PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jesus Gonzalez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darnell Klutie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Darnell Klutie will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Gonzalez
vs
Klutie

150 cm
30
141 lbs
16 - 11 - 0

178 cm
31
140 lbs
20 - 12 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very strong

Dangerous GnP
Great elbows
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jesus Gonzalez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 12 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Darnell Klutie!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Fedor Mirinova and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonzalez takes a swing at Klutie's ribcage but misses.
Klutie swings widly with a right hand
and Klutie takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gonzalez keeps the fight on the outside.
Gonzalez throws a leg kick

and Klutie counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Gonzalez is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Gonzalez trying to control from half guard but Klutie is working away.
Gonzalez working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Klutie's thigh. Klutie counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Klutie keeping moving, preventing Gonzalez from controlling successfully.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzalez not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Gonzalez trying to control but Klutie is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Jesus Gonzalez.
Klutie chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gonzalez can pounce on him.
Gonzalez scores with a body shot.
Klutie misses with a head kick.

Gonzalez gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Klutie to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Klutie is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Gonzalez controlling Klutie's posture.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Klutie's guard.
Gonzalez trying to control the position from guard on top but Klutie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gonzalez is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Jesus Gonzalez wasn't doing enough on the ground.
A jab from Gonzalez misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klutie cracks Gonzalez with an open hand slap.
Gonzalez looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Jesus Gonzalez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Klutie blocks a low kick nicely.
Klutie tries a head kick but it misses.
Gonzalez tried to score with a low kick but Klutie checks it.
Gonzalez throws a predictable looking body shot
and Klutie counters with a nice low kick that buckles Gonzalez's knee momentarily.
Gonzalez swings for the body but Klutie moves out of range.
Klutie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Klutie moves into range and clinches up with Gonzalez.
Gonzalez lands with a short shot to the head.
Klutie avoiding damage as Gonzalez throws knees to the body.
Klutie is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gonzalez is defending well for now.
Klutie is trying to stall.
Gonzalez avoiding damage as Klutie throws knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez tries to work over Klutie's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Klutie misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Klutie lands a knee to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Klutie.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Gonzalez as Klutie tries to tie him up.
Gonzalez working aggressively here.
Klutie missing with knees to the body.
Gonzalez working Klutie over with knees to the body.
Gonzalez misses with an elbow over the top.
Klutie is trying to maintain a safe position but Gonzalez gets an underhook and turns Klutie into the cage.
Gonzalez tries to land knees in the clinch but Klutie avoids the damage to the body.

Gonzalez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Klutie tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gonzalez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Klutie will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A big right from Klutie misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jesus Gonzalez will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Klutie fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gonzalez lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Klutie tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gonzalez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gonzalez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Klutie was well out of range. Poor timing from Gonzalez.
Klutie tries to clinch up.
Gonzalez looks to score with a jab to the body but Klutie is just out of range.
Gonzalez fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Klutie checks it well.
Gonzalez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A jab from Gonzalez misses.
Gonzalez throws a low kick but Klutie moves out of range easily.
Gonzalez throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Klutie stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez throws a low kick but Klutie moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzalez lands with a good body shot.
Gonzalez wants to slow Klutie down by chopping away at his legs.
Jesus Gonzalez is winning the standup battle so far.
Gonzalez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Klutie moves away.
Gonzalez misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Klutie to counter with a crisp jab.
Gonzalez scores with a nice right hand.
Gonzalez takes a swing at Klutie's ribcage but misses.
Gonzalez changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Klutie slips a jab from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez misses with a wild body shot.
A punch combination from Gonzalez misses.
Gonzalez lands with a nice body punch.
Gonzalez chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez blocks a head kick by Klutie.
Gonzalez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gonzalez takes a swing at Klutie's ribcage but misses.
Klutie defending well as Gonzalez loads up on a big left hand.
Gonzalez is looking to wear down Klutie with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Gonzalez misses with a body shot.
Gonzalez slips under a jab from Klutie.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gonzalez tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Klutie is able to avoid easily.
Gonzalez thows a body shot but no joy.
Gonzalez misses with a body shot.
A big left from Klutie misses.
Klutie shoots for a double leg takedown but Gonzalez sprawls well. He's pushed Klutie's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Klutie shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Gonzalez but Gonzalez pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klutie moves in looking to clinch but Gonzalez pushes him off.
Gonzalez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Klutie.
Gonzalez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Klutie.
Gonzalez swings for the body but Klutie moves out of range.
Klutie throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Klutie shoots in and drives through. Gonzalez sprawls well.
Jesus Gonzalez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Darnell Klutie.
Klutie changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Gonzalez tries to avoid it but Klutie manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Gonzalez to the ground. Gonzalez escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Klutie is breathing heavily.
Gonzalez throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Klutie counters with a big head kick but Gonzalez shrugs it off.
Gonzalez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd cheers as Gonzalez lands an impressive looking overhand right. Klutie doesn't seem phased though.
Gonzalez takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez misses with an uppercut
and Klutie counters with a slapping leg kick.
Gonzalez throws a shot from downtown. Klutie moves away and avoids it.

