely changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Neely.
Klice takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Neely lands a right hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Klice throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Klice keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Neely misses with a takedown
and Klice counters with a nice body shot.
Neely will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Simbo Klice has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Neely.
Klice fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Klice throws a shot from downtown. Neely moves away and avoids it.
Klice throws a shot to the body.
Neely slips under a jab.
Neely shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Klice counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Neely looks winded!
Neely misses with a wild body shot.
Neely thuds a left hand into Klice's body.
Klice misses with a wild body shot.
Neely shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Klice as he jumps to the side.
Klice looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Klice looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neely misses with a wild body shot.
Klice slips a jab from Neely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Klice throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Klice misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Neely.
And Neely tries to counter it with a takedown but Klice pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Neely throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Klice connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Klice throws a body punch but Neely moves out of range.
Neely misses with a jab, cross combination.
A counter left hand to the body from Klice misses its target.
Neely has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Neely swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Klice.
Klice tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Neely was well out of range. Poor timing from Klice.
Neely tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Klice was well out of range. Poor timing from Neely.
Klice misses the shot to the body.
Neely shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Klice as he avoids it easily.
Neely throws a leg kick that misses.
Neely uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Klice.
Simbo Klice is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Klice throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klice swings for the body but Neely moves out of range.
Neely pivots, looking for a leg kick but Klice is out of range and Neely settles back down.
A looping hook to the body misses from Klice. Neely does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jack Neely seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Neely tries to clinch there but Klice circles away.
Klice appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Neely lands a slapping body shot.
Neely shoots in for a double leg but Klice sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
A nice leg kick lands there from Klice.
Klice connects with a body shot.

Neely shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Neely showed some decent athleticism there.
Neely prevents Klice from improving his position.
Neely not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Klice is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Klice blocking the ground and pound attempt from Neely.
Klice is trying to maintain the position but Neely is very close to passing his half guard.
Neely working Klice over with strikes.
Klice wants to improve his position but Neely is controlling well.
Klice is trying to maintain the position but Neely is very close to passing his half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Neely not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Klice is trying to get back to full guard.
Neely is pressing down on Klice's thigh, looking to free his foot. Klice is holding on for now.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Neely lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Simbo Klice dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jack Neely's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Klice lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Klice misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Neely.
Klice leaves Neely with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Simbo Klice is winning the standup battle so far.
Klice just misses with a punch to the body.
Neely drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Klice defends it well.
Neely has a takedown stuffed.
Neely fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Simbo Klice has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Neely.
Neely pushes Klice away with a front kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Klice keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Neely throws a head kick that misses
and Klice counters with a thumping low kick.
Neely throws a body shot but no joy.
Neely takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Klice. That's going to slow Neely down.
Neely looks to score with a jab to the body but Klice is just out of range.
Klice lands the left hand.
Klice is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Neely can do to turn this around?
Klice jabs Neely right on the nose. Neely blinks but takes it well.
Klice looks to score with a jab to the body but Neely is just out of range.
Neely connects with a solid leg kick.
Neely is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Neely fails with a takedown attempt.
Klice turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Neely connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Neely tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Klice with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Neely throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Klice jabs Neely to the body, keeping him at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klice ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Neely moves away.
Neely changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Neely shoots in for a takedown but Klice shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Klice turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Klice throws a nice inside leg kick.
Neely's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Klice misses with a body shot.
An inside leg kick from Klice misses.
Neely swings for the body but Klice moves out of range.
Neely tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Klice manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Klice throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Neely stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Klice is looking to wear down Neely with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Neely tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Klice manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Neely tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Klice was well out of range. Poor timing from Neely.
Klice throwing a counter right hand but Neely manages to avoid it.
Neely uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Klice.
Klice throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Klice just misses with a punch to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Klice. Neely does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neely connects with a good right hand that stumbles Klice. Klice circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Klice takes a swing at Neely's ribcage but misses.

Neely closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Klice quickly recovers to half guard.
Neely winds up and cracks Klice with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Klice is trying to control but can't.
Neely working Klice over with strikes.
Klice is looking to improve his position.
Neely throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Neely is trying to work for a kimura but Klice is defending well.
Klice moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Klice keeping moving, preventing Neely from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Klice wants to sweep here but Neely controlling him for the moment.
Neely works over Klice with some ground and pound from guard.
Neely in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Neely has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Neely trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Klice working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Neely.
Klice controls Neely momentarily but Neely frees himself.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Neely looking to pass the guard.
Klice looking to control.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Simbo Klice dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jack Neely's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Klice lands a nice shot to the body.
Klice's jab looks to have found its range, popping Neely under the eye.
Neely shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Neely pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Neely walks into a stiff left hand from Klice.
Neely on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Klice. Klice obviously looking to wear him down.
Neely moves into range and connects with a jab.
Neely tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A counter left hand to the body from Klice misses its target.
Klice takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Sloppy strikes from Klice. Those never looked like landing.
Neely dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Neely wants to slow Klice down by chopping away at his legs.
Neely throws a sloppy head kick and Klice moves out of range easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Neely scores with a leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Klice, right into the meat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Klice throws a sloppy head kick and Neely moves out of range easily.
Klice lands with a hook. Neely tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

