PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Stefan Struwe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Clark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Clark has chosen Alone by Falling in Reverse as his entrance music. Anthony Clark is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Struwe
vs
Clark

173 cm
26
146 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

180 cm
19
155 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

King of Fists

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Stefan Struwe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anthony Clark!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Tiny Johnson and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Struwe leaves Clark with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Clark dives in and grabs Struwe's left leg, looking for a takedown. Struwe pushes down on Clark's head and hops out.
It looked like Struwe was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Clark.
Struwe throws a body punch but Clark moves out of range.

Clark drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Clark distracts Struwe with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Struwe has momentary wrist control but Clark slips an elbow through the middle.
Clark working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Clark throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Struwe works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Struwe knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Clark on the ground.
Clark throws a big right hand that misses.
Clark has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Clark scoring with some ground and pound.
Clark wants to control from the top but Struwe keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Struwe not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Clark's corner is telling him to maintain position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Clark accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Struwe looking to control.
Clark trying to control but Struwe is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clark chips away with some ground and pound.
Struwe is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Clark landing some decent shots from guard.
Clark postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Clark passes Struwe's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Ground and pound from Clark.
Struwe definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Clark is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Struwe is rocked!
Clark lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Struwe quite badly. Struwe pulls Clark in close trying to recover. Clark postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Struwe on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Struwe doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anthony Clark!
After the fight, Anthony Clark 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.