PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matthew Clark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Tucker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Clark
vs
Tucker

188 cm
20
210 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

188 cm
19
210 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Matthew Clark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, John Tucker!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Konstantin Menshow and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Clark has closed the distance and engaged Tucker in a clinch.
Clark has a couple of punches blocked by Tucker.
Clark swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tucker has had enough of the clinch but Clark keeps him there for the moment.
Tucker is struggling to control the position.
Clark lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tucker blocks an uppercut.
Tucker misses with a punch on the inside.
Clark swings wildly with an uppercut but Tucker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Clark goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Clark lands an uppercut.
Tucker stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clark working aggressively here.
Clark has Tucker pressed against the cage, preventing Tucker from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tucker tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Clark misses with some punches.
The referee calls for Tucker to work.
Clark working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clark presses Tucker against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Tucker blocks a body shot from Clark.
Clark lands a body punch in the clinch.
Clark swings wildly with an uppercut but Tucker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Clark misses with the head strike.
A short left from Clark.
Tucker has Clark pressed against the cage.
Clark tries to work over Tucker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from Clark fails to land.
Tucker wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tucker misses with a punch to the body.
Clark throws a head punch that misses.
A short right from Clark.
Clark fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tucker lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Clark or not.
Clark misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tucker lands a nice uppercut.
Tucker lands with a right to the head.
Clark lands a body shot.
Tucker digs a right hand underneath Clark's ribcage. Clark let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Tucker has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Clark seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Tucker can turn it around.
Clark digs a right hand underneath Tucker's ribcage. Tucker let out a lung full of air as it connected.
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!
Clark misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tucker is trying to break the clinch but Clark has him pressed against the cage.
Tucker stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Tucker working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tucker misses with a short punch on the inside.
Clark scores with a shoulder strike.
Clark swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tucker blocks an uppercut.
Tucker doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tucker goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A left hand lands to the body for Clark.
Clark misses with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tucker lands a body punch.
Clark misses with a body punch.
Tucker blocks an uppercut.
Clark throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Tucker wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Clark has him pressed against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tucker.
Good body shot from Tucker.
Clark tries a body shot but Tucker blocks it.
Clark misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tucker leaning against his opponent.
Tucker pushes Clark back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tucker.
Tucker blocks a body shot from Clark.
Clark tries to throw a body punch but Tucker avoids it by throwing Clark back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Clark fails to land.
Tucker taking a breather.
Clark lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Tucker or not.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clark tries a body shot but Tucker blocks it.
Clark misses with a punch to the body.
Clark lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tucker backwards.
Tucker blocks an uppercut.
Clark doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Clark blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Clark goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tucker swings wildly with an uppercut but Clark uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tucker pushes Clark back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tucker stalling in the clinch but Clark improves position.
The referee is keeping an eye on Tucker - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Clark lands a body shot in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tucker blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tucker can't find room to land a body shot as Clark controls the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matthew Clark dominated that round.
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.

Clark fails in his attempt to clinch.
Clark bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Clark uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tucker.
Clark takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Clark tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Tucker manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
It seemed like Tucker was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Tucker connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Clark fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tucker scores with a decent looking hook.
Clark moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Clark slips under a jab from Tucker.
Clark wants to clinch up but Tucker keeps it at a distance.
A nice side step and Tucker releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Clark avoids the body shot from Tucker.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clark defending well as Tucker loads up on a big left hand.
Clark closes the distance looking to clinch
and Tucker counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Clark wants to clinch.
A countering left hand to the body from Tucker misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clark fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tucker lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Clark is rocked!
Tucker lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Clark falls backwards - clearly groggy! Tucker dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Tucker!
A pretty intense looking John Tucker took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.