PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between World B Free (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Casius Clay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

B Free
vs
Clay

190 cm
23
216 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

190 cm
23
216 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Alpha-Omega

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, World B Free!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Casius Clay!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Johanna Lukiainen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clay moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Clay misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Clay throws a sloppy head kick and Free moves out of range easily.
Clay looks for a takedown but Free sprawls well.
Clay tries for a takedown but Free sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
World B Free has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Casius Clay.
Clay has a takedown stuffed.

Free drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Free stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Clay swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Clay keeping moving, preventing Free from controlling successfully.
Free is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Clay is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Free slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Clay.
Free looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Clay with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Free is working for a kimura but Clay is defending it quite comfortably.
Free keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Clay is on the bottom, trying to hold on to half guard. He's throwing a few small shots here, to keep his opponent honest.
Free frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Free can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Clay is looking to escape.
Free dominating with strikes here.
Clay wants to hold on but Free pushes him away.
Free with good strikes from the mount here!
Clay can't escape the position.
Clay is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Free wants to control the pace but Clay is squirming around nicely.
Free cracks Clay with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Free fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Free sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Clay is trying desperately to improve position.
Free landing punches.
Clay tries to hold on but Free pushes him away.
Clay can't escape the position.
Free looking to control but Clay is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Clay is working to get back to half guard.

Free is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Free extends the arm and Clay is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). World B Free!