PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nathan Speed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gildarts Clive (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Speed comes into the arena with The Ramones / Blitzkrieg Bop blaring out of the sound system. Gildarts Clive is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Speed
vs
Clive

192 cm
23
233 lbs
12 - 1 - 0

198 cm
22
252 lbs
13 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Brute
Perkele!

Brute

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 12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Nathan Speed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Gildarts Clive!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Speed throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Clive on the side of the head.
Clive scores with the left hand. Speed knows he should have avoided that one.
Speed checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Speed swings away with a body shot that misses
and Clive counters with a slapping leg kick.
Clive avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Clive motions for Speed to come forward. Clive throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Clive tests Speed's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Clive looks to score with a jab to the body but Speed is just out of range.
Clive swinging wildly here.
Crunch! Clive slams his shin into Speed's torso.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Clive slips a straight right by Speed.
Nice shot by Clive.
Clive throws a head kick but Speed moves out of range.
A jab from Speed does it's job there.
Clive lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A telegraphed right hand from Speed misses the target.
Speed 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Speed misses with a hook
and Clive counters with a head kick.
Clive throws a leg kick but Speed sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Speed takes a swing at Clive's ribcage but misses.
Clive slips under a jab.
Speed thuds his right hand into Clive's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Clive swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A jab lands there for Speed.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Speed prevents a body shot from Clive.
Clive tries a body shot but Speed blocks it.
Clive throws a head punch that misses.
Clive scores with a shoulder strike.
Speed pushes Clive back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Clive lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Clive misses with some punches.
Speed throws a punch but it's blocked by Clive.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clive misses with a punch on the inside.
Clive tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Speed lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Speed lands a hook to the side of the head.
Clive tries to throw a body punch but Speed avoids it by throwing Clive back against the cage.
Clive throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Speeds head.
Clive misses with a hook to the ribs.
Clive tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Clive misses with a punch on the inside.
Speed tries to work over Clive's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Speed swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Clive working aggressively here.
Clive content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Speed stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Speed working aggressively here.
Clive has a couple of punches blocked by Speed.
Speed scores with a shot to the side of Clive's head.

It looks like Gildarts Clive has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clive throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Clive has a couple of punches blocked by Speed.
Clive tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Clive prevents Speed from breaking the clinch.
Clive tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Speed's elbow.
Clive misses with a punch on the inside.
Clive working aggressively here.
Speed misses with a hook from the clinch.

Speed breaks the clinch.
Clive throws a leg kick but Speed checks it.
Clive uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Speed.
Speed thows a body shot but no joy.
Speed stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Clive throws a leg kick which misses Speed's front leg but catches the back leg as Speed tries to avoid it.
Speed connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Clive lands a leg kick that knocks Speed off balance momentarily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Clive misses with an uppercut. Speed saw that one coming.
Clive fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clive fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Speed has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Clive lands a jab to the nose.
Clive walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Speed checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Speed misses with a looping left.
Clive misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Clive closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Speed.
Speed misses with a hook from the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Speed lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Speed misses with the head strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Clive struggles to land a body shot inside as Speed controls his hands.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Clive creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Clive blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Clive lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gildarts Clive dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gildarts Clive's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Speed fails to land with a series of punches.
Speed throws a shot from downtown. Clive moves away and avoids it.
Speed misses with a kick to the body.
A punch combination from Clive misses.
Clive takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Clive attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Clive ducks under a wild hook from Speed.
Clive moves out of range of the strikes.
Speed tries to bum rush Clive with a series of wild strikes but Clive uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Speed scores with a shot to the body.
Speed scores with a shot to the body.
Speed throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Clive forces Speed back against the cage and clinches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Speed.
Clive prevents Speed from breaking the clinch.
Speed blocks an uppercut.
A frustrated look appears on Speed's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Speed tries to work over Clive's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Speed lands a nice uppercut.
Speed lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Clive backwards.
Clive is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Speed effectively controlling the action here.
Speed misses with some punches.
Clive tries a body shot but Speed blocks it.
Speed scores with a hook to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Speed fails to land.
Clive misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Clive.
Clive blocking some punches.
Clive scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Clive takes a shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Speed misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Speed.
Clive blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Clive lands with a right to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Clive.
Clive blocks an uppercut.
Speed has a couple of punches blocked by Clive.
Speed is looking to control Clive's arms but Clive gets an underhook and turns him. Now Speed has his back to the cage.
Clive working aggressively here.
Speed lands a hook that snaps the head of Clive backwards.
Clive lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Speed fails to land.
Clive being controlled against the cage.
Speed doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Clive misses with some punches.
Clive lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Speed or not.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Speed misses with a body punch.
Clive struggles to land a body shot inside as Speed controls his hands.
Clive working aggressively here.
Clive swings wildly with an uppercut but Speed uses good head movement to avoid it.
Speed has had enough of the clinch but Clive keeps him there for the moment.
A head punch on the inside from Clive fails to land.
Speed is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Speed swings wildly with an uppercut but Clive uses good head movement to avoid it.
Speed content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Speed prevents a body shot from Clive.
A nice left hand lands by Clive.
Speed wants to stall.
Clive throws a punch but it's blocked by Speed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Speed - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Clive doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A shot in the inside from Speed.
Clive blocking some punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Clive lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Clive blocking some punches.

