PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Top Dog (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darnell Klutie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Dog
vs
Klutie

165 cm
22
143 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

178 cm
35
145 lbs
26 - 14 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

Dangerous GnP
Great elbows
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Top Dog!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 14 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Darnell Klutie!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Alyssa Summers and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Klutie has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Dog.

Klutie instigates a clinch.
Klutie is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Dog avoids a wild elbow strike from Klutie.

Dog breaks from the clinch.

Klutie instigates a clinch.
Klutie misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dog.
Dog avoiding damage as Klutie throws knees to the body.
Klutie tries to land knees in the clinch but Dog avoids the damage to the body.

Dog manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Dog is pulling down on Klutie's head to control his posture.
Dog is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Klutie is controlling him.
Klutie landing some decent shots from guard.
Dog manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Klutie manages to get himself to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Klutie trying to control the position here.
Dog postures up.
Dog tries to free his leg and advance position but Klutie is retaining full guard.
Klutie is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Klutie working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dog.
Dog passes Klutie's left leg - he's now in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dog trying to control from half guard but Klutie is working away.
Dog thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Klutie wants to improve his position but Dog is controlling well.
Dog wants to take a breather but Klutie is having none of it.
Klutie is trying to control but can't.
Klutie wants to get back to full guard.

Dog looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dog throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Dog is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Dog not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Dog is looking to take a break and control but Klutie is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Dog is looking for a kimura but Klutie is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Dog to get the leverage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dog missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ground and pound from Dog.
Dog is keen to just control but Klutie is a slippery customer.
Dog throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Dog is trying to control the action in half guard but Klutie is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dog sitting and controlling from the half guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Top Dog.
Klutie tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Dog swivels and escapes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Top Dog dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Dog throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Klutie swings for the body but Dog moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Dog.
Top Dog seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dog scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Dog smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A combination from Dog does no damage.
Klutie throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Dog's head.

Klutie manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Dog on his heels. He'll look to pass Dog's guard now, I'm sure.

Klutie got a little sloppy there for a moment and Dog has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Klutie has managed to get both his arms back between Dog's legs - danger averted.
Dog throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Dog keeping moving, preventing Klutie from controlling successfully.
Klutie missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Klutie postures up.
Dog might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Klutie avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Dog has Klutie pulled in close to control his posture.
Dog has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Dog keeping full guard, as Klutie tries to pass.
Klutie throwing strikes from guard but Dog blocks nicely.

Klutie got a little sloppy there for a moment and Dog has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Klutie has managed to get both his arms back between Dog's legs - danger averted.
Klutie controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dog trying to keep a closed guard but Klutie is proving a slippery customer.

Dog is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Klutie defends well.
Klutie scoring with punches to the head and body.
Klutie postures up.
Dog wants to control but Klutie passes easily into half guard.

Dog actively working from the bottom here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klutie trying to control from Dog's half guard. Dog has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Klutie working some strikes from top position.
Klutie content to stall in guard here.
Klutie trying to control but Dog is working from the bottom.
Dog is pulling down on Klutie's head. It's preventing any offense from Klutie, at least for the moment.
Dog wants to sweep but no luck.
Dog working a defensive guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Dog throws the kick towards the body but Klutie avoids it.
Klutie tries to clinch but Dog is having none of it.
Dog lands a two punch combo.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Dog - that will leave a mark!
Dog tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dog throws a head kick that misses
and Klutie counters with a flying knee. Nice.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dog connects with a single shot there.
Dog misses with a series of wild punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dog chopping away at his opponent's legs.

Klutie takes the fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Top Dog will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Klutie avoids a punch combination nicely.
Dog throws a head kick that misses.
Klutie moves in looking to clinch but Dog pushes him off.
Klutie tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dog swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Top Dog is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Klutie tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Dog manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Klutie has a takedown stuffed.
Klutie avoids the head kick by Dog.
Dog misses with a head kick.
Dog throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Klutie is defended easily by Dog.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick by Dog misses

and Klutie counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Klutie.
Klutie misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dog.
Klutie tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Dog just stands there and leans against the cage.
Top Dog has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Darnell Klutie.
Dog fails to pull guard.
Dog blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dog tries for a takedown. No joy.
Klutie landing knees to the body.
Klutie lands an elbow just above Dog 's eye.
Klutie looking to slow down the pace here.
Dog drops down looking for an ankle pick but Klutie pulls his leg out and moves away.
Klutie misses with a takedown attempt - Dog sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Klutie takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dog blocks a head kick by Klutie.
Klutie takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

Klutie gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Dog pulls Klutie into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Klutie is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Klutie preventing the sweep.
Klutie slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Top Dog overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Klutie throwing strikes but missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dog wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Klutie is now in half guard.
Dog wants to get back to full guard.
Klutie wants to take a breather but Dog is having none of it.
Dog tries to get to full guard but Klutie has control of the leg.

Dog looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Klutie slips a nice elbow through Dog's hands, connecting with Dog's forehead.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Klutie passes to side control.
Klutie is looking to take a break and control but Dog is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Klutie misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Dog is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Dog wants to control but Klutie passes into side.
Klutie is working Dog over with some ground and pound from side control.
Dog wants to control but Klutie postures up.
Klutie working the body and head with strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dog tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Dog manages to work his way to half guard, despite Klutie's best efforts.
Darnell Klutie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Top Dog is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Klutie seems to be looking for submissions.

And that's the end of the fight!
Darnell Klutie comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Dog has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Top Dog!