PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Isiah Acer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Klein East (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Acer's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Mad at Gravity- Burn. East has chosen Cold as Ice- M.O.P. as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Klein East has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Acer
vs
East

178 cm
27
214 lbs
14 - 8 - 1

182 cm
30
205 lbs
30 - 16 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

5th Round Clothing

Firebird Designs

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 14 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, Isiah Acer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 16 - 1, fighting out of New York, Klein East!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Chad Campbell and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

A momentary lapse in concentration from Acer enables East to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Acer manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

Acer working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. East doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. East manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Acer throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! East escapes and throws Acer's legs to the side, diving into side control!
East throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Acer is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Acer moves into full guard.
East loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's one minute gone in the round.
East pushing down on Acer's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
East with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
East wants to pass the guard but Acer is defending well.
Acer is refusing to be controlled, as East sits in half guard.
Acer tries to roll over but East keeps him under control.
East tries to pass the half guard into mount. Acer knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Acer moves into full guard.
East trying to control but Acer is working from the bottom.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Acer looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Acer wants to hit a switch here but East passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Acer there!
Acer is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Acer is working hard here to advance position.
Acer gets back to half guard.
Acer wants to improve his position but East is controlling well.

East is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
East seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Acer does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Acer moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

Acer has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but East can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Acer looking for a guillotine here but East defends easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Acer keeping moving, preventing East from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Isiah Acer will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

No joy there for East, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Acer thuds a left hand into East's body.
Acer misses with a hook.
Acer is trying hard to land a takedown here. East sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Acer missing with a left hand there. East was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Acer jabbing away but nothing is landing.
East slips a straight right by Acer.
Acer throws a jab when East was well out of range.
East lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
East throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Acer loads up on a big right hand but East slips the punch.
East throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Acer.
East misses with a few strikes there.
East tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Acer was well out of range. Poor timing from East.
Acer fails with the takedown.
Acer is trying hard to land a takedown here. East sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Isiah Acer. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Acer blocks the leg kick.
Acer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A solid body kick from East.
Acer staying out of range there.
East works Acer's body with a nice hook.
Acer shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with East but East pushes him off and we're back to square one.
East lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Acer shoots for a double leg takedown but East sprawls well. He's pushed Acer's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
East misses with a jab, cross combination.
Acer throws a hook but East blocks it.
East just misses with a punch to the body.
East moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
East just misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from East misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Acer throws a hook but East blocks it.
East connects with an inside leg kick.
Acer misses with an uppercut. East saw that one coming.
Klein East seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Acer thows a body shot but no joy.
East throws the kick towards the body but Acer avoids it.
Acer fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
East lands a nice shot to the body.
Acer connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed East momentarily.
Acer takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
East scores with a jab to the body.
East throws a wild body kick that Acer sees coming a mile off.
East lands with a straight right. Acer didn't see that one coming.
Acer uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from East.
East misses with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
East wants to slow Acer down by chopping away at his legs.
East lands with a cross.
East blocks a jab.
Acer misses with a hook. East ducked under it nicely.
A jab from East does it's job there.
East punishes Acer's body with a nice straight punch.
Acer takes a swing at East's ribcage but misses.
Acer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Acer.
Acer shoots in for a takedown but East shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A shot to the liver by East. Beautiful body shot.
East tries to land a front kick but Acer steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
East feints and then cracks Acer's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Acer down.
East misses with a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Acer fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. East sprawls well initially but Acer persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
East gets back to full guard.
Acer tries to free his leg and advance position but East is retaining full guard.
Acer is pushing down on East's leg trying to pass to half guard. East is fighting to maintain full guard but Acer has managed to sneak the leg through.
East tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Acer has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Isiah Acer overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
East is trying to escape the mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Acer scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish East?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Klein East showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Acer lands with a right hand.
East connects with a leg kick. Acer looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A swing and a miss from East.
Acer checks a low kick from East.
East tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Acer was well out of range. Poor timing from East.
East throws a right and a left that both miss.
East is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Acer rather than just go for the knockout.
Acer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
East throws a poor cross that misses
and Acer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
East connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Acer momentarily.
A looping hook to the body misses from East. Acer does a little dance to reset his feet.
A jab from East misses.
Acer misses with a looping right.
East throws out a powerful jab.
Acer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Acer avoids a kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Acer lands a slapping body shot.
East lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
East ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Acer moves away.
A thudding body kick lands there by East!
Acer thows a body shot but no joy.
East misses with an attempted mid kick.
No luck with that takedown attempt from East.
Acer takes a swing at East's ribcage but misses.
East takes one to the chin there.
East scores with a kick to the body.
East keeps Acer at a distance using the push kick.
Acer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but East moves away.
East lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Acer takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
East connects with a looping right hand.
Acer will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Acer chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before East can pounce on him.

East gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Acer forces his way into half guard.
East wants to control but Acer is keeping busy.
Acer throwing shots but East is blocking nicely.

Acer is working for a submission of some sort.
East blocking the ground and pound attempt from Acer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
East works his way to full guard. Good work.
East manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Acer manages to get himself to full guard.

Acer looking for a guillotine here but East defends easily.

Acer is looking for a triangle but East pushes his legs off easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Acer is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst East is controlling him.
Acer tries to land a sweep but no joy.
East pushes down on Acer's leg and manages to get into half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
East trying to control the action but Acer is working from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Klein East comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think East 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Klein East!
Klein East very nearly forgot to thank Firebird Designs amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.