Klutie drives through and clinches with Gonzalez against the cage.
Gonzalez misses with the head strike.
Klutie is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Gonzalez working aggressively here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Klutie stalling the fight.
A short left from Gonzalez.
Klutie's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gonzalez lands a nice uppercut.
Klutie tries to land knees in the clinch but Gonzalez avoids the damage to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gonzalez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gonzalez throws an elbow that misses.
Gonzalez misses with a knee to the head.
Klutie creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gonzalez's defenses.
Gonzalez tries a body shot but Klutie blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jesus Gonzalez dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Gonzalez misses with a looping right.
Klutie tries to clinch but Gonzalez moves out of range.
Klutie needs to keep his hands up - Gonzalez had a free shot at his head there.
Klutie takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Gonzalez throws a hook but Klutie avoids it easily.
Gonzalez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Klutie was well out of range. Poor timing from Gonzalez.
Klutie tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Gonzalez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gonzalez lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Klutie takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Klutie avoids the body shot from Gonzalez.
Klutie on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Klutie is defended easily by Gonzalez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Klutie gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez thows a body shot but no joy.
Klutie steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez tries to work over Klutie's front leg with a kick but Klutie checks it.
Klutie defending well as Gonzalez loads up on a big left hand.
Klutie shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Gonzalez defends it nicely.
Klutie takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Gonzalez misses with the combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez throws a predictable looking body shot

so Klutie counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Gonzalez utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Gonzalez trying to control the position.
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!
Gonzalez wants to control the position but Klutie says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Klutie prevents Gonzalez from improving his position.

Klutie seems to be working for a kimura but Gonzalez defends the submission attempt.
Klutie sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Gonzalez defending well though.
Klutie trying to mount his opponent but Gonzalez defends it.
Gonzalez knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Klutie on the ground.
Gonzalez works his way to full guard. Good work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klutie preventing the sweep.
Gonzalez looking to control.
Darnell Klutie has got the better of the ground game so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Klutie trying to control the position from guard on top but Gonzalez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gonzalez is trying to control the position from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Jesus Gonzalez wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Some wild striking there from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Klutie sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Klutie takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Gonzalez lands a nice looking body shot.
Gonzalez throws a body punch but Klutie moves out of range.
Klutie checks a leg kick.
Gonzalez throws a body kick that misses.
Gonzalez swings away with a body shot that misses

and Klutie counters with a takedown into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Klutie slows the pace down.
Klutie landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Gonzalez is looking for a sweep.
Gonzalez on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Gonzalez tries to get out of the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Klutie is chipping away with strikes.
Darnell Klutie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Klutie working the head with strikes.
Gonzalez is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jesus Gonzalez.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Gonzalez, 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:28
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:27
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jesus Gonzalez!