PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Edward Conan (ranked 25 p4p, 123 weight class) and Dougal McCraken (ranked 3 p4p, 15 weight class). McCraken has chosen Bulgine as his entrance music. Dougal McCraken told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Conan
vs
McCraken

178 cm
31
158
19 - 7 - 0

184 cm
35
158
23 - 13 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Brooklyn Apothecary
Urban Fighter

Carnage Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Edward Conan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dougal McCraken!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Glass and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Conan ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Conan lands a lovely overhand right.
Conan slips under a jab from McCraken.
McCraken defending well as Conan loads up on a big left hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from McCraken. Conan does a little dance to reset his feet.
We've been hearing reports that Conan has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
McCraken with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A telegraphed right hand from Conan misses the target.
Conan misses with a body shot.
McCraken flicks out a counter leg kick but Conan steps away.

McCraken has taken the fight to the clinch.
Conan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McCraken throws a punch but it's blocked by Conan.
McCraken tries to work over Conan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
McCraken blocking some punches.
McCraken lands a nice uppercut.
McCraken lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Conan has a couple of punches blocked by McCraken.
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!
McCraken blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Conan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Conan lands an uppercut.
Conan blocks a body shot from McCraken.
A nice left hand lands by Conan.
McCraken misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCraken misses with a punch to the body.
Conan lands a nice shot to the body.
A short right from Conan on the inside.
McCraken tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Conan has a couple of punches blocked by McCraken.
Conan blocks a body shot from McCraken.
McCraken tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Conan's elbow.

Conan breaks from the clinch.
Conan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McCraken thinks about the counter body kick.
Conan misses with a straight left.
McCraken tries to counter with a clinch but Conan shakes him off and moves away.
Conan stuns McCraken with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Conan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McCraken.
McCraken takes a swing at Conan's ribcage but misses.
Conan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McCraken.
Some wild striking there from Conan.
McCraken replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Conan blocks it well.
McCraken with a nice cross.
McCraken does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Conan swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
McCraken looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCraken throws an overhand right that lands on Conan's shoulder, as Conan tries to avoid the shot.
A little feinted left hand from Conan on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Edward Conan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Conan closes the distance and clinches up with McCraken, looking for a takedown. Conan pushes McCraken against the cage but McCraken circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
McCraken pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
McCraken throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Conan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Conan was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McCraken uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Conan.
Conan lands a nice hook to McCraken's body. McCraken takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Conan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
McCraken appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Conan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McCraken.
Conan works the jab nicely.
McCraken is looking to score with low kicks.
Conan works the jab nicely.
Conan shoots in but McCraken avoids the takedown attempt easily.
McCraken bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Conan's head backwards.
McCraken lands a slapping body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by McCraken.
Dougal McCraken is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Conan misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conan scores with a hook.
Conan looks to land a right hand but McCraken moved out of range.
Conan works McCraken's body with a nice hook.
McCraken throws a hook to the side of Conan's head but Conan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Conan sizes up McCraken with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A swing and a miss from McCraken.
Donk. McCraken catches Conan right on the button with a cross.
McCraken waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Conan.
Conan cracks McCraken with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Conan.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Edward Conan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Conan shoots in but no luck this time.
Conan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McCraken was well out of range. Poor timing from Conan.
Conan throws a hook but McCraken avoids it easily.
McCraken now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Nice jab there from McCraken.
Nice uppercut lands for Conan. That snapped McCraken's head back.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
An inside leg kick lands from McCraken.
Conan moves out of range as McCraken throws a body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCraken avoids the body shot from Conan.
McCraken throws out a counter right but Conan avoids it with no problem.
McCraken slips a jab from Conan.
McCraken walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Conan checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Conan throws a body shot but no joy.
Conan looks to land a combination but McCraken avoids it well.
A jab from Conan does it's job there.
McCraken misses with a hook.
McCraken throws a leg kick that is checked

and Conan counters with a single leg into guard. McCraken didn't expect that.

