PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcel Clasie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Buckley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Clasie comes to the cage accompanied by Sensation White Anthem. The key to victory for Marcel Clasie has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Clasie
vs
Buckley

200 cm
22
240 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

195 cm
25
260 lbs
12 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marcel Clasie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, William Buckley!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, David Schapiro and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Buckley avoids the head kick by Clasie.
Clasie misses with a low kick.

Buckley looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Clasie blocking the ground and pound attempt from Buckley.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Buckley thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Clasie's head.
Buckley has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Buckley slips a nice elbow through Clasie's hands, connecting with Clasie's forehead.
Buckley throwing shots but Clasie is blocking nicely.
Buckley throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Clasie manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Buckley shoots in for a double leg but Clasie sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Buckley looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Marcel Clasie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clasie tries to work over Buckley's front leg with a kick but Buckley checks it.
Clasie bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Buckley's head.
Marcel Clasie is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Clasie throws a head kick that misses.
Buckley fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Marcel Clasie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of William Buckley.
Clasie looks to land a left hand but Buckley moved out of range nicely.
Clasie throws a lazy uppercut

and Buckley counters with a nice double leg into side control. Clasie won't be happy with that.
Buckley throwing shots but missing, from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buckley sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Clasie is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Buckley working the strikes but Clasie uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Clasie avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Buckley.
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!
Buckley not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Buckley wants to free his trapped foot but Clasie is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Buckley scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Clasie blocking the ground and pound attempt from Buckley.
Buckley tries to pass the half guard into mount. Clasie knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Buckley throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Buckley lands strikes from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clasie wants to get back to his feet.
Buckley thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Clasie's head.
Clasie keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Clasie keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Clasie knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Buckley on the ground.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Buckley connects with a nice short shot to Clasie's temple.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Buckley lands a nice short elbow.
Buckley missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Buckley connects with a nice short shot to Clasie's temple.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Buckley looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Clasie with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Clasie is rocked!
Clasie on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Clasie tries to get out of the position.
Buckley throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Oh Clasie is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Buckley throwing shots but Clasie is blocking nicely.
Clasie seems to have got his legs back now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buckley throwing shots but Clasie is blocking nicely.
Clasie blocking the ground and pound attempt from Buckley.
Clasie is breathing heavily.
Buckley working over Clasie with some ground and pound. Clasie looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Buckley thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Clasie's head.
Buckley sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Clasie defending well though.
Buckley missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Buckley thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Buckley throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Buckley missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Clasie blocking the ground and pound attempt from Buckley.
Buckley throwing shots but Clasie is blocking nicely.
Buckley not landing any meaningful shots this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Buckley dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Buckley gets the takedown into side control.
Clasie is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Buckley in side control lands a decent elbow.
Clasie is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
An elbow from Buckley crashes against the mat.
Sloppy strikes there by Buckley.
Clasie takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Buckley lands a big elbow and you can see that really hurt Clasie! Buckley senses the opportunity and scores with more strikes - he's put Clasie out! The ref tackles him out of the way to prevent him landing more strikes - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). William Buckley!