PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jason Clowe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and batista haight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). haight has chosen Forgot About Dre - Eminem as his entrance music. Jason Clowe has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Clowe
vs
haight

185 cm
23
175 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

169 cm
19
170 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Prefers standup

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jason Clowe!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, batista haight!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clowe fakes the leg kick and cracks haight in the body.
haight stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Clowe.
haight swats away the attempt to clinch by Clowe.
Clowe feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to haight's calf.
Clowe keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
haight shoots in for a takedown but Clowe shows good takedown defense.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from haight.
Jason Clowe has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of batista haight.
haight fails with the takedown.
Nice shot by Clowe.
haight shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Clowe stuffs the takedown attempt from haight. haight gets slowly back to his feet.
Clowe tries to close the distance and clinch but haight swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
haight closes this distance looking for a takedown but Clowe circles away.
Clowe misses with a two punch combination.
Clowe doesn't manage to clinch there - haight circles away.
Clowe tries to clinch there but haight circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Clowe takes the fight into the clinch.
Clowe has haight pressed against the cage, preventing haight from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
haight tries to break the clinch but Clowe is controlling the position.

Clowe decides to pull guard.
haight controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
haight thows a big elbow that misses.

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.
Clowe trying to keep a closed guard but haight is proving a slippery customer.
Clowe avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
haight trying to control but Clowe is working from the bottom.
haight pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Clowe is keeping the position for now.
haight trying to control but Clowe is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
haight throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Clowe works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Clowe feints and then cracks haight's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow haight down.

haight shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Clowe keeping full guard, as haight tries to pass.
haight looks gassed!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
haight is stalling in the full guard.

haight postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Clowe is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of haight, into his guard.

haight has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Clowe can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Clowe preventing the sweep.

haight is working an open guard so Clowe takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clowe cracks the inside of haight's front leg.
batista haight seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Clowe tries to close the distance and clinch but haight swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
haight fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
haight shoots in but Clowe avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Clowe lands a nice leg kick that just misses haight's sensitive parts.
Clowe throws a combination but it was largely blocked by haight.
Clowe works over haight's head and body with a nice combination.
Nice sprawl there from Clowe as haight shoots in.
A chopping leg kick lands by Clowe.
Clowe turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A good leg kick by Clowe.
Clowe thuds his shin into the meat of haight's side.

Clowe rushes haight and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Clowe pulls guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Clowe dominated that 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.

haight misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Clowe stuffs the takedown.
haight looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Clowe is fending him off so far but haight persists. Nope, Clowe circles away and we're back to standing.
Jason Clowe has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of batista haight.
Clowe throws a nice outside leg kick.
Clowe scoring well with a low kick there.
Clowe throws a quick inside leg kick.
haight avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
haight tries for a takedown but Clowe sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Clowe throws a combination. haight tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
haight takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Clowe connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Clowe buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Clowe tries to close the distance and clinch but haight swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from haight.
haight swats away the attempt to clinch by Clowe.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clowe throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
haight dives in and grabs Clowe's left leg, looking for a takedown. Clowe pushes down on haight's head and hops out.
Clowe is looking to slow haight down with leg kicks.
haight tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Clowe moves into the clinch.

Clowe ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Clowe no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.

Clowe manages to escape and get back to his feet.
haight's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
haight has a takedown stuffed.
Clowe scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Nice body kick from Clowe.
A solid leg kick lands there for Clowe.
haight shoots in looking for a takedown. Clowe tries to sprawl out of it but haight keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Clowe manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
haight changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Clowe tries to avoid it but haight manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Clowe to the ground. Clowe escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clowe moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
haight shoots in for a double leg but Clowe sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Clowe lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Nice body kick from Clowe.
Clowe tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Clowe is looking to slow haight down with leg kicks.
haight shoots in for a double leg but Clowe sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Clowe lands a two punch combo.

Clowe clinches with his opponent.
Clowe drops down looking for an ankle pick but haight pulls his leg out and moves away.

Clowe closes the distance and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Clowe manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
haight passes Clowe's left leg - he's now in half guard.
haight looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Clowe with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Clowe is looking for a sweep. haight is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Clowe is staying active underneath haight, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
haight throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

haight is looking for a kimura here.
haight has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Clowe looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
haight controlling the pace.
It looks like haight is going to stand back up.
Clowe avoiding damage under a succession of punches from haight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Clowe moves into range and clinches up with haight.

