PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Reginald Low Ears (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ethan Clayton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Clayton has chosen I Want It All as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Ethan Clayton will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Low Ears
vs
Clayton

201 cm
23
272 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

189 cm
21
280 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Reginald Low Ears!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ethan Clayton!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Jorge Garcia and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clayton misses with a wild combination.
Low Ears doesn't manage to clinch there - Clayton circles away.
A combination from Clayton does no damage.
Low Ears scores with a kick to the body.
Clayton moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Clayton moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Low Ears tries to close the distance and clinch up but Clayton swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Clayton lands with a cross.
Clayton keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

It looks like Reginald Low Ears has been cut.
Clayton misses with a series of wild punches.
Low Ears throws a series of punches but Clayton moves out of range.
Low Ears lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Low Ears tries to close the distance and clinch but Clayton swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Clayton scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Clayton.
Low Ears tries to close the distance and clinch up but Clayton swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Low Ears throws a head kick that misses.
Low Ears tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Low Ears throws a chopping leg kick but Clayton manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Clayton misses with a combination
and Low Ears counters with a leg kick.
Low Ears fakes the leg kick and cracks Clayton in the body.
Low Ears tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Clayton is able to avoid easily.
Low Ears tries to clinch up.
Low Ears tries to clinch up but Clayton circles away and keeps his distance.
Low Ears moves in looking to clinch but Clayton pushes him off.
Ethan Clayton is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Low Ears has closed the distance and engaged Clayton in a clinch.
Low Ears landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Clayton looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clayton managing to block the knees to the body from Low Ears.
Low Ears connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Ethan Clayton has been cut.
Low Ears with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Low Ears with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Low Ears lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Clayton working hard to break the clinch.
Low Ears is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Clayton is defending well for now.
Low Ears can't get the takedown.
Low Ears manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Clayton looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Low Ears lands an uppercut.
Low Ears lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Clayton or not.
Low Ears comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Low Ears scores a nice knee to the body.
Low Ears lands an elbow just above Clayton 's eye.
Clayton blocks an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clayton is trying to force a seperation but Low Ears has the dominant position.
Low Ears missing with knees to the body.
Low Ears content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Clayton is trying to break the clinch but Low Ears has him pressed against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Low Ears.
A frustrated look appears on Clayton's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Low Ears throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Clayton blocks it with crossed arms.
Low Ears lands an elbow just above Clayton 's eye.

That has opened up Ethan Clayton's cut even more.
Low Ears tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Clayton has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
With the fighters up against the cage, Low Ears throws an elbow but misses.
Low Ears throws a knee to the head but misses.
Low Ears keeps control of Clayton as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Low Ears with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Low Ears avoiding damage.
Clayton tries to break the clinch but Low Ears is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Low Ears trying to land knees to the body.
Clayton blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Clayton has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Low Ears throws a knee to the head but misses.
Low Ears misses with a knee strike.
Low Ears tries to land a knee to the head but Clayton blocks with his arms.
Clayton wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Low Ears keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Clayton's efforts to push away.
Low Ears throws a knee to the head but misses.

Clayton breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Low Ears tries to close the distance and clinch up but Clayton swats him away and circles back towards the center.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Clayton swinging wildly here.
Clayton's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Clayton duly obliges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Reginald Low Ears dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Low Ears misses the shot to the body.
A head kick misses from Low Ears.
Clayton misses with a double jab
and Low Ears counters with a leg kick.
Low Ears is looking to score with low kicks.
Clayton comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A head kick misses from Low Ears.
Low Ears scores with a head kick.
Clayton looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Clayton tries to bum rush Low Ears with a series of wild strikes but Low Ears uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Clayton looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Reginald Low Ears is winning the standup battle so far.
Low Ears throws a quick inside leg kick.
Low Ears doesn't manage to clinch there - Clayton circles away.
Low Ears cracks the inside of Clayton's front leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clayton connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Ethan Clayton is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Low Ears.
Clayton is breathing heavily.
Decent striking displayed by Clayton there.
Clayton stuns Low Ears with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Low Ears misses with a head kick.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Clayton!

Low Ears closes the distance and pushes Clayton back into the cage.
Low Ears keeps control of Clayton as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Low Ears misses with a knee strike.
Clayton managing to block the knees to the body from Low Ears.
Clayton avoiding damage as Low Ears throws knees to the body.
Low Ears has Clayton pressed against the cage, preventing Clayton from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Low Ears with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Low Ears tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Clayton avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Low Ears tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Clayton avoids it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Low Ears.

Clayton's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Low Ears fails with an attempt to clinch.
Clayton throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Clayton blocks a leg kick.
Clayton digs a good body shot into Low Ears's ribs.
Low Ears throws a low kick, looking for Clayton's leg but Clayton calmly moves out of range.
Clayton circles away from the clinch attempt.
Clayton scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Clayton avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Low Ears tries to clinch up but Clayton circles away and keeps his distance.
Clayton lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Low Ears at a distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Some bone on bone action there as Clayton checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Low Ears looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A head kick misses from Low Ears.
Clayton looks to land a combination but Low Ears avoids it well.
Low Ears misses with a combination
and Clayton counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Clayton misses with a wild combination.
A shot to the liver by Clayton. Beautiful body shot.
Low Ears pivots, looking for a leg kick but Clayton is out of range and Low Ears settles back down.
Clayton misses with a few strikes there.
Clayton throws a series of strikes that have Low Ears backpedaling.
Clayton connects with a body shot.
A jab from Clayton finds it's way through Low Ears's defenses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Low Ears takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Clayton cracks Low Ears with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Clayton rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Low Ears moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Low Ears dodges the punch combination from Clayton.
Clayton throws a good cross that connects.
Low Ears misses with a kick to the body
and Clayton counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Clayton lands a jab-cross combination.
Clayton displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Clayton works Low Ears's body with a nice hook.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Clayton with a nice cross.

Low Ears is rocked!

Reginald Low Ears's cut is getting worse.
Clayton falls off balance throwing a combination
and Low Ears counters with a good, hard body kick but Clayton shrugs it off.
Clayton dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ethan Clayton showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Clayton lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Oh Low Ears is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Clayton lands with a right and another and another! Low Ears is in big trouble! Clayton lands again and this time it's lights out for Low Ears! A quality knockout there for Clayton.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:10 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Ethan Clayton!