PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Spartacus Clasius (ranked 4572 p4p, 4360 weight class) and The Great (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Spartacus Clasius has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Clasius
vs
Great

195 cm
25
215
1 - 0 - 0

183 cm
25
220
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Very confident

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Spartacus Clasius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, The Great!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Percy O'Donnell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Great with a poor takedown
and Clasius counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Great shoots and misses
and Great takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Great fails with the takedown
and Clasius counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Spartacus Clasius has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of The Great.
Great tries for a takedown but Clasius circles away easily
and Great takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Clasius darts in and clinches Great up against the cage.
A short right from Clasius on the inside.
Great fails to pull guard.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Great.
Clasius is leaning against Great and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Clasius working aggressively here.
Great tries to pull guard but Clasius holds him up against the cage and eventually Great drops back down to his feet.
Great tries to pull guard but Clasius holds him up against the cage and eventually Great drops back down to his feet.
Great is trying to pull guard but Clasius has him pressed against the cage.
Great fails to pull guard.
Great jumps guard but Clasius stands there with Great around his waist. Great gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clasius swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Great.
Great tries to pull guard but Clasius won't allow it.
Clasius throws a punch but it's blocked by Great.
Clasius lands with a light punch inside.
Great tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Clasius just stands there and leans against the cage.
Great fails to pull guard.
Clasius swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Clasius throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Great.
A nice right hand lands inside from Clasius.
Great is trying to pull guard but Clasius turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

Great decides to pull guard.
Great is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clasius won't allow Great to sweep him here.

Great has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Clasius can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Clasius knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Great on the ground.

Great has his foot on Clasius's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Clasius works his way back into a safe position though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Great not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Clasius pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Great is keeping the position for now.

Clasius avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Great working for a triangle but Clasius defends it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Clasius avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Clasius has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Great to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Clasius is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Great pulls down on the head and he's put Clasius to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). The Great!
The Great decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.