|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Yonsil Clanger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vernon Hope (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
 |
|
 |
| 160 cm
18
141 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
|
173 cm
18
143 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Very quick |
|
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Very confident |
|
| |
|
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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Yonsil Clanger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vernon Hope!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Seu Braga and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hope tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Clanger swivels and escapes.
Hope avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hope shoots for a takedown but Clanger saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Hope shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Clanger as he avoids it easily.
Yonsil Clanger has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vernon Hope.
Hope throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Clanger's waist but Clanger gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hope off to one side.
Hope looks for a takedown but Clanger sprawls well.
Clanger is looking to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clanger closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Hope is refusing to be controlled, as Clanger sits in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Clanger working over Hope with some ground and pound. Hope looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Hope throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Clanger seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hope tries to roll over but Clanger keeps him under control.
Hope has hold of Clanger's hands but Clanger slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Clanger lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Clanger lands strikes from half guard.
Clanger scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Clanger working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Clanger takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Hope wants to improve his position but Clanger is controlling well.
Hope is looking to control Clanger's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Hope avoid being mounted?
Clanger is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Clanger is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Hope punching from the bottom.
Clanger missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hope taking some punishment here, with Clanger in his half guard.
Clanger is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Clanger trying to pass the guard but Hope defending well.
Hope looking for submissions off his back.
Hope slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Clanger stands up over Hope, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Hope wants to sweep here but Clanger controlling him for the moment.
Clanger postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Clanger keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hope's head.
Clanger preventing the sweep.
Clanger has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Clanger lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clanger distracts Hope with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Clanger postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Clanger makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Hope has momentary wrist control but Clanger slips an elbow through the middle.
Clanger lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hope looking for a sweep. Not yet Hope, not yet.
Clanger trying to control but Hope is working from the bottom.
Clanger is in close to Hope's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hope throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Clanger won't allow Hope to sweep him here.
Clanger lands a couple of digs.
Hope looks gassed!
Hope working a defensive guard here.
Clanger stands up over Hope, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Clanger distracts Hope with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Clanger lands a couple of digs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clanger passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Hope manages to get back to half guard.
Clanger is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Clanger knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hope on the ground.
Clanger is looking to take a break and control but Hope is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Clanger is working for a kimura but Hope is defending it quite comfortably.
Clanger wants to take a breather but Hope is having none of it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hope connecting with a few gentle strikes.
Hope blocking the ground and pound attempt from Clanger.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yonsil Clanger 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.
Clanger misses with a takedown attempt
and Hope counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Clanger looking to control.
Hope wants to control from the top but Clanger keeps moving.
Clanger looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hope trying to control but Clanger is working from the bottom.
Clanger throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Clanger on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Clanger tries to get out of the position.
Clanger has his foot on Hope's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Hope works his way back into a safe position though.
Hope looking to pass the guard.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Hope misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Clanger.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clanger changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Hope looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Clanger scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Hope to see if he's OK.
Clanger scoring with punches and elbows.
Hope takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Clanger landing a few strikes.
Clanger scoring with punches from side control.
Hope sneaks back into half guard.
Hope has hold of Clanger's hands but Clanger slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The fighters are battling for position here. Hope manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Hope controls Clanger momentarily but Clanger frees himself.
Yonsil Clanger overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Clanger won't allow Hope to sweep him here.
Hope is breathing heavily.
Clanger with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Hope trying to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hope tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Clanger stands up over Hope, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Clanger postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Clanger's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Clanger trying to control but Hope is working from the bottom.
Clanger postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Clanger controlling from the top position.
Hope keeping full guard, as Clanger tries to pass.
Hope is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Hope wants to work for an arm triangle but Clanger is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clanger missing with punches from the bottom.
Clanger trying to get back to full guard but Hope takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Clanger is working to get back to half guard.
Hope avoids the attempt from Clanger to control.
Clanger can't escape the position.
Clanger wants to hold on but Hope pushes him away.
Clanger is looking to improve his position but Hope isn't that keen on the idea.
Clanger regains half guard.
Hope is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant 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.
Hope blocks the strikes from Clanger.
Clanger striking from the bottom.
Clanger tries to get to full guard but Hope has control of the leg.
Clanger looking for submissions off his back.
Hope wants to take a breather but Clanger is having none of it.
Clanger throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Clanger trying to control from the bottom.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Hope shoots and misses
and Clanger counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Clanger lands a nice short elbow.
Hope gets full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yonsil Clanger dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Hope with a poor takedown
and Clanger counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Clanger trying to control the position from guard on top but Hope is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Clanger postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Clanger lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Clanger is in close to Hope's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Clanger with a nice head shot there.
Hope trying to keep a closed guard but Clanger is proving a slippery customer.
Clanger distracts Hope with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Hope takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Clanger connects with a couple of short punches.
Clanger working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Clanger scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hope is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Clanger is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hope missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Hope thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Clanger trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Hope manages to pass to mount!
Clanger really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Clanger might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Hope can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Clanger is looking to escape.
Clanger flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Hope tries to control but Clanger wriggling away.
Hope dominating with strikes here.
Clanger tries to hold on but Hope pushes him away.
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.
Clanger is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Clanger is working hard here to advance position.
Hope punishing his opponent with strikes.
Clanger slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Hope lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Clanger has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Hope is working away from the top position though.
Hope trying to control the action but Clanger is working from the bottom.
Hope throwing shots but Clanger is blocking nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clanger flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Clanger is pressing down on Hope's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Clanger looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Hope passes into side control.
Clanger tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Hope wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Hope lands an elbow.
Hope trying to control the action but Clanger is working from the bottom.
Clanger is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Hope's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Hope blocks the strikes from Clanger.
Hope trying to control from half guard but Clanger is working away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hope works his way into side control.
Hope grinds an elbow into Clanger's temple.
Hope has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Clanger!
Clanger is looking to get to half guard.
Hope raining down shots from the mount!
Clanger tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Clanger slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Clanger avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hope.
Clanger makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Clanger.
Hope trying to control but Clanger is working from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Yonsil Clanger showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Clanger 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 30:27
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yonsil Clanger!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
62% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
