PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luiz Crane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wiener Frampton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wiener Frampton has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Crane
vs
Frampton

204 cm
22
300 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

208 cm
22
300 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Luiz Crane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wiener Frampton!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, George Francis and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Frampton swinging wildly here.
Crane looks for a takedown but Frampton sprawls well.
Frampton rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Crane moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Crane just misses with a punch to the body.
A left and a right from Frampton both land. Nice combination.
Crane swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The fighters circling - Crane throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Frampton defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Crane.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Frampton!
Frampton displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Frampton moves into range and clinches up with Crane.
Crane taking a breather.
Frampton wants to get back to striking at distance but Crane won't allow it.
Crane prevents Frampton from breaking the clinch.
Crane trying to stall but Frampton improves his position.
Frampton wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Crane's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Crane trying to stall but Frampton improves his position.
Crane is breathing heavily.
Frampton prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luiz Crane. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Frampton lands with a left to the head.
Crane trying to stall but Frampton improves his position.
Frampton wants to break free but Crane has control.
Crane with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Crane wants a takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frampton tries to circle away but Crane has him pinned against the cage.
Frampton is trying to break the clinch but Crane is controlling him.
Frampton has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Frampton has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A frustrated look appears on Frampton's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Crane is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Frampton pulls him back up using the underhooks.

Frampton pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Crane jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Frampton misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Frampton looks to land a combination. Crane sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Crane takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Wiener Frampton is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Frampton scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Danga de danga de dang - Frampton scores with a four punch combination!
Frampton throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Crane.
A combination from Frampton does no damage.
Frampton rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Crane moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Frampton rushes Crane and presses him up against the cage.
Frampton is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Frampton can't break the clinch.
Frampton lands a right hand that snaps the head of Crane backwards.
Frampton wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Frampton wants to break free but Crane has control.
Frampton tries to break the clinch but Crane is controlling the position.
Crane prevents Frampton from breaking the clinch.
Frampton looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crane is trying to maintain a safe position but Frampton gets an underhook and turns Crane into the cage.
Crane has Frampton pressed against the cage, preventing Frampton from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Crane fails to pull guard.
Frampton lands a shot to the body.
Frampton lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Frampton lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Frampton digs a right hand underneath Crane's ribcage. Crane let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Frampton lands a body shot.
Frampton is trying to break the clinch but Crane is controlling him.
Crane prevents Frampton from breaking the clinch.
Frampton stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Frampton working hard to break the clinch.
Frampton tries to break the clinch but Crane is controlling the position.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Crane tries to land knees in the clinch but Frampton avoids the damage to the body.
Frampton tries to break the clinch but Crane is controlling the position.
Frampton is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Frampton lands a left hand that snaps the head of Crane backwards.
Frampton dodges an elbow strike from Crane.
Crane fails to pull guard.
Frampton is trying to force a seperation but Crane has the dominant position.
Crane keeps control of Frampton as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Crane tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Frampton has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Frampton looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Crane keeps control of Frampton as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crane effectively controlling the action here.
Frampton lands a shot to the body.
Frampton has had enough of the clinch but Crane keeps him there for the moment.
Frampton blocking some punches.
A short uppercut from Frampton.
Frampton wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Crane has him pressed against the cage.
Frampton is working Crane over against the cage.
Frampton is trying to force a seperation but Crane has the dominant position.

Frampton escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Frampton moves into range and clinches up with Crane.
Frampton prevents the takedown attempt.
Frampton throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Frampton throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cranes head.
Frampton wants to break the clinch but can't.
Frampton is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Frampton scores with a hook to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Crane fails to land.
Frampton can't break the clinch.
Frampton tries to circle away but Crane has him pinned against the cage.
Frampton looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Crane keeps control of Frampton as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Crane trying to stall but Frampton improves his position.

