PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ethan Clayton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ken Oath (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Clayton's entrance music is I Want It All. A fine choice. Ken Oath will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Clayton
vs
Oath

189 cm
29
280 lbs
23 - 9 - 0

210 cm
23
280 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Dangerous knees
KO power

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 23 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ethan Clayton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ken Oath!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Elvis Blanc and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oath lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Ethan Clayton has been cut.
Clayton keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Clayton cracks the inside of Oath's front leg.
Oath lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Oath fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Clayton has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The fight stays on the outside here - Clayton looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Oath checks a leg kick.
Clayton misses with a straight right.
Ethan Clayton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Oath smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Some bone on bone action there as Clayton checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Oath throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Clayton throws a leg kick but Oath checks it.
Clayton misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Oath.
Oath checks the leg kick nicely there.
Clayton misses with a leg kick
and Oath counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Oath.
Oath swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick from Oath lands but Clayton takes it in his stride.
Oath lunges at Clayton with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Clayton's hand.

Clayton has Oath up against the cage in a clinch.
Oath landing knees to the head.

Ethan Clayton's cut is getting worse.
Oath tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Oath prevents a body shot from Clayton.
Oath with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Clayton misses with a body punch.
Oath blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Clayton is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Oath is defending well for now.
Clayton is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Oath is keeping busy.
Clayton prevents a body shot from Oath.
Oath on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Oath lands with a left to the head.
Clayton blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clayton tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Oath avoids it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Oath lands with a short shot to the head.
Clayton scores a nice knee to the body.
Oath tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Oath works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A body shot lands from Oath.
Oath unloads a knee to the mid-section. Clayton lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Clayton is breathing heavily.
Oath fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Clayton throws a head punch that misses.
Oath throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Claytons head.
Clayton lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Oath backwards.
Oath misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Oath swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Oath trying to land knees to the body.
Oath comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Clayton gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Clayton wants to lay and pray for a moment but Oath keeps working.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Oath has hold of Clayton's hands but Clayton slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Clayton throwing shots but Oath is blocking nicely.
Oath is looking for a sweep. Clayton is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Clayton wants to lay and pray for a moment but Oath keeps working.
Clayton throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Clayton slips a nice elbow through Oath's hands, connecting with Oath's forehead.
Clayton throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Clayton thows a huge punch but Oath dodges it nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Oath trying to control from the bottom.
Oath manages to get to full guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Oath keeping moving, preventing Clayton from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Clayton postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Clayton stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Oath swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Clayton stands up over Oath, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

It looks like Ken Oath has been cut.
Oath has Clayton pulled in close to control his posture.
Oath bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Clayton's guard.

Clayton is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Clayton has his foot on Oath's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Oath works his way back into a safe position though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Clayton is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ken Oath will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.

Nice shot by Oath.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Oath, right into the meat.
Oath misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Clayton on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Oath lands with a thumping leg kick.
Clayton tried to score with a low kick but Oath checks it.
Clayton scores with a shot to the body.
Oath connects with the punch.
Oath lands a nice hook to Clayton's body. Clayton takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Oath is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Clayton walks forward, straight into a front kick from Oath.
Clayton dives in and grabs Oath's left leg, looking for a takedown. Oath pushes down on Clayton's head and hops out.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Clayton takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Oath scores with a sloppy right hand. Clayton should have avoided that one.
Oath catches Clayton with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

Ethan Clayton's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clayton takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Oath misses with a head kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Oath.
Oath uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Oath lands with a thumping leg kick.
Clayton misses with a wild body shot.
Clayton throws a shot from downtown. Oath moves away and avoids it.
Oath connects with a good right hand that stumbles Clayton. Clayton circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Oath throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Oath fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Clayton throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Oath looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Oath explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Good exchange - Oath coming out on top.

Jeez, Ethan Clayton's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Ken Oath seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd cheers as Oath lands an impressive looking overhand right. Clayton doesn't seem phased though.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ethan Clayton's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:07 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ken Oath!
Ken Oath seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.