PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Christie Cleek (ranked 4481 p4p, 25432 weight class) and Ali Mohamed (ranked 517 p4p, 626 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Cleek
vs
Mohamed

173 cm
25
178
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
24
169
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Good elbows
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Christie Cleek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ali Mohamed !
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Santiago Holmes and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cleek lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Cleek tries to clinch up but Mohamed circles away and keeps his distance.
Mohamed shoots in and drives through. Cleek sprawls well.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Mohamed .
Mohamed trying to control the position but Cleek is working away.
Cleek might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Cleek is looking for a sweep.
Cleek is trying to buck Mohamed off.

Mohamed stands up.
Christie Cleek seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mohamed uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cleek.
Cleek misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mohamed .

Mohamed scores with a takedown into Cleek's guard.

Cleek has his feet on Mohamed 's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Mohamed shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Mohamed showed some decent athleticism there.

Cleek has one foot on Mohamed 's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mohamed shoots in for a takedown but Cleek shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Cleek listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Cleek connects with a right hand. Mohamed shakes it off.

Cleek clinches up against the cage.

Mohamed 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cleek throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mohamed tries to bum rush Cleek with a series of wild strikes but Cleek uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cleek scores with a crisp jab that stopped Mohamed in his tracks.
Cleek sizes up Mohamed with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Cleek swings for the body but Mohamed moves out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mohamed steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cleek.
Cleek jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Nice defenses there by Mohamed .
Cleek takes a head kick and keeps coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cleek looks to land a left hand but Mohamed moved out of range nicely.
Cleek lands a body shot.
Mohamed is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mohamed throws a head kick that misses.
A decent looking cross lands there for Cleek.
Sloppy strikes from Mohamed . Those never looked like landing.
Cleek tests Mohamed 's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cleek tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Mohamed manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cleek dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cleek ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mohamed moves away.
Mohamed feints the counter takedown.
Cleek waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mohamed .
As Cleek backs off Mohamed throws a huge counter combo but Cleek manages to avoid it all.

Mohamed drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Cleek wants to control but Mohamed postures up.
Cleek is trying to improve his position.

Mohamed working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Mohamed are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

Mohamed looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Cleek is trying to improve his position.
Mohamed working away.
Cleek tries to improve position but can't.
Mohamed is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Cleek holding on.
Cleek tries to improve position but can't.

Mohamed is trying to get an arm triangle but Cleek is defending well.

Mohamed stands up.
Mohamed uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cleek.
Cleek slaps away a takedown attempt from Mohamed , before circling back to the center of the mat.
Christie Cleek has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ali Mohamed .
Cleek scores with a body shot.

Cleek closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Christie Cleek dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Mohamed shoots in for a double leg but Cleek sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Mohamed tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mohamed avoids the body shot from Cleek.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Mohamed shoots in looking for a takedown but Cleek manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Mohamed 's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
A jab from Cleek does it's job there.
Cleek digs a good body shot into Mohamed 's ribs.
Cleek misses with a lunging right hand
and Mohamed counters with a two punch combo.
Cleek lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Cleek is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mohamed can do to turn this around?
Mohamed throws a series of punches but Cleek avoids them all with ease.
Mohamed avoids the body shot from Cleek.
Mohamed tries to clinch but Cleek moves out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by Cleek as he connects with a hook.
Cleek fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cleek scores with a punch to the head.
No joy there for Mohamed , who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Cleek pushes Mohamed up against the cage in a clinch.
Cleek is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mohamed is defending well for now.
Cleek lands an elbow that stopped Mohamed in his tracks for a moment.
Cleek missing with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cleek tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Mohamed breaks from the clinch.
Mohamed lands a jab-cross combination.
Mohamed keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cleek tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cleek dodges the punch combination from Mohamed .
Cleek wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Mohamed is breathing heavily.
Mohamed takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Mohamed takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

Mohamed clinches up with Cleek and pushes him back against the cage.
Cleek lands a body shot in the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Cleek.