McCraken wriggles free and stands up.
McCraken lands with an uppercut that bounces Conan off the cage and back into range.
McCraken uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Conan.
McCraken tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Conan was well out of range. Poor timing from McCraken.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Conan throws a nice looking combination but McCraken bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
McCraken misses with a looping right.
McCraken digs a good body shot into Conan's ribs.
Conan throws a hook but McCraken avoids it easily.
Conan misses the body punch
and McCraken counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
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 Edward Conan will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

McCraken throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A slow jab from Conan misses its intended target.
McCraken lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
McCraken throws a jab when Conan was well out of range.
McCraken lets loose with a powerful body kick. Conan will feel that in the morning.
Conan throws a body shot but no joy.
Conan throws a right and a left that both miss.
Conan throws a shot from downtown. McCraken moves away and avoids it.
McCraken throws a low kick but Conan avoids it.
McCraken throws a lazy head kick
and Conan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Conan takes a swing at McCraken's ribcage but misses.
Conan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Conan ducks under a wild hook from McCraken.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Conan missing with a left hand there. McCraken was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
McCraken smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
McCraken looks for the body kick but Conan saw that one coming.
Edward Conan is winning the standup battle so far.
Conan shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Conan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

A momentary lapse in concentration from McCraken enables Conan to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. McCraken manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCraken looking to control.
Conan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. McCraken swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Conan stands up over McCraken, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Conan is fighting to break McCraken's control of his arms but McCraken is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
McCraken looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

McCraken has his feet on Conan's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
McCraken bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
McCraken throws out a loose jab but Conan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Conan tests McCraken's chin there with a solid looking shot.
McCraken with a hook.
McCraken steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Conan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Conan.
Conan takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
McCraken uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Conan.
Conan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McCraken.
McCraken avoids the body shot from Conan.
A looping hook to the body misses from Conan. McCraken does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Conan with a poor takedown
and McCraken counters with a stiff right hand.
A slow jab from Conan misses its intended target.
McCraken misses with a kick to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Conan misses the target.
McCraken looks to score with a jab to the body but Conan is just out of range.
McCraken uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Conan.
Conan misses with a hook. McCraken ducked under it nicely.
McCraken looks to score with a jab to the body but Conan is just out of range.
McCraken looks for the body kick but Conan saw that one coming.
McCraken misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Conan counters with a left and a right that stings McCraken.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCraken ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Conan moves away.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from McCraken - that will leave a mark!
McCraken misses with a hook
and Conan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
McCraken takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
McCraken throws a head kick that misses.
Conan avoids the head kick by McCraken.
McCraken ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
McCraken gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Conan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McCraken was well out of range. Poor timing from Conan.
A swing and a miss from Conan.
Conan throws an overhand right that lands on McCraken's shoulder, as McCraken tries to avoid the shot.
Conan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
McCraken misses with a wild body shot.
McCraken throws an off balance right hand
and Conan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Conan throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. McCraken was covering up waiting for the punch and Conan finishes the takedown easily into guard.
McCraken is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conan trying to control the position from guard on top but McCraken is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Conan makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Conan won't allow McCraken to sweep him here.
Conan wants to control from the top but McCraken keeps moving.
McCraken working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Conan.
Conan scoring with punches to the head and body.
McCraken wants to sweep but no luck.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Edward Conan will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

A telegraphed takedown attempt from Conan is defended easily by McCraken.
A telegraphed right hand from Conan misses the target.
Conan staying out of range there.
An attempted straight right counter from Conan misses the target.
Conan staying out of range there.
Conan moves out of range of the strikes.
Conan closes the distance and clinches up with McCraken, looking for a takedown. Conan pushes McCraken against the cage but McCraken circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
A big right from McCraken misses.
McCraken slips under a jab from Conan.
Conan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Conan slips under a jab from McCraken.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No joy there for Conan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Conan misses with a hook to the body
and McCraken counters with a nice leg kick.
Conan takes a swing at McCraken's ribcage but misses.
McCraken looks like he wants to counter punch here.
McCraken throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Conan counters with a three punch combo that has McCraken backing up. McCraken nods at Conan to acknowledge the strikes.
Conan misses with a body shot.
McCraken scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conan goes for a double leg but McCraken avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as McCraken continues to drive forward.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Edward Conan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Conan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Conan prevents a body shot from McCraken.
McCraken lands a hook to the side of the head.
McCraken swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Conan is looking to break free of the clinch but McCraken has double underhooks.
Conan works on McCraken's body with a couple of short punches.
Conan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from McCraken - that landed with a thud.
Good body shot from McCraken.
McCraken is working Conan over against the cage.
McCraken pushes Conan back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
McCraken struggles to land a body shot inside as Conan controls his hands.
McCraken stalling against the cage.

