PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Darnell Klutie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sing Ali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ali has chosen Prince Ali - Reprise as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Klutie
vs
Ali

178 cm
23
140 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

225 cm
24
144 lbs
8 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Hellbent, Inc.
Russia GOLD

SPARTAN FIGHTWARE

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Darnell Klutie!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sing Ali!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Viktor Lagutenko and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ali throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sing Ali seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A lazy left from Ali finds it's target.
Ali keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Klutie scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Klutie wants to take a breather but Ali is having none of it.
Ali tries to roll over but Klutie keeps him under control.
Klutie tries to pass to full mount but Ali defends it.
Klutie frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Klutie wants to control the pace but Ali is squirming around nicely.
Ali is desperately trying to improve his position but Klutie has a good base and remains in mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Klutie seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Ali is holding on tight.

Klutie goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Ali is on top in guard.
Ali pushes down on Klutie's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Klutie avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ali.
Klutie moves into full guard.
Klutie might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Klutie keeping full guard, as Ali tries to pass.

Klutie looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Klutie is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ali looking to pass the guard.
Ali really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Klutie. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ali lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Ali wanted to stand there but Klutie had control of the position.
Klutie lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Ali!

Klutie looking for a guillotine from mount but Ali is having none of it.
Klutie avoids the attempt from Ali to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ali keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Klutie really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Ali bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Klutie manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Ali manages to get himself to full guard.
Klutie preventing the sweep.

That's four 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.
Ali is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Ali manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Klutie can't escape the position.
Ali working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Klutie tries to hold on but Ali pushes him away.
Klutie tries to reverse the position but Ali maintains control.
Ali throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Klutie is desperately trying to improve his position but Ali has a good base and remains in mount.
Ali unloading with bombs!
Klutie is looking to improve his position but Ali isn't that keen on the idea.
Klutie is breathing heavily.
Klutie tries to hold on but Ali postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Sing Ali will probably get the nod.
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.

Klutie takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Ali lands a nice hook to Klutie's body. Klutie takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Klutie has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Klutie shoots for a double leg takedown but Ali sprawls well. He's pushed Klutie's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Klutie. That's going to slow Ali down.
Some wild striking there from Ali.
Decent striking displayed by Ali there.
Ali scores with a jab. Klutie acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Klutie slips a jab and a cross from Ali.
Ali lands a nice hook to Klutie's body. Klutie takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Klutie doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Klutie walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
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!
Ali throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ali scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Ali misses with a two punch combination.
Klutie thows a body shot but no joy.
Ali misses with a double jab.
Ali looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sing Ali is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ali misses with the combination.
Ali loads up on a big right hand but Klutie slips the punch.
Ali throws a nice looking combination but Klutie bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ali connects with the punch.
Ali tests Klutie's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Klutie avoids a punch combination nicely.
Klutie fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klutie tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Ali swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Darnell Klutie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Klutie takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Ali misses with the combination.
Ali misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ali throws a series of punches but Klutie moves out of range.
Ali lands a jab to Klutie's midsection.
A head kick misses from Klutie.
Klutie will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Klutie takes one on the button.
Ali rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Klutie moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ali works over Klutie's head and body with a nice combination.
Ali scores with a one two! Klutie had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ali smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Klutie tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ali swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Klutie has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Ali finds it's way round the side to connect with Klutie's head.
Ali lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Ali misses with a wild body shot.
Klutie fails in his attempt to clinch.
Klutie uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ali.
Klutie tries to move into range but Ali moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Sing Ali is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ali looks to score with a jab to the body but Klutie is just out of range.
Klutie misses with a takedown attempt - Ali sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Ali lands a nice shot to the body.
Ali sizes up Klutie with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Ali connects with a nice looking jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Ali does no damage.
Ali lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Klutie throws a head kick that misses.
A right-left combo lands from Ali.
Ali moves out of range of the body kick.
Klutie shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Ali as he avoids it easily.
Ali lands a slapping body shot.
Ali dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ali scores with a jab.
Ali throws a right and a left that both miss.
Klutie tries to move into range but Ali moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ali bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Klutie's head backwards.
Ali throws a right hand that Klutie ducks under and follows up with a left that Klutie also avoids with ease.
Ali with a body punch. A glancing blow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sing Ali showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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.

A nice combination there by Ali.
Klutie misses with a body shot.
Ali throws a big shot that misses.
Klutie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ali.
Ali cracks a nice hook into Klutie's ribs.
Klutie tries to clinch up but Ali circles away and keeps his distance.
A good leg kick by Klutie.
Klutie misses with a head kick.
Ali misses with a hook. Klutie ducked under it nicely.
Decent striking displayed by Ali there.
A swing and a miss from Ali.
Ali is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Ali lands a head shot.
Klutie gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Klutie moves away from the strike by Ali.
Ali lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Klutie has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Klutie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ali.
Ali scores with a jab to the head.
Klutie uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ali.
Klutie takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A nice combination there by Ali.
Ali throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Ali tries to keep at a distance but Klutie has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ali lands a right hand.
Klutie landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Klutie unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ali lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Klutie prevents Ali from breaking the clinch.
Klutie landing knees to the body.
Ali lands a body punch.
Klutie tries to score a body lock takedown but Ali shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ali. Klutie does a little dance to reset his feet.

