PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Andre Clark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Renzo Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Clark
vs
Gracie

170 cm
18
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
22
160 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Enjoys gardening

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Andre Clark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Renzo Gracie !
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Wagner Zegers and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Clark changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Gracie looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Clark working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Gracie avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Clark.
Gracie is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Clark working away.
Clark working the head and body with strikes.
Clark is looking to take a break and control but Gracie is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Clark with the ground and pound but Gracie regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Clark sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Gracie defending well though.
Gracie wants to get back to full guard.
Clark wants to pass the guard but Gracie is defending well.
Clark thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clark is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Gracie is trying to get back to full guard.
Clark throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Gracie is staying active underneath Clark, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Gracie is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Clark is trying to work for a kimura but Gracie is defending well.
Clark is looking to take a break and control but Gracie is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Clark is thwarting Gracie 's attempts to control the position.
Gracie is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Clark wants to work for an arm triangle but Gracie is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Gracie misses with a leg kick.
Clark tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Clark is breathing heavily.
Clark defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Gracie .

Clark shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Gracie works his way to full guard. Good work.
Clark throws a big right hand that misses.
Gracie lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Clark!
Clark on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Clark tries to get out of the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clark reaches up to try and control the position but Gracie seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Clark rolls and tries to escape and now Gracie has his back!
Gracie biding his time, controlling Clark.
Gracie tries to get the hooks in deep but Clark pushed the leg off.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Clark trying to control the action but Gracie just sinks the hooks in.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Gracie biding his time, controlling Clark.
Gracie tries to keep control of the position but Clark is staying busy.
Clark rolls, trying to escape but Gracie keeps control of the position.
Clark just looking to survive in the bad position.
Clark might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Will Gracie go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andre Clark dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Clark drives through and clinches with Gracie against the cage.
Gracie fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Clark takes a knee to the side of the body.
Gracie is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Clark is defending well for now.
Gracie missing with knees to the body.
Clark blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Clark stalling against the cage.
Gracie wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Clark is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Clark lands a body shot in the clinch.
Gracie keeps control of Clark as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gracie is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Clark is defending well for now.
Gracie is trying to break free.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gracie .
Clark trying to control the position but instead, Gracie has worked for underhooks and has pushed Clark into the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Clark is trying to force a seperation but Gracie has the dominant position.
A short right from Clark on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Clark has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Gracie is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gracie jumps guard.
Gracie is looking to sweep but instead, Clark has passed into half guard.
Clark knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gracie on the ground.
The fighters are battling for position here. Gracie manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Clark has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Gracie not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Gracie is on top in guard.
Gracie trying to control the position from guard on top but Clark is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Clark controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clark is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Gracie slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Clark doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Clark is trying to control the position but Gracie postures up.
Gracie showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie wants to get up but he can't break Clark's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Clark tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gracie trying to control but Clark is working from the bottom.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Gracie throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
No joy there for Clark, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Clark closes the distance and clinches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Clark creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Clark.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Gracie as Clark tries to tie him up.
Clark tries to break the clinch but Gracie is controlling the position.
Clark is working for takedown but Gracie is calmly controlling the position for now.

Gracie pulls guard successfully.
Clark throws a strike but Gracie rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Gracie wants to control from the top but Clark keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Renzo Gracie showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Clark tries to close the distance and clinch but Gracie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gracie chopping away at his opponent's legs.

Clark closes the distance and clinches.
Gracie 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gracie obliges.
Clark has Gracie pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Gracie manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Clark is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gracie is keeping busy.
Gracie connects with a knee to the head.
Gracie gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gracie crunches a lovely knee into Clark's ribcage.
Gracie lands a good knee to the midsection. Clark won't want to take too many of those.

Gracie jumps guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Gracie is on top in guard.
Gracie won't allow Clark to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gracie decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Clark, up you get!
Andre Clark is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Clark fails with a takedown attempt.
Gracie doesn't manage to clinch there - Clark circles away.
Gracie feints and then cracks Clark's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Clark down.
Gracie throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gracie connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gracie shoots in but no luck this time.
Clark tries to clinch but Gracie is having none of it.
Clark wants to clinch but Gracie slips to the side

and Gracie counters by clinching up.
Clark lands a body punch.
Gracie fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clark content to slow the pace in the clinch.

Gracie breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Clark shoots for a takedown but Gracie saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andre Clark. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Clark takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Gracie is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Clark wants to clinch.
Gracie tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Clark paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Clark gets the takedown into side control.
Clark creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Clark misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clark working the ground and pound from side control.
Gracie sneaks back into half guard.
Clark winds up and cracks Gracie with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Gracie keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Gracie is refusing to be controlled, as Clark sits in half guard.
Gracie avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Clark.
Gracie is trying to get back to full guard.
Clark takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Clark lands a nice short elbow.
Gracie has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Clark is working away from the top position though.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Clark shoots and misses
and Gracie counters with a slapping leg kick.
Gracie tries to clinch up but Clark circles away and keeps his distance.

Clark moves into the clinch.
Gracie gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Clark lands an uppercut.
Gracie lands a knee to the head.
Gracie tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A nice left hand lands by Clark.

Gracie breaks from the clinch.
Clark throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Gracie 's waist but Gracie gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Clark off to one side.

Clark drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

Gracie is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gracie tries to break the clinch but Clark is controlling the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Renzo Gracie comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Gracie has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Renzo Gracie !