PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Wayne Killer Clown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arthur Bertholf (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Killer Clown comes to the cage accompanied by Gary Lewis & the Playboys - Everybody Loves a Clown. Arthur Bertholf will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Wayne Killer Clown
vs
Bertholf

214 cm
29
287 lbs
17 - 9 - 0

225 cm
27
240 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Experienced

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

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 17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, John Wayne Killer Clown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Arthur Bertholf!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch lands to the side of Bertholf 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Bertholf changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Killer Clown tries to avoid it but Bertholf manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Killer Clown to the ground. Killer Clown escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Bertholf.
Killer Clown slaps away a takedown attempt from Bertholf, before circling back to the center of the mat.
John Wayne Killer Clown has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arthur Bertholf.
Bertholf uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Killer Clown.
Killer Clown fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bertholf manages to avoid it.

Bertholf feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Killer Clown might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Bertholf missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bertholf throws an elbow that misses. Killer Clown uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Bertholf's guard. Nice move by Killer Clown!
Killer Clown in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Bertholf is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Killer Clown passes into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bertholf avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Killer Clown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Killer Clown passes to full mount!
Killer Clown controlling the position easily from mount.
Bertholf is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Killer Clown pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Killer Clown.
Killer Clown landing punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Killer Clown is in the full mount, landing strikes.

Bertholf is rocked!
Killer Clown trying to control but Bertholf is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Killer Clown postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Bertholf looks a forlorn figure.
Bertholf is still in real trouble! Can Killer Clown finish him?
Killer Clown loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Bertholf scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Killer Clown land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Killer Clown stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Wayne Killer Clown!
John Wayne Killer Clown took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Broken Halo Pride Nutrition for their support in the buildup to the fight.