PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Niko Clooten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Isaacs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Isaacs has chosen Changes as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Clooten
vs
Isaacs

190 cm
19
216 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

182 cm
23
210 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good in bed

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Niko Clooten!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tony Isaacs!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Gregory Folan and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clooten lands a jab to the head.
Clooten connects with a solid leg kick.

Isaacs has closed the distance and engaged Clooten in a clinch.
Isaacs fails to pull guard.
Clooten gets underhooks to prevent Isaacs's takedown attempt.
Isaacs stalling the fight.
Isaacs tries to land knees in the clinch but Clooten avoids the damage to the body.

Clooten breaks the clinch.
Clooten lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Isaacs sprawling to the canvas. Clooten follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Isaacs hang on?

Isaacs is rocked!
Isaacs should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Isaacs taking some punishment here, with Clooten in his half guard.
Isaacs is still in real trouble! Can Clooten finish him?
Clooten has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Clooten wants to control but Isaacs is keeping him busy.
Isaacs seems to have recovered his senses.

Clooten decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Clooten connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

Clooten bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Clooten scoring with punches from side control.
Clooten trying to control the action but Isaacs is working from the bottom.

Clooten is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Isaacs is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clooten lands an elbow.
Isaacs pushes Clooten away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Clooten gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

Clooten tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Clooten has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Clooten tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Clooten lands an elbow.
Clooten working the body and head with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Clooten is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Isaacs is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Isaacs tries to improve position but can't.
Isaacs is not content to let Clooten control the position.

Clooten tries for a kimura but Isaacs is defending well.
Isaacs gets back to half guard.
Clooten landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Clooten winds up and cracks Isaacs with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Clooten wants to control but Isaacs is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Clooten is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Clooten is breathing heavily.

Isaacs looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Isaacs tries to get to full guard but Clooten has control of the leg.
Clooten not doing much here.
Clooten thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Clooten wants to control but Isaacs is keeping him busy.
Isaacs wants to improve his position but Clooten is controlling well.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Clooten scoring well with a low kick there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
A slapping leg kick lands for Clooten.

Clooten scores a takedown into full mount!
Clooten content just to control the position here.
Clooten with the ground and pound from mount.
Clooten can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Isaacs is looking to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Isaacs is trying desperately to improve position.
Isaacs tries to hold on but Clooten postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Isaacs stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Clooten.
Isaacs misses with a takedown
and Clooten counters with a good low kick that Isaacs was not able to check.

Clooten darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Clooten lands strikes from half guard.
Clooten working over Isaacs with some ground and pound. Isaacs looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Nice strikes from Clooten there.
Clooten is looking to take a break and control but Isaacs is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Clooten performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Isaacs is breathing heavily.
Clooten is trying to control the action in half guard but Isaacs is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Isaacs is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Clooten scores with a couple of nice shots.
Isaacs blocking the ground and pound attempt from Clooten.
Clooten prevents Isaacs from improving his position.
Isaacs is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Nice strikes from Clooten there.
Clooten thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Isaacs's head.
Clooten throwing shots but Isaacs is blocking nicely.
Isaacs is trying to stand.
Clooten lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Clooten throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Clooten lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Isaacs is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Clooten pulls his head out easily.

Clooten is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Clooten lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Isaacs is defending against the submission attempts here by Clooten.
Clooten wants to lay and pray for a moment but Isaacs keeps working.
Clooten is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Isaacs can do to turn this around?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clooten lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Clooten is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Isaacs is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Clooten pulls his head out easily.
Isaacs looks like he's trying to stand up.
Isaacs is trying to maintain the position but Clooten is very close to passing his half guard.
Clooten is keen to just control but Isaacs is a slippery customer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Clooten is trying to work for a kimura but Isaacs is defending well.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Clooten lands a nice short elbow.
Isaacs regains full guard. Nicely done.

Isaacs looking for subs off his back but Clooten has passed one foot through into half guard.
Niko Clooten overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Clooten looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Clooten working the head and body with strikes.
Clooten slips a nice elbow through Isaacs's hands, connecting with Isaacs's forehead.
Isaacs is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Clooten sitting and controlling from the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Niko Clooten 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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Clooten throws a leg kick which misses Isaacs's front leg but catches the back leg as Isaacs tries to avoid it.
Clooten looks for the body kick but Isaacs saw that one coming.
Clooten circles away from the clinch attempt.

Clooten scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Isaacs takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Isaacs is being controlled here.
Clooten advances to mount.
Isaacs tries to hold on but Clooten postures up.
Clooten lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Isaacs hang on?
Isaacs takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Clooten looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clooten lands a nice shot to the head.
Isaacs is looking to improve his position but Clooten isn't that keen on the idea.
BOOM! Clooten connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Isaacs wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Clooten softening up his opponent with strikes here.

Clooten is working on the RNC. He looks like he's got it but Isaacs won't tap... Oh, he's out! The ref rips Clooten off his unconscious opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Niko Clooten!