PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mark Wilson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Clarke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wilson
vs
Clarke

180 cm
28
196 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

184 cm
20
189 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark Wilson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Adam Clarke!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Daniel Cesar and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Wilson closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Wilson lands in his opponent's guard.
Wilson throws a big elbow that misses.
Wilson seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Wilson is working Clarke over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Wilson is stalling in the full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wilson preventing the sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilson tries to free his leg and advance position but Clarke is retaining full guard.
Wilson is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Wilson working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Clarke throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Clarke is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Clarke has momentary wrist control but Wilson slips an elbow through the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Wilson connects with a couple of short punches.
Wilson is in close to Clarke's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Wilson with a nice head shot there.
Wilson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Wilson postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wilson landing some decent shots from guard.
Wilson distracts Clarke with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Clarke can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Wilson controls the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilson's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Clarke wants to stand up but Wilson is controlling him.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

Wilson shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Wilson was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Clarke throws Wilson to one side and escapes!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Wilson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Wilson has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Clarke clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wilson is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Clarke up.
Wilson lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Can Clarke hold on?! Wilson is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Wilson keeps control of the position easily here as Clarke tries to buck him off.
Wilson is landing with strikes. Clarke can't take much more of this.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Wilson dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Clarke fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Wilson scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Wilson lands some shots froms side control.
Wilson grinds an elbow into Clarke's temple.
Wilson lands a nice forearm strike.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Wilson working the head and body with strikes.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Wilson is working Clarke over with some ground and pound from side control.
Wilson working away.
Wilson landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilson scoring with punches from side control.
Wilson scores with punches from side control.
Clarke is breathing heavily.
Clarke is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Wilson is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Wilson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Wilson scoring with strikes but Clarke is staying in there.
Clarke in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Wilson pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Clarke is wriggling around trying to escape.
Wilson with a couple of short strikes.
Wilson working the ground and pound effectively.
Wilson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Clarke can do to turn this around?
Wilson working Clarke over with strikes here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wilson looking to control and managing it successfully.
A nice elbow there by Wilson.

It looks like Adam Clarke has been cut.
Wilson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The referee warns Clarke that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Wilson landing shots from mount.
Wilson controlling from the full mount.
Wilson pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

Clarke is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilson unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Clarke wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Wilson celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mark Wilson!
In his post fight interview, Mark Wilson started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.