PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chris Klamerus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Selwoods (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Klamerus's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Great American Nightmare. This should be fireworks!

Klamerus
vs
Selwoods

175 cm
22
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
19
180 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid 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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chris Klamerus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mark Selwoods!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Eddie Farnsworth and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Klamerus misses with the combination.
Selwoods throws a series of punches but Klamerus avoids them all with ease.
Klamerus doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Klamerus wants to clinch up but Selwoods keeps it at a distance.
Selwoods lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Klamerus backs up against the cage.
Klamerus tries to clinch there but Selwoods circles away.
Selwoods avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Klamerus misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Selwoods throws a left and a right that both miss
and Klamerus counters with an outside leg kick.
A punch combination from Klamerus misses.
Selwoods swats away the attempt to clinch by Klamerus.
Selwoods with a hook.
A punch combination from Selwoods misses.
Selwoods lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Klamerus circles away quickly and effectively.
Klamerus wants to clinch up but Selwoods keeps it at a distance.
Selwoods ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Klamerus moves away.
Mark Selwoods seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Selwoods swinging wilding here.
Selwoods fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Selwoods swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Selwoods fails to land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Selwoods throws a looping overhand right but Klamerus ducks down to avoid it.
Klamerus lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Selwoods sizes up Klamerus with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Some wild striking there from Selwoods.
Selwoods swats away the attempt to clinch by Klamerus.
Klamerus is looking to clinch but Selwoods is avoiding it.
Selwoods misses with a jab to the body
and Klamerus counters with a three punch combo that has Selwoods backing up. Selwoods nods at Klamerus to acknowledge the strikes.
Selwoods throws a nice looking combination but Klamerus bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Klamerus tries to close the distance and clinch but Selwoods swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Selwoods throws a combination that misses
and Klamerus counters with a series of strikes. Selwoods will be more careful next time no doubt.
Klamerus is breathing heavily.
Selwoods stuffs the takedown attempt from Klamerus. Klamerus gets slowly back to his feet.
Selwoods throws a looping overhand right but Klamerus ducks down to avoid it.
Selwoods swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Selwoods throws a left and a right that both miss

and Klamerus counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Klamerus.

Selwoods manages to break the clinch.
Klamerus dodges the punch combination from Selwoods.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Selwoods scores with a four punch combination!

Klamerus darts in and clinches Selwoods up against the cage.
Klamerus tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Klamerus keeps control of Selwoods as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Klamerus tries to land a knee to the head but Selwoods blocks with his arms.
Klamerus tries to land knees in the clinch but Selwoods avoids the damage to the body.
Klamerus is trying to break the clinch but Selwoods has him pressed against the cage.
Klamerus with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Selwoods wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Klamerus has him pressed against the cage.
Selwoods can't break the clinch.
Selwoods is trying to break the clinch but Klamerus has him pressed against the cage.
Selwoods is trying to break the clinch but Klamerus has him pressed against the cage.
Selwoods is looking to break free of the clinch but Klamerus has double underhooks.
Selwoods tries to break the clinch but Klamerus is controlling the position.
Klamerus misses with a knee to the head.
Selwoods wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Selwoods wants to break free but Klamerus has control.
Selwoods has had enough of the clinch but Klamerus keeps him there for the moment.
Selwoods has had enough of the clinch but Klamerus keeps him there for the moment.
Selwoods wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Klamerus prevents Selwoods from breaking the clinch.
Klamerus misses with a knee strike.
Klamerus prevents Selwoods from breaking the clinch.
Selwoods is looking to break free of the clinch but Klamerus has double underhooks.
Selwoods is trying to break free.
Selwoods wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Klamerus has him pressed against the cage.
Selwoods wants to break the clinch but can't.
Klamerus tries a knee to the head but Selwoods blocks it.
Selwoods wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Selwoods wants to get back to striking at distance but Klamerus won't allow it.
Selwoods is trying to break free.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Klamerus tries to stall but Selwoods uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Selwoods is looking to break free of the clinch but Klamerus has double underhooks.
Selwoods wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Selwoods blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Klamerus throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Selwoods wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Klamerus has him pressed against the cage.
Selwoods wants to break free but Klamerus has control.
Klamerus keeps control of Selwoods as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Klamerus throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Selwoods is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Klamerus missing with knees to the body.
Selwoods is trying to break the clinch but Klamerus has him pressed against the cage.
Selwoods wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Selwoods wants to break free but Klamerus has control.

Selwoods escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Selwoods misses with a series of wild punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Selwoods dominated that round.
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.

