PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rico Kliko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Slayer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Slayer is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Ramallah - Kill a Celebrity . Frank Slayer has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kliko
vs
Slayer

189 cm
22
215 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

205 cm
22
224 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rico Kliko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Frank Slayer!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Patrick Alders and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slayer comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Slayer throws a head kick that Kliko semi-blocks.
Kliko with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Slayer to score with a decent uppercut.
Slayer moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Slayer throws a sloppy head kick
and Kliko counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Slayer throws a leg kick
and Kliko counters with a head kick. That will keep Slayer thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Slayer fails to land with a series of punches.
Slayer misses with a head kick.

Kliko has Slayer up against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kliko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Slayer with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Slayer throws an elbow but it misses.
Kliko is pressed up against the cage. Slayer has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Kliko down to the mat. Kliko avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Kliko avoids the head kick by Slayer.
Slayer throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kliko lands with a shot to the body.

Kliko gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kliko trying to land knees to the body.
Kliko tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Slayer avoids it.
Kliko looking to throw knees to the head but Slayer is blocking nicely.
Kliko tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Slayer avoids it.
Kliko scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Frank Slayer has been cut.
Kliko tries to land knees in the clinch but Slayer avoids the damage to the body.
Kliko landing knees to the body.
Slayer looks winded!
Slayer throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kliko lands a left hand.
Kliko throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Slayers head.
Slayer goes for a takedown attempt but Kliko pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Slayer avoids the body shot from Kliko.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slayer throws a nice looking combination but Kliko bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Frank Slayer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Slayer moves away from the strike by Kliko.

Kliko forces Slayer back against the cage and clinches.
Slayer tries a knee to the head but Kliko blocks it.
Kliko lands a nice knee to the body.
Kliko blocking some punches.
Kliko connects with a knee to the head.
Kliko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Slayer landing knees to the body.
Kliko tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kliko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Slayer tries to land a knee to the head but Kliko blocks with his arms.
Kliko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Slayer blocks it with crossed arms.
Slayer looking to throw knees to the head but Kliko is blocking nicely.
Kliko managing to block the knees to the body from Slayer.
Kliko unloads a knee to the mid-section. Slayer lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Slayer misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kliko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Slayer blocks it with crossed arms.
Kliko on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kliko scores a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Kliko.
Slayer throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kliko blocks it with crossed arms.
Kliko using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Slayer has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kliko lands a knee to the body.
Kliko tries a knee to the head but Slayer blocks it.
Slayer misses with a knee to the head.
Kliko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Slayer swings wildly with an uppercut but Kliko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Slayer takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kliko tries a knee to the head but Slayer blocks it.
Kliko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Slayer blocks it with crossed arms.
Good body shot from Kliko.
Slayer changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Kliko fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Rico Kliko has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frank Slayer.
Kliko scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Kliko connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Slayer misses with a low kick.
Kliko avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

Slayer clinches up with Kliko and pushes him back against the cage.
Slayer takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kliko blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Slayer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kliko misses with a knee strike.
Slayer throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kliko blocks it with crossed arms.
Slayer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kliko's elbow.
Slayer avoiding damage as Kliko throws knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knees to the body from Slayer.
Kliko trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rico Kliko dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Frank Slayer's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Slayer throws a wild body kick that Kliko sees coming a mile off.
Kliko is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Slayer can do to turn this around?
Kliko blocks a head kick by Slayer.
Slayer tries a head kick but it misses.
Kliko keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kliko blocks a jab.

