PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Celestyn Kluz (ranked 4915 p4p, 4709 weight class) and Orvar Odd Lodinkinni (ranked 549 p4p, 537 weight class). Kluz comes to the cage accompanied by Mark Crozer and The Rels - Broken Out In Love. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Kluz
vs
Lodinkinni

185 cm
18
205
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
18
220
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Nutritional Shaved Ice

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Celestyn Kluz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Orvar Odd Lodinkinni!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Chris Saunders and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kluz closes the distance and clinches.

Kluz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Kluz takes the fight into the clinch.
Kluz stalling.
Lodinkinni misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kluz blocks a body shot from Lodinkinni.
Lodinkinni on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kluz dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Lodinkinni blocking some punches.
Lodinkinni misses with an elbow over the top.
Kluz blocks an uppercut.
Kluz lands an elbow inside that Lodinkinni shrugs off.

It looks like Orvar Odd Lodinkinni has been cut.
Lodinkinni goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Kluz breaks the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lodinkinni. Kluz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kluz quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Kluz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lodinkinni paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kluz slips a straight right by Lodinkinni.
Kluz slips under a jab.

Kluz closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Kluz tries to land knees in the clinch but Lodinkinni avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lodinkinni lands with a left to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Lodinkinni fails to land.
Lodinkinni working aggressively here.
Lodinkinni swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short uppercut from Lodinkinni.
Kluz avoids a wild elbow strike from Lodinkinni.
Kluz blocks an elbow strike.
Kluz blocks a body shot from Lodinkinni.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Kluz has Lodinkinni pushed against the cage.
Kluz displaying some good clinch control by pressing Lodinkinni up against the cage.
Kluz stalls.
Kluz has Lodinkinni pressed against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Celestyn Kluz.

Kluz closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lodinkinni can't find room to land a body shot as Kluz controls the action.
Kluz stalling.
Kluz blocks an elbow strike.
Kluz stalling the fight.
Kluz misses with the head strike.
Lodinkinni misses with a punch on the inside.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kluz.
Lodinkinni can't find room to land a body shot as Kluz controls the action.
Kluz blocks an uppercut.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Kluz avoiding damage.
Kluz seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Lodinkinni can't find room to land a body shot as Kluz controls the action.
Kluz blocks an elbow strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kluz.
Lodinkinni misses with a punch on the inside.
Kluz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kluz stalling in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Lodinkinni fails to land.
Lodinkinni misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Lodinkinni fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kluz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Kluz moves into the clinch.
Kluz throws an elbow that misses.

Kluz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Celestyn Kluz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Kluz closes the distance and pushes Lodinkinni back into the cage.
Kluz is struggling to control the position.
Lodinkinni being controlled against the cage.
Kluz tries to land knees in the clinch but Lodinkinni avoids the damage to the body.
Lodinkinni working aggressively here.
Lodinkinni misses with an elbow strike.
Lodinkinni throws a head punch that misses.
Kluz tries to work over Lodinkinni's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lodinkinni misses with an elbow over the top.
Kluz misses with a punch to the body.
Kluz blocking some punches.
Lodinkinni has a couple of punches blocked by Kluz.
Kluz misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kluz.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kluz avoids a wild elbow strike from Lodinkinni.
Kluz struggles to land a body shot inside as Lodinkinni controls his hands.
Kluz misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lodinkinni.
Kluz tries a body shot but Lodinkinni blocks it.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kluz.
Kluz holding his opponent close, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lodinkinni.
Kluz blocking some punches.
Kluz is trying to maintain a safe position but Lodinkinni gets an underhook and turns Kluz into the cage.
Lodinkinni goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kluz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lodinkinni misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kluz creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lodinkinni's defenses.
A bit of stalling here from Kluz.
Lodinkinni looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kluz manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Kluz trying to land knees to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Celestyn Kluz will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Orvar Odd Lodinkinni's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Lodinkinni tries to keep at a distance but Kluz has taken the fight into the clinch.
Lodinkinni tries a body shot but Kluz blocks it.
Stalling in the clinch from Kluz.
Kluz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kluz just leaning against Lodinkinni, taking a breather.
Lodinkinni misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kluz stalling in the clinch but Lodinkinni improves position.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Celestyn Kluz.
Kluz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kluz tries to clinch up.

Kluz closes the distance and clinches.
Kluz tries to stall but Lodinkinni uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kluz misses with a punch on the inside.
Kluz looking to slow down the pace here.
Kluz is struggling to control the position.
Lodinkinni avoids a wild elbow strike from Kluz.
Lodinkinni misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kluz is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Lodinkinni fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kluz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kluz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kluz blocks an uppercut.

Kluz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lodinkinni connects with the punch.
Lodinkinni swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lodinkinni swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kluz ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lodinkinni keeps the fight on the outside.
Kluz tries to clinch up but Lodinkinni circles away and keeps his distance.
Lodinkinni now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Kluz is looking to clinch.
Kluz wants to clinch up but Lodinkinni keeps it at a distance.
Lodinkinni misses the jab.

Kluz clinches with his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kluz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lodinkinni's elbow.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kluz working aggressively here.
Lodinkinni misses with an elbow strike.
Lodinkinni swings wildly with an uppercut but Kluz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kluz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lodinkinni avoids it.
Lodinkinni creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Lodinkinni tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kluz looking to slow down the pace here.
Lodinkinni goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kluz stalling against the cage.
Kluz tries a knee to the head but Lodinkinni blocks it.
Lodinkinni misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lodinkinni avoids the elbow strike from Kluz, against the cage.
Kluz scores with a shot to the side of Lodinkinni's head.

