PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kurt Clark (ranked 2475 p4p, 23957 weight class) and Qfc Tournament (ranked 148 p4p, 280 weight class). 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.

Clark
vs
Tournament

171 cm
27
133
8 - 4 - 0

225 cm
29
135
6 - 5 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kurt Clark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Qfc Tournament!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Valeri Chadov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Clark lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Clark misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tournament.

It looks like Kurt Clark has been cut.
Tournament throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tournament comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Clark pushes Tournament back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Tournament misses with an elbow strike.
Clark tries to break the clinch but Tournament is controlling the position.
Clark wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tournament has him pressed against the cage.
Tournament misses with an elbow over the top.
Tournament lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Clark avoids a wild elbow strike from Tournament.
Tournament throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Clark blocks an elbow strike.
Clark lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tournament throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tournament is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
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!
Clark tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tournament looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nice body punch from Clark.
Clark throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Clark lands a shot to the body.
A short right from Clark.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clark looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Clark goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Clark - that landed with a thud.
Tournament dodges an elbow strike from Clark.
Tournament pushes off an throws an elbow but Clark leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Clark scores with a shot to the side of Tournament's head.
A short left from Clark.
Tournament misses with an elbow over the top.
Tournament comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Clark lands a shoulder strike.
Clark lands with a short shot to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Tournament just misses with a elbow thrown towards Clark's brow.
Clark is trying to push Tournament away but Tournament has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A nice right hand lands inside from Clark.
Clark lands with a short shot to the head.
Tournament pushes off an throws an elbow but Clark leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Clark has a couple of punches blocked by Tournament.
Tournament throws an elbow but it misses.
Clark is trying to break the clinch but Tournament has him pressed against the cage.
A body shot lands from Clark.
Tournament throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Clark scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tournament misses with an elbow over the top.
Tournament looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Clark manages to break the clinch.

Clark moves into the clinch.
Clark blocks an elbow strike from Tournament.
Clark wants to get back to striking at distance but Tournament won't allow it.
Clark avoids the elbow strike from Tournament, against the cage.
Clark lands with a left to the head.
Clark dodges an elbow strike from Tournament.
Clark lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Tournament just misses with a elbow thrown towards Clark's brow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Tournament just misses with a elbow thrown towards Clark's brow.
Tournament misses with an elbow strike.
Tournament creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Clark's defenses.
Tournament looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Clark wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Clark lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tournament throws an elbow but misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Clark.
Clark lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tournament throws an elbow that misses.
Clark dodges an elbow strike from Tournament.

Clark manages to break the clinch.
Clark throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tournament tries to clinch but Clark moves out of range.
Tournament tries to clinch up but Clark circles away and keeps his distance.
Clark is looking to counter punch.
Clark swats away the attempt to clinch by Tournament.
Tournament tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Clark manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tournament wants to clinch up but Clark keeps it at a distance.
Tournament fails with an attempt to clinch.
Clark went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.

Clark closes the distance and clinches.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tournament throws an elbow but misses.
Tournament avoids the elbow strike from Clark, against the cage.
Tournament pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Tournament throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Clark working hard to break the clinch.
Tournament throws an elbow but it misses.
A right hand to the body from Clark.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Tournament just misses with a elbow thrown towards Clark's brow.
Clark lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tournament misses with an elbow strike.
Clark lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Clark just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tournament's brow.
A nice left hand lands by Clark.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice elbow from Tournament.
Clark throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Clark lands with a short head shot on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tournament throws an elbow but misses.
Clark has had enough of the clinch but Tournament keeps him there for the moment.
A frustrated look appears on Clark's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tournament looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Clark lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right from Clark on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tournament.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tournament comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Clark works on Tournament's body with a couple of short punches.
Still in the clinch, Clark scores with a nice short uppercut.
Clark tries to break the clinch but Tournament is controlling the position.
Clark lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kurt Clark dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kurt Clark's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Tournament tries to clinch but Clark moves away
and Clark counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tournament closes the distance looking to clinch
and Clark counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Tournament wants to clinch.
Tournament tries to clinch but Clark is having none of it.

Clark clinches.
Tournament misses with an elbow over the top.
Clark avoids the elbow strike from Tournament, against the cage.
Tournament lands an elbow inside that Clark shrugs off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clark avoids a wild elbow strike from Tournament.
Clark blocks the elbow strike.
Tournament lands an elbow inside that Clark shrugs off.
Clark is trying to force a seperation but Tournament has the dominant position.
Clark lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Clark blocks the elbow strike.
Clark blocks the elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tournament throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Clark lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tournament backwards.
Tournament throws an elbow but it misses.
Tournament throws an elbow but it misses.
Tournament dodges an elbow strike from Clark.
Tournament misses with an elbow over the top.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Clark.

Clark's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Clark circles away from the clinch attempt.
Clark went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.

Clark closes the distance and clinches.
Clark lands a nice uppercut.
Clark can't break the clinch.
Tournament throws an elbow that misses.
Tournament comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Clark is working Tournament over against the cage.
Clark pushes Tournament back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Clark lands a body punch in the clinch.
Clark blocks an elbow strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Clark blocks an elbow strike from Tournament.
Clark lands a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tournament misses with an elbow strike.
Clark throws an elbow but it misses.
Clark misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tournament creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Clark scores with a shot to the side of Tournament's head.
Tournament blocks an elbow strike from Clark.
Clark avoids a wild elbow strike from Tournament.

Clark's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Clark circles away from the clinch attempt
and Clark counters with a right hand to the body.