Speed breaks the clinch.
Clive tries to close the distance and clinch up but Speed swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Clive checks the leg kick.
Speed swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A head kick by Clive misses
and Speed counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Speed misses with a left hand
and Clive counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Speed takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Clive lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Clive throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
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 Nathan Speed will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Gildarts Clive's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Clive feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Speeds jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Gildarts Clive seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Speed fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Clive thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Speed if he has to take too many more of those.
Speed swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Speed throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Speed misses the shot to the body.
Clive lands a nice looking body kick.
Clive pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Clive fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Speed has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Clive with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Clive wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Clive scores with a jab. Speed acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Speed. Clive does a little dance to reset his feet.
Speed takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Speed throws out a loose jab but Clive uses good head movement to avoid it.
Clive doesn't manage to clinch there - Speed circles away.
Speed is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Speed walks into a straight right hand from Clive.
Speed looks to throw the jab but Clive is out of range.
Clive wants to clinch.
Speed is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Speed lands a jab to the head.
Clive lands a nice shot that snaps Speed's head back.
Speed doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Speed misses with a straight left.
Clive lands with a straight right. Speed didn't see that one coming.
Clive scores with a kick to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Clive takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Nice defenses there by Clive.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clive keeps Speed at a distance using the push kick.
Clive lands with a kick to the ribs.
Clive ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Speed takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Clive has managed to clinch.
Clive lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Nathan Speed has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Clive misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Clive.
Clive misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Clive.
Speed misses with a hook to the ribs.
Clive lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Speed looking to stall.
Clive working aggressively here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clive misses with a hook to the ribs.
Clive tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Speed will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Speed lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Clive.
Speed throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Clives head.
Clive can't find room to land a body shot as Speed controls the action.
Clive scores with a shot to the side of Speed's head.
Clive misses with a hook to the ribs.
Speed blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Clive tries to throw a body punch but Speed avoids it by throwing Clive back against the cage.
Speed throws a head punch that misses.
Speed blocks a body shot from Clive.
Speed tries to work over Clive's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Clive makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Clive lands a nice uppercut.

Speed is rocked!
Speed leaning against his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Clive.
Clive manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Clive has a couple of punches blocked by Speed.
Speed blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Clive fails to land.
Speed is leaning against Clive and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Speed doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Speed misses with a hook from the clinch.
Clive scores with a hook to the body.
Clive avoiding damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Speed.
Speed misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Speed lands with a right to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gildarts Clive comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Clive 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 28:29
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gildarts Clive!
A relieved looking Gildarts Clive thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.