PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Evil Dead (ranked 1521 p4p, 212 weight class) and Sebastian Kluba (ranked 1445 p4p, 207 weight class). Kluba has chosen Kiss The Girl as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Dead
vs
Kluba

185 cm
25
175 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

179 cm
24
177 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

MKFC

Sydney Fight Gear (London Rebirth)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Evil Dead!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sebastian Kluba!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Steven Brown and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dead misses with a straight right.
Nice body punch from Dead.
Dead tried to score with a low kick but Kluba checks it.
Nice defenses there by Kluba.
Kluba throws out a counter right but Dead avoids it with no problem.
Kluba loads up on a big right hand but Dead slips the punch.
Kluba moves out of range of the strikes.

Dead clinches up against the cage.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Kluba has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Dead throws a head punch that misses.
A short left from Dead.
A right handed body shot lands from Dead.
Kluba wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dead has him pressed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kluba is trying to push Dead away but Dead has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Kluba breaks from the clinch.
Dead looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nice defenses there by Kluba.
Kluba misses with an uppercut. Dead saw that one coming.
Kluba slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A big left from Dead misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dead is looking to slow Kluba down with leg kicks.
Dead ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Evil Dead seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kluba slips a straight right by Dead.
Dead lands a leg kick that knocks Kluba off balance momentarily.
Dead throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Dead fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kluba manages to avoid it.
Kluba dips to his left and cracks Dead with an uppercut!
Kluba lands a jab to the head.
Dead steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kluba.
A bone on bone clash there as Kluba blocks the leg kick.
Dead is looking to slow Kluba down with leg kicks.
Dead misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kluba.
Kluba steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dead.
Kluba throws out a counter right but Dead avoids it with no problem.
A slow jab from Dead misses its intended target.
Dead tries to land a leg kick but Kluba saw it coming and moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kluba throws a poor cross that misses

and Dead holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dead makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dead.
Dead misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dead misses with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Dead.
Dead swings wildly with an uppercut but Kluba uses good head movement to avoid it.
A frustrated look appears on Kluba's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A body shot lands from Dead.
Dead working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Dead tries a body shot but Kluba blocks it.
Dead tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dead swings wildly with an uppercut but Kluba uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kluba blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dead softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dead misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dead swings wildly with an uppercut but Kluba uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dead using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kluba has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kluba working hard to break the clinch.
Dead has Kluba pressed against the cage, preventing Kluba from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Kluba's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kluba keeps the fight on the outside.
Dead smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Dead wants to slow Kluba down by chopping away at his legs.
Kluba on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Dead paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Dead steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kluba.
Dead lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kluba throws the left hand but Dead avoids the punch easily.
Dead lands a jab to the head.
Dead fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kluba.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dead uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kluba.
Dead lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Dead will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kluba takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Dead throws the left hand but Kluba avoids the punch easily.
Dead throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dead misses with a lunging right hand
and Kluba connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dead staying out of range there.
Dead swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Kluba bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dead bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kluba's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Evil Dead dominated that round.
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.

Dead throws a jab but it's blocked by Kluba.
Dead throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kluba sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dead lands a nice looking body shot.
Dead misses with a low kick.
Dead uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kluba.
Dead misses with a hook. Kluba ducked under it nicely.
A little jabbing left from Kluba on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Dead misses with a hook to the body
and Kluba connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Dead gets a clinch.
Dead lands a left hand.
Dead keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kluba's efforts to push away.
Kluba wants to break free but Dead has control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dead.
Dead misses with a punch on the inside.
Kluba blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dead prevents Kluba from breaking the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dead gets through Kluba's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Dead lands with a light punch inside.
Kluba blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right hand to the body from Dead.
Dead working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kluba blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kluba.
Kluba is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dead just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kluba's brow.
Dead lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kluba backwards.
Dead lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dead keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kluba's efforts to push away.
Dead swings wildly with an uppercut but Kluba uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dead swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dead tries to work over Kluba's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Evil Dead has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Dead tries to throw a body punch but Kluba avoids it by throwing Dead back against the cage.
Kluba wants to break the clinch but can't.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Dead lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Dead lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dead gets through Kluba's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Dead softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dead misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kluba blocks an uppercut.
Dead connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Sebastian Kluba has been cut.

