PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Zack Clark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zack Clark could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to David Watson's chin.

Clark
vs
Watson

180 cm
22
140 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

164 cm
22
134 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Zack Clark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, David Watson!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Aleksandr Martynov and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clark stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Clark wants it to stay on the feet.

Clark looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Clark seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Watson does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Watson wants to control but Clark is keeping busy.
Well, if Clark is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Clark tries to pass the half guard into mount. Watson knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Watson trying to control but Clark postures up.

Watson looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson tries to get to full guard but Clark has control of the leg.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Watson has his takedown stuffed

and Clark counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Watson trying to keep a closed guard but Clark is proving a slippery customer.
Clark scoring with some ground and pound.
Clark will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Watson is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Clark is aware though and is defending well.
Watson looks gassed!
Clark stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Watson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Watson keeping moving, preventing Clark from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clark keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Watson's head.
Clark looking to pass the guard.
Clark trying to control the position from guard on top but Watson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Clark drops back looking for a leg! Watson is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Watson manages to kick Clark off! Clark jumps back into Watson's guard.
Clark in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clark postures up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Clark scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Watson wants to control but Clark postures up.
Clark landing strikes.
Watson struggling a bit here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Clark lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Watson down.
Watson can't do much from the bottom here.
Clark trying to control the position but Watson is working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clark 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.
Clark working away.
Clark lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Clark passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Watson!
Watson is trying to escape the mount.
Clark pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Clark really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Watson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zack Clark dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Clark gets a takedown into half guard.
Watson wants to control but Clark is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Clark sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Watson defending well though.
Clark missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Watson looking for submissions off his back.
Watson wants to improve his position but Clark is controlling well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Clark manages to pass to mount!
Watson is breathing heavily.
Watson throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Watson really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Clark looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The referee warns Watson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Clark controlling his opponent.
Watson wants to control but Clark is having none of it.

That's two 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.
Clark working Watson over with strikes here.
The referee warns Watson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Clark punishing his opponent with strikes.
Watson in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Clark with the ground and pound from mount.
Clark trying to control but Watson is having none of it.

Clark is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Watson to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Watson shrugs it off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clark lands a nice shot to the head.
A nice elbow there by Clark.
Clark landing punches.
Clark controlling from mount.
Clark scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Watson?
Watson wants to hold on but Clark pushes him away.
Clark with shots to the head and body - Watson looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watson wants to control but Clark is having none of it.
Clark breaks from Watson's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Watson really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Clark lands a nice shot to the head.
Clark knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Watson on the ground.
Clark unloading with bombs!
Clark prevents Watson from getting the reversal.
Clark with a couple of short strikes.
Zack Clark overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Clark putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zack Clark dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Clark shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Clark takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Watson slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

Watson looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Clark passes into side control.

Clark tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Clark has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
You can see the frustration on Watson's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Clark wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Watson, who protects the arm well.
Watson can't do much from the bottom here.
Watson is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Clark off and has taken his back!

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

That's two 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.

Watson is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Clark is defending well though. Watson let's go of the attempt for now.
Clark tries to escape the position.
Clark trying to control the action but Watson just sinks the hooks in.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clark rolls, trying to escape but Watson keeps control of the position.
Clark is working hard here to advance position.
Zack Clark is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Watson wants to control but Clark is keeping busy.
Watson throwing sloppy strikes.
Watson tries to get the hooks in deep but Clark pushed the leg off.
Clark wants to escape the position.

Watson is looking for the choke from the back position but Clark is controlling his hands well.

Watson is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Clark is defending well though. Watson let's go of the attempt for now.

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.

Watson working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.

Clark 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 Watson gets his way!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Clark wants to escape the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to David Watson.
Well Clark 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:28
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zack Clark!