PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shirley Crabtree (ranked 4625 p4p, 1614 weight class) and Horgen Stein (ranked 164 p4p, 30 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Crabtree
vs
Stein

207 cm
28
290
9 - 6 - 0

192 cm
21
261
7 - 5 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Shirley Crabtree!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Horgen Stein!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Ivan Kurochkin and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crabtree dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Stein lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Stein gets a clinch.
Stein holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Stein looking to throw knees to the head but Crabtree is blocking nicely.

Crabtree breaks the clinch.

Crabtree cracks Stein with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Crabtree has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Stein to stand back up!

Stein is rocked!

It looks like Horgen Stein has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stein bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Stein steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Crabtree.
Stein is still on wobbly legs! Can Crabtree finish him?

Stein moves into the clinch.
Stein seems to have recovered his senses.
Crabtree has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Knees in the clinch landing for Stein.
Crabtree lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Stein backwards.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Stein obliges.
Crabtree is breathing heavily.
Stein leaning his opponent against the cage.
Stein pushes Crabtree back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Crabtree breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Stein blocks a jab.
Crabtree has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Tycoon Gym in the buildup to the fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crabtree swings widly with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Crabtree throws a predictable looking body shot
and Stein counters with an outside leg kick.

Stein moves into the clinch.
Stein dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Crabtree blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Stein blocks an uppercut.
Stein missing with knees to the body.
A short right from Crabtree on the inside.
Stein displaying some good clinch control by pressing Crabtree up against the cage.
Stein lands a nice knee to the body.
Stein connects with a nasty looking knee right to Crabtree's face.
Stein leaning his opponent against the cage.
Stein lands a knee to the body.
Stein holding his opponent close, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Crabtree has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Crabtree looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Crabtree breaks from the clinch.

Stein forces Crabtree back against the cage and clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stein trying to land knees to the body.
Crabtree blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Crabtree is trying to push Stein away but Stein has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Crabtree escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Stein slips under a jab.
Stein wants to counter the offense by Crabtree and move into the clinch position.
Stein uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Crabtree.

Stein clinches up with Crabtree and pushes him back against the cage.
Stein taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Crabtree.
Stein stalling against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Crabtree tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stein lands a nice knee to the body.
Stein throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Crabtree blocks it with crossed arms.
Stein content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Stein blocking some punches.
Crabtree tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Crabtree wants to break the clinch but can't.
Stein is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Crabtree is defending well for now.
Stein tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Crabtree tries to break the clinch but Stein is controlling the position.
Stein trying to land knees to the body.
Stein landing knees to the head.
Stein stalling.
Stein is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Crabtree is defending well for now.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Stein obliges.
Stein lands a good knee to the midsection. Crabtree won't want to take too many of those.
Stein stalling in the clinch.
Crabtree takes a knee to the side of the body.
Stein is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stein lands a knee to the body.
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!
Stein utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Stein slows down the pace here.
Crabtree managing to block the knees to the body from Stein.
Stein's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Stein stalls.
Crabtree looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Crabtree can't break the clinch.
Stein tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Stein misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Crabtree.
Crabtree lands with a light punch inside.
Stein avoiding damage.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Crabtree tries to work over Stein's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Horgen Stein dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Horgen Stein's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Stein displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Crabtree throws out the jab.
Stein is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Crabtree misses with a lunging right hand
and Stein counters with a nice leg kick.
Crabtree fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stein manages to avoid it.
Crabtree throws a jab when Stein was well out of range.
A nice side step and Stein releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Crabtree just misses with a punch to the body.

