PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Heinrich Clausewitz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zane Newton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Clausewitz comes to the cage accompanied by Pantera - Cowboys from Hell. Zane Newton has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Heinrich Clausewitz's chin.

Clausewitz
vs
Newton

184 cm
21
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
26
190 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Very strong

Good takedowns
Brawler
Knockout power

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, Heinrich Clausewitz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Zane Newton!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Steven Brown and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Clausewitz closes the distance and clinches.
Clausewitz lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Zane Newton has been cut.
Newton wants to get back to striking at distance but Clausewitz won't allow it.
Clausewitz lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Newton is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Clausewitz just leaning against Newton, taking a breather.
Clausewitz lands a nice elbow.
Newton blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Stalling in the clinch from Clausewitz.
Newton fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Newton tries for a takedown. No joy.
Clausewitz scores a nice knee to the body.
Clausewitz lands a damaging elbow.
Newton looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Newton takes an elbow to the temple.
Clausewitz is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Clausewitz creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Newton's defenses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clausewitz comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Newton on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Newton letting Clausewitz take a breather here.
Clausewitz creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Newton's defenses.
Newton avoiding damage as Clausewitz throws knees to the body.
Clausewitz leaning against his opponent.
Clausewitz lands an elbow just above Newton 's eye.
Clausewitz lands a nice elbow.
Newton is trying to stall.
Clausewitz slowing the pace effectively.
Clausewitz gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Clausewitz lands a nice elbow.
Newton is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Clausewitz gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Heinrich Clausewitz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Zane Newton.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Clausewitz lands an elbow just above Newton 's eye.
Clausewitz stalls.
Clausewitz comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Clausewitz holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Newton is trying to break the clinch but Clausewitz is controlling him.
Clausewitz has Newton pushed against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Heinrich Clausewitz.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Clausewitz.
Heinrich Clausewitz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Newton looks gassed!

Clausewitz gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Clausewitz lands a damaging elbow.
Clausewitz lands a damaging elbow.
Newton takes an elbow to the temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clausewitz lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Clausewitz lands an elbow inside that Newton shrugs off.
Clausewitz scores a nice knee to the body.
Clausewitz effectively controlling the action here.
Newton on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Clausewitz effectively controlling the action here.
Nice elbow from Clausewitz.
Newton takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Clausewitz obliges.
Clausewitz lands a nice elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clausewitz gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Clausewitz lands an elbow that stopped Newton in his tracks for a moment.
Come on Clausewitz - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Clausewitz lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Clausewitz lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Clausewitz lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Heinrich Clausewitz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Zane Newton's cut.
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.

Clausewitz thuds his shin into the meat of Newton's side.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Newton is defended easily by Clausewitz.
Clausewitz scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Good leg kick by Clausewitz there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Clausewitz lands with a kick to the ribs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Clausewitz bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Clausewitz lands a front kick.

Clausewitz pushes Newton up against the cage in a clinch.
Clausewitz using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Clausewitz trying to land knees to the body.
Clausewitz creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Newton's defenses.
Clausewitz gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Newton is breathing heavily.
Clausewitz lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clausewitz manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Nice elbow from Clausewitz.

That has opened up Zane Newton's cut even more.
Clausewitz's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Clausewitz lands an elbow that stopped Newton in his tracks for a moment.
Clausewitz crunches a lovely knee into Newton's ribcage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Clausewitz takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Clausewitz seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clausewitz lands a nice elbow.
A bit of stalling here from Clausewitz.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Heinrich Clausewitz.
Clausewitz throws a leg kick which misses Newton's front leg but catches the back leg as Newton tries to avoid it.

Clausewitz fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Newton, pushing him back against the cage.
Clausewitz comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Clausewitz has Newton pressed against the cage.
Clausewitz lands an elbow just above Newton 's eye.
Heinrich Clausewitz has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Clausewitz trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clausewitz gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A bit of stalling here from Clausewitz.
Clausewitz lands a nice elbow.
The referee calls for Clausewitz to work.
Clausewitz creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Newton's defenses.
Newton letting Clausewitz take a breather here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Heinrich Clausewitz.
Clausewitz scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Clausewitz!

Clausewitz has managed to clinch.
Clausewitz is stalling here.
Clausewitz lands a knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clausewitz avoiding damage.
Clausewitz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Newton can do to turn this around?
Clausewitz gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Clausewitz.
Newton takes an elbow to the forehead.
Come on Clausewitz - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Clausewitz lands an elbow inside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Clausewitz comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Clausewitz missing with knees to the body.
Clausewitz lands an elbow just above Newton 's eye.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Heinrich Clausewitz dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Zane Newton's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Clausewitz lands with a kick to the ribs.
Clausewitz with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Clausewitz fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Newton.
Newton has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Clausewitz.
Clausewitz thuds his shin into the meat of Newton's side.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Newton is defended easily by Clausewitz.
Clausewitz moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Clausewitz lands with a kick to the temple. Newton shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
An inside leg kick lands from Clausewitz.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Clausewitz, right into the meat.

Clausewitz darts in and clinches Newton up against the cage.
Clausewitz lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clausewitz lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Clausewitz leaning his opponent against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Heinrich Clausewitz.

Clausewitz has managed to clinch.
Clausewitz creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Newton's defenses.
Clausewitz putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Newton in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Clausewitz lands an elbow just above Newton 's eye.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clausewitz gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Clausewitz is struggling to control the position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Heinrich Clausewitz.

Clausewitz fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Newton, pushing him back against the cage.
Newton's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Clausewitz stalling against the cage.
Clausewitz lands a nice elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clausewitz lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Clausewitz landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Clausewitz gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Newton on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Newton drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Clausewitz gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Clausewitz lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Clausewitz stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Newton takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice elbow from Clausewitz.
Clausewitz lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The referee calls for Clausewitz to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Newton has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Clausewitz holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Clausewitz gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Clausewitz leaning his opponent against the cage.
Newton jumps guard but Clausewitz stands there with Newton around his waist. Newton gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Heinrich Clausewitz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Zane Newton.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The referee calls for Clausewitz to work.
Zane Newton has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Newton takes an elbow to the temple.

And that's the end of the fight!
Heinrich Clausewitz showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Clausewitz 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:24
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:24
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Heinrich Clausewitz!