PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul Irwin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charlie Cliche (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Irwin comes to the cage accompanied by AC/DC - T.N.T. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Irwin
vs
Cliche

190 cm
31
212 lbs
25 - 14 - 1

187 cm
27
212 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Perkele!

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 25 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Paul Irwin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Charlie Cliche!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Irwin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cliche fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Irwin avoids it really well and circles away.
Irwin fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Cliche is trying hard to land a takedown here. Irwin sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Irwin throws a shot from downtown. Cliche moves away and avoids it.
Irwin looks to score with a jab to the body but Cliche is just out of range.
Cliche defending well as Irwin loads up on a big left hand.
Danga de danga de dang - Irwin scores with a four punch combination!
Paul Irwin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Irwin connects with a jab.
Irwin scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Irwin looks to land a left hand but Cliche moved out of range nicely.
Irwin misses with a two punch combination.
Irwin misses with a hook.
Irwin misses with a two punch combination.
Cliche shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Irwin sprawls well. Irwin wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Cliche gets slowly back to his feet.
Paul Irwin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Charlie Cliche.
Cliche throws a wild body kick that Irwin sees coming a mile off.
Cliche misses with the combination.
Irwin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cliche sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Irwin with a hook.
Irwin keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Irwin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cliche manages to avoid it.
Cliche shoots in looking for a takedown. Irwin tries to sprawl out of it but Cliche keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Irwin manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Irwin misses the shot to the body.
Irwin stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Irwin wants it to stay on the feet.
Irwin misses with a few strikes there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cliche showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Irwin.
Irwin throws a right and a left that Cliche avoids nicely.
Cliche drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Cliche takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Irwin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Irwin drops Cliche with a beautiful combination! Cliche stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Irwin is looking for the KO!

Cliche is rocked!

It looks like Charlie Cliche has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cliche uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Irwin.
Cliche is still on wobbly legs! Can Irwin finish him?
Cliche is trying desperately to land a takedown but Irwin is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Cliche.
Irwin misses with a hook. Cliche ducked under it nicely.
Cliche shoots in but Irwin avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Cliche seems to have recovered his senses.
Irwin takes one on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Irwin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cliche.
Paul Irwin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Irwin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Irwin pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Cliche back to the cage. Irwin follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
A head kick misses from Irwin.
Irwin looks for the body kick but Cliche saw that one coming.
A head kick misses from Irwin.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cliche shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Irwin as he jumps to the side.
Irwin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Irwin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Charlie Cliche's cut.
That's time! Irwin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Irwin moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Irwin takes a swing at Cliche's ribcage but misses.
Cliche blocks a jab.
Irwin cracks a nice hook into Cliche's ribs.
Irwin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Irwin swings widly with a right hand
and Cliche counters with a three punch combo that has Irwin backing up. Irwin nods at Cliche to acknowledge the strikes.
Paul Irwin is winning the standup battle so far.
Cliche moves away from the strike by Irwin.
Irwin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cliche shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Irwin defends it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Irwin.
Irwin throws a poor cross that misses
and Cliche counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Cliche ducks under a wild hook from Irwin.
Irwin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Irwin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cliche staying out of range there.
Irwin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cliche circles away quickly and effectively.
Irwin misses with a straight left.
Charlie Cliche is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Irwin is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Nice takedown defense from Irwin. No joy for Cliche on that attempt.
Cliche uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Irwin.
Cliche shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Irwin as he avoids it easily.
Paul Irwin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Charlie Cliche.
Cliche closes the distance and clinches up with Irwin, looking for a takedown. Cliche pushes Irwin against the cage but Irwin circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Irwin punishes Cliche's body with a nice straight punch.
Cliche steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Irwin.
Irwin throws a right hand that Cliche ducks under and follows up with a left that Cliche also avoids with ease.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Irwin looks to score with a jab to the body but Cliche is just out of range.
Irwin throws a series of punches but Cliche avoids them all with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Irwin throws a hook but Cliche avoids it easily.
Cliche staying out of range there.
Irwin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cliche can do to turn this around?
Irwin misses with an uppercut. Cliche saw that one coming.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Cliche might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Irwin has got the better of the exchanges.
Cliche uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Irwin.
Cliche shoots in looking for a takedown but Irwin manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Cliche's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Cliche walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Cliche changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Irwin tries to avoid it but Cliche manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Irwin to the ground. Irwin escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Irwin tried to score with a low kick but Cliche checks it.
Cliche shoots in and drives through. Irwin sprawls well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Irwin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Irwin lands a nice hook to Cliche's body. Cliche takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Irwin throws an overhand right that lands on Cliche's shoulder, as Cliche tries to avoid the shot.
Cliche fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Irwin misses with a series of wild punches.
Irwin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Irwin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cliche moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Irwin thuds a left hand into Cliche's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Irwin dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Charlie Cliche's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Irwin just misses with a punch to the body.
Irwin lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Irwin stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A shot to the liver by Irwin. Beautiful body shot.
Irwin throws a shot from downtown. Cliche moves away and avoids it.
Irwin lands with a thumping leg kick.
Irwin throws a right and a left that Cliche avoids nicely.
Irwin misses with a hook.
Irwin jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Irwin misses with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Irwin throws a lazy uppercut
and Cliche counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Irwin drops Cliche with a beautiful combination! Cliche stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Irwin is looking for the KO!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Irwin.
Irwin dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Cliche. That did some damage!
Irwin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Irwin misses with a combination

and Cliche counters with a shoot takedown. Irwin fights it but they end up in guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Cliche distracts Irwin with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Cliche postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cliche throws a big elbow that misses.
Cliche throwing strikes but missing.
Irwin tries to strike from the bottom.
Cliche stands up over Irwin, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Cliche throws a big elbow that misses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cliche accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Cliche stops Irwin from standing up.
Cliche looking to pass the guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Cliche scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Irwin preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Irwin preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Cliche throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Irwin works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Cliche missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Cliche with a flurry of punches that miss.
Irwin looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Cliche throws a big right hand that misses.
Cliche throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Irwin works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cliche trying to control the position from guard on top but Irwin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Irwin working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Cliche.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cliche postures up.
Cliche throwing strikes from guard but Irwin blocks nicely.
Cliche trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Irwin working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Cliche.
Cliche with a nice head shot there.
Charlie Cliche has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Irwin working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Cliche.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cliche distracts Irwin with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cliche postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Cliche throwing strikes from guard but Irwin blocks nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Charlie Cliche.
I think Irwin has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:28
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Irwin!
After the fight, Paul Irwin was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.