PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mark Nutt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Claude Patrick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Nutt
vs
Patrick

180 cm
18
175 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

170 cm
25
170 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Mark Nutt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Claude Patrick!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Chris Edwards and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nutt swats away the attempt to clinch by Patrick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Nutt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Patrick.
Nutt misses with a few strikes there.
Nutt misses with a few strikes there.
Patrick is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nutt throws a nice looking combination but Patrick bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Patrick, right into the meat.
Nutt takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Patrick tries to close the distance and clinch but Nutt swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Patrick tries to clinch but Nutt is having none of it.
Nutt throws a sloppy head kick and Patrick moves out of range easily.
Nutt stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Patrick.
Nutt looks to land a combination but Patrick avoids it well.
Patrick is looking to clinch but Nutt is avoiding it.
Patrick lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Patrick scores with a leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Patrick avoids the head kick by Nutt.
Patrick is looking to clinch but Nutt is avoiding it.
Patrick tries to clinch up but Nutt circles away and keeps his distance.
Nutt throws a right and a left that Patrick avoids nicely.
Patrick smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

It looks like Mark Nutt has been cut.
Patrick is looking to slow Nutt down with leg kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick from Patrick lands but Nutt takes it in his stride.
Patrick lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Patrick moves in looking to clinch but Nutt pushes him off.
Nutt throws a right and a left that both miss.
Patrick throws a one two combo.
Patrick connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Claude Patrick seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Patrick pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Patrick dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nutt is breathing heavily.
Patrick tries to close the distance and clinch but Nutt swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Patrick scores with a shot to the body.
Patrick scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Patrick tries to clinch but Nutt is having none of it.
Nutt misses with a straight left.
Nutt misses with a series of wild punches.
Patrick tries to close the distance and clinch but Nutt swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Patrick moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Patrick getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Patrick misses with the combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patrick's corner calls for a 1-2. Patrick obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Patrick throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Patrick takes a swing at Nutt's ribcage but misses.
Donk. Nutt catches Patrick right on the button with a cross.
Patrick fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Nutt on the side of the head.
Patrick connects with a jab.
Nutt misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Patrick throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nutt misses with a hook. Patrick ducked under it nicely.
Nutt looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Patrick lands with a good body shot.
Nice shot lands for Patrick.
Patrick misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nutt misses with a series of wild punches.
Nutt avoids the body shot from Patrick.
A head kick misses from Patrick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nutt looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nutt takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Nutt swats away the attempt to clinch by Patrick.
Nutt misses with a few strikes there.
Patrick waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nutt.
Nutt lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nutt throws a series of punches but Patrick avoids them all with ease.
Nutt misses with a straight left.
Nutt has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Patrick finds it's way round the side to connect with Nutt's head.
Patrick swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Nutt.
A nice leg kick lands there from Patrick.
Patrick buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A head kick from Nutt lands but Patrick takes it in his stride.
Patrick is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Nutt had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Nutt thows a body shot but no joy.
Patrick throws a low kick but it's checked well by Nutt.
Nutt misses with a two punch combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nutt throws a series of punches but Patrick avoids them all with ease.
Patrick takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Nutt throws a nice looking combination but Patrick bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Patrick is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Patrick moves in looking to clinch but Nutt pushes him off.
Patrick throws a hook but Nutt avoids it easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A big right from Nutt misses.
Patrick scores with a head kick.
Nutt throws a series of punches but Patrick moves out of range.
Patrick pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Patrick throws a head kick but Nutt moves out of range.
Patrick dodges the punch combination from Nutt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nutt thows a body shot but no joy.
A combination from Nutt does no damage.
Nutt throws a series of punches but Patrick moves out of range.
Nutt blocks a head kick by Patrick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Claude Patrick dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mark Nutt'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.

Nutt bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Patrick's head.
Patrick getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Patrick tries to clinch up.
Patrick throws out a powerful jab.
Nice uppercut there from Patrick.
Nutt misses with a jab, cross combination.
Patrick dodges the punch combination from Nutt.
Nutt avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Patrick lands an overhand right.
Nutt throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Patrick. Nutt shrugs it off though.
Nutt looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

