PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Franck Kodjia (ranked 98 p4p, 241 weight class) and Joe Clark (ranked 3 p4p, 8 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kodjia
vs
Clark

195 cm
34
275
28 - 17 - 0

195 cm
29
309
19 - 6 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Franck Kodjia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Joe Clark!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Richard Clark and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kodjia tries to clinch up but Clark circles away and keeps his distance.
Clark misses with a straight right.
Clark ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kodjia moves away.
Kodjia throws a hook but Clark avoids it easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Clark! But no joy.
Kodjia tries to clinch up but Clark circles away and keeps his distance.
Kodjia misses with an uppercut.
Franck Kodjia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Clark misses the shot to the body.
It appears Kodjia was looking to counter with a kick there.
Kodjia clobbers Clark with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Clark avoids the head kick by Kodjia.
Clark moves into range and connects with a jab.
Kodjia swings widly with a right hand
and Clark connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Clark has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Kodjia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kodjia looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Kodjia ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Clark moves away.
Kodjia throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Clark counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Kodjia misses with a low kick.
Kodjia uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Clark.
Kodjia looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Clark throws a body shot but no joy.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Clark fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clark bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Kodjia's head backwards.
Clark misses with a wild body shot.
Clark avoids the head kick by Kodjia.
Clark misses with a body shot.
Kodjia needs to keep his hands up - Clark had a free shot at his head there.
Clark swats away the attempt to clinch by Kodjia.
Kodjia throws an off balance right hand
and Clark counters with a nice uppercut.
Clark comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Clark takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Clark moves out of range of the strikes.
Clark blocks a head kick by Kodjia.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Clark! But no joy.
A big right from Clark misses.
Clark checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A head kick misses from Kodjia.
Clark slips under a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kodjia ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Clark moves away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Clark ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kodjia moves away.
Kodjia thinks about countering with a head kick.
Kodjia wants to clinch but Clark slips to the side
and Clark counters with a stiff right hand.
Kodjia fails in his attempt to clinch.
A jab from Clark misses.
Clark bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Kodjia's head backwards.

It looks like Franck Kodjia has been cut.
Kodjia uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Clark lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Kodjia throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Clark on the side of the head.
Kodjia wants to clinch
and Clark counters with a stiff right hand.
Kodjia connects with a nice looking jab.
Kodjia misses with a lunging right hand
and Clark counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Clark changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Kodjia misses with a straight right.
Clark looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Clark. Kodjia does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kodjia gets a clinch.
Clark swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kodjia is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Clark is defending well for now.
Kodjia lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Joe Clark has been cut.
Kodjia working aggressively here.
Kodjia throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kodjia blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Clark blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A right hook to the body lands for Clark.
Kodjia is breathing heavily.
Clark blocks the elbow strike.
Clark misses with a knee to the head.
Clark blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Clark is pushing Kodjia up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Kodjia tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Clark landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Clark lands with a short shot to the head.
Clark lands a shot to the body.
Clark tries a body shot but Kodjia blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clark scores with a shot to the side of Kodjia's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Clark lands a body punch in the clinch.
Clark lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kodjia backwards.
Clark lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kodjia backwards.
A right hook to the body lands for Clark.
A right handed body shot lands from Clark.
Clark lands an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Clark.
A short right from Clark on the inside.
Clark gets through Kodjia's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Clark gets through Kodjia's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Kodjia is rocked!
Clark lands a hook to the side of the head.
Oh Kodjia is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Clark stalls.
Still in the clinch, Clark scores with a nice short uppercut.
Clark'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.
Kodjia tries a knee to the head but Clark blocks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Clark with the Thai clinch, moves his hips back and unleashes a brutal knee to the head! Kodjia drops to the mat in a crumpled heap! Huuuuuuge knee there! WOW!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Joe Clark!
Our winner, Joe Clark, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.