PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Boyd Clark (ranked 1760 p4p, 213 weight class) and Zach Assad (ranked 2642 p4p, 312 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Clark
vs
Assad

182 cm
24
167 lbs
9 - 15 - 0

175 cm
24
161 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Vegan Gains

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Boyd Clark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Zach Assad!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clark ducks under a wild hook from Assad.
Assad scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Clark looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Zach Assad seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Clark ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Assad moves away.

Assad fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Clark, pushing him back against the cage.
Clark is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Assad avoids a wild elbow strike from Clark.
Clark leaning his opponent against the cage.
Our sources have told us that Clark has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Clark leaning against his opponent.
A shot in the inside from Clark.
Clark has Assad pressed against the cage.
Clark takes an elbow to the forehead.
Clark taking a breather.
Clark looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A short right from Assad.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Assad lands with a short shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Assad misses with the head strike.
Clark tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Clark avoids a wild elbow strike from Assad.
Clark missing with knees to the body.
Assad tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Clark's elbow.
Assad told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Clark misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Assad.
Assad makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Assad comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Assad throws a head punch that misses.
Clark lands with a light punch inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Assad.
Assad tries a body shot but Clark blocks it.
Clark throws a head punch that misses.
Clark wants a takedown.
Assad avoiding damage as Clark throws knees to the body.
Clark slowing the pace effectively.
Clark drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Assad gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Clark trying to land knees to the body.
Clark is trying to push Assad away but Assad has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Assad lands an uppercut.
Clark looking to throw knees to the head but Assad is blocking nicely.
Assad lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Clark taking a breather.
Clark is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Clark wants to stall.
Assad lands a damaging elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Clark.
Assad fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Assad.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Clark lands a left hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Assad.
Assad on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Assad fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Clark scores with a hook to the body.
Clark misses with a knee to the head.
Clark connects with a nasty looking knee right to Assad's face.
Assad throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clark avoids a wild elbow strike from Assad.
Assad blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Clark tries to land a knee to the head but Assad blocks with his arms.
Assad lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Clark throws a punch but it's blocked by Assad.
A short right from Assad on the inside.
Assad can't find room to land a body shot as Clark controls the action.
Assad working some nice short punches in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Assad.
Assad lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Clark backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Assad.
Assad lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Assad lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Assad misses with a hook from the clinch.
Clark blocks an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Assad.
A short left from Clark.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clark avoids the elbow strike from Assad, against the cage.
Clark is trying to stall.
Clark lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Assad or not.
Assad can't find room to land a body shot as Clark controls the action.
Clark is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Assad swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Clark leaning against his opponent.
Assad tries to work over Clark's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Assad avoiding damage as Clark throws knees to the body.
Clark stalling in the clinch but Assad improves position.
Assad struggles to land a body shot inside as Clark controls his hands.
Clark throws an elbow that misses.
Assad gets through Clark's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Assad lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Clark backwards.
Assad throws a punch but it's blocked by Clark.
Assad fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Clark is trying to maintain a safe position but Assad gets an underhook and turns Clark into the cage.
Clark softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zach Assad dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Assad scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Clark looks to score with a jab to the body but Assad is just out of range.
Clark throws a head kick but Assad moves out of range.
Clark walks into a left hand.

Clark tries to keep at a distance but Assad has taken the fight into the clinch.
Clark drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Assad gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Clark digs a right hand into Assad's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Assad's gas tank.
Assad working aggressively here.
Clark blocks an uppercut.
Assad avoiding damage as Clark throws knees to the body.
Clark blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clark leaning his opponent against the cage.
Assad has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Assad working aggressively here.
Assad creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Assad.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Assad working aggressively here.
Assad throws a punch but it's blocked by Clark.
Assad tries to throw a body punch but Clark avoids it by throwing Assad back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Assad fails to land.
Clark blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Clark tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice left hand lands by Assad.
Clark lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Assad backwards.
Clark will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Assad up against the cage.

Clark escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Clark misses with a body shot.
Assad throws a series of punches but Clark avoids them all with ease.
Clark was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Assad connects with a jab.
Clark shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Assad eats them both and turns towards Clark to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

It looks like Zach Assad has been cut.
Clark throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
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!
Assad checks a leg kick nicely.
Assad connects with a jab.
Assad darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clark misses with an attempted mid kick.
Clark slips under a jab from Assad.
Assad lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Clark throws a body punch but Assad moves out of range.

