PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Mickey Clark (ranked 22858 p4p, 844 weight class) and Sam Valentine (ranked 9989 p4p, 787 weight class). Valentine has chosen Slice of Heaven as his entrance music. Mickey Clark has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Clark
vs
Valentine

204 cm
21
270 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

190 cm
21
241 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

World class boxer
Granite chin

Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Sully's Bar & Grill

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mickey Clark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Sam Valentine!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Ren Mimura and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clark missing with a left hand there. Valentine was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A telegraphed right hand from Clark misses the target.
Clark throws a body punch but Valentine moves out of range.
A shot to the liver by Valentine. Beautiful body shot.
Valentine throws a body kick that misses
and Clark counters with a nice uppercut.
Clark misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Valentine.
Clark is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

It looks like Sam Valentine has been cut.
Clark has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Valentine.
Mickey Clark seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Valentine takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Clark swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Clark stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Valentine.
Clark thows a left - swing and a miss!
Valentine dips to his left and cracks Clark with an uppercut!

It looks like Mickey Clark has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Valentine tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Clark manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Valentine uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Clark.
Clark slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valentine takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Clark slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Valentine walks into a jab.
Clark throws an off balance right hand
and Valentine counters with a stiff right hand.
Clark takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A slow jab from Clark misses its intended target.

Valentine connects with a beautiful left hand that drops Clark onto his butt! Clark bounces straight back up though - he's OK. After the ref checks him out, we're back to the action.

Mickey Clark's cut is getting worse.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Clark throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've been informed that Valentine has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Valentine has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Clark finds it's way round the side to connect with Valentine's head.
Valentine on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Clark fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Valentine manages to avoid it.
Valentine thinks about the counter body kick.
Valentine throws out a leg kick but Clark moves out of range and Valentine only half commits.
Clark looks to land a left hand but Valentine moved out of range nicely.
Valentine appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Clark is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

Clark gets tackled into the ropes by Valentine. Valentine maintains the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Valentine.
Clark is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Valentine.
Clark makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Valentine blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Valentine blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Valentine.
Valentine blocking some punches.
Valentine scores with a hook to the body.
Valentine is leaning against Clark and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Valentine lands a shoulder strike.

Mickey Clark's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Valentine keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Clark's efforts to push away.
Valentine misses with a short punch on the inside.
Valentine lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Clark scores with a shot to the side of Valentine's head.
Valentine doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Valentine lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Clark backwards.
Valentine is trying to maintain a safe position but Clark gets an underhook and turns Valentine into the ropes.
Valentine scores with a shot to the side of Clark's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Having scored a knockdown, Sam Valentine should take round 1, putting pressure on his opponene back strong in round 2.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.

Valentine tries to close the distance and clinch up but Clark swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Clark lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Valentine staying out of range there.
Valentine fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Clark.
Clark definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Clark throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Valentine steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Clark.
Valentine tries a quick counter leg kick but Clark is wise to it.
Clark throws an overhand right that lands on Valentine's shoulder, as Valentine tries to avoid the shot.
Valentine takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Clark misses with a body punch
and Valentine counters with a nice low kick that buckles Clark's knee momentarily.
Clark fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Valentine manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Valentine lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Clark has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Clark and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Valentine doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Clark scores with a shot to the body.
Valentine defending well as Clark loads up on a big left hand.
Valentine is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Valentine keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Clark.
Valentine flicks out a counter leg kick but Clark steps away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valentine takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Valentine shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Valentine displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Clark throws out the jab.
Valentine lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Clark is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Clark lands with a straight right. Valentine didn't see that one coming.
Nice defenses there by Valentine.
Valentine is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.

Valentine has managed to clinch.
Valentine misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Valentine.
Valentine has a couple of punches blocked by Clark.
Valentine swings wildly with an uppercut but Clark uses good head movement to avoid it.
Still in the clinch, Clark scores with a nice short uppercut.
Valentine lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Clark backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Valentine fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clark has a couple of punches blocked by Valentine.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Valentine misses with a short punch on the inside.
Valentine scores with a shoulder strike.
Clark fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Clark lands a right hand that snaps the head of Valentine backwards.
A short right from Clark on the inside.
Valentine lands an uppercut.
Valentine lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Clark.
Clark throws a head punch that misses.
Valentine lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Valentine slowing the pace effectively.
Clark blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Valentine struggles to land a body shot inside as Clark controls his hands.
Valentine keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Clark's efforts to push away.
Sam Valentine seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Valentine misses with a hook from the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Clark as Valentine tries to tie him up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Mickey Clark will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Clark ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Clark throws a hook to the side of Valentine's head but Valentine sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Valentine is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Clark with a body shot.
Clark blocks a head kick by Valentine.
Valentine scores with a leg kick.
Clark scores with a body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Clark misses the target.
Valentine looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nice uppercut lands for Valentine. That snapped Clark's head back.
Clark throws a hook to the side of Valentine's head but Valentine sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A jab from Clark misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Valentine throws out a loose jab but Clark uses good head movement to avoid it.
Valentine slips under a jab from Clark.
Clark checks a low kick from Valentine.
Valentine scores with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valentine ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Valentine is trying to counter with his kicks.
Clark takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Valentine on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Clark tests Valentine's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Valentine tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Valentine throws a sloppy head kick and Clark moves out of range easily.
Good shot there by Clark.
Valentine takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Clark connects with a jab.
Valentine takes one to the chin there.
Valentine moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Valentine tries to clinch up.
Clark's jab looks to have found its range, popping Valentine under the eye.

Valentine is rocked!
Clark avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Valentine is still on wobbly legs! Can Clark finish him?
A leg kick checked by Clark.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valentine misses with a low kick as Clark jumps back.
Clark tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Valentine was well out of range. Poor timing from Clark.
Valentine seems to have recovered his senses.
Clark throws an overhand right that lands on Valentine's shoulder, as Valentine tries to avoid the shot.
Valentine uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Clark.
Clark throws an overhand right that lands on Valentine's shoulder, as Valentine tries to avoid the shot.
Clark misses with a hook.
Valentine takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That has opened up Sam Valentine's cut even more.
Clark connects with a crushing straight, right on the bridge of Valentine's nose, sending him crumpling to the mat! That's really rocked Valentine - is he going to beat the count??? 4,5,6,7,8,9.....10 - he's not made it - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Mickey Clark!
Mickey Clark decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.