Klutie moves into the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ali as Klutie tries to tie him up.
Klutie looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Ali lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Klutie backwards.
Stalling in the clinch from Klutie.
Ali on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Klutie is stalling here.
Klutie tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Klutie crunches a lovely knee into Ali's ribcage.
Ali wants to break free but Klutie has control.

Ali pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sing Ali seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ali lands a jab to the head.
Klutie tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ali will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Klutie is looking to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ali throws a series of strikes that have Klutie backpedaling.
Some wild striking there from Ali.
Ali swings for the body but Klutie moves out of range.
No joy there for Ali, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Klutie blocks a jab.
Ali throws a body punch but Klutie moves out of range.
Ali lands a nice hook to Klutie's body. Klutie takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Klutie gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Klutie defending well as Ali loads up on a big left hand.
Klutie looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Ali connects with the punch.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Klutie, right into the meat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Klutie misses with a body shot.
Nice body punch from Ali.
Klutie takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Klutie lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

Klutie forces Ali back against the cage and clinches.
Ali lands with a short shot to the head.
A short uppercut from Ali.
Klutie missing with knees to the body.
Ali tries to break the clinch but Klutie is controlling the position.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ali.
Ali wants to break the clinch but can't.
Klutie holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Klutie.
A short left from Ali.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ali lands a nice shot to the body.
Klutie keeps control of Ali as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Klutie is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Ali pulls him back up using the underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sing Ali really dominated that round.
That's time! Klutie's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Ali digs a good hook to Klutie's body.
Ali blocks a head kick by Klutie.
A combination from Ali does no damage.
Ali lands with a nice body punch.
Ali misses the shot to the body.
Klutie takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Klutie takes one on the button.
Ali misses with a few strikes there.
Ali lands a nice hook to Klutie's body. Klutie takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Klutie moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Klutie doesn't manage to clinch there - Ali circles away.
Ali connects with a jab.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Nice uppercut there from Ali.
Nice straight punches there by Ali. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ali.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ali scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Ali has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Klutie misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Klutie wants to clinch up but Ali keeps it at a distance.
Ali fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Klutie throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Klutie is looking to chop away at Ali's legs.
Ali ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Klutie moves away.
Ali lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Klutie moves forwards but Ali connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A jab lands there for Ali.
Klutie takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Ali scores with a hook.
Nice straight punches there by Ali. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ali.
Ali looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ali works Klutie's body with a nice hook.
Ali scores with a nice strike.
Klutie is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Ali.
Ali throws a series of punches but Klutie moves out of range.
Klutie throws a leg kick that misses.
Klutie takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Klutie walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Klutie avoids the body shot from Ali.
Klutie takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Klutie with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ali takes a kick to the side of the head.
Klutie ducks under a wild hook from Ali.
Ali waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Klutie.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klutie throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ali takes a swing at Klutie's ribcage but misses.
Ali lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Ali uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

Klutie clinches.
Klutie keeps control of Ali as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Klutie.
Ali works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ali misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ali lands with a left to the head.
Klutie missing with knees to the body.
Ali throws a head punch that misses.
Klutie stalling against the cage.
Klutie blocking some punches.
Klutie using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ali blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A hook to the body from Ali.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ali wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Klutie has him pressed against the cage.

Klutie is trying to trip Ali. He has hold of a leg but Ali is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Klutie persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Klutie preventing the sweep.
Ali throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Ali lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Klutie!
Klutie is looking to get to half guard.
Ali lands a big shot there that rocks Klutie but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ali throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Klutie is bucking up trying to escape but Ali cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Klutie slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sing Ali dominated that fourth round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Ali lands with a cross.
Nice cross by Ali.
Klutie is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Ali lands with a right hand.
Ali lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Klutie looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Klutie throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Klutie shoots for a takedown but Ali saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Ali misses the target.
Klutie on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Klutie shoots in and drives through. Ali sprawls well.
Ali lands with a shot to the body.
Ali scores with a jab to the body.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.

Klutie closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ali tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ali wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Klutie tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Ali manages to get back to half guard.
Ali works his way to full guard. Good work.
Ali throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Ali wants to sweep but no luck.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ali is striking off his back. Klutie thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.

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.
Klutie performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Klutie has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Ali can't escape the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Klutie pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klutie working the ground and pound effectively.
Klutie can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Ali is looking to escape.
Ali gets back to half guard.
Klutie wants to control but Ali is keeping him busy.
Ali moves into full guard.
Klutie wants to control from the top but Ali keeps moving.
Ali looking to hit a scissor sweep but Klutie is one step ahead there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Ali manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Klutie manages to get himself to full guard.
Ali stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Klutie swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Klutie wants to sweep but no luck.
Darnell Klutie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ali throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Klutie tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Klutie is working hard here to advance position.
Ali would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Klutie is looking for a triangle but Ali pushes his legs off easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sing Ali comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Ali winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 45:50
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 44:50
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 44:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sing Ali! Sing Ali retains his bantamweight title!