McCraken manages to break the clinch.
McCraken throws a shot from downtown. Conan moves away and avoids it.
A leg kick checked by Conan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
McCraken jabs Conan to the body, keeping him at a distance.
McCraken avoids the body shot from Conan.
Conan throws a hook to the side of McCraken's head but McCraken sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The fighters circling - Conan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
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!
McCraken lands a nice looking body shot.
Conan takes a swing at McCraken's ribcage but misses.
A jab from Conan does it's job there.
Conan scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
McCraken throws out a loose jab but Conan uses good head movement to avoid it.
McCraken scores with a push kick.
McCraken lands a lovely overhand right.
McCraken showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Conan.
McCraken only half commits to the counter leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCraken lands with a good body shot.
Conan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McCraken was well out of range. Poor timing from Conan.
Conan chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before McCraken can pounce on him.
McCraken works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Conan misses with a body shot.
Conan throws a right hand that misses
and McCraken counters with a lovely straight right hand!
McCraken throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Conan stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
McCraken uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Conan.
McCraken throws a series of punches but Conan avoids them all with ease.
A telegraphed right hand from McCraken misses the target.
McCraken takes one to the chin there.
Conan misses with a straight left.
Conan scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A bone on bone clash there as Conan blocks the leg kick.
McCraken lands a jab to the nose.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Conan swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCraken lands a leg kick that knocks Conan off balance momentarily.
McCraken misses with a two punch combination.
Conan lands with an uppercut that bounces McCraken off the cage and back into range.
McCraken throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Conan takes a swing at McCraken's ribcage but misses.
Conan looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
McCraken throws a hook but Conan blocks it.
A telegraphed right hand from Conan misses the target.
McCraken misses with a straight left.
McCraken is looking to slow Conan down with leg kicks.
Nice cross by Conan.
McCraken looks to score with a jab to the body but Conan is just out of range.
McCraken misses with a hook. Conan ducked under it nicely.
Conan half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Conan misses with a straight left.
McCraken slips under a jab.
McCraken with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Dougal McCraken really dominated that round.
That's time! Conan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

McCraken throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
It looked like Conan wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Conan ducks under a wild hook from McCraken.
Conan takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
McCraken defending well as Conan loads up on a big left hand.
McCraken looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Conan looks to land a left hand but McCraken moved out of range nicely.
Conan moves out of range as McCraken throws a body kick.
Conan missing with a left hand there. McCraken was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
McCraken misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Conan.
Conan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. McCraken doesn't seem bothered though.
McCraken scores with a jab. Conan acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Conan tests McCraken's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Conan is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCraken with a nice cross.
McCraken throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Conan walks into a left hand.
McCraken throws a hook but Conan blocks it.
A big right from Conan misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McCraken throws out the jab.
Conan takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
McCraken lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
McCraken fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Conan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
McCraken displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Conan throws out the jab.
McCraken on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Conan blocks a low kick nicely.
Conan is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Conan misses the jab.
A clash of legs there as Conan blocks the low kick.
Conan misses with a lunging right hand
and McCraken counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Conan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract McCraken.
McCraken throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Conan counters with a stiff right hand.
Conan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McCraken.
Conan looks to score with a jab to the body but McCraken is just out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Conan. McCraken does a little dance to reset his feet.
Conan takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCraken keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Conan.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Conan misses with a few strikes there.
McCraken swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McCraken misses with a kick to the body.
Conan misses the jab.
Conan stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Conan takes a shot to the body in his stride.

