PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Von Pong (ranked 1809 p4p, 2807 weight class) and Chief Claw (ranked 234 p4p, 359 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Pong
vs
Claw

195 cm
22
200
4 - 3 - 0

188 cm
26
200
4 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Groove Gear
Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Von Pong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chief Claw!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Viktor Lagutenko and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pong misses with a wild combination.
Pong goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Claw has taken the fight to the clinch.
We've been hearing reports that Pong has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Pong working aggressively here.
Pong scores with a shoulder strike.
Claw pushes off an throws an elbow but Pong leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Claw blocks an elbow strike from Pong.
Claw keeps control of Pong as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pong takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Von Pong has been cut.
Claw lands a nice elbow.
Claw lands an elbow inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Claw lands an elbow inside.
Pong looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Claw looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pong misses with a punch on the inside.
Pong throws a head punch that misses.
Claw is leaning against Pong and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Claw slowing the pace effectively.
Claw scores a nice knee to the body.
Pong is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Claw lands an elbow just above Pong 's eye.
Claw lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Claw crunches a lovely knee into Pong's ribcage.
Claw lands an elbow inside.

Von Pong's cut is getting worse.
Pong working hard to break the clinch.

Claw breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Pong wants to stall.
Claw lands a nice elbow.

Pong is rocked!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Claw.
Oh Pong is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Claw has picked Pong up - he's going for a ride! Claw dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pong trying to get back to full guard but Claw takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Pong knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Claw on the ground.

Claw is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Claw!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Chief Claw!
During a confident post fight interview, Chief Claw thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.