Kluba escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dead lands a jab to Kluba's midsection.
Dead misses with a hook
and Kluba counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dead misses the jab.
Dead with a nice cross.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kluba misses with a hook.
Dead feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Dead looks to throw the jab but Kluba is out of range.
Kluba takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Dead misses with a hook. Kluba ducked under it nicely.
Dead ducks under a wild hook from Kluba.
Kluba swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dead shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Dead misses with a left hand
enabling Kluba to counter with a crisp jab.
Dead fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Kluba on the side of the head.
Dead staying out of range there.
A leg kick checked by Kluba.
Dead just misses with a punch to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kluba! But no joy.
Dead swings widly with a right hand
and Kluba counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A jab from Kluba misses.
Dead is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kluba can do to turn this around?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kluba cracks a nice hook into Dead's ribs.
Kluba lands with a good body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dead throws a lazy right hand but Kluba sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kluba swings widly with a right hand

and Dead holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Kluba wants to get back to striking at distance but Dead won't allow it.
Dead tries to throw a body punch but Kluba avoids it by throwing Dead back against the cage.
Dead misses with the head strike.
Kluba wants to break free but Dead has control.
Kluba is trying to push Dead away but Dead has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Kluba manages to break the clinch.
Dead tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kluba appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Kluba takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Dead misses with a low kick.
Dead takes one to the side of the head.
Kluba moves away from the strike by Dead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Evil Dead dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sebastian Kluba's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

The fighters circling - Kluba throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kluba might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Kluba moves out of range as Dead strikes.
Nice uppercut lands for Dead. That snapped Kluba's head back.
Dead misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kluba.
Kluba misses with a two punch combination.
Evil Dead is winning the standup battle so far.
Kluba takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Dead changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Kluba uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dead.
Dead thumps Kluba with a low kick.
Kluba takes a shot to the body in his stride.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dead. Kluba does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dead throws a big shot that misses.
Kluba misses with a body shot.
A punch lands to the side of Dead 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Dead scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kluba throws a looping overhand right but Dead ducks down to avoid it.

Dead closes the distance and clinches.
Dead lands with a light punch inside.
Kluba on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kluba has had enough of the clinch but Dead keeps him there for the moment.
Dead lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dead lands a hook that snaps the head of Kluba backwards.

Kluba breaks the clinch.
Dead jabs Kluba to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Dead throws out a loose jab but Kluba uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kluba looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Some bone on bone action there as Kluba checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Kluba throws out a counter right but Dead avoids it with no problem.
Dead lands a jab to Kluba's midsection.
Kluba fails to land with a series of punches.
Dead throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kluba throws a jab when Dead was well out of range.
Dead tries to bum rush Kluba with a series of wild strikes but Kluba uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kluba's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dead scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kluba doesn't seem bothered though.
Dead throws a hook but Kluba avoids it easily.
Kluba swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Dead jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kluba throws a looping overhand right but Dead ducks down to avoid it.
Dead is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kluba thuds a left hand into Dead's body.
Dead connects with the punch.
Kluba throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dead sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kluba slips under a jab from Dead.

Dead moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dead misses with the head strike.
Nice body punch from Dead.
Good body shot from Dead.
A right handed body shot lands from Dead.
Kluba tries to break free but Dead pushes him back against the cage.
Dead keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kluba's efforts to push away.
Dead lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dead throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Dead makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dead has a couple of punches blocked by Kluba.
Dead working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dead working aggressively here.

Kluba escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kluba misses with an uppercut. Dead saw that one coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dead avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kluba tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Dead throws a big shot that misses.
Kluba looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Dead tries to close the distance and clinch but Kluba swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dead with the inside leg kick.
Dead thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kluba throws out a counter right but Dead avoids it with no problem.
Sebastian Kluba has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dead lands a lovely overhand right.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kluba scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Dead doesn't seem bothered though.
A jab from Dead misses.
Dead misses with an uppercut.
Kluba takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Kluba misses with a right hand
and Dead counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Evil Dead is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A combination from Kluba does no damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Evil Dead showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dead has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Evil Dead!
Evil Dead spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.