Kliko closes the distance and clinches.
Slayer misses with a punch to the body.
Kliko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kliko tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Slayer avoids it.
Slayer avoiding damage as Kliko throws knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Slayer looking to throw knees to the head but Kliko is blocking nicely.
Kliko lands with a short shot to the head.
Rico Kliko has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kliko using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Slayer is breathing heavily.
Kliko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Slayer missing with knees to the body.
Kliko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kliko scores with a knee to the head.
Nice body punch from Kliko - that landed with a thud.
Kliko landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Slayer lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kliko crunches a lovely knee into Slayer's ribcage.
Kliko unloads a knee to the mid-section. Slayer lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kliko with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kliko missing with knees to the body.
Slayer takes a knee right on the jaw!
Slayer takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kliko goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Slayer managing to block the knees to the body from Kliko.
Kliko tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kliko misses with a hook from the clinch.
Slayer throws an elbow that misses.
Slayer tries a body shot but Kliko blocks it.
Kliko lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kliko blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kliko scores with a knee to the head.
Kliko tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Slayer managing to block the knees to the body from Kliko.
Kliko working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kliko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kliko softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Slayer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kliko takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Rico Kliko has been cut.
Kliko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Slayer.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kliko.
Slayer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kliko is defending well for now.
Kliko lands with a left to the head.
Kliko on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Slayer tries to land knees in the clinch but Kliko avoids the damage to the body.
Kliko tries a knee to the head but Slayer blocks it.
Slayer creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kliko's defenses.
Slayer gets through Kliko's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Slayer missing with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slayer is working Kliko over against the cage.
Kliko tries to land a knee to the head but Slayer blocks with his arms.
Kliko missing with knees to the body.
Kliko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Slayer lands a damaging elbow.
Slayer tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Slayer with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Slayer looking to slow down the pace here.
Slayer tries a knee to the head but Kliko blocks it.
Slayer tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kliko managing to block the knees to the body from Slayer.
Kliko crunches a lovely knee into Slayer's ribcage.
Kliko tries a knee to the head but Slayer blocks it.
Kliko misses with a punch to the body.
Kliko tries to land a knee to the head but Slayer blocks with his arms.
Slayer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Slayer tries to land a knee to the head but Kliko blocks with his arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kliko with a knee to the head.
Kliko landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Slayer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Slayer blocks an uppercut.
Slayer misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kliko.
Slayer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kliko avoids the elbow strike from Slayer, against the cage.
Kliko working Slayer over with knees to the body.
Kliko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kliko is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Slayer is defending well for now.
Slayer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Slayer managing to block the knees to the body from Kliko.
Kliko throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Slayer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Slayer blocks a body shot from Kliko.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kliko creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Slayer lands a good knee to the midsection. Kliko won't want to take too many of those.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rico Kliko dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Slayer misses with a head kick.
Slayer lands an overhand right.
Kliko lands a slapping body shot.
Slayer misses with a body kick.
Slayer misses the body punch
and Kliko counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kliko lands a leg kick that knocks Slayer off balance momentarily.
Slayer throws a lazy uppercut
and Kliko counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Rico Kliko is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kliko moves out of range as Slayer throws a body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Slayer thows a leg kick but Kliko checks it
and Kliko counters with a left and a right that stings Slayer.
Slayer takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Slayer tries to score with a low kick but Kliko moves his leg out of the way.

Slayer gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Slayer managing to block the knees to the body from Kliko.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slayer tries to land knees in the clinch but Kliko avoids the damage to the body.
Kliko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Slayer managing to block the knees to the body from Kliko.
Slayer can't find room to land a body shot as Kliko controls the action.
Kliko cracks Slayer with a nice body shot.
Slayer tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Slayer throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kliko misses with a knee strike.
Slayer lands an elbow that stopped Kliko in his tracks for a moment.
Kliko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kliko trying to land knees to the body.
Kliko blocks the elbow strike.
Kliko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kliko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kliko dodges an elbow strike from Slayer.
Knees to the body from Kliko.
Slayer looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Kliko.
Kliko misses with a knee strike.
Slayer tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kliko on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Kliko.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kliko.
Kliko looking to throw knees to the head but Slayer is blocking nicely.
Slayer throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kliko tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Slayer trying to land knees to the body.
Kliko crunches a lovely knee into Slayer's ribcage.
Kliko lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kliko blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kliko managing to block the knees to the body from Slayer.
Kliko lands a shoulder strike.

That has opened up Frank Slayer's cut even more.
Kliko tries to land knees in the clinch but Slayer avoids the damage to the body.
Kliko tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Slayer avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slayer avoiding damage as Kliko throws knees to the body.
Kliko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Slayer.
Kliko lands with a short shot to the head.
Kliko working aggressively here.
Slayer takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kliko on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Slayer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kliko missing with knees to the body.
Kliko lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Slayer avoiding damage as Kliko throws knees to the body.
Kliko with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Slayer has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Kliko clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kliko is trying to stand back up.

Slayer looking to break Kliko's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Kliko remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Slayer will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Frank Slayer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kliko is trying to get back to his feet but Slayer has full control of the position and if anything, Kliko has just worked his way into a worse spot.

Slayer has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.

Slayer looking for the choke but no joy.

Kliko defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Rico Kliko.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Kliko, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rico Kliko!