PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Paul Clipse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Knuckle Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Stone's choice of entrance music: Gimme Shelter. On his way into the ring it seems that Paul Clipse has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Paul Clipse seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Clipse
vs
Stone

170 cm
27
142 lbs
11 - 5 - 1

166 cm
23
147 lbs
7 - 4 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Very quick

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

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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 11 - 5 - 1, fighting out of London, Paul Clipse!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 1, fighting out of London, Knuckle Stone!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Glass and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stone staying out of range there.
Stone throws a shot from downtown. Clipse moves away and avoids it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Stone.
Clipse tries to clinch up but Stone circles away and keeps his distance.
Stone misses with an uppercut. Clipse saw that one coming.
A jab lands there for Clipse.
A low kick from Stone misses
letting Clipse counter with a right hand.
Stone throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Clipse takes the fight into the clinch.
Clipse creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Stone's defenses.
Clipse tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Stone blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Clipse creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Stone's defenses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clipse looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Stone has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Clipse throws an elbow that misses.
Stone misses with a hook from the clinch.
Stone blocks the elbow strike.
Clipse pushes off an throws an elbow but Stone leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Clipse gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Stone blocks an elbow strike.
Clipse controlling the action here for a moment.
Stone wants to get back to striking at distance but Clipse won't allow it.
Clipse using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Stone has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clipse lands a nice elbow.
Stone tries to break the clinch but Clipse is controlling the position.
A head punch on the inside from Clipse fails to land.
Clipse lands an elbow that stopped Stone in his tracks for a moment.
Stone has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Stone avoiding damage as Clipse throws knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Clipse.
Stone blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Clipse looking to slow down the pace here.
Stone takes an elbow to the temple.
Clipse creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Stone's defenses.
Stone avoiding damage as Clipse throws knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clipse tries a knee to the head but Stone blocks it.
Stone is looking to break free of the clinch but Clipse has double underhooks.
Clipse creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Stone avoids a wild elbow strike from Clipse.
Stone wants to break the clinch but can't.
Clipse throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Clipse.
Clipse comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Clipse.
Stone takes an elbow to the temple.
Clipse looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Stone escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A low kick from Stone misses
and Clipse makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clipse's jab looks to have found its range, popping Stone under the eye.
Stone throws the left hand but Clipse avoids the punch easily.
A big left from Stone misses.
Clipse tries to land a front kick but Stone steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Clipse misses with a body shot.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Clipse checks a leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Clipse.
Stone scores with a hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stone throws an overhand right that lands on Clipse's shoulder, as Clipse tries to avoid the shot.
Clipse connects with a crisp jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Clipse 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.

Stone pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
An inside leg kick lands from Stone.
Clipse checks a low kick from Stone.
Stone ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Clipse moves away.
Clipse moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Clipse displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Stone throws out the jab.
Paul Clipse is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Stone cracks a nice hook into Clipse's ribs.
Clipse tries to clinch there but Stone circles away.
Clipse throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A swing and a miss from Stone.
Stone misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Clipse.
Good exchange - Clipse coming out on top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clipse uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stone.
A slapping leg kick lands for Stone.
Clipse fails with an attempt to clinch.
Stone misses with a looping right.
Clipse ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stone moves away.
Stone misses with a low kick.
Stone's corner calls for a 1-2. Stone obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Stone lands with an uppercut that bounces Clipse off the ropes and back into range.
Stone misses with a leg kick.
Knuckle Stone seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Stone swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Stone throws a lazy body kick
and Clipse counters with a left and a right that stings Stone.
Clipse is looking to clinch but Stone is avoiding it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clipse ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A head kick misses from Clipse.
Stone dodges the punch combination from Clipse.
Stone throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Clipse on the side of the head.
Stone throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Clipse misses with a kick to the body.
Stone rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Clipse moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Stone misses with a looping right.

Clipse has closed the distance and engaged Stone in a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stone blocks an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clipse misses with a body punch.
Stone scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Stone wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Clipse lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Clipse throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Clipse lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Clipse lands an elbow inside that Stone shrugs off.
Clipse creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Clipse lands an elbow inside that Stone shrugs off.
Clipse throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Clipse looking to slow down the pace here.
Stone dodges an elbow strike from Clipse.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clipse creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A knee to the head by Clipse.

Stone manages to break the clinch.
A low kick from Stone misses
and Clipse counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Clipse is looking to clinch but Stone is avoiding it.
Stone missing with a left hand there. Clipse was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Stone misses the jab.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Clipse checks a leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stone throws a head kick that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stone throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Stone sizes up Clipse with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Paul Clipse will probably get the nod.
That's time! Clipse's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Nice uppercut there from Clipse.
Clipse slips a jab from Stone.
Clipse works the jab nicely.
Stone is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Clipse.
Clipse uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Stone.
Stone throws a jab when Clipse was well out of range.
Stone with a hook.
Clipse gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Stone.
Clipse takes one to the chin there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stone. Clipse does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stone tries to bum rush Clipse with a series of wild strikes but Clipse uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Stone takes a swing at Clipse's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A low kick from Stone is predictable there

and Clipse moves into the clinch.
Clipse lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Stone avoids a wild elbow strike from Clipse.
Stone avoids the elbow strike from Clipse, against the ropes.
Stone avoiding damage as Clipse throws knees to the body.
Stone doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Stone managing to block the knees to the body from Clipse.
Clipse throws an elbow but it misses.
Clipse is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Clipse is trying to maintain a safe position but Stone gets an underhook and turns Clipse into the ropes.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clipse using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Stone has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Clipse misses with an elbow over the top.
Clipse tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Stone avoids it.
Clipse prevents Stone from breaking the clinch.
Clipse missing with knees to the body.
Stone avoiding damage as Clipse throws knees to the body.
Clipse lands an elbow inside.
Stone is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Clipse is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Clipse is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clipse taking a breather.
Paul Clipse has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Stone tries to break free but Clipse pushes him back against the ropes.
Clipse misses with an elbow over the top.
Clipse looking to throw knees to the head but Stone is blocking nicely.
Clipse looking to throw knees to the head but Stone is blocking nicely.
Clipse lands a nice knee to the body.
Clipse pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stone avoids the elbow strike from Clipse, against the ropes.
Clipse trying to stall but Stone improves his position.
Clipse lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Clipse lands a good knee to the midsection. Stone won't want to take too many of those.
Clipse throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Knuckle Stone has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Stone is trying to force a seperation but Clipse has the dominant position.
Stone fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Clipse lands a left hand that snaps the head of Stone backwards.
Clipse working aggressively here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Clipse creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Clipse lands an elbow that stopped Stone in his tracks for a moment.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Stone working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Stone managing to block the knees to the body from Clipse.

And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Clipse showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Clipse, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Steven Brown scores the fight for Paul Clipse!
Judge James Glass scores the fight for Paul Clipse!
Judge William Gold scores the fight for Paul Clipse!

Paul Clipse wins by unanimous decision!