PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Joe Clark (ranked 5418 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andy Clark (ranked 5416 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Clark
vs
Clark

177 cm
24
155 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

184 cm
24
155 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Good kicks
KO power

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Solid chin

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Joe Clark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Andy Clark!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Damien Edna and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Joe Clark throws a nice head kick!
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Andy Clark with a poor takedown
and Joe Clark counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.

Joe Clark rushes Andy Clark and presses him up against the cage.
Joe Clark scores with a knee to the head.
Joe Clark with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Joe Clark.
Joe Clark tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Joe Clark scores with a shoulder strike.
Andy Clark takes a knee right on the jaw!
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!
Andy Clark has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Joe Clark is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Knees in the clinch landing for Joe Clark.
Joe Clark lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Joe Clark stalling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joe Clark lands with a left to the head.
Joe Clark avoiding damage.
Joe Clark with a knee to the head.
Andy Clark has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Joe Clark is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Joe Clark has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andy Clark.
Joe Clark unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Joe Clark will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Andy Clark up against the cage.
Joe Clark connects with a nasty looking knee right to Andy Clark's face.
Joe Clark is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A short right from Joe Clark on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joe Clark with a knee to the head.
Joe Clark lands a right hand.
Joe Clark looking to throw knees to the head but Andy Clark is blocking nicely.
Joe Clark with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Joe Clark lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Joe Clark landing knees to the head.
Joe Clark with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Joe Clark lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Joe Clark with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Joe Clark with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andy Clark trying to control the position but instead, Joe Clark has worked for underhooks and has pushed Andy Clark into the cage.
Joe Clark lands with a right to the head.
Joe Clark with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Joe Clark working Andy Clark over with knees to the body.
Andy Clark wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Joe Clark misses with a knee to the head.
Joe Clark looking to throw knees to the head but Andy Clark is blocking nicely.
Andy Clark is working for takedown but Joe Clark is calmly controlling the position for now.
Joe Clark working Andy Clark over with knees to the body.
Joe Clark tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joe Clark tries a knee to the head but Andy Clark blocks it.
Joe Clark tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Joe Clark prevents a takedown attempt there.
Joe Clark with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Joe Clark landing knees to the head.
Joe Clark stalling in the clinch.
Joe Clark gets underhooks to prevent Andy Clark's takedown attempt.
Andy Clark takes a knee right on the jaw!
Joe Clark lands with a left to the head.
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!
Joe Clark lands a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Joe Clark.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Clark dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Joe Clark connects with an inside leg kick.
Joe Clark scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Andy Clark shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Joe Clark counters with a low kick, right behind Andy Clark 's knee.
Joe Clark defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Andy Clark.
Andy Clark shoots and misses
and Joe Clark counters with a nice low kick that buckles Andy Clark's knee momentarily.
Joe Clark has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andy Clark.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Andy Clark has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Joe Clark.

Andy Clark drives through with a takedown into Joe Clark's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andy Clark postures up.
Andy Clark showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Andy Clark is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Andy Clark postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Andy Clark engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Joe Clark is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Andy Clark can do to turn this around?
Andy Clark is working Joe Clark over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's two 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.
Andy Clark trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Andy Clark is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Andy Clark is looking to work some ground and pound but Joe Clark has wrist control.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Andy Clark shoots in for a takedown but Joe Clark shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Joe Clark throws a quick inside leg kick.
Joe Clark stuffs the takedown attempt from Andy Clark. Andy Clark gets slowly back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Andy Clark closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Joe Clark did well to prevent Andy Clark getting side control.
Joe Clark tries to roll over but Andy Clark keeps him under control.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Andy Clark perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

Andy Clark is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Joe Clark has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Andy Clark is working away from the top position though.
Andy Clark working the head and body with strikes.
Joe Clark knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Andy Clark on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Andy Clark working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Andy Clark is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Joe Clark is looking to control Andy Clark's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Joe Clark avoid being mounted?
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Andy Clark is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Andy Clark is nestled in close to Joe Clark, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Andy Clark will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Joe Clark leaves Andy Clark with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Andy Clark shoots in looking for a takedown but Joe Clark manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Andy Clark's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Joe Clark lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Andy Clark has his takedown stuffed
and Joe Clark counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Joe Clark has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andy Clark.
Joe Clark throws a nice outside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Andy Clark takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Joe Clark lands a high kick!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andy Clark misses with a takedown
and Joe Clark counters with a slapping leg kick.
Andy Clark shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Joe Clark defends it nicely.
Joe Clark throws a leg kick which misses Andy Clark's front leg but catches the back leg as Andy Clark tries to avoid it.

That's two 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.
A head kick from Joe Clark lands but Andy Clark takes it in his stride.
Andy Clark takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Joe Clark is winning the standup battle so far.
Andy Clark shoots and misses
and Joe Clark counters with a head kick.
Horrible takedown attempt by Andy Clark or perhaps it was just good defense by Joe Clark, which made it look bad.
Joe Clark throws a front kick that sends Andy Clark stumbling back into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joe Clark moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Andy Clark takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Joe Clark has closed the distance and engaged Andy Clark in a clinch.
Joe Clark scores a nice knee to the body.
Joe Clark has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Joe Clark lands a nice knee to the body.
Andy Clark's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Joe Clark prevents the takedown attempt.
Andy Clark takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Joe Clark with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Joe Clark.
Andy Clark letting Joe Clark take a breather here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joe Clark landing knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Joe Clark.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Joe Clark gets through Andy Clark's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A knee to the head by Joe Clark.
Joe Clark tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A knee to the head by Joe Clark.
Andy Clark is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Joe Clark pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Joe Clark with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Joe Clark lands a knee to the head.
Joe Clark will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Andy Clark up against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Clark showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Joe Clark has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight for Joe Clark!
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight for Joe Clark!
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight for Joe Clark!

Joe Clark wins by unanimous decision!