Tournament gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Clark blocks an elbow strike from Tournament.
Tournament has Clark pressed against the cage, preventing Clark from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tournament throws an elbow but it misses.
Clark blocks an elbow strike from Tournament.
Tournament lands an elbow just above Clark 's eye.
Clark working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tournament pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Clark scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clark takes an elbow to the temple.

Kurt Clark's cut is getting worse.
Clark softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Clark avoids the elbow strike from Tournament, against the cage.
Tournament creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Clark lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Clark scores with a nice hook to the head.
Clark blocks an elbow strike from Tournament.
Clark lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Clark blocks the elbow strike.
Clark blocks an elbow strike from Tournament.
Clark tries to break free but Tournament pushes him back against the cage.
Tournament pushes off an throws an elbow but Clark leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Tournament blocks an uppercut.
Clark lands an uppercut.
Clark dodges an elbow strike from Tournament.
Clark looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Tournament just misses with a elbow thrown towards Clark's brow.
Tournament misses with an elbow over the top.
Clark blocks an elbow strike from Tournament.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Clark avoids the elbow strike from Tournament, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tournament throws an elbow but it misses.

Clark breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tournament looks to clinch
and Clark counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

Clark forces Tournament back against the cage and clinches.
Clark lands a hook to the side of the head.
Clark lands with a right to the head.
Nice body punch from Clark.
Clark lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tournament backwards.
Clark throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tournament misses with an elbow over the top.
Clark wants to break free but Tournament has control.
Clark blocks the elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Clark throws an elbow but misses.
Tournament pushes off an throws an elbow but Clark leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kurt Clark has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Clark avoids a wild elbow strike from Tournament.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tournament throws an elbow but it misses.
A hook to the body from Clark.
Tournament misses with an elbow over the top.
Tournament takes a shot to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tournament throws an elbow but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kurt Clark dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kurt Clark's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tournament lands a damaging elbow.
Tournament misses with an elbow strike.
Tournament throws an elbow but it misses.
Clark scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Clark scores with a hook to the body.
Tournament creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Clark's defenses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tournament throws an elbow but misses.
Clark blocks the elbow strike.
Tournament lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tournament throws an elbow but misses.
Clark scores with a shoulder strike.
Tournament throws an elbow but it misses.
Clark gets through Tournament's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Clark blocks an elbow strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Clark scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Clark lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Clark can't break the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Clark throws an elbow but misses.
Clark throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Tournament just misses with a elbow thrown towards Clark's brow.
Clark throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tournaments head.
Clark dodges an elbow strike from Tournament.
Tournament dodges an elbow strike from Clark.
Clark misses with an elbow strike.
Clark makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Clark works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Clark wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Clark is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tournament can do to turn this around?
Clark pushes Tournament back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tournament creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Tournament pushes off an throws an elbow but Clark leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Tournament misses with an elbow over the top.
Clark working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tournament keeps control of Clark as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tournament creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Clark's defenses.
Tournament throws an elbow but it misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Clark.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Tournament just misses with a elbow thrown towards Clark's brow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Clark works on Tournament's body with a couple of short punches.
Clark digs a right hand underneath Tournament's ribcage. Tournament let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Qfc Tournament has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tournament looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nice elbow from Tournament.
Clark avoids a wild elbow strike from Tournament.
Tournament lands an elbow just above Clark 's eye.
Clark avoids a wild elbow strike from Tournament.
Tournament creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Clark's defenses.
Clark blocks an elbow strike from Tournament.
Clark tries to circle away but Tournament has him pinned against the cage.
Clark blocks the elbow strike.
Clark throws an elbow but it misses.
Clark takes an elbow to the temple.
Clark is trying to break the clinch but Tournament is controlling him.
Clark misses with an elbow over the top.
Clark lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Clark avoids a wild elbow strike from Tournament.
Clark wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Clark lands with a short shot to the head.
Clark avoids the elbow strike from Tournament, against the cage.
Clark wants to break free but Tournament has control.
A short right from Clark on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Clark.
A frustrated look appears on Clark's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tournament takes a shot to the head.
Clark avoids a wild elbow strike from Tournament.

Clark escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tournament tries to close the distance and clinch up but Clark swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tournament tries a head kick but it misses.

Clark closes the distance and clinches.
Clark blocks the elbow strike.
Clark scores with a hook to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tournament throws an elbow but misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Clark.
Clark pushes off an throws an elbow but Tournament leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Tournament creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Clark is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tournament misses with an elbow strike.
Clark avoids the elbow strike from Tournament, against the cage.
Tournament misses with an elbow strike.
Tournament avoids the elbow strike from Clark, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tournament pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Clark.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Clark lands a hook that snaps the head of Tournament backwards.
Clark scores with a shot to the side of Tournament's head.
Tournament keeps control of Clark as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Clark throws an elbow but it misses.
Tournament looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Clark throws an elbow but misses.
Nice elbow from Tournament.
Tournament looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A short left from Clark.
Clark softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Tournament is rocked!
Tournament's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tournament is still on wobbly legs! Can Clark finish him?
Clark lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tournament backwards.
A short left from Clark.
Tournament takes a shot to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Clark lands a body shot in the clinch.
Clark looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Tournament just misses with a elbow thrown towards Clark's brow.
Clark avoids the elbow strike from Tournament, against the cage.
Clark blocks an elbow strike.
Kurt Clark is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tournament creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Clark's defenses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Clark throws an elbow but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kurt Clark showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Clark 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kurt Clark!
A very excited looking Kurt Clark made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.