PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Abel Clements (ranked 5466 p4p, 559 weight class) and Portgas D Ace (ranked 5468 p4p, 560 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Clements
vs
D Ace

185 cm
25
213 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
213 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Abel Clements!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Portgas D Ace!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Michael Johnstone and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
D Ace lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Clements misses the jab.
D Ace slips a straight right by Clements.
Clements lands a right hook to the body.
D Ace has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Clements finds it's way round the side to connect with D Ace's head.

It looks like Portgas D Ace has been cut.
Clements swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and D Ace counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Clements thinking.
A slow jab from D Ace misses its intended target.

Clements clinches.
A right hand to the body from D Ace.
Clements fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
D Ace is trying to break free.
Clements throws a head punch that misses.
Clements lands with a light punch inside.
Clements throws a punch but it's blocked by D Ace.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Clements misses with a short punch on the inside.
Clements blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clements misses with a short punch on the inside.
D Ace tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A quick uppercut on the inside from D Ace.
D Ace lands a shoulder strike.
D Ace blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Clements fails to land.
Clements has a couple of punches blocked by D Ace.
D Ace misses with a punch on the inside.
D Ace blocking some punches.
D Ace prevents a body shot from Clements.

D Ace manages to break the clinch.
A big left from D Ace misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from D Ace. Clements does a little dance to reset his feet.
Clements with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
D Ace throws a right and a left that Clements avoids nicely.
Clements tries to clinch up.
D Ace is looking for the big counter here.
D Ace cracks Clements with a right hand to the side of the head.
Clements takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

It looks like Abel Clements has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Clements tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from D Ace! But no joy.
Clements dips to his left and cracks D Ace with an uppercut!
Clements ducks under a wild hook from D Ace.
D Ace misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Clements.
A big right from D Ace misses.

Clements moves into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on D Ace's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Clements fails to land.

D Ace pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Clements rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but D Ace moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clements throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
D Ace throws out a counter right but Clements avoids it with no problem.
Clements staying out of range there.
Clements swinging wildly here.
Clements lands with a good body shot.
D Ace sizes up Clements with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
D Ace takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The fighters circling - D Ace throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Clements misses the shot to the body.
D Ace appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
D Ace swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Clements works the jab nicely.
Clements wants to clinch up but D Ace keeps it at a distance.
A little jabbing left from D Ace on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
D Ace lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Clements at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by D Ace there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
D Ace uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Clements.
D Ace moves forwards but Clements connects with a nice, crisp jab.
D Ace tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Clements was well out of range. Poor timing from D Ace.
Clements misses with a lunging right hand
and D Ace counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Clements thinking.
D Ace jabs Clements right on the nose. Clements blinks but takes it well.
D Ace lands a nice looking body shot.
Clements punishes D Ace's body with a nice straight punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Clements. D Ace does a little dance to reset his feet.
Clements walks into a stiff left hand from D Ace.
D Ace just misses with a punch to the body.
Clements takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Clements looks to land a right hand but D Ace moved out of range.
D Ace clobbers Clements with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Portgas D Ace will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

D Ace scores with a crisp jab that stopped Clements in his tracks.
Clements wants to clinch.
Clements throws a jab but it's blocked by D Ace.
D Ace throws out a loose jab but Clements uses good head movement to avoid it.
D Ace has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Clements finds it's way round the side to connect with D Ace's head.
Clements closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Clements's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Clements duly obliges.
D Ace lands with a good body shot.
Clements doesn't manage to clinch there - D Ace circles away.
Clements tries to clinch up.

Clements moves into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Clements fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
D Ace digs a right hand underneath Clements's ribcage. Clements let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Clements lands a left hand.
Clements swings wildly with an uppercut but D Ace uses good head movement to avoid it.
Clements has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
D Ace throws a head punch that misses.
D Ace doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Clements fails to land.
Clements throws a head punch that misses.
Clements pushes D Ace back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Clements.
Clements softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
D Ace blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Clements lands a right hand that snaps the head of D Ace backwards.
D Ace tries a body shot but Clements blocks it.
Abel Clements has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
D Ace blocks a punch to the side of the head.

D Ace escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
D Ace throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Clements rushes D Ace and presses him up against the cage.
D Ace blocking some punches.
D Ace lands with a short shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short right from Clements on the inside.
D Ace wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Clements has him pressed against the cage.
A short uppercut from D Ace.
A head punch blocked on the inside by D Ace.
D Ace blocks an uppercut.
Clements blocks a punch to the side of the head.
D Ace lands with a light punch inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clements blocks a punch to the side of the head.
D Ace blocks a punch to the side of the head.
D Ace prevents a body shot from Clements.
D Ace lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Clements.
Clements fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Clements misses with a short punch on the inside.
Clements misses with some punches.
Clements misses with a hook from the clinch.
Clements has a couple of punches blocked by D Ace.
Clements throws a punch but it's blocked by D Ace.
Clements tries to throw a body punch but D Ace avoids it by throwing Clements back against the cage.
Clements misses with a punch to the body.
A shot in the inside from Clements.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clements scores with a hook to the body.
Clements throws a punch but it's blocked by D Ace.
D Ace blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for D Ace.
Clements takes a shot to the head.
D Ace lands a right hand.
D Ace misses with a hook from the clinch.
Clements lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Clements swings away with an uppercut that misses.
D Ace throws a head punch that misses.
Clements throws a blind hook that connects with the side of D Aces head.
Clements keeps the fight in the clinch, despite D Ace's efforts to push away.
A short left from D Ace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Abel Clements dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Clements fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches D Ace on the side of the head.
Clements tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. D Ace manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
D Ace smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Clements doesn't manage to clinch there - D Ace circles away.
D Ace takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Clements cracks D Ace with a right hand to the side of the head.

D Ace is rocked!
BOOM! Clements lands a beautiful left hook that drops D Ace. D Ace tries to recover but Clements is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and D Ace lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Abel Clements!
In his post fight interview, Abel Clements started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.