PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Smith (ranked 3528 p4p, 4744 weight class) and Bear Claw (ranked 366 p4p, 470 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Smith
vs
Claw

189 cm
29
225
3 - 8 - 0

203 cm
31
267
8 - 11 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bear Claw!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Felipe Paraventi and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith shoots for a double leg takedown but Claw sprawls well. He's pushed Smith's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Smith fails to land the takedown.

Smith gets tackled into the cage by Claw. Claw maintains the clinch.

Smith jumps into guard, dragging Claw to the mat.
Claw would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Claw gets to his feet - Smith follows without any prompting.

Claw has closed the distance and engaged Smith in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Claw content to slow the pace in the clinch.
We've been informed that Claw has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Claw lands a nice knee to the body.
Claw lands a good knee to the midsection. Smith won't want to take too many of those.
Smith holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Claw slowing the pace effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Claw unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Smith is breathing heavily.
Knees to the body from Claw.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Claw landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Claw putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Smith in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Claw landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Claw scores a nice knee to the body.
Claw lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Claw is working Smith over against the cage.
Claw with a knee to the head.

It looks like John Smith has been cut.
Claw crunches a lovely knee into Smith's ribcage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Smith takes a knee to the side of the body.
Claw manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Claw lands a body punch in the clinch.
Claw lands a left hand.
Claw slowing the pace effectively.
The referee is keeping an eye on Claw - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Claw landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Claw avoiding damage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Claw.
Claw cracks Smith with a nice body shot.
Stalling in the clinch from Claw.
Claw unloads a knee to the mid-section. Smith lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Claw lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Claw pressing his opponent against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Bear Claw.
Claw looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
We've been told by Smith's head coaches at MONEY TEAM!!! that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Claw - that will leave a mark!
Claw scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bear Claw is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Oooooh!!! Claw has knocked Smith down with a huge combo! Claw steps away and waves a wobbly Smith back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
A solid body kick from Claw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Claw moves into range and clinches up with Smith.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nice elbow from Claw.
Claw utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Claw will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Smith up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith is trying to force a seperation but Claw has the dominant position.
Nice elbow from Claw.
Claw lands a left hand.

Smith is rocked!
A short uppercut from Claw.
Oh Smith is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Claw landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Claw throws a massive elbow that rocks Smith's head back - Smith crumples to the floor and this one is all over! Not often you see a KO via an elbow but that was a huge shot!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Elbow). Bear Claw!
The defeated John Smith had this to say: 'he did a great job'.