McCraken gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Conan blocks a body shot from McCraken.
Conan tries to throw a body punch but McCraken avoids it by throwing Conan back against the cage.
McCraken lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Conan backwards.
McCraken missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, McCraken creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
McCraken has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
McCraken presses Conan against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Conan misses with a punch on the inside.
McCraken misses with a shot to the kidneys.
McCraken tries to throw a body punch but Conan avoids it by throwing McCraken back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCraken misses with a shot to the kidneys.
McCraken lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Conan blocks a body shot from McCraken.
McCraken doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
McCraken misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Conan blocks a body shot from McCraken.
Conan lands with a left to the head.
Conan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
McCraken misses with a hook to the ribs.
McCraken prevents a body shot from Conan.
Conan swings wildly with an uppercut but McCraken uses good head movement to avoid it.
McCraken blocking some punches.
McCraken lands with a left to the head.
McCraken working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Conan lands a right hand that snaps the head of McCraken backwards.
Conan blocks an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCraken blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Conan tries to work over McCraken's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Still in the clinch, McCraken scores with a nice short uppercut.
McCraken tries to work over Conan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
McCraken swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice body punch from McCraken.
Conan working aggressively here.
McCraken tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Conan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Conan prevents a body shot from McCraken.
Dougal McCraken seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Conan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McCraken throws a low kick but Conan moves out of range easily.
Conan tries to move into range but McCraken moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
McCraken throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Conan swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A head kick misses from McCraken.
McCraken misses with a low kick.
Conan lands an overhand right.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Dougal McCraken dominated that fourth round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

McCraken leaves Conan with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Conan throws a lazy right hand but McCraken sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
McCraken looks to land a left hand but Conan moved out of range nicely.
A little feinted left hand from Conan on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Conan misses with a wild body shot.
McCraken feints a counter leg kick.
Nice defenses there by McCraken.
Nice straight punches there by Conan. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Conan.
Conan slips under a jab.
An attempted straight right counter from Conan misses the target.
Nice shot lands for Conan.
McCraken lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Conan dives in and grabs McCraken's left leg, looking for a takedown. McCraken pushes down on Conan's head and hops out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Conan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Conan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McCraken sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Conan lands the left hand.
McCraken thows a left - swing and a miss!
Conan shoots in but McCraken avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Edward Conan. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conan needs to keep his hands up - McCraken had a free shot at his head there.
McCraken ducks under a wild hook from Conan.
Conan lands a nice shot that snaps McCraken's head back.
Conan misses with a takedown
letting McCraken counter with a right hand.
McCraken takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
McCraken rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Conan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
McCraken throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McCraken looks to land a left hand but Conan moved out of range nicely.
McCraken connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
McCraken throws a hook but Conan blocks it.
McCraken throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
McCraken uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Conan.
McCraken connects with an inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCraken throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
McCraken jabs Conan right on the nose. Conan blinks but takes it well.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Conan throws a lazy right hand but McCraken sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice body kick there by McCraken.
McCraken slips a jab and a cross from Conan.
McCraken on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Conan looks to land a right hand but McCraken moved out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from McCraken. Conan does a little dance to reset his feet.
A little feinted left hand from Conan on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Conan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Conan takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
McCraken fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Conan manages to avoid it.
Conan swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Conan throws the left hand but McCraken avoids the punch easily.
Conan scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Conan misses with a takedown attempt - McCraken sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Conan throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around McCraken's waist but McCraken gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Conan off to one side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCraken doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Conan jabs McCraken right on the nose. McCraken blinks but takes it well.
McCraken tests Conan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
McCraken just misses with a punch to the body.
McCraken misses with a body shot.
Conan misses with a straight right.
Conan checks a leg kick.
McCraken steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Conan.
Conan bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
McCraken throws a body shot but no joy.
McCraken wants to clinch.
An attempted straight right counter from Conan misses the target.
McCraken scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conan ducks under a wild hook from McCraken.
McCraken slips under a jab from Conan.
McCraken thuds his right hand into Conan's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Conan throws a hook but McCraken blocks it.
Conan tries to score a power double leg takedown but McCraken sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Conan somewhat.
Conan connects with a nice looking jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Conan misses the jab.
It seemed like McCraken was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
McCraken looks to score with a jab to the body but Conan is just out of range.
Conan attempts a counter takedown but McCraken avoids it well and moves away.
Conan misses with a looping left.
McCraken staying out of range there.
Conan on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A swing and a miss from Conan.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Dougal McCraken.
I think McCraken 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 47:48
Judge James Glass scores the fight 47:48
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 46:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dougal McCraken!
Dougal McCraken is the new lightweight champion!
In his post fight interview, Dougal McCraken started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.