PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mario Puzo (ranked 2807 p4p, 366 weight class) and Patrick Cleary (ranked 4230 p4p, 486 weight class). Puzo comes to the cage accompanied by Speak Softly Love. This should be a great matchup!

Puzo
vs
Cleary

185 cm
32
187 lbs
18 - 13 - 2

172 cm
29
183 lbs
11 - 9 - 2

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

KOMBAT KLOTHING

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 13 - 2, fighting out of New York, Mario Puzo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 2, fighting out of New York, Patrick Cleary!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Wesley Smith and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Puzo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Puzo stuns Cleary with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Puzo connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Cleary takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Cleary clinches with his opponent.
Cleary goes for a takedown attempt but Puzo pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Puzo jabs Cleary to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Cleary misses with a hook. Puzo ducked under it nicely.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Puzo.
Puzo lands a jab to Cleary's midsection.
Puzo fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Puzo definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cleary misses with a looping left.
As Cleary looks to move away, Puzo throws a big counter combo but Cleary just gets out of the way.

Cleary takes the fight into the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Puzo.
Cleary blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Puzo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Puzo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Puzo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cleary's sensitive parts.
Some wild striking there from Puzo.
Puzo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A nice side step and Cleary releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Puzo is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Puzo plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Cleary swings for the body but Puzo moves out of range.

Cleary gets the takedown into side control.
Puzo tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Cleary is looking to take a break and control but Puzo is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
This has been an exciting period of action!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Cleary wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Puzo, who protects the arm well.
Puzo is looking for a sweep.
Cleary is looking to take a break and control but Puzo is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Cleary is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Puzo has escaped the position, nice work there.

Cleary wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Puzo, who protects the arm well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puzo is looking to regain half guard here but Cleary keeps moving and retains side control.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Cleary working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.

Cleary tries for a kimura but Puzo is defending well.
Puzo is looking to regain half guard here but Cleary keeps moving and retains side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Cleary has an Americana. Puzo didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Cleary is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Cleary hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Patrick Cleary!
Patrick Cleary thanked the fans post fight for their support.