PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tyler Holloway (ranked 4773 p4p, 5287 weight class) and Jeremy Clarkson (ranked 617 p4p, 657 weight class). Holloway comes to the cage accompanied by Godsmack- Voodoo. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Holloway
vs
Clarkson

185 cm
19
193
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
17
185
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tyler Holloway!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jeremy Clarkson!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Reed Andrews and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clarkson misses with a takedown attempt - Holloway sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Holloway leaves Clarkson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Holloway attempts a counter takedown but Clarkson avoids it well and moves away.
Holloway keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Tyler Holloway has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jeremy Clarkson.
Holloway stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Holloway wants it to stay on the feet.
Clarkson looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Holloway swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Clarkson.
Clarkson avoids a punch combination nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Holloway stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Holloway wants it to stay on the feet.
Holloway was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Clarkson steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Holloway. That one must have hurt.
Holloway swats away the attempt to clinch by Clarkson.
Clarkson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holloway swinging wildly here.
Clarkson tries to close the distance and clinch but Holloway swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Holloway fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Holloway circles away from the clinch attempt.
Holloway looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A combination from Holloway does no damage.
Clarkson wants to counter the offense by Holloway and move into the clinch position.
Holloway looks to score with a jab to the body but Clarkson is just out of range.

Holloway shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Clarkson napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Clarkson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Clarkson takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Holloway slows the pace down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Holloway knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Clarkson on the ground.
Holloway scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Clarkson to see if he's OK.
Holloway is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holloway working away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Holloway landing a few strikes.
Holloway working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Holloway taking a breather here.
Clarkson can't do much from the bottom here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Clarkson is being controlled here.
Holloway creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Clarkson sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Holloway lands some shots froms side control.
Holloway lands a few punches from side control.
Holloway cracks Clarkson with a big right hand but Clarkson just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Holloway landing strikes.
A control attempt from Clarkson but he's now mounted!
Holloway lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Holloway putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Holloway sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Holloway avoids the attempt from Clarkson to control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tyler Holloway dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Clarkson is trying hard to land a takedown here. Holloway sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Holloway stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Holloway wants it to stay on the feet.

Holloway throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Clarkson tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Holloway is in Clarkson's guard.
Holloway is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Holloway throwing strikes from guard but Clarkson blocks nicely.
Clarkson throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Holloway content to stall in guard here.
Holloway postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Holloway landing with the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holloway controls from within his opponent's guard.
Holloway pushes down on Clarkson's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Holloway is controlling the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Clarkson is trying to maintain the position but Holloway is very close to passing his half guard.
Clarkson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Holloway is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Clarkson can do to turn this around?
Holloway is taking a breather. Clarkson 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.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Clarkson taking some punishment here, with Holloway in his half guard.
Still in half guard, Holloway seems content to control.
Holloway has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holloway working over Clarkson with some ground and pound. Clarkson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Holloway content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Holloway is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Holloway takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Clarkson has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Holloway is working away from the top position though.
Holloway lands with a punch from half guard.
Clarkson trying to control from the bottom.
Clarkson manages to get to full guard.
Holloway in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Clarkson looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Clarkson is breathing heavily.
Holloway seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Holloway stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Clarkson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Holloway is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Tyler Holloway overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Holloway won't allow Clarkson to sweep him here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tyler Holloway dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. 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.

Holloway throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Clarkson.
Holloway stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Holloway wants it to stay on the feet.
Clarkson misses with a two punch combination.
Clarkson is looking to clinch.
Tyler Holloway is winning the standup battle so far.

Holloway shoots in and gets a takedown into Clarkson's guard.
Holloway is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Holloway showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Holloway's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clarkson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Holloway stays in close to Clarkson's body and controls the position.
Clarkson trying to keep a closed guard but Holloway is proving a slippery customer.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Clarkson has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Holloway can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Clarkson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Holloway controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

Clarkson is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Holloway is aware though and is defending well.
Clarkson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Holloway content to stall in guard here.
Clarkson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

That's two 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.
Holloway misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Clarkson fails with a takedown attempt.
Holloway was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Clarkson slips a jab from Holloway.
Tyler Holloway is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Clarkson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Holloway misses with a series of wild punches.

Clarkson gets caught napping as Holloway dives in and scores a takedown. Clarkson manages to retain guard.
Holloway advances to half guard.
Clarkson is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Holloway scores with a couple of nice shots.
Holloway stalling.
Holloway scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Holloway there.
Holloway controlling the action here.
Ground and pound from Holloway.
Holloway controlling the action here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Holloway lands strikes from half guard.
Holloway content to control rather than advance.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

And that's the end of the fight!
Tyler Holloway showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Holloway 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:26
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:26
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyler Holloway!
Tyler Holloway 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.