PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Edme Clement (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Malcolm BangBang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). BangBang has chosen GUCCI as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Clement
vs
BangBang

190 cm
25
202 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
24
210 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Edme Clement!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Malcolm BangBang!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Nard Betker and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clement is looking to clinch.

Clement moves into the clinch.
BangBang lands a shot to the body.
We've been informed that BangBang has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
BangBang lands a nice elbow.
Clement stalling the fight.
Nice elbow from Clement.
BangBang misses with a knee strike.
Clement's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Clement lands an elbow inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clement blocking some punches.
Clement has BangBang pressed against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Edme Clement.
BangBang is looking to score with low kicks.
BangBang connects with a high kick.
BangBang pulls out of a head kick attempt.
BangBang takes a kick to the side of the head.
Clement misses with a few strikes there.
BangBang on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Clement closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Clement obliges.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Clement lands a damaging elbow.
A bit of stalling here from Clement.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
BangBang lands a right hand.
BangBang throws a head punch that misses.
Clement putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has BangBang in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Clement stalls.
Clement lands an elbow inside.
BangBang takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Malcolm BangBang has been cut.
Clement creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through BangBang's defenses.
Clement lands an elbow inside.
Clement leaning against his opponent.
Clement unloads a knee to the mid-section. BangBang lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Clement is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Clement is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clement content to slow the pace in the clinch.
BangBang misses with a knee strike.
Clement is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
BangBang throws a knee to the head but misses.
Clement's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Clement avoiding damage as BangBang throws knees to the body.
Clement lands a knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Clement.
Clement stalling against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Edme Clement.
Clement uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

Clement gets a clinch.
Clement just leaning against BangBang, taking a breather.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Clement.
BangBang wants to break free but Clement has control.
Clement is pushing BangBang up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Clement lands a damaging elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
BangBang is trying to break the clinch but Clement has him pressed against the cage.
Clement lands a good knee to the midsection. BangBang won't want to take too many of those.
A bit of stalling here from Clement.
Clement lands an elbow that stopped BangBang in his tracks for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edme Clement dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Malcolm BangBang's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

BangBang tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Clement manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Clement cracks BangBang with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

Clement gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Edme Clement has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The referee calls for Clement to work.
BangBang tries to work over Clement's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Clement landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees to the body from Clement.
Clement is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Clement working BangBang over with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clement blocking some punches.
The referee calls for Clement to work.
Clement gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Edme Clement.
BangBang defending well as Clement loads up on a big left hand.
Clement lands with a good body shot.

Clement clinches up against the cage.
A knee to the head by Clement.
BangBang takes a knee to the side of the body.
BangBang lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Clement crunches a lovely knee into BangBang's ribcage.
BangBang is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clement prevents BangBang from breaking the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Clement.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Clement takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Clement obliges.
Clement is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Edme Clement.
Clement is looking to clinch.
Clement throws a head kick but BangBang moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Clement closes the distance and pushes BangBang back into the cage.
BangBang throws a punch but it's blocked by Clement.
Clement is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
BangBang tries to land a knee to the head but Clement blocks with his arms.
Clement creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through BangBang's defenses.
Clement lands a good knee to the midsection. BangBang won't want to take too many of those.
Clement lands an elbow just above BangBang 's eye.
Clement is stalling here.
Knees to the body from Clement.
BangBang fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The referee is keeping an eye on Clement - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
BangBang tries to circle away but Clement has him pinned against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clement is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Clement connects with a knee to the head.
BangBang tries a knee to the head but Clement blocks it.
A nice right hand lands inside from BangBang.
Clement is pushing BangBang up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Clement blocking some punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The referee is keeping an eye on Clement - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Clement landing some nice looking knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edme Clement dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Malcolm BangBang's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

BangBang throws a head kick that misses.
Clement is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that BangBang can do to turn this around?
Clement tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
BangBang is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Clement throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Edme Clement seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
BangBang with a nice cross.
Clement tries to clinch up but BangBang circles away and keeps his distance.
BangBang lands with a straight right. Clement didn't see that one coming.
Clement lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
BangBang takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
BangBang keeps the fight on the outside.
BangBang tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Clement manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Clement instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Clement.
BangBang with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Clement with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Clement lands a damaging elbow.
BangBang missing with knees to the body.
BangBang letting Clement take a breather here.
Clement unloads a knee to the mid-section. BangBang lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
BangBang takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Clement gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That has opened up Malcolm BangBang's cut even more.
Clement using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Clement.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Clement lands an elbow inside that BangBang shrugs off.
The referee is keeping an eye on Clement - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Clement obliges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clement lands a nice knee to the body.
Clement dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Clement crunches a lovely knee into BangBang's ribcage.
Clement lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Clement lands a damaging elbow.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Clement obliges.
Clement putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has BangBang in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Clement.
Clement dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Clement blocks an elbow strike from BangBang.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
BangBang takes an elbow to the forehead.
Clement utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Clement lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Clement scores a nice knee to the body.
Clement utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
BangBang letting Clement take a breather here.
Clement lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Clement lands a knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clement connects with a knee to the head.

The cut above Malcolm BangBang's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Clement lands a knee to the body.
Clement stalling in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Edme Clement.
Clement scores with a jab.
Malcolm BangBang has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Clement drives through and clinches with BangBang against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Clement lands a knee to the body.
Clement lands a nice knee to the body.
Clement has BangBang pushed against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Edme Clement showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Clement has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Edme Clement!