Mark Nutt's cut is getting worse.
Some wild striking there from Nutt.
Patrick pulls out of a head kick attempt.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Nutt might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Patrick misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Patrick goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
The fight stays on the outside here - Patrick looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Patrick is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nutt misses with a few strikes there.
Nutt throws a series of punches but Patrick avoids them all with ease.
A combination from Nutt does no damage.
Mark Nutt is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Patrick lands a leg kick that knocks Nutt off balance momentarily.
Nutt walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Patrick scores with a nice head shot.
Nutt throws a head kick that misses.
Sloppy strikes from Patrick. Those never looked like landing.
Patrick closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Patrick lands a nice leg kick that just misses Nutt's sensitive parts.
Nutt tries to bum rush Patrick with a series of wild strikes but Patrick uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nutt throws a series of punches but Patrick avoids them all with ease.
Patrick throws a big shot that misses.
Patrick digs a good body shot into Nutt's ribs.
Patrick throws out a loose jab but Nutt uses good head movement to avoid it.
Patrick works the jab nicely.
Nutt misses with a double jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nutt throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Patrick connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Patrick misses with a combination
and Nutt counters with a series of strikes. Patrick will be more careful next time no doubt.
Patrick blocks a head kick by Nutt.
Claude Patrick seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Patrick ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Patrick scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Patrick slips a jab from Nutt.
Patrick is looking to clinch but Nutt is avoiding it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Patrick.
Patrick swings for the body but Nutt moves out of range.
Nutt throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Patrick.
Patrick scores with a head kick. Nutt tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Nutt misses with a double jab.
Patrick changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nutt throws a series of punches but Patrick avoids them all with ease.
Nutt is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patrick connects with a leg kick. Nutt looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Patrick bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Nutt's head backwards.
Nutt misses with a head kick.
Patrick scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Nutt swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nutt throws a head kick but Patrick moves out of range.
Patrick connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Nutt lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Patrick circles away quickly and effectively.
Patrick bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Patrick throws a series of strikes that have Nutt backpedaling.
Nutt lands a head kick!
Patrick's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Patrick duly obliges.
A telegraphed right hand from Patrick misses the target.
Nutt throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Patrick dodges the punch combination from Nutt.
Nutt looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patrick lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Patrick takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Nutt looks to land a combination but Patrick avoids it well.
Nutt looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Nutt misses with a few strikes there.
Nice shot lands for Patrick.
Nutt throws a head kick that misses.
Donk. Patrick catches Nutt right on the button with a cross.
Patrick throws out a powerful jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nutt scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Patrick misses with a wild combination.
Nutt misses with a double jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Patrick slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Nutt throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Patrick dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Nutt. That did some damage!
Nutt swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Claude Patrick showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Mark Nutt's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

A slapping body kick lands there for Patrick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Patrick looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nutt throws a hook but Patrick avoids it easily.
Patrick wants to clinch up but Nutt keeps it at a distance.
A big right from Patrick misses.
Patrick tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nutt paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nutt misses with a series of wild punches.
Patrick lands a nice shot to the body.
Patrick fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Nutt on the side of the head.
Patrick throws a nice looking combination but Nutt bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Patrick moves into range and connects with a jab.
Patrick misses with a two punch combination.
Patrick takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Patrick tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Nutt manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nutt tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Patrick throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Patrick throws a series of punches but Nutt avoids them all with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nutt throws a right and a left that Patrick avoids nicely.
Nutt will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Patrick scores with a jab. Nutt acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Nutt misses with a double jab.
A right-left combo lands from Patrick.
Patrick is looking to clinch.
Nutt looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nutt moves out of range of the strikes.
Patrick pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Nutt swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Patrick.
Patrick throws a series of punches but Nutt avoids them all with ease.
Nutt misses with a double jab.
Nutt throws a right hand that Patrick ducks under and follows up with a left that Patrick also avoids with ease.
Patrick is looking to clinch.
Nutt throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nutt takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patrick lands a head shot.
A thudding body kick lands there by Patrick!
Nutt throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nutt misses with a series of wild punches.
Patrick looks to land a combination but Nutt avoids it well.
Nutt's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Nutt duly obliges.
Patrick throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Nutt.
Nutt misses with a straight left.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nutt takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Patrick fails with an attempt to clinch.
Patrick stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Nutt.
Nutt fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A nice combination there by Patrick.
Patrick works over Nutt's head and body with a nice combination.
Nutt avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A head kick misses from Nutt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Patrick.
Nutt misses with a wild combination.
Patrick staying out of range there.
Patrick throws a head kick that half lands.
Nutt throws a series of punches but Patrick avoids them all with ease.
A head kick misses from Nutt.
Nutt throws a right and a left that both miss.
Patrick tries to clinch up but Nutt circles away and keeps his distance.
Patrick scores with a head kick.
Patrick showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nutt.
A head kick from Patrick lands but Nutt takes it in his stride.
A punch combination from Nutt misses.
Patrick keeps Nutt at a distance using the push kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Patrick.
Patrick 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.
A nice combination there by Nutt.
Patrick connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Nutt looks to throw the jab but Patrick is out of range.
Nutt throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Patrick.
Nice jab there from Patrick.
A big right from Nutt misses.
Patrick showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nutt.
Patrick digs a good hook to Nutt's body.
Nutt throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Patrick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Patrick lands with a kick to the temple. Nutt shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Nutt throws a shot to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nutt ducks right into an uppercut from Patrick.
A punch combination from Nutt misses.
Mark Nutt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sloppy strikes from Nutt. Those never looked like landing.
Nutt throws a one two combo.

And that's the end of the fight!
Claude Patrick comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Patrick has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Claude Patrick!