PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dog Crazy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and The Manliest (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Manliest has chosen Ontlogy as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Crazy
vs
Manliest

195 cm
21
190 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

195 cm
22
185 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very quick

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Powerful

Syndicate Drugs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dog Crazy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, The Manliest!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Daniel Cesar and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manliest shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Crazy sprawls well. Crazy wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Manliest gets slowly back to his feet.
Crazy leaves Manliest with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Manliest shoots in and drives through. Crazy sprawls well.
Dog Crazy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of The Manliest.

Manliest closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Manliest is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Crazy has managed to free his arm - good work.
Crazy trying to control but Manliest postures up.

Manliest is looking for a kimura but Crazy is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Manliest to get the leverage.
Crazy wants to get back to his feet.

Crazy kicks off Manliest and gets to his feet.
Manliest will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Manliest closes this distance looking for a takedown but Crazy circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crazy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Crazy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Manliest paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Manliest misses with a wild body shot.
Crazy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Manliest throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Crazy's waist but Crazy gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Manliest off to one side.
Manliest keeps the fight on the outside.
Manliest will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Manliest looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Crazy is fending him off so far but Manliest persists. Nope, Crazy circles away and we're back to standing.
Crazy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Manliest paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Manliest misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Crazy lands a jab-cross combination.

It looks like The Manliest has been cut.
Crazy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Crazy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Manliest keeps the fight on the outside.
Manliest shoots in looking for a takedown. Crazy tries to sprawl out of it but Manliest keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Crazy manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crazy wants to clinch.

Crazy pushes Manliest up against the cage in a clinch.
Crazy slows down the pace here.
A left hand lands to the body for Crazy.
Crazy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Manliest.
Manliest changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Crazy fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Manliest fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Crazy tries to clinch but Manliest moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manliest fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Manliest shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Crazy moves into the clinch.
Manliest being controlled against the cage.
Crazy unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Crazy leaning against his opponent.
Crazy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Crazy leaning against his opponent.
Crazy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Manliest backwards.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Crazy takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Crazy obliges.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manliest drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Crazy takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Dog Crazy.
Manliest closes this distance looking for a takedown but Crazy circles away.
Horrible takedown by Manliest or perhaps it was just good defense by Crazy which made him look bad.
Manliest misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Manliest looks gassed!
Manliest shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Crazy as he avoids it easily.
Crazy throws a head kick but Manliest moves out of range.
Crazy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Manliest paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Manliest gets a takedown into half guard.

Manliest is working for a kimura but Crazy is defending it quite comfortably.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dog Crazy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on The Manliest's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Crazy defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Manliest.
Crazy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Crazy slaps away a takedown attempt from Manliest, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Manliest is defended easily by Crazy.
Dog Crazy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of The Manliest.
Crazy lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Crazy doesn't manage to clinch there - Manliest circles away.
Manliest avoids the head kick by Crazy.
Manliest swats away the attempt to clinch by Crazy.

Manliest scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Manliest winds up and cracks Crazy with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Crazy knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Manliest on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crazy wants to control but Manliest is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Crazy is looking for a sweep. Manliest is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Crazy gets back to full guard.
Crazy is trying to control the position but Manliest postures up.

Crazy pushes Manliest off and scrambles back to his feet.
Manliest closes the distance and clinches up with Crazy, looking for a takedown. Manliest pushes Crazy against the cage but Crazy circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
The Manliest seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Manliest.
Crazy doesn't manage to clinch there - Manliest circles away.
Crazy wants to clinch up but Manliest keeps it at a distance.
Crazy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Crazy keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manliest misses with a takedown attempt - Crazy sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Manliest is breathing heavily.

Manliest scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Crazy can't do much from the bottom here.

Manliest is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Crazy is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Crazy sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Crazy makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Crazy.

Manliest has gone for a leg lock! Crazy slips out almost immediately though and dives into Manliest's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manliest is adopting a defensive guard.
Manliest trying to control the position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Manliest is on top in guard.
Crazy is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Manliest is controlling him.
Crazy is trying to control the position but Manliest postures up.

Manliest postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Crazy is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Manliest, into his guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manliest is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Manliest is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Manliest pulls Crazy in close to prevent any damage.
Crazy cracks Manliest with a solid left hand.
Manliest trying to keep a closed guard but Crazy is proving a slippery customer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dog Crazy dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on The Manliest'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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Crazy is looking to clinch.
Crazy scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Manliest is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Manliest misses the jab.
Crazy tries to clinch there but Manliest circles away.
Crazy tries to clinch but Manliest moves out of range.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Manliest.
Manliest misses with a takedown attempt - Crazy sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Crazy is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Crazy stuffs the takedown attempt from Manliest. Manliest gets slowly back to his feet.
Dog Crazy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of The Manliest.
Crazy fails with an attempt to clinch.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Manliest.
Manliest takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Manliest thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crazy is looking to regain half guard here but Manliest keeps moving and retains side control.
Crazy is trying to get back to his feet.
Crazy struggling a bit here.

Manliest is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Crazy is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Crazy on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Crazy tries to get out of the position.

Crazy sneaks out the side door and pushes Manliest away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Manliest fails to land the takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Manliest tries to keep at a distance but Crazy has taken the fight into the clinch.
Crazy lands a good knee to the midsection. Manliest won't want to take too many of those.
Crazy working Manliest over with knees to the body.
Crazy utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Manliest managing to block the knees to the body from Crazy.
Manliest blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Crazy stalling.
Manliest blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Crazy tries to land knees in the clinch but Manliest avoids the damage to the body.
Manliest changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Crazy fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Manliest swats away the attempt to clinch by Crazy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crazy stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Crazy wants it to stay on the feet.
Manliest tries to score a power double leg takedown but Crazy sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Manliest somewhat.
Crazy tries to close the distance and clinch but Manliest swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Manliest.
Crazy tries to clinch but Manliest is having none of it.
Manliest tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Crazy swivels and escapes.
A head kick misses from Crazy.
Dog Crazy is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Manliest shoots in but Crazy avoids the takedown attempt easily.
The Manliest has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
No luck for Manliest with that takedown attempt.
Dog Crazy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Crazy is looking to clinch.

Crazy darts in and clinches Manliest up against the cage.
Crazy pushes Manliest back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Crazy avoiding damage.
Crazy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Manliest blocks it with crossed arms.
Manliest wants a takedown but no success here.
Crazy just leaning against Manliest, taking a breather.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dog Crazy showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Crazy, 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:27

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