Mohamed jumps into guard, dragging Cleek to the mat.
Cleek's corner is telling him to maintain position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cleek is pushing down on Mohamed 's leg trying to pass to half guard. Mohamed is fighting to maintain full guard but Cleek has managed to sneak the leg through.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cleek is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Cleek looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Mohamed is trying to stand back up but Cleek is controlling him
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.
Cleek is controlling the pace.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Cleek scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Cleek!
Mohamed throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mohamed misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cleek.
Mohamed gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Mohamed tries to clinch up but Cleek circles away and keeps his distance.
Mohamed lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Mohamed .
Christie Cleek is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cleek misses the shot to the body.

Mohamed throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Cleek was covering up waiting for the punch and Mohamed finishes the takedown easily into guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cleek not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Cleek has control of Mohamed 's left arm, preventing Mohamed from doing any damage.
Cleek has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

Cleek is working an open guard so Mohamed takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Mohamed looks to land a combination but Cleek avoids it well.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Christie Cleek dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Mohamed throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mohamed tries to clinch up.
Mohamed takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Mohamed keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mohamed looks to land a body kick but Cleek moved away.
Mohamed fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Cleek avoids it really well and circles away.
Cleek throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Cleek takes the fight into the clinch.
Mohamed jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Cleek walks away with a smile on his face. Mohamed gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Mohamed ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ali Mohamed is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cleek getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Mohamed walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Nice uppercut lands for Cleek. That snapped Mohamed 's head back.
Mohamed throws a sloppy head kick and Cleek moves out of range easily.
Mohamed takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cleek lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cleek throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cleek throws a hook but Mohamed avoids it easily.
Mohamed doesn't manage to clinch there - Cleek circles away.
Cleek looks to land a left hand but Mohamed moved out of range nicely.
Mohamed shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Cleek but Cleek pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Christie Cleek has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ali Mohamed .
Mohamed throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cleek swats away the attempt to clinch by Mohamed .
A jab from Cleek finds it's way through Mohamed 's defenses.
Donk. Cleek catches Mohamed right on the button with a cross.
Mohamed shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Cleek but Cleek pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Mohamed shoots for a takedown but Cleek saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Good standup being displayed there by Cleek as he connects with a hook.
Mohamed misses with a head kick.
Cleek connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mohamed shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Cleek lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cleek lands a really nice looking cross but Mohamed seems unphased.
Cleek throws a body shot but no joy.
Cleek punishes Mohamed 's body with a nice straight punch.
Cleek listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Cleek lands with a right hand.
Cleek lunges at Mohamed with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Mohamed 's hand.
Mohamed gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Christie Cleek is winning the standup battle so far.
Cleek lands a nice hook to Mohamed 's body. Mohamed takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Mohamed tries a head kick but it misses.
A jab from Cleek does it's job there.
Cleek takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Mohamed swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Cleek forces Mohamed back against the cage and clinches.
Mohamed has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Cleek lands an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cleek lands a hook that snaps the head of Mohamed backwards.
Cleek lands an elbow just above Mohamed 's eye.

Mohamed breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Cleek closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Cleek is working Mohamed over against the cage.
Mohamed 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cleek lands a right hand.
Cleek is leaning against Mohamed and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Cleek lands a left hand.
Mohamed looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cleek blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cleek lands a hook to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Cleek scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cleek lands with a light punch inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A hook to the body from Cleek.

Cleek pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cleek fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Mohamed looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Cleek.
Cleek connects with a looping right hand.
Mohamed tries for a takedown but Cleek sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Cleek misses the target.
Cleek scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Cleek throws out a powerful jab.
Cleek lands a head shot.
Mohamed moves forwards but Cleek connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Cleek lands with an overhand left.
Mohamed takes one to the chin there.
Christie Cleek is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mohamed ducks right into an uppercut from Cleek.
Mohamed uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cleek.
Mohamed bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cleek scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Mohamed .
Ali Mohamed has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mohamed takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Christie Cleek showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Cleek, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Dirk Anderson scores the fight 30:26
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 30:26
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Christie Cleek!
Christie Cleek bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.