Stein gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Horgen Stein seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Crabtree is looking to break free of the clinch but Stein has double underhooks.
Stein has Crabtree pushed against the cage.
Crabtree can't break the clinch.
Stein scores a nice knee to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stein with a knee to the head.
Stein landing knees to the head.
Stein pressing his opponent against the cage.
Stein is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Stein putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Crabtree in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stein lands a knee to the body.
Stein tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Crabtree avoids it.
Crabtree managing to block the knees to the body from Stein.
Crabtree throws a head punch that misses.
Stein lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Stein landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Stein with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Stein holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Stein has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Knees in the clinch landing for Stein.
Stein unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Stein has Crabtree pushed against the cage.
Stein is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Stein obliges.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stein using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Stein lands a nice knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Stein obliges.
Crabtree managing to block the knees to the body from Stein.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stein unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Stein is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Stein landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Stein blocks a body shot from Crabtree.
Stein just leaning against Crabtree, taking a breather.
Stein is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Stein obliges.
Stein crunches a lovely knee into Crabtree's ribcage.
Crabtree fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Stein tries to land knees in the clinch but Crabtree avoids the damage to the body.
Stein landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Stein.
Stein lands a knee to the body.
Crabtree tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Stein throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knees to the body from Stein.
Stein landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Stein utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stein scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Stein.
Stein is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Stein's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Stein takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Stein lands a knee to the body.
Stein lands a knee to the head.
Stein lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Stein.
Stein on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Stein dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Stein tries to land knees in the clinch but Crabtree avoids the damage to the body.
Stein tries to land knees in the clinch but Crabtree avoids the damage to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Stein.
Crabtree blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Stein looking to throw knees to the head but Crabtree is blocking nicely.
Crabtree takes a knee to the side of the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stein lands a knee to the head.
Stein looking to throw knees to the head but Crabtree is blocking nicely.
Crabtree looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Crabtree lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Crabtree tries to break free but Stein pushes him back against the cage.
Knees to the body from Stein.
Stein stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Stalling in the clinch from Stein.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stein lands a knee to the head.
Stein tries to land knees in the clinch but Crabtree avoids the damage to the body.
Crabtree wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Knees to the body from Stein.
Stein crunches a lovely knee into Crabtree's ribcage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Horgen Stein showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Horgen Stein's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Crabtree blocks a head kick by Stein.
Crabtree misses the jab.
Crabtree has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Stein finds it's way round the side to connect with Crabtree's head.
Stein uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Crabtree.
Crabtree looks to land a right hand but Stein moved out of range.
Crabtree throws a jab when Stein was well out of range.
Crabtree throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Stein darts in and clinches Crabtree up against the cage.
Stein putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Crabtree in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crabtree being controlled against the cage.
Crabtree being controlled against the cage.

Crabtree breaks the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crabtree throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Stein keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Crabtree.
Crabtree throws a predictable looking body shot
and Stein counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A punch lands to the side of Crabtree 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A telegraphed right hand from Crabtree misses the target.
Crabtree misses with a left hand
and Stein counters with a big head kick but Crabtree shrugs it off.

Stein clinches up against the cage.
Stein is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Stein missing with knees to the body.
Crabtree tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Crabtree is trying to break the clinch but Stein has him pressed against the cage.
Stein tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Crabtree avoids it.
Stein stalling the fight.
Knees in the clinch landing for Stein.
Shirley Crabtree has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stein scores a nice knee to the body.
Stein landing knees to the head.

It looks like Shirley Crabtree has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Stein obliges.
Crabtree on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Stein using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Crabtree throws a punch but it's blocked by Stein.
Stein lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Stein has Crabtree pushed against the cage.
Crabtree tries to break free but Stein pushes him back against the cage.
Stein working Crabtree over with knees to the body.
Crabtree wants to break the clinch but can't.
Stein using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Stein putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Crabtree in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Stein stalling in the clinch.
Stein lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Stein.
Stein stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crabtree takes a knee right on the jaw!
Stein has Crabtree pressed against the cage.
Stein blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stein blocking some punches.
Stein blocks an uppercut.
Stein landing knees to the head.
Stein misses with a knee to the head.

Crabtree manages to break the clinch.
Stein scores with a leg kick.
Crabtree throws out a loose jab but Stein uses good head movement to avoid it.
Crabtree throws a jab when Stein was well out of range.
Crabtree looks to land a left hand but Stein moved out of range nicely.
As Crabtree backs off Stein throws a huge counter combo but Crabtree manages to avoid it all.
Crabtree pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Stein looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Stein steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Crabtree.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Stein gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Crabtree pushes Stein back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Stein lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stein is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Stein missing with knees to the body.
Stein blocks an uppercut.

Crabtree breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Horgen Stein is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Shirley Crabtree is winning the standup battle so far.
Crabtree rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Stein counters by clinching up.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Stein obliges.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Stein obliges.
Stein utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Stein obliges.
Stein connects with a knee to the head.
Stein misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Crabtree.

And that's the end of the fight!
Horgen Stein comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Stein winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 26:30
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 26:30
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Horgen Stein!
A less than humble Horgen Stein misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.