That has opened up Jack Neely's cut even more.
Neely throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Neely scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Klice doesn't seem bothered though.
Klice stuffs the takedown.
Klice looks to score with a jab to the body but Neely is just out of range.
Neely connects with an inside leg kick.
Klice ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Neely moves away.
Neely fails with a takedown attempt.
Klice lands a nice looking body shot.
Neely misses with a wild body shot.
Klice is looking for a counter combo.
Neely sizes up Klice with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neely uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Klice.
Klice takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Klice blocks a jab.
Neely walks into a left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Klice throws a leg kick but Neely checks it.
Klice fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Neely manages to avoid it.
Neely with the counter takedown but Klice avoids it easily.
Neely has a takedown stuffed.
Simbo Klice has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Neely.
Neely misses with a right hand
and Klice counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Neely takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Klice cracks a nice hook into Neely's ribs.
Klice misses with a wild combination.
Klice thumps Neely with a low kick.
Neely takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Klice throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klice connects with a crisp jab.

The cut above Jack Neely's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
A jab from Klice does it's job there.
Neely with a hook.
Klice looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Klice jabs at Neely's body.
Klice lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Klice pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Neely fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Neely lands a right hook to the body.
Neely throws a push kick but Klice slaps the foot to one side.
Klice lands a lovely overhand right.
Klice scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Klice moves out of range of the strikes.
Neely misses the shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neely takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Klice ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Neely moves away.
Klice throws a body punch but Neely moves out of range.
Klice dips to his left and cracks Neely with an uppercut!
Nice body punch from Klice.
Klice misses the shot to the body.
Klice just misses with a punch to the body.
And Neely tries to counter it with a takedown but Klice pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Neely tries to clinch there but Klice circles away.
Nice uppercut there from Klice.

Jack Neely's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Klice throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Klice lands a nice shot to the body.
Klice scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Neely fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Klice manages to avoid it.
A right-left combo lands from Klice.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Simbo Klice clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Jack Neely's cut.
That's time! Klice's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Neely throws a sloppy head kick and Klice moves out of range easily.
Klice avoids the head kick by Neely.

Klice tries to keep at a distance but Neely has taken the fight into the clinch.
Klice tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Neely blocks a body shot from Klice.

Neely gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Neely throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Klice works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Klice is controlling Neely's posture.
Neely is looking to work some ground and pound but Klice has wrist control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Neely working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Neely postures up in Klice's guard and throws a big left but Klice blocks it.
You can see that Neely has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Klice keeping moving, preventing Neely from controlling successfully.
Neely wants to pass the guard but Klice is keeping the position.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Neely is in close to Klice's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Klice looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Klice preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Neely.
A little feinted left hand from Klice on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Klice misses with a wild body shot.
Klice just misses with a punch to the body.
Neely fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Klice moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Neely slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Neely throws a sloppy head kick and Klice moves out of range easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neely tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Klice was well out of range. Poor timing from Neely.
Klice fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Neely has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Klice moves away from the strike by Neely.
Neely slips a straight right by Klice.
Neely throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Klice gets caught napping as Neely dives in and scores a takedown. Klice manages to retain guard.
Klice is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

This has been an exciting period of action!
Klice wants to get back to his feet.
Neely moves into full guard.
Klice wants to stand but Neely has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klice stopping the sweep attempt from Neely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Klice would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Neely looking to control.
Klice stopping the sweep attempt from Neely.
Neely pulls Klice in to control the position.

Neely escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Klice gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Klice wanted to stand there but Neely had control of the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Neely trying to control the position.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Neely throws the kick towards the body but Klice avoids it.
Klice jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Neely misses with a body kick.
Klice ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Neely moves away.
Neely shoots in looking for a takedown but Klice manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Neely's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Simbo Klice has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Neely.
Klice misses with a series of wild punches.
Neely misses the body punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Klice has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Neely.
Klice slips a straight right by Neely.

Neely decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Klice tries to get to full guard but Neely has control of the leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Neely dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Jack Neely's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Klice takes a swing at Neely's ribcage but misses.
Neely shoots and misses
and Klice counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Neely takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Neely punishes Klice's body with a nice straight punch.
Neely takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Klice throws a low kick but Neely avoids it.
Neely feints the counter takedown.
Neely keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Neely with a poor takedown
and Klice counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Neely thinking.
Klice throws a body shot but no joy.
Neely dives in for a single leg takedown but Klice sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Klice throws a big counter combination but Neely scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Simbo Klice has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Neely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Klice blocks a head kick by Neely.
Klice chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Neely is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Neely throws a sloppy head kick
and Klice counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Neely misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Klice lands a nice shot that snaps Neely's head back.
Neely throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Klice misses with a hook.
Klice lands a two punch combo.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Simbo Klice!
Simbo Klice retains his heavyweight title!
Simbo Klice gave a mention to Steel Penn's Laundry 80% LAUNDRY IS AVAILABLE in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
In defeat, Jack Neely stepped up to the mic, saying 'I'll be back.'.