PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nathan Clovey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pablo Bradley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pablo Bradley looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Clovey
vs
Bradley

181 cm
22
174 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

171 cm
19
167 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Prefers ground

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Nathan Clovey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Pablo Bradley!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Richard Clark and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bradley pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bradley looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bradley wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bradley.

Clovey breaks the clinch.
Clovey walks into a jab.

Clovey closes the distance and clinches.
Clovey landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Clovey breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Clovey fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Bradley throws a hook to the side of Clovey's head but Clovey sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bradley stuffs the takedown attempt from Clovey. Clovey gets slowly back to his feet.

Clovey clinches up with Bradley and pushes him back against the cage.
Clovey crunches a lovely knee into Bradley's ribcage.
The referee calls for Clovey to work.
Clovey lands with a left to the head.

Clovey breaks the clinch.
Nathan Clovey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Clovey lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Clovey has closed the distance and engaged Bradley in a clinch.

Clovey breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clovey pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Clovey lands a head kick that stumbles Bradley and the fighters go to the mat.

Bradley is rocked!
Clovey landing with the ground and pound.
Bradley is still in real trouble! Can Clovey finish him?
Clovey controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Clovey cracks Bradley with a solid left hand.

Clovey stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Bradley seems to have recovered his senses.
Nice takedown defense from Bradley. No joy for Clovey on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nathan Clovey. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bradley takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

Clovey bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

Clovey tries for a kimura but Bradley is defending well.
Clovey in side control lands a decent elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clovey working the body and head with strikes.
Bradley striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Clovey misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

Clovey decides to stand back up. Clovey steps back and let's Bradley get back to his feet.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Clovey darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Bradley has one foot on Clovey's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Clovey fails with the takedown.
Bradley lands a nice hook to Clovey's body. Clovey takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clovey fails with an attempt to clinch.
Clovey circles away from the clinch attempt

and Clovey counters with a takedown into side control.
Bradley is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Clovey has just dragged him back down to the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bradley manages to work his way to half guard, despite Clovey's best efforts.
Bradley keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Bradley wants to get back to his feet.
Bradley wants to improve his position but Clovey is controlling well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clovey lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Clovey missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Bradley is looking to control Clovey's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Bradley avoid being mounted?
Bradley moves into full guard.

Clovey gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Clovey tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Clovey gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bradley tries a knee to the head but Clovey blocks it.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nathan Clovey dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Bradley fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bradley fails in his attempt to clinch.
Clovey misses with a takedown attempt - Bradley sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Clovey prevents Bradley from breaking the clinch.
Clovey tries to pull guard but Bradley won't allow it.
Clovey tries to score a body lock takedown but Bradley shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nathan Clovey. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Clovey jumps guard and drags Bradley to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Bradley thows a big elbow that misses.

Clovey scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Clovey shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Clovey was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Bradley is looking to improve his position but Clovey isn't that keen on the idea.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clovey scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Clovey working Bradley over with strikes here.
Bradley gets back to half guard.
Bradley is trying to stand.
Clovey scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Clovey working Bradley over with strikes.
Bradley is looking to control Clovey's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Bradley avoid being mounted?
Bradley throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Bradley wants to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Clovey takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Clovey is looking to take a break and control but Bradley is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Bradley tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Clovey holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
A short body shot lands from Bradley as the two fighters clinch.
Bradley throws a head punch that misses.
Clovey drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bradley is working for takedown but Clovey is calmly controlling the position for now.
Bradley can't break the clinch.

Bradley's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A nice inside leg kick there by Clovey. That's going to slow Bradley down.

Bradley clinches.
Clovey tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bradley keeps control of Clovey as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Bradley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Clovey wants to clinch.
Clovey shoots in for a takedown but Bradley shows good takedown defense.
Bradley fails to land the takedown.
Bradley tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Clovey counters with a big head kick but Bradley shrugs it off.
Bradley tries to clinch up

and Clovey holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Bradley goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A body shot lands from Clovey.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Clovey has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Bradley regains guard immediately.

Bradley looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Clovey wanted to stand there but Bradley had control of the position.
Clovey distracts Bradley with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Bradley looking to control.
Clovey landing some decent shots from guard.
Clovey wants to stand and escape but instead Bradley has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Clovey keeping moving, preventing Bradley from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nathan Clovey dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Bradley will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Clovey fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Clovey lands with a nice combination. Bradley backs away looking to recover.

Clovey scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Bradley is trying to improve his position.
Bradley takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Bradley sneaks back into half guard.
Clovey lands strikes from half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Clovey lands a nice short elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bradley is pressing down on Clovey's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Bradley wants to sweep but no luck.
Bradley wants to stand but Clovey is controlling the position.

Bradley has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Clovey can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Clovey throws a big right hand that misses.
Bradley wants to get back to his feet but Clovey is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Clovey has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Bradley throwing rabbit punches from the bottom - showing the judges that he's keeping busy.

That's two 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.

Bradley is looking for a triangle but Clovey pushes his legs off easily.
Clovey preventing the sweep.

Bradley working for submissions but it's allowed Clovey to get to half guard.
Bradley is trying to get back to full guard.
Clovey missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Bradley slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Clovey is looking to work some ground and pound but Bradley has wrist control.
Nathan Clovey overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bradley wants to sweep here but Clovey controlling him for the moment.
Clovey is looking to stand up but Bradley won't let him.

Bradley is looking for a triangle but Clovey pushes his legs off easily.
Bradley trying to strike off his back.
Clovey wants to get up but he can't break Bradley's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Clovey in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Bradley scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Bradley shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Clovey but Clovey pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Bradley circles away from the clinch attempt
and Bradley counters with a head kick. That will keep Clovey thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Bradley throws a combination that misses
enabling Clovey to counter with a crisp jab.
Clovey changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Bradley tries to avoid it but Clovey manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Bradley to the ground. Bradley escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Clovey shoots in for a takedown but Bradley shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nathan Clovey. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bradley plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Bradley misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Clovey wants to clinch.
Bradley tries to clinch but Clovey moves out of range.
Pablo Bradley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nathan Clovey is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Clovey shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nathan Clovey showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Clovey 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 William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nathan Clovey!