PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mark Clark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Love has chosen Not Afraid as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Clark
vs
Love

181 cm
22
155 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

175 cm
20
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mark Clark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kevin Love!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Alyssa Summers and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Love avoids the head kick by Clark.
Love shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Clark sprawls well. Clark wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Love gets slowly back to his feet.
Clark misses the jab.
Love ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Love slips a jab and a cross from Clark.
Clark tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Clark throws a head kick but Love moves out of range.
Love dives in and grabs Clark's left leg, looking for a takedown. Clark pushes down on Love's head and hops out.
Clark ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Clark throws a series of punches but Love moves out of range.
Clark misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Love clinches up with Clark and pushes him back against the cage.
Clark prevents the takedown attempt.
Mark Clark has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kevin Love.
Clark wants to break free but Love has control.
Clark wants to break the clinch but can't.
Love is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Clark breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Love instigates a clinch.

Love escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clark tests Love's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Love shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Mark Clark is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Love avoids a punch combination nicely.
Clark fails to land with a series of punches.
Love fails to land with a series of punches.
Clark scores with a three punch combo!
Love ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Clark moves away.
Love throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Love misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Clark lands a right hook to the body.
Love looks gassed!
Love showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Clark.
Clark punishes Love's body with a nice straight punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Love is looking to clinch.
Clark throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Love counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Clark dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clark lands a nice leg kick that just misses Love's sensitive parts.
A head kick misses from Clark.
Clark misses with a wild combination.
Love misses with a two punch combination.
Clark comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Clark misses with a two punch combination.
Clark connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Love tries to clinch up but Clark circles away and keeps his distance.
A head kick by Clark misses
and Love counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Clark will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Clark misses with a jab, cross combination.
A swing and a miss from Clark.
Mark Clark seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Love shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Love stops Clark from getting back to his feet.
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.
Love is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Love tries to stand and escape but Clark is controlling the position.
Love not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Love stalling away here and it's allowed Clark to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Clark wants to stand up but Love is controlling him.

That's four 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.

Clark has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Love off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
A combination from Clark does no damage.
Clark defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Love.
Clark lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
A left lands for Clark.
Clark looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Clark fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Love manages to avoid it.
Clark throws out a leg kick but Love moves out of range and Clark only half commits.
Clark throws a sloppy head kick and Love moves out of range easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Love drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Clark is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Clark knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Love on the ground.
Love passes Clark's left leg - he's now in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Clark dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Clark lunges at Love with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Love's hand.
Clark looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Clark takes a swing at Love's ribcage but misses.
Clark will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Clark misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Love tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Clark swivels and escapes.
Love blocks a head kick by Clark.
A telegraphed right hand from Clark misses the target.
Clark looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Clark throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Love counters with a left and a right that stings Clark.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Love has Clark up against the cage in a clinch.
Love tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Clark smiles and moves away.
Clark throws a series of punches but Love avoids them all with ease.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Love shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Clark but Clark pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Mark Clark has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kevin Love.
Clark fails to land with a series of punches.
Clark throws a series of punches but Love avoids them all with ease.

Love gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Love pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A low kick from Clark misses

and Love counters by clinching up.

Love breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Clark looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Love shoots for a takedown but Clark saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Clark swinging wildly here.
Love throws a nice looking combination but Clark bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Clark keeps the fight on the outside.
Clark falls off balance throwing a combination

and Love counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love prevents Clark from getting back to his feet.
Love trying to control but Clark is working from the bottom.
Clark preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Love trying to control the position from guard on top but Clark is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Clark uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Clark misses with a few strikes there.
Clark misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A combination from Love does no damage.
No joy there for Love, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Love throws a right and a left that Clark avoids nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clark misses with a two punch combination.
Clark misses with a jab, cross combination.
Clark uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Love.
Love takes a shot to the body in his stride.
No joy there for Love, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Clark moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Clark lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Clark.
Love swinging wildly here.
Clark rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Love moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Love shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Clark as he avoids it easily.
Love takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Clark scores with a head kick.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Love is defended easily by Clark.
Clark throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clark stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Clark wants it to stay on the feet.
Nice takedown defense from Clark. No joy for Love on that attempt.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Clark.
Clark lands a nice shot that snaps Love's head back.
Clark pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Love throws a combination. Clark tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Love takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Clark tries to score with a low kick but Love moves his leg out of the way.
Clark circles away from the clinch attempt.
Clark lands a nice shot to the body.
Clark waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Love.
Love is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Clark.
Clark fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Love checks it well.
Love shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Clark defends it nicely.
Clark finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Kevin Love will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Love takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Clark scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Clark looks to land a combination but Love avoids it well.
Clark tries to bum rush Love with a series of wild strikes but Love uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Clark keeps the fight on the outside.
Love avoids the head kick by Clark.
Love throws a right and a left that Clark avoids nicely.
Clark misses with a double jab.
Mark Clark is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice body punch from Love.
A solid leg kick lands there for Clark.
Love shoots in for a double leg but Clark sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Clark throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

Clark gets caught flat footed, as Love shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Love landing with the ground and pound.

Clark pushes Love off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Love throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Clark lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Love circles away quickly and effectively.

Love gets a clinch.
Love is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Clark pulls him back up using the underhooks.

Love manages to break the clinch.
Clark throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Clark throws a series of punches but Love moves out of range.
Clark throws a head kick but Love moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Clark.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Clark.
Clark throws a right and a left that both miss.
Clark misses with a wild body shot.
Love shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Clark sprawls well. Clark wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Love gets slowly back to his feet.
Mark Clark has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kevin Love.
Love connects with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clark lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Love backs up against the cage.

Love clinches.
Love tries to break free but Clark pushes him back against the cage.

Love escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Clark tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Clark throws a right and a left that Love avoids nicely.
Love fails to land with a series of punches.
Clark tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Clark loads up on a big right hand but Love slips the punch.
Clark attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
No joy there for Love, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Clark dips to his left and cracks Love with an uppercut!
Clark misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Love keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Clark uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Love.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Clark misses.
Clark tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Clark keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A punch combination from Clark misses.
Love blocks a head kick by Clark.

Love clinches with his opponent.
Clark prevents Love from breaking the clinch.
Clark gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Love.
Clark tries to break the clinch but Love is controlling the position.
Love taking a breather.

Clark breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Love is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Clark rather than just go for the knockout.
Clark scores with a body shot.
Clark misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Love tries to score a power double leg takedown but Clark sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Love somewhat.

That's four 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.
Clark misses with a combination

and Love moves into the clinch.
Love jumps guard but Clark stands there with Love around his waist. Love gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Clark can't break the clinch.
Clark blocks the elbow strike.
Clark is trying to break the clinch but Love is controlling him.
Clark wants to break free but Love has control.
Love tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Clark is trying to break the clinch but Love has him pressed against the cage.
Clark wants to break the clinch but can't.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Clark wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Love fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Clark tries to circle away but Love has him pinned against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Mark Clark.
I think Clark has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 29:28
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 29:28

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