PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bill Davies (ranked 4062 p4p, 25689 weight class) and Willy Klarenet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Davies
vs
Klarenet

192 cm
18
193
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
185
1 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Bill Davies!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Willy Klarenet!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Paul Tew and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

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

Klarenet pushes Davies off and gets back to his feet.

Klarenet closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Klarenet lands in his opponent's guard.
Klarenet sitting in guard here, content to control.
Klarenet stopping the sweep attempt from Davies.

Davies had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Klarenet defends it easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Davies doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Davies looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Klarenet throws a big elbow that misses.
Davies utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Klarenet controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Davies closes this distance looking for a takedown but Klarenet circles away.

Klarenet closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Davies's guard.
Klarenet has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Klarenet throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Davies works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Davies keeping full guard, as Klarenet tries to pass.
Davies knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Klarenet on the ground.
Klarenet passes into half guard.
Klarenet is looking to stall here but Davies recovers full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klarenet advances position into side control!
Davies being controlled for a moment.
Klarenet wants to control but Davies is keeping him busy.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Klarenet stands up and we're back to a striking position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davies has his takedown stuffed

and Klarenet moves into the clinch.

Klarenet manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Davies throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Davies with a flurry of punches that miss.
Klarenet trying to keep a closed guard but Davies is proving a slippery customer.
Davies trying to control the position from guard on top but Klarenet is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davies missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Klarenet lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Davies throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Klarenet trying to control but Davies is working from the bottom.
Davies tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Davies is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Klarenet is controlling him.

Davies is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Willy Klarenet 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.

Klarenet pushes Davies up against the cage in a clinch.
Davies jumps guard but Klarenet stands there with Davies around his waist. Davies gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Klarenet wants the takedown. Davies is fighting it off but Klarenet persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Davies's guard against the cage.

Davies is looking for a triangle here but Klarenet uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Davies gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Klarenet not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Klarenet prevents Davies from standing back up.
Davies wants to improve his position but Klarenet is controlling well.
Klarenet throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Klarenet stands up from half guard.

Klarenet moves into range and clinches up with Davies.
Davies drops down looking for an ankle pick but Klarenet pulls his leg out and moves away.

Klarenet bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Klarenet taking a breather here.
Willy Klarenet has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davies is looking to regain half guard here but Klarenet keeps moving and retains side control.

Klarenet has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Davies fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bill Davies. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Davies wants to clinch.
Davies misses with a takedown attempt
and Klarenet counters with a lovely shot to the body.

Klarenet shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Davies napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Davies bucks up and tries to throw Klarenet off but instead Klarenet has got his back!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klarenet is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Klarenet is continuing to stall.
Davies is in bad spot here.
Will Klarenet go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?

Klarenet working for the choke.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davies wants to get back to his feet.

Klarenet looking for the choke but no joy.

Davies is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Klarenet gets his way!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Willy Klarenet showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

The fight stays on the outside here - Klarenet looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Klarenet has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Klarenet fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Davies sprawls well initially but Klarenet persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Klarenet looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Davies wants to get back to his feet.
Davies is looking for a sweep. Klarenet is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davies keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Davies is looking to improve his position.
Klarenet thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Davies's head.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Klarenet frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Klarenet prevents Davies from getting the reversal.
Klarenet throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Davies tries to reverse the position but Klarenet maintains control.
Klarenet in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Klarenet trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Davies wants to try and get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klarenet misses with a head shot.
Klarenet trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Davies holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Klarenet tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Davies tries to reverse the position but Klarenet maintains control.

Klarenet has control of Davies's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Davies regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Klarenet trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davies wants to hold on but Klarenet pushes him away.
Klarenet connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Davies is squirming around, avoiding Klarenet's attempts to control the action.
Klarenet throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Davies is trying desperately to improve position.
Klarenet misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Bill Davies has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Davies on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Davies tries to get out of the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Klarenet controlling from the full mount.
Klarenet thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Klarenet throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Davies because Klarenet loaded up on that one.
Davies tries to lock up and control but Klarenet gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Klarenet throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Davies because Klarenet loaded up on that one.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Klarenet avoids the attempt from Davies to control.
Klarenet looking to control and managing it successfully.

And that's the end of the fight!
Willy Klarenet comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Klarenet has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Willy Klarenet!