Clark gets tackled into the cage by Assad. Assad maintains the clinch.
Clark blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Assad tries to throw a body punch but Clark avoids it by throwing Assad back against the cage.
Clark tries a body shot but Assad blocks it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Clark creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Assad throws a head punch that misses.
Assad creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Clark.
Assad blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Clark misses with a punch to the body.
Clark doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Assad lands a shoulder strike.
Assad throws a head punch that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Assad creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Clark utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Clark.
Assad working aggressively here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Clark.
A short uppercut from Assad.
Clark misses with a punch on the inside.
Assad prevents a body shot from Clark.
Assad misses with a short punch on the inside.
Clark taking a breather.
Clark lands a nice elbow.
Clark has a couple of punches blocked by Assad.
Zach Assad seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A right hand to the body from Assad.
Assad pushes Clark back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Clark is looking to take this one to the mat.

Clark escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Assad avoids the head kick by Clark.
Assad looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Assad bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Clark lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Assad connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Assad scores with a decent looking hook.
Assad thumps Clark with a low kick.
Clark throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Clark throws a head kick but Assad moves out of range.
Clark's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Assad connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Clark scrambles back to his feet.
Assad wants to clinch
and Clark cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Assad scores with a three punch combo!
Clark throws a nice looking combination but Assad bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Boyd Clark is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Clark takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A shot to the liver by Assad. Beautiful body shot.
Assad looks to land a combination but Clark avoids it well.
Clark takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Assad throws a jab but it's blocked by Clark.
Zach Assad seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Clark throws a looping overhand right but Assad ducks down to avoid it.
Clark goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Assad tries to clinch but Clark is having none of it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Assad.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zach Assad showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Zach Assad's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Assad lands a right hook to the body.
Clark slips a jab from Assad.
Assad lands with an uppercut that bounces Clark off the cage and back into range.
Clark throws a right and a left that Assad avoids nicely.

Assad closes the distance and clinches.
A shot in the inside from Assad.
Clark fails to pull guard.
Assad lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Assad lands a left hand that snaps the head of Clark backwards.
A short left from Assad.

Clark is rocked!
A short right from Assad on the inside.
Oh Clark is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Clark lands on the inside with an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Clark trying to stall but Assad improves his position.
Assad throws a punch but it's blocked by Clark.
Assad lands a nice uppercut.
Assad lands a nice elbow.
Assad pushes Clark back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Assad throws a punch but it's blocked by Clark.
Assad's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Assad lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Assad as Clark tries to tie him up.
Clark stalling in the clinch but Assad improves position.
Clark trying to land knees to the body.
Clark misses with the head strike.
Clark lands a nice shot to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Assad being controlled against the cage.
Clark tries to break free but Assad pushes him back against the cage.
Assad tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Clark tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Assad's elbow.
Assad tries to work over Clark's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Clark seems to have got his legs back now.
Assad has a couple of punches blocked by Clark.
Clark blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Clark wants to stall.
Assad fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Boyd Clark has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Assad is leaning against Clark and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Clark pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Assad swings wildly with an uppercut but Clark uses good head movement to avoid it.
Clark makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Clark wants a takedown.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Assad creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Clark's defenses.
Clark blocks an uppercut.
Assad cracks Clark with a nice body shot.
Assad throws a punch but it's blocked by Clark.
Clark blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Assad lands with a light punch inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Clark takes an elbow to the temple.
Clark tries to land knees in the clinch but Assad avoids the damage to the body.
Clark tries for a takedown but Assad manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Boyd Clark. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Assad lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Clark backwards.
Clark wants to stall.
Assad fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Assad.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Assad scores with a hook to the body.
Clark misses with a body punch.
Assad tries to work over Clark's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Assad lands an elbow inside.
Assad misses with an elbow strike.
Clark is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Assad is keeping busy.
Clark connects with a nasty looking knee right to Assad's face.
Assad lands with a right to the head.
Clark doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Clark lands an uppercut.
Clark has a couple of punches blocked by Assad.
Assad creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Assad blocks an uppercut.
Assad blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Assad lands an elbow just above Clark 's eye.
Clark struggles to land a body shot inside as Assad controls his hands.
Assad scores with a hook to the body.
Assad lands an elbow inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Assad avoids a wild elbow strike from Clark.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Assad has a couple of punches blocked by Clark.
Nice elbow from Assad.
Clark takes an elbow to the temple.
Assad lands an elbow inside.
Assad throws a big uppercut that drops Clark! More strikes from Assad and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Clark lies dazed against the cage as Assad celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zach Assad!
After the big win, Zach Assad made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Organic Nutrition and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.