PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Willy Klarenet (ranked 3674 p4p, 3942 weight class) and Thiago De Lima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Klarenet
vs
De Lima

185 cm
25
185
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
20
190
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Willy Klarenet!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Thiago De Lima!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, David Hoff and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Klarenet ducks under a wild hook from De Lima.
De Lima throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Klarenet scores with a takedown into De Lima's guard.
Klarenet not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Klarenet has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Klarenet trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

De Lima working for submissions but it's allowed Klarenet to get to half guard.
De Lima is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Klarenet throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Lima is looking to control Klarenet's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can De Lima avoid being mounted?
Klarenet trying to mount his opponent but De Lima defends it.
De Lima wants to get back to full guard.
Klarenet performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

Klarenet escapes and gets back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
De Lima throws a lazy head kick

and Klarenet counters with a nice double leg into side control. De Lima won't be happy with that.
De Lima wants to get back to his feet but Klarenet is dominant here and he's now got De Lima's back!
De Lima is trying to stand back up.
De Lima trying to control the position but Klarenet manages to sink in the hooks.
De Lima is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Klarenet working for a choke but De Lima is defending well.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
De Lima covering up well under a barage of strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klarenet really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for De Lima.

Klarenet is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. De Lima is defending well though. Klarenet let's go of the attempt for now.
Klarenet has good solid back control here.

Klarenet has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.

That's four 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.
De Lima rolls, trying to escape but Klarenet keeps control of the position.
Klarenet is not going to allow De Lima to sit and survive in this position.
Klarenet misses with punches from the back.
De Lima trying to control but not successfully.

De Lima defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Klarenet has good solid back control here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Willy Klarenet dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

De Lima fails to land with a series of punches.
Klarenet tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
De Lima has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
De Lima throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Klarenet.
Klarenet shoots in looking for a takedown but De Lima manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Klarenet's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Klarenet avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
De Lima throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Willy Klarenet is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
De Lima misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Klarenet.
Klarenet moves into range and connects with a jab.
De Lima throws a half hearted mid kick.
Klarenet tries to close the distance and clinch but De Lima swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
De Lima looks like he wants to counter punch here.
De Lima looks to land a left hand but Klarenet moved out of range nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Lima throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.

Klarenet shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in De Lima's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Lima wants to stand but Klarenet is controlling the position.
De Lima trying to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Lima looking to control but Klarenet passes into half guard.
De Lima has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Klarenet is working away from the top position though.
De Lima is looking to get back to full guard here but Klarenet has managed to pass to side control instead.
Klarenet remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Klarenet's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Klarenet tries to move into full mount but can't pass De Lima's legs.

Klarenet stands up and beckons De Lima to his feet.
De Lima lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
De Lima scores with a shot to the body.
De Lima throws out a loose jab but Klarenet uses good head movement to avoid it.
Klarenet shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. De Lima defends it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klarenet fails with an attempt to clinch.
De Lima lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Klarenet circles away quickly and effectively.
De Lima connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
De Lima throws a head kick that half lands.
De Lima scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
De Lima throws a nice head kick!
Klarenet takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

Klarenet is rocked!
Klarenet shoots and misses
and De Lima counters with a massive hook, right on the button! He's out cold! Damn, that was naaaaaasty! Hopefully he'll be OK.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Thiago De Lima!