Selwoods throws a left and a right that both miss
and Klamerus makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Selwoods misses with a series of wild punches.
Selwoods blocks a head kick by Klamerus.
The fight stays on the outside here - Klamerus looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Selwoods throws a right and a left that both miss.
Selwoods misses with a two punch combination.
Selwoods misses with the combination.
No joy there for Selwoods, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Selwoods keeps the fight on the outside.
Selwoods looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Klamerus dodges the punch combination from Selwoods.
Selwoods works Klamerus's body with a nice hook.
Selwoods has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Klamerus.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Selwoods misses with a wild combination.
A left and a right from Selwoods both land. Nice combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Klamerus showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Selwoods.
Klamerus misses with a few strikes there.
Klamerus misses with a jab, cross combination.
Klamerus throws a half hearted mid kick.
Klamerus showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Selwoods.
Selwoods misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Selwoods swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Klamerus counters with a nice kick to the body.
Selwoods misses with a two punch combination.
Selwoods cracks Klamerus with a good jab.
Some wild striking there from Selwoods.
Selwoods throws a nice looking combination but Klamerus bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A nice combination there by Selwoods.
Selwoods looks to land a combination. Klamerus sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Selwoods throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Selwoods pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Selwoods misses with a two punch combination.
A good leg kick by Klamerus.
Klamerus dodges the punch combination from Selwoods.
Selwoods swinging wilding here.
Klamerus shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Selwoods as he avoids it easily.
Selwoods swings for the body but Klamerus moves out of range.
Selwoods lands a jab to Klamerus's midsection.
Selwoods misses with a body shot.
Selwoods misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Klamerus blocks a jab.
Selwoods scores with a three punch combo!
Selwoods lands with a nice combination. Klamerus backs away looking to recover.
The fight stays on the outside here - Klamerus looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Selwoods throws a series of punches but Klamerus avoids them all with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klamerus fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Selwoods on the side of the head.
Selwoods rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Klamerus moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Selwoods throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Klamerus counters by clinching up.
Klamerus misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Selwoods.
Klamerus tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Selwoods can't break the clinch.
Selwoods is trying to break free.
Selwoods can't break the clinch.
Selwoods is trying to break the clinch but Klamerus has him pressed against the cage.
Selwoods is looking to break free of the clinch but Klamerus has double underhooks.

Selwoods breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Selwoods!
Selwoods lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Klamerus circles away quickly and effectively.
Mark Selwoods is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Klamerus tries to close the distance and clinch up but Selwoods swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's four 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.
Selwoods lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Klamerus circles away quickly and effectively.
Selwoods misses with a wild combination.
Selwoods misses with the combination.
Selwoods looks to land a combination but Klamerus avoids it well.
Klamerus tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Selwoods paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Selwoods misses with a two punch combination.
Klamerus avoids a punch combination nicely.
Selwoods tries to bum rush Klamerus with a series of wild strikes but Klamerus uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Klamerus bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Selwoods throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Selwoods throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Klamerus is looking to clinch.
Selwoods rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Klamerus moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Selwoods misses with a double jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Selwoods showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Selwoods swings for the body but Klamerus moves out of range.
Selwoods throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Selwoods scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Selwoods circles away from the clinch attempt.
Klamerus avoids a punch combination nicely.
Selwoods throws a nice looking combination but Klamerus bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Klamerus tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Selwoods paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Klamerus fails with an attempt to clinch.
Selwoods swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Klamerus closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Klamerus wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Klamerus looking to throw knees to the head but Selwoods is blocking nicely.
Selwoods is trying to break the clinch but Klamerus has him pressed against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

Selwoods breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Selwoods misses with a combination
and Klamerus counters with a nice leg kick.
Selwoods lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Selwoods moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Selwoods!
Selwoods fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Selwoods lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Selwoods avoids the head kick by Klamerus.
Selwoods lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Selwoods looks to land a right hand but Klamerus moved out of range.
Selwoods throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Klamerus.
Klamerus avoids a punch combination nicely.
Klamerus lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Selwoods swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Selwoods is working the combinations to good effect here.

Klamerus moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Klamerus just misses with a elbow thrown towards Selwoods's brow.
Selwoods keeps control of Klamerus as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Klamerus tries a knee to the head but Selwoods blocks it.
Klamerus can't break the clinch.
Selwoods wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Klamerus can't find room to land a body shot as Selwoods controls the action.

Selwoods breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Selwoods changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Selwoods throws a right hand that Klamerus ducks under and follows up with a left that Klamerus also avoids with ease.
Selwoods looks to land a combination but Klamerus avoids it well.
Selwoods misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Selwoods jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Klamerus is looking to clinch.
Selwoods throws a right hand that Klamerus ducks under and follows up with a left that Klamerus also avoids with ease.
Selwoods misses with a wild body shot.
Klamerus misses with a body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Selwoods misses with a jab, cross combination.
Klamerus tries to clinch but Selwoods is having none of it.
Selwoods throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Klamerus.
Selwoods stuffs the takedown.
Klamerus throws a one two combo.
Selwoods throws a nice looking combination but Klamerus bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Selwoods misses with the combination.
A punch combination from Klamerus misses.
A shot to de liver by Selwoods. Beautiful body shot.
Selwoods swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Klamerus.
Selwoods throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Klamerus counters with a left and a right that stings Selwoods.
Mark Selwoods seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Selwoods stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Klamerus.
Klamerus shoots in for a double leg but Selwoods sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Selwoods throws a right and a left that both miss.
Selwoods swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's four 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.
Selwoods misses with a double jab
and Klamerus counters with a nice leg kick.
Klamerus tries to close the distance and clinch but Selwoods swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A combination from Selwoods does no damage.
Selwoods misses with a jab to the body
and Klamerus counters with a solid body kick.
Selwoods lands a body shot.
Selwoods swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Klamerus counters with a three punch combo that has Selwoods backing up. Selwoods nods at Klamerus to acknowledge the strikes.
Selwoods lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Klamerus backs up against the cage.
Selwoods ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Klamerus keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Selwoods falls off balance throwing a combination
and Klamerus cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Klamerus lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Klamerus.
Chris Klamerus has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Selwoods looks to score with a jab to the body but Klamerus is just out of range.
Selwoods throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Klamerus looks to land a combination but Selwoods avoids it well.
Mark Selwoods is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Selwoods looks to land a combination. Klamerus sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mark Selwoods comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Selwoods 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mark Selwoods!