Kluz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kluz takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Kluz tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lodinkinni manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A little jabbing left from Lodinkinni on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kluz wants to clinch.
Kluz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lodinkinni swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lodinkinni moves out of range of the strikes.
Lodinkinni misses with a looping right.
Lodinkinni swats away the attempt to clinch by Kluz.
Lodinkinni swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Kluz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lodinkinni avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lodinkinni misses with an uppercut.

Kluz has managed to clinch.
Lodinkinni swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kluz blocks the elbow strike.
Celestyn Kluz has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kluz blocking some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kluz tries to land knees in the clinch but Lodinkinni avoids the damage to the body.

Kluz breaks the clinch.
Kluz tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lodinkinni manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Kluz has Lodinkinni up against the cage in a clinch.
Lodinkinni lands with a right to the head.
Kluz blocks an elbow strike from Lodinkinni.
Kluz leaning against his opponent.
Stalling in the clinch from Kluz.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Kluz for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.

Kluz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kluz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kluz thows a leg kick but Lodinkinni checks it
and Lodinkinni counters with a straight right hand.
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!
Lodinkinni scores with a nice head shot.
Lodinkinni lands a right hook to the body.
Lodinkinni throws a shot to the body.
Lodinkinni swats away the attempt to clinch by Kluz.
Lodinkinni swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Orvar Odd Lodinkinni showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Orvar Odd Lodinkinni's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Kluz is looking to clinch.

Kluz darts in and clinches Lodinkinni up against the cage.
Lodinkinni doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lodinkinni can't find room to land a body shot as Kluz controls the action.
Lodinkinni throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kluz is struggling to control the position.
Lodinkinni can't find room to land a body shot as Kluz controls the action.
Kluz prevents a body shot from Lodinkinni.

Kluz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kluz tries to clinch but Lodinkinni is having none of it.
Lodinkinni throws out a counter right but Kluz avoids it with no problem.
Lodinkinni misses with a hook. Kluz ducked under it nicely.
Kluz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lodinkinni swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kluz wants to clinch up but Lodinkinni keeps it at a distance.
Lodinkinni looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kluz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kluz doesn't manage to clinch there - Lodinkinni circles away.
Lodinkinni looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kluz gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kluz just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lodinkinni's brow.
Kluz can't find room to land a body shot as Lodinkinni controls the action.
Lodinkinni misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kluz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kluz.
Lodinkinni fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lodinkinni tries to work over Kluz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from Lodinkinni fails to land.
Kluz blocks the elbow strike.
Lodinkinni pushes off an throws an elbow but Kluz leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kluz stalling in the clinch but Lodinkinni improves position.
A head punch on the inside from Lodinkinni fails to land.
Kluz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kluz stalling the fight.
Kluz struggles to land a body shot inside as Lodinkinni controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kluz.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kluz.
Lodinkinni tries to throw a body punch but Kluz avoids it by throwing Lodinkinni back against the cage.
Lodinkinni lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lodinkinni creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lodinkinni tries a body shot but Kluz blocks it.
Lodinkinni blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kluz missing with knees to the body.
Lodinkinni misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kluz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kluz lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Lodinkinni struggles to land a body shot inside as Kluz controls his hands.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kluz blocks the elbow strike.
Lodinkinni has a couple of punches blocked by Kluz.

Kluz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kluz tries to clinch up but Lodinkinni circles away and keeps his distance.

Kluz moves into the clinch.
Lodinkinni blocks an uppercut.
Lodinkinni can't find room to land a body shot as Kluz controls the action.
Kluz blocks an elbow strike from Lodinkinni.
Kluz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lodinkinni is defending well for now.
Lodinkinni tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kluz taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Lodinkinni as Kluz tries to tie him up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lodinkinni has a couple of punches blocked by Kluz.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Lodinkinni swings wildly with an uppercut but Kluz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kluz has Lodinkinni pushed against the cage.
Lodinkinni misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kluz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lodinkinni is defending well for now.
Lodinkinni creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Lodinkinni throws a head punch that misses.
Kluz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kluz blocks an elbow strike from Lodinkinni.
Lodinkinni working aggressively here.
Kluz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Kluz manages to break the clinch.
Kluz fails with an attempt to clinch.
It seemed like Lodinkinni was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kluz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lodinkinni.
Kluz throws a push kick but Lodinkinni slaps the foot to one side.
Kluz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lodinkinni swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lodinkinni swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The fighters circling - Lodinkinni throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Kluz instigates a clinch.
Kluz using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lodinkinni has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lodinkinni can't find room to land a body shot as Kluz controls the action.
Kluz throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A right handed body shot lands from Lodinkinni.
Kluz throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kluz swings wildly with an uppercut but Lodinkinni uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kluz is looking to control Lodinkinni's arms but Lodinkinni gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kluz has his back to the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lodinkinni tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kluz's elbow.
Lodinkinni throws an elbow but it misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kluz.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kluz is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Kluz is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Lodinkinni is keeping busy.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Orvar Odd Lodinkinni.
I think Lodinkinni has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 28:29
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Orvar Odd Lodinkinni!
Orvar Odd Lodinkinni decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.