PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Stone The Real (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Santa Klaus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

The Real
vs
Klaus

185 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
183 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Stone The Real !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Santa Klaus!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Alyssa Summers and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Klaus throws a sloppy head kick
and The Real counters with a leg kick.
Klaus thumps The Real with a low kick.
Klaus lands a nice shot that snaps The Real 's head back.
Klaus closes this distance looking for a takedown but The Real circles away.
The Real throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Klaus throws a nice looking combination but The Real bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Klaus motions for The Real to come forward. Klaus throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The Real moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The Real connects with a solid leg kick.
Klaus throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A quick step to the side and The Real tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Klaus throws a right hand that The Real ducks under and follows up with a left that The Real also avoids with ease.
Klaus throws a sloppy head kick and The Real moves out of range easily.
The Real with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Klaus misses with a few strikes there.
The Real fires out a quick counter leg kick but Klaus just manages to avoid it.
Klaus thows a left - swing and a miss!
Klaus tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Klaus's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Klaus duly obliges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Klaus looking to land some kicks to the body here.
The Real throws a front kick that sends Klaus stumbling back into the cage.
Klaus looks winded!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from The Real . Klaus shrugs it off though.

Klaus gets tackled into the cage by The Real . The Real maintains the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. The Real obliges.
The Real scores with a knee to the head.
The Real using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Come on The Real - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The Real leaning his opponent against the cage.
The Real scores with a knee to the head.
The Real scores with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Real connects with a knee to the head.
Klaus is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables The Real to keep the fight standing.
A knee to the head by The Real .
Klaus can't break the clinch.
The Real lands a knee to the head.
The Real with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The Real connects with a nasty looking knee right to Klaus's face.
Klaus wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The Real holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The Real lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The Real utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Klaus tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. The Real just stands there and leans against the cage.
Stone The Real has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Santa Klaus.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for The Real to work.
The Real stalling.

The Real 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The Real lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Klaus misses with a kick to the body.
The Real throws a quick counter head kick but Klaus was just out of range.
The Real takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Klaus blocks the body kick.

The Real clinches up with Klaus and pushes him back against the cage.
The Real tries to land knees in the clinch but Klaus avoids the damage to the body.
Klaus is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables The Real to keep the fight standing.
Klaus blocks an elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The Real breaks the clinch.
A combination from Klaus does no damage.
The Real delivers a nice body kick.
Nice takedown defense from The Real . No joy for Klaus on that attempt.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from The Real - that will leave a mark!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Klaus throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

The Real takes the fight into the clinch.
The Real using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The Real manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Klaus is trying to work for a single leg takedown but The Real pulls him back up using the underhooks.
The Real is stalling here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stone The Real dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

The Real instigates a clinch.
Klaus takes a knee right on the jaw!
Klaus wants to get back to striking at distance but The Real won't allow it.
Klaus wants to get back to striking at distance but The Real won't allow it.
Klaus is trying to break the clinch but The Real is controlling him.
The Real just leaning against Klaus, taking a breather.
The Real with a knee to the head.

The Real breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Santa Klaus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Klaus misses with a jab to the body

and The Real counters with a head kick that drops Klaus to the mat! Klaus scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Klaus throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

The Real breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Real looks to land a body kick but Klaus moved away.
Klaus throws a head kick that misses
and The Real counters with a nice leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for The Real .
Klaus misses with the combination.
Klaus misses with a low kick as The Real jumps back.
Klaus on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
The Real is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Klaus can do to turn this around?
Klaus is breathing heavily.
The Real scores with a push kick.
Decent striking displayed by Klaus there.
Santa Klaus is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sloppy strikes from Klaus. Those never looked like landing.
The Real scores with a leg kick.
Klaus throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
The Real wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Klaus lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The Real throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
The Real explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Klaus tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Klaus has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from The Real .
Klaus throws a head kick but The Real moves out of range.
The Real looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
The Real fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Klaus has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Stone The Real is winning the standup battle so far.

The Real closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The Real effectively controlling the action here.
The Real working Klaus over with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for The Real .
The Real working Klaus over with knees to the body.
The Real taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Klaus takes a knee right on the jaw!
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Come on The Real - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Klaus wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klaus takes a knee to the side of the body.
The Real lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The Real scores a nice knee to the body.
The Real connects with a knee to the head.

The Real breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Stone The Real is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The Real scores with a leg kick.
Klaus misses with the body kick
and The Real counters with a good, hard body kick but Klaus shrugs it off.
The Real lands a nice leg kick that just misses Klaus's sensitive parts.
The Real keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The Real fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Klaus has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The Real lands a leg kick that knocks Klaus off balance momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

The Real drives through and clinches with Klaus against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Real lands a knee to the head.
Klaus's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The Real stalling in the clinch.
Klaus is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

The Real breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A chopping leg kick lands by The Real .
The Real uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Klaus.
A leg kick checked by The Real .
The Real tries to counter by clinching up but Klaus breaks away and moves out of range.
Klaus shoots for a double leg takedown but The Real sprawls well. He's pushed Klaus's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
The Real throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Klaus misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from The Real .

The Real pushes Klaus up against the cage in a clinch.
Klaus takes a knee to the side of the body.
Klaus has had enough of the clinch but The Real keeps him there for the moment.
The Real working Klaus over with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stone The Real dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

The Real lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The Real throws a sloppy head kick and Klaus moves out of range easily.
Klaus throws a half hearted mid kick.

The Real has Klaus up against the cage in a clinch.
The Real stalling against the cage.
Klaus wants to break free but The Real has control.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from The Real .
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Real tries a knee to the head but Klaus blocks it.
Klaus managing to block the knees to the body from The Real .

The Real breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Klaus swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and The Real counters with a good, hard body kick but Klaus shrugs it off.
Klaus does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Real showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Klaus.
Klaus takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

The Real takes the fight into the clinch.
Klaus has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The Real landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The Real has Klaus pressed against the cage, preventing Klaus from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The Real lands a good knee to the midsection. Klaus won't want to take too many of those.
The Real slowing the pace effectively.
The Real stalls.
The Real connects with a nasty looking knee right to Klaus's face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klaus is trying to work for a single leg takedown but The Real pulls him back up using the underhooks.
The Real connects with a knee to the head.
Klaus wants to break the clinch but can't.
The Real putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Klaus in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The Real connects with a knee to the head.
The Real stalling the fight.
The Real holding his opponent close, against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Real lands a nice knee to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on The Real - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
The Real scores with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Real tries a body shot but Klaus blocks it.
The Real tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Klaus's elbow.
A knee to the head by The Real .
Klaus is looking for a takedown.
Stalling in the clinch from The Real .
A bit of stalling here from The Real .
The Real with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The Real connects with a nasty looking knee right to Klaus's face.
Knees to the body from The Real .
Klaus is looking for a takedown up against the cage. The Real gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Stone The Real has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Santa Klaus.
Klaus working hard to break the clinch.
The Real lands a knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Klaus looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The Real stalling.
The Real putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Klaus in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The Real lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The Real is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Real landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Stone The Real is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The Real working Klaus over with knees to the body.
The Real unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The Real dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Santa Klaus has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Klaus goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

And that's the end of the fight!
Stone The Real showed his dominance in that final round.
Well The Real 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:26
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:26
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stone The Real !
After the fight, Stone The Real was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.