PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Judah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Clawnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Clawnes has chosen My name is MUD as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Judah
vs
Clawnes

185 cm
34
212 lbs
16 - 6 - 0

190 cm
27
223 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin

GREEN!160
Pearson Specter Litt

Spartan Nutrition
Fury Nutrition Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Judah!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thomas Clawnes!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clawnes misses with a wild combination.
Clawnes misses with a hook
and Judah counters with a straight right hand.
Donk. Judah catches Clawnes right on the button with a cross.

Clawnes tries to keep at a distance but Judah has taken the fight into the clinch.
Clawnes lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Clawnes tries to work over Judah's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Judah gets through Clawnes's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Clawnes just misses with a elbow thrown towards Judah's brow.
Judah blocks a body shot from Clawnes.
Judah gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Judah tries a body shot but Clawnes blocks it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Clawnes just misses with a elbow thrown towards Judah's brow.
Clawnes working aggressively here.
I was talking to Judah's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Clawnes just misses with a elbow thrown towards Judah's brow.
Judah lands an elbow inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A right hand to the body from Judah.
Clawnes gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Judah is leaning against Clawnes and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Clawnes pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Judah throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Judah dodges an elbow strike from Clawnes.
Judah lands with a light punch inside.
Judah misses with an elbow strike.
Judah throws a punch but it's blocked by Clawnes.
Judah pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Clawnes misses with the head strike.
Clawnes pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Judah lands an elbow that stopped Clawnes in his tracks for a moment.
A shot in the inside from Clawnes.
Judah lands with a short shot to the head.
Judah avoids a wild elbow strike from Clawnes.
Nice elbow from Clawnes.

It looks like David Judah has been cut.
Judah lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Thomas Clawnes has been cut.
Clawnes throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the fighters up against the cage, Clawnes throws an elbow but misses.
A nice left hand lands by Clawnes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Clawnes avoids a wild elbow strike from Judah.
Judah blocks an elbow strike.
Clawnes looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nice elbow from Clawnes.
Judah throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Clawness head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Judah creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clawnes throws an elbow that misses.
Clawnes lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Judah.
Judah softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Judah misses with a body punch.
Judah blocks an uppercut.
Judah lands a nice uppercut.
Clawnes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Judah avoids a wild elbow strike from Clawnes.
Judah blocks the elbow strike.
A nice left hand lands by Judah.
Clawnes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Clawnes misses with an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Judah just misses with a elbow thrown towards Clawnes's brow.
Judah can't find room to land a body shot as Clawnes controls the action.
Judah blocks an elbow strike.
Judah softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Clawnes.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Judah.
Judah digs a right hand into Clawnes's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Clawnes's gas tank.
Clawnes pushes Judah back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Judah takes an elbow to the temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Judah lands a shoulder strike.
Clawnes misses with an elbow strike.
Clawnes pushes off an throws an elbow but Judah leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Clawnes misses with the head strike.
Clawnes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Judah.
Judah dodges an elbow strike from Clawnes.

Clawnes pulls guard.
Clawnes is looking to sweep but instead, Judah has passed into half guard.
Judah is taking a breather. Clawnes says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Clawnes tries to roll over but Judah keeps him under control.
Clawnes is staying active underneath Judah, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Clawnes makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Clawnes.
Judah engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Judah has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Judah loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Judah stopping the sweep attempt from Clawnes.

Clawnes looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Judah has picked Clawnes up and slammed him! Clawnes can't keep hold of the triangle and Judah manages to pass to side control!
Judah wants to lay and pray for a moment but Clawnes keeps working.
Judah happy to just control the position for now.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Clawnes manages to work his way to half guard, despite Judah's best efforts.
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 David Judah will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Clawnes goes for a double leg but Judah avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Judah continues to drive forward.
Judah chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Clawnes can pounce on him.
Clawnes avoids the head kick by Judah.
Thomas Clawnes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Judah pushes Clawnes up against the cage in a clinch.
Clawnes lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Judah backwards.
Clawnes lands an elbow inside.
Judah misses with a hook to the ribs.
Judah misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Judah works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Nice elbow from Clawnes.
Clawnes lands a nice elbow.
Judah creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Clawnes's defenses.
Judah misses with a punch to the body.
Clawnes jumps guard but Judah turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Nice elbow from Judah.
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!
Judah comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A right hook to the body lands for Judah.
Judah takes an elbow to the forehead.
Judah digs a right hand underneath Clawnes's ribcage. Clawnes let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short left from Judah.
Judah goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clawnes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Clawnes misses with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Judah.
Clawnes blocks the elbow strike.
Judah throws an elbow but it misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Clawnes.
Clawnes throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Judah misses with an elbow strike.
Judah has a couple of punches blocked by Clawnes.
A shot in the inside from Clawnes.
Judah takes an elbow to the temple.
Clawnes lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Judah tries to work over Clawnes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Clawnes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Clawnes is looking to take this one to the mat.
David Judah has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thomas Clawnes.
Clawnes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Clawnes lands a left hand.
Clawnes takes an elbow to the temple.
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!
Clawnes lands an elbow inside that Judah shrugs off.
Judah lands an elbow inside that Clawnes shrugs off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clawnes looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Clawnes working aggressively here.
Judah lands a nice elbow.
Judah lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Clawnes backwards.
Judah pushes Clawnes back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Clawnes misses with an elbow strike.
Judah lands an uppercut.
Clawnes throws an elbow that misses.
Clawnes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Judah's elbow.
Judah blocks the elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Clawnes just misses with a elbow thrown towards Judah's brow.
Clawnes pushes off an throws an elbow but Judah leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Clawnes misses with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Judah.
Clawnes misses with a punch on the inside.
Clawnes pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Judah blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Judah blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Judah lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Judah lands a damaging elbow.
Clawnes misses with an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Judah digs a right hand underneath Clawnes's ribcage. Clawnes let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Clawnes is breathing heavily.
Nice body punch from Judah.
David Judah has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A short right from Judah on the inside.
Judah lands a nice elbow.
A short right from Judah on the inside.
Judah can't find room to land a body shot as Clawnes controls the action.
Judah works on Clawnes's body with a couple of short punches.
Judah presses Clawnes against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Judah misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Judah lands with a short shot to the head.
Judah throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Clawnes takes a shot to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Judah.
Judah lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Clawnes backwards.

Clawnes is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Judah gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Clawnes is still on wobbly legs! Can Judah finish him?

That has opened up Thomas Clawnes's cut even more.
Judah lands a big right hand that drops Clawnes! The killer instinct kicks in and Judah finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Judah!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). David Judah!
David Judah retains his light heavyweight title!
David Judah decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.