PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between koln poir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zack Clark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). poir has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. koln poir has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

poir
vs
Clark

150 cm
18
130 lbs
0 - 6 - 0

180 cm
22
140 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

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 0 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, koln poir!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Zack Clark!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
poir tries to work over Clark's front leg with a kick but Clark checks it.
poir shoots in looking for a takedown. Clark tries to sprawl out of it but poir keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Clark manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
poir is breathing heavily.

Clark looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for poir!

Clark is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, poir has managed to escape the submission attempt.
poir might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Clark content just to control the position here.
poir is wriggling around trying to escape.
Clark lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

Clark is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. poir can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clark is in the full mount, landing strikes.

Clark jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but poir manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Clark working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

Clark is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, poir has escaped the position, nice work there.
poir seems a little lost for a moment, as Clark dominates the positioning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clark in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Clark tries to advance to mount but can't.
Clark lands a decent elbow from side control.
Clark content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Clark in side control lands a decent elbow.
Clark controlling the position.
Clark's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
poir is trying to control Clark's posture but Clark avoids it.
poir seems a little lost for a moment, as Clark dominates the positioning.
Clark working the head with strikes.

Clark tries for a kimura but poir is defending well.
Clark passes to full mount! That's big trouble for poir!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Clark lands a nice shot to the head.
Clark tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Clark looking to finish poir with some ground and pound. This is bad for poir!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Clark with a couple of short strikes.

Clark looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Clark looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zack Clark 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.

poir gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Clark passes into half guard.

Clark maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! poir could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Clark has cracked it and poir is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Clark!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Zack Clark!