PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Maggot Soup (ranked 4734 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesse Clayton (ranked 4982 p4p, 0 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.

Soup
vs
Clayton

165 cm
25
137 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

167 cm
18
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Very quick

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Tends to cut

Paradigm - $60

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight 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, Maggot Soup!
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, Jesse Clayton!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, David Hoff and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Soup ducks under a wild hook from Clayton.
Soup shoots in for a takedown but Clayton shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Clayton tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Soup fails to land the takedown.
Clayton keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Maggot Soup. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Soup closes this distance looking for a takedown but Clayton circles away.
Soup will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Soup shoots in for a double leg but Clayton sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Clayton throws a body punch but Soup moves out of range.
Soup shoots and misses

and Clayton counters with a nice double leg into side control. Soup won't be happy with that.
Clayton cracks Soup with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Clayton scoring with punches from side control.
Clayton is looking to take a break and control but Soup is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Soup is trying to control Clayton's posture but Clayton avoids it.
Clayton landing strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clayton in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Clayton scoring with punches from side control.
Soup parries the strikes from Clayton easily there. Clayton is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Soup to escape.
Clayton really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Soup. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Clayton is chipping away with strikes.
You can see the frustration on Soup's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Clayton working the ground and pound from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Clayton scores with punches from side control.
Soup wants to control but Clayton postures up.
Soup dodges the ground and pound from Clayton.
Soup avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Clayton.
Soup is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Clayton there.
Soup avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Clayton.
Soup holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Clayton throwing shots but Soup is blocking nicely.
Clayton scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Soup looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Clayton prevents Soup from improving his position.
Soup has hold of Clayton's hands but Clayton slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Clayton not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Clayton looks to land a strike but Soup avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Clayton throws a big elbow that misses.
Clayton throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soup looking to hit a scissor sweep but Clayton is one step ahead there.
Clayton scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Clayton with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Clayton with a flurry of punches that miss.
Clayton postures up in Soup's guard and throws a big left but Soup blocks it.
Clayton postures up and lands a big shot to Soup's brow.
Clayton must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Clayton works over Soup with some ground and pound from guard.
Clayton loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Clayton throws an elbow that misses. Soup uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Clayton's guard. Nice move by Soup!

Soup trying to control but Clayton is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clayton is pulling down on Soup's head to control his posture.

Soup drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Soup jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Soup trying to control the position from guard on top but Clayton is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Soup drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Soup jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jesse Clayton dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Clayton gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Clayton is pulling down on Soup's head. It's preventing any offense from Soup, at least for the moment.

Soup drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Soup jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Clayton can do anything to dispel that myth.
Clayton tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Clayton has his hands on Soup's head, controlling the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clayton keeping moving, preventing Soup from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soup controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Soup being controlled here momentarily.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Soup on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Soup gets caught napping as Clayton dives in and scores a takedown. Soup manages to retain guard.

Soup is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Clayton frees his head nicely. Oh but Soup has switched to an armbar! Clayton is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Maggot Soup!