PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between rodrick clark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rumble Stallson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stallson has chosen Disco Stick as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

clark
vs
Stallson

190 cm
21
292 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
313 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
KO power

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, rodrick clark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rumble Stallson!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Thiago Cunha and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stallson fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

clark scores with a takedown into Stallson's guard.
clark is pushing down on Stallson's leg trying to pass to half guard. Stallson is fighting to maintain full guard but clark has managed to sneak the leg through.

That's one minute gone in the round.
clark stalling.
clark seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Stallson for as long as he can get away with.
Stallson wants to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
clark trying to control from half guard but Stallson is working away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Stallson is defending against the submission attempts here by clark.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stallson is looking to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
clark is looking to stall here but Stallson recovers full guard.
clark not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

rodrick clark dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Stallson feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Stallson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. clark is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
clark controls Stallson momentarily but Stallson frees himself.
Stallson is stalling in the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
clark wants to control but Stallson passes easily into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
clark is trying to maintain the position but Stallson is very close to passing his half guard.
clark slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
clark can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Stallson controls the pace.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as clark holds on and takes a little breather.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rumble Stallson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Stallson has his takedown stuffed

and clark counters with a takedown into side control.
clark trying to control the position but Stallson is working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee stands the fighters back up. rodrick clark just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Stallson decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stallson not doing much here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
clark is trying to control but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Stallson is taking a breather. clark says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
clark keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
clark is trying to control but Stallson manages to pass to mount!

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to rodrick clark.
Well clark 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 28:29
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 29:29
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Rumble Stallson!