PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Leo Lazlow (ranked 5365 p4p, 2903 weight class) and Great Clinch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Lazlow
vs
Clinch

170 cm
18
186
5 - 1 - 0

176 cm
28
183
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Leo Lazlow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Great Clinch!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Yves DeLean and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clinch ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Lazlow shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Lazlow was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Lazlow throws a strike aimed at the side of Clinch's head but Clinch avoids it well.
Clinch wants to get back to his feet.
Lazlow working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Lazlow working the head with strikes.
Clinch wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Lazlow scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Clinch to see if he's OK.
Lazlow misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Lazlow throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Lazlow trying to control the position but Clinch is working away.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Clinch can do anything to dispel that myth.
Lazlow working the ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lazlow prevents Clinch from escaping the position.
Lazlow could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Lazlow is working Clinch over with some ground and pound from side control.
Clinch looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Clinch wants to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lazlow looks up at the clock and then as Clinch takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Lazlow smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Lazlow cracks Clinch with a big right hand but Clinch just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Clinch is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Lazlow has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Lazlow is working Clinch over with some ground and pound from side control.
We've been hearing good reports from Lazlow'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.
Clinch is trying to buck Lazlow off.
An elbow from Lazlow crashes against the mat.
Clinch is trying to buck Lazlow off.
Lazlow misses with the ground and pound.
Clinch is looking to get back to his feet here but Lazlow is keeping cool and he's managed to take Clinch's back.
Clinch trying to get back to his feet but Lazlow is in full control for now.
Clinch takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Clinch is trying to stand back up.
Clinch covering up well under a barage of strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lazlow looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Lazlow throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Clinch is covering up but some of the strikes from Lazlow are getting through and doing damage.
Can Clinch hold on?! Lazlow is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Clinch wants to get back to his feet.
Lazlow throwing wild punches that miss their target.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Lazlow. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Lazlow lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.

Clinch manages to get to his feet, escaping the difficult position.
Great Clinch is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Clinch defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Lazlow.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Lazlow.

Clinch closes the distance and clinches.
Lazlow is looking to break free of the clinch but Clinch has double underhooks.
Clinch pushes Lazlow back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A right handed body shot lands from Clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clinch lands a nice uppercut.
Clinch lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lazlow backwards.
Clinch lands a nice uppercut.
Lazlow blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Clinch lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Lazlow takes a shot to the head.
Clinch gets through Lazlow's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Clinch is leaning against Lazlow and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Lazlow is breathing heavily.
Clinch lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lazlow backwards.
Clinch scores with a shot to the side of Lazlow's head.
A left hand lands to the body for Clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A shot in the inside from Clinch.
Still in the clinch, Clinch scores with a nice short uppercut.

Lazlow is rocked!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lazlow.
Clinch lands a left hand.
Oh Lazlow is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lazlow is looking to break free of the clinch but Clinch has double underhooks.
Clinch throws a punch but it's blocked by Lazlow.
Clinch misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lazlow blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lazlow blocking some punches.
Clinch swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Clinch working aggressively here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Clinch.
Clinch swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lazlow blocks an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lazlow blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lazlow blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Clinch is pressed up against the cage. Lazlow has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Clinch down to the mat. Clinch avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Leo Lazlow. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lazlow gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Clinch gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Great Clinch!
Great Clinch was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.