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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jacob Clarke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Evgeni Elkemenchi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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168 lbs
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168 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jacob Clarke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Evgeni Elkemenchi!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Franklyn Lucas and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Elkemenchi moves in looking to clinch but Clarke pushes him off.
Clarke fires out a quick counter leg kick but Elkemenchi just manages to avoid it.
Clarke misses with a left hand
and Elkemenchi counters with a single leg into guard. Clarke didn't expect that.
Clarke pushes Elkemenchi off and gets back to his feet.
Elkemenchi is trying hard to land a takedown here. Clarke sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Elkemenchi shoots in for a takedown but Clarke shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Clarke jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Clarke clinches up against the cage.
Clarke goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Clarke misses with an elbow strike.
Clarke swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Clarke tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Elkemenchi avoids it.
Clarke tries to break the clinch but Elkemenchi is controlling the position.
Clarke is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Elkemenchi is defending well for now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Clarke has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Elkemenchi goes for a takedown attempt but Clarke pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Jacob Clarke has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Evgeni Elkemenchi.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Elkemenchi fails with the takedown
and Clarke cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Elkemenchi tries for a takedown but Clarke circles away easily
and Clarke counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Elkemenchi throws a hook to the side of Clarke's head but Clarke sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Elkemenchi gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Elkemenchi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Elkemenchi is defended easily by Clarke.
Clarke connects with a jab.
It looks like Evgeni Elkemenchi has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clarke defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Elkemenchi.
Clarke goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Clarke scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Elkemenchi is rocked!
Elkemenchi shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Clarke as he avoids it easily.
Elkemenchi is still on wobbly legs! Can Clarke finish him?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Clarke drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Elkemenchi can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Clarke controls the pace.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Clarke with a nice head shot there.
Clarke wants to control from the top but Elkemenchi keeps moving.
Elkemenchi seems to have recovered his senses.
Clarke has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Elkemenchi trying to keep a closed guard but Clarke is proving a slippery customer.
Elkemenchi working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Clarke.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clarke wants to control from the top but Elkemenchi keeps moving.
Clarke sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Elkemenchi's guard.
Clarke missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Clarke tries to pass the half guard into mount. Elkemenchi knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Elkemenchi punching from the bottom.
Clarke is working for a submission of some sort.
Elkemenchi gets full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Clarke is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Clarke is working Elkemenchi over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Clarke won't allow Elkemenchi to get back to his feet.
Elkemenchi has his hands on Clarke's head, controlling the position.
Clarke postures up in Elkemenchi's guard and throws a big left but Elkemenchi blocks it.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jacob Clarke dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Evgeni Elkemenchi's cut.
That's time! Clarke's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Elkemenchi looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Elkemenchi content to stall in guard here.
We've been hearing good reports from Clarke's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Elkemenchi throws a strike but Clarke rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Elkemenchi trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Elkemenchi wants to sweep here but Clarke controlling him for the moment.
Jacob Clarke overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Clarke throwing strikes from guard but Elkemenchi blocks nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Clarke's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Clarke lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Elkemenchi wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Clarke keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Elkemenchi's head.
Clarke slips nicely into half guard.
Clarke slips a nice elbow through Elkemenchi's hands, connecting with Elkemenchi's forehead.
Clarke sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Elkemenchi defending well though.
Elkemenchi wants to get back to full guard but Clarke has mounted him!
Elkemenchi is squirming around, avoiding Clarke's attempts to control the action.
Clarke unloading with bombs!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Elkemenchi tries to reverse the position but Clarke maintains control.
Elkemenchi throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Clarke sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Elkemenchi sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Elkemenchi tries to get to full guard but Clarke has control of the leg.
Clarke thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Clarke thows a huge punch but Elkemenchi dodges it nicely.
Clarke throwing shots but Elkemenchi is blocking nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Elkemenchi is refusing to be controlled, as Clarke sits in half guard.
Elkemenchi is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Clarke scores with a couple of nice shots.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Clarke in particular looking to stall.
Clarke not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Clarke missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Elkemenchi is looking to escape.
Clarke is trying to control. Elkemenchi wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Elkemenchi has hold of Clarke's hands but Clarke slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Clarke wants to lay and pray for a moment but Elkemenchi keeps working.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clarke thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Elkemenchi's head.
Elkemenchi is looking to improve his position.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Elkemenchi closes the distance but Clarke moves to the side
and Clarke counters with a straight right hand.
Horrible takedown attempt by Elkemenchi or perhaps it was just good defense by Clarke, which made it look bad.
Clarke is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Elkemenchi.
Elkemenchi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Clarke.
Elkemenchi tries to clinch up
and Clarke counters with a nice uppercut.
Jacob Clarke is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Clarke finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jacob Clarke dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Evgeni Elkemenchi'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!
Elkemenchi wants to clinch.
Clarke pushes Elkemenchi up against the cage in a clinch.
Elkemenchi tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Elkemenchi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Elkemenchi avoiding damage as Clarke throws knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Elkemenchi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Elkemenchi rushes Clarke and presses him up against the cage.
Clarke stops a takedown attempt from Elkemenchi.
Clarke is trying to break the clinch but Elkemenchi is controlling him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Elkemenchi avoids a wild elbow strike from Clarke.
Clarke wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Clarke struggles to land a body shot inside as Elkemenchi controls his hands.
Clarke misses with a hook from the clinch.
Clarke misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Elkemenchi.
Clarke is fighting off a takedown attempt but Elkemenchi is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Clarke to the mat. Clarke regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Clarke is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Elkemenchi can do to turn this around?
Clarke has his foot on Elkemenchi's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Elkemenchi works his way back into a safe position though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Elkemenchi trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Elkemenchi sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Elkemenchi lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Elkemenchi's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Clarke working for a triangle but Elkemenchi defends it easily.
Clarke working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Elkemenchi doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Elkemenchi manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Elkemenchi landing with the ground and pound.
Clarke is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Elkemenchi is looking to work some ground and pound but Clarke has wrist control.
Elkemenchi is stalling in the full guard.
Evgeni Elkemenchi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Elkemenchi lands a couple of digs.
Elkemenchi wants to control from the top but Clarke keeps moving.
Elkemenchi controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Clarke working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Elkemenchi doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Elkemenchi manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Clarke working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Elkemenchi.
Elkemenchi missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Clarke is looking for a triangle but Elkemenchi pushes his legs off easily.
Clarke throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Jacob Clarke is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Elkemenchi throws a big elbow that misses.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Elkemenchi ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Elkemenchi lands a nice looking body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Evgeni Elkemenchi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Clarke has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight 29:28
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 29:28
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jacob Clarke!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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