Clowe ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Clowe no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Clowe avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Clowe throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
haight works a leg free and moves into half guard.
haight wants to control but Clowe is keeping him busy.

haight is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

haight is looking for a kimura here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

haight looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

haight is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Clowe still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Clowe has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
haight is looking for a sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
haight wants to control but Clowe postures up.
haight manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
haight throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Clowe wants to lay and pray for a moment but haight keeps working.
haight wants to control but Clowe is keeping busy.
haight is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Clowe scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

haight looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Clowe looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
haight throwing shots but Clowe is blocking nicely.

haight is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Clowe sees it coming and defends easily.
Clowe slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

haight drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Clowe manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now haight has Clowe in his guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
haight is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
haight looking to hit a scissor sweep but Clowe is one step ahead there.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
haight controls Clowe momentarily but Clowe frees himself.

Clowe is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but batista haight just about did enough to take it.
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.

haight looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Clowe is fending him off so far but haight persists. Nope, Clowe circles away and we're back to standing.
Clowe thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on haight if he has to take too many more of those.
Clowe stuffs the takedown attempt from haight. haight gets slowly back to his feet.
Jason Clowe is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Clowe fails with an attempt to clinch.
Clowe tries to clinch but haight moves out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Clowe. That's going to slow haight down.

haight shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Clowe manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
haight wants to pass the guard but Clowe is keeping the position.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Clowe keeping moving, preventing haight from controlling successfully.
Clowe trying to control the position here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

haight decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Nice takedown defense from Clowe. No joy for haight on that attempt.
Jason Clowe has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of batista haight.
haight keeps the fight on the outside.
Clowe dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on haight. That did some damage!
haight will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Clowe tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Clowe wants to clinch.
Clowe lands a nice leg kick that just misses haight's sensitive parts.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Clowe moves into the clinch.

Clowe has dropped down and is working for a takedown. haight is trying to keep an underhook but Clowe manages to get the takedown into half guard.
haight is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Clowe's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Clowe's back!
haight wants to control but Clowe is keeping busy.

haight has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Clowe is trying to get back to his feet but haight has full control of the position and if anything, Clowe has just worked his way into a worse spot.

haight is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Clowe has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.

haight is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Clowe knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Clowe for a finish.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
haight has Clowe flattened out and is raining down punches.
Clowe staying busy and making it hard for haight to control.

haight is looking for the choke from the back position but Clowe is controlling his hands well.

haight has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
haight doesn't have the hooks in and Clowe manages to turn into his guard.

haight is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

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.
Clowe slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
haight manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Clowe is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

haight is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Clowe sees it coming and defends easily.

haight is working for a submission of some sort.
Clowe is looking to control haight's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Clowe avoid being mounted?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but batista haight will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Clowe's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Clowe keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Clowe drives through and clinches with haight against the cage.
Clowe on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Clowe changes levels and goes for a takedown here. haight fights it off and pushes away nicely.
haight looks for a takedown but Clowe sprawls well.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clowe misses with the combination.
Clowe doesn't manage to clinch there - haight circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clowe fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

haight is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Clowe's half guard.
haight not doing much here.
haight looks to land a strike but Clowe avoids it nicely and regains full guard.

Clowe is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and haight defends well.
haight wants to control from the top but Clowe keeps moving.
Clowe not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
haight slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
haight looking to pass the guard.
Clowe is trying to control the position but haight postures up.
Clowe keeping moving, preventing haight from controlling successfully.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
haight fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Clowe avoids it really well and circles away.
Jason Clowe has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of batista haight.
Clowe stalks haight and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into haight's face. haight staggers backwards, shaken.
Clowe tries to close the distance and clinch but haight swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
haight stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Clowe.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by haight or perhaps it was just good defense by Clowe which made him look bad.

Clowe moves into the clinch.
Clowe tries to score a body lock takedown but haight shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Clowe jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as haight walks away with a smile on his face. Clowe gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Jason Clowe is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Clowe misses with a kick to the body.
haight is trying hard to land a takedown here. Clowe sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
haight slips a jab and a cross from Clowe.

haight shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.

haight swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Clowe is now in haight's guard. A big mistake from haight there, giving up the dominant position!
haight is trying to control the position but Clowe postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Clowe drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Clowe jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

haight escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Clowe gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

haight is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Clowe is aware though and is defending well.
haight working a defensive guard but Clowe passes into half guard.
Clowe is trying to control the action in half guard but haight is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Clowe seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
haight gets full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
batista haight comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think haight has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 47:48
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 47:48
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 47:48

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... batista haight!
batista haight is the new welterweight champion!