Frampton pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Crane showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Frampton.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Frampton moves into range and connects with a jab.
Frampton works over Crane's head and body with a nice combination.
A nice combination there by Frampton.
A punch combination from Frampton misses.
Frampton throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Luiz Crane seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Frampton scores with a three punch combo!
A right-left combo lands from Frampton.
Crane shoots in for a takedown but Frampton shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Frampton lands a nice hook to Crane's body. Crane takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Frampton misses with a few strikes there.
Crane swats away the attempt to clinch by Frampton.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Crane.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Frampton misses with a double jab.
Crane shoots in looking for a takedown. Frampton tries to sprawl out of it but Crane keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Frampton manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Frampton throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wiener Frampton dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Crane shoots in but Frampton avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Crane swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wiener Frampton seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Crane misses the shot to the body.
Crane throws the left hand but Frampton avoids the punch easily.
Frampton fails to land with a series of punches.
Crane loads up on a big right hand but Frampton slips the punch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Frampton moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Frampton tries to bum rush Crane with a series of wild strikes but Crane uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Frampton is working the combinations to good effect here.
Frampton uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Crane.
Frampton has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Frampton misses with a jab, cross combination.
Decent striking displayed by Frampton there.
Frampton throws a series of punches but Crane avoids them all with ease.
Frampton misses with the combination.
Frampton misses with a jab, cross combination.
Crane shoots in for a takedown but Frampton shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Frampton has Crane up against the cage in a clinch.
Frampton is looking to break free of the clinch but Crane has double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Crane tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Frampton just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luiz Crane. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Frampton is trying to break free.
Frampton softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Frampton is trying to break the clinch but Crane is controlling him.
Crane throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Frampton blocks it with crossed arms.
Frampton is looking to break free of the clinch but Crane has double underhooks.
Frampton lands with a left to the head.
A short left from Frampton.
Frampton tries to break the clinch but Crane is controlling the position.
Crane tries a knee to the head but Frampton blocks it.
Frampton looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Frampton can't break the clinch.
Frampton has had enough of the clinch but Crane keeps him there for the moment.
Frampton lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Crane or not.
Frampton wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A right hand to the body from Frampton.
Frampton is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Frampton wants to get back to striking at distance but Crane won't allow it.
Crane keeps control of Frampton as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Frampton wants to break the clinch but can't.
Frampton tries to circle away but Crane has him pinned against the cage.
Frampton lands a shoulder strike.
Frampton cracks Crane with a nice body shot.

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.
Crane trying to stall but Frampton improves his position.
Frampton scores with a hook to the body.
Frampton can't break the clinch.
Frampton lands a right hand.
Crane tries to pull guard but Frampton holds him up against the cage and eventually Crane drops back down to his feet.
Frampton working hard to break the clinch.
Frampton wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Crane has him pressed against the cage.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Crane. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Crane tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Frampton has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Frampton wants to break free but Crane has control.
Crane trying to control the position but instead, Frampton has worked for underhooks and has pushed Crane into the cage.

Frampton escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Frampton works over Crane's head and body with a nice combination.
Frampton scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Crane doesn't seem bothered though.
Frampton tries to clinch there but Crane circles away.
A nice combination there by Frampton.
Frampton fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Crane feints and as Frampton raises his hands in defense, Crane changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Crane wants to stand but Frampton has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crane looking to pass the guard.
Crane wants to get up but he can't break Frampton's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Frampton looking to control.
Crane would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Crane trying to control but Frampton is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Frampton scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Frampton scores with a crisp jab that stopped Crane in his tracks.
Frampton lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Frampton jabs at Crane's body.
Frampton looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Frampton clinches up against the cage.
Crane looking to slow down the pace here.
Frampton lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Crane or not.
Frampton pushes Crane back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Frampton has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Frampton tries to break the clinch but Crane is controlling the position.
Frampton is trying to break free.
Crane jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Frampton walks away with a smile on his face. Crane gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Frampton forces Crane back against the cage and clinches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Frampton.
Frampton lands a right hand that snaps the head of Crane backwards.
Frampton is trying to force a seperation but Crane has the dominant position.

Frampton breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Frampton connects with a crisp jab.
Crane is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Frampton.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wiener Frampton showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Frampton's corner calls for a 1-2. Frampton obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Frampton throws a nice looking combination but Crane bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Crane with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Decent striking displayed by Frampton there.
Crane looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Crane misses with a hook to the body
and Frampton counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Frampton tries to clinch up but Crane circles away and keeps his distance.
Crane takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Frampton tries to bum rush Crane with a series of wild strikes but Crane uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Crane circles away from the clinch attempt.
Crane shoots for a double leg takedown but Frampton sprawls well. He's pushed Crane's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Crane takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

Frampton clinches with his opponent.
Crane prevents Frampton from breaking the clinch.

Frampton breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Frampton throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A looping hook to the body misses from Crane. Frampton does a little dance to reset his feet.
Crane is looking to wear down Frampton with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Crane with a poor takedown
and Frampton counters with a left and a right that stings Crane.
Frampton is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Frampton misses with a wild combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crane thows a body shot but no joy.
Crane shoots in for a takedown but Frampton shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luiz Crane. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Frampton forces Crane back against the cage and clinches.
Frampton is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Frampton stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

Crane manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Frampton would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Frampton throws a strike but Crane rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Luiz Crane has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crane wants to stand but Frampton is controlling his posture from full guard.
Frampton looking for a sweep. Not yet Frampton, not yet.
Crane tries to free his leg and advance position but Frampton is retaining full guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Frampton holds on and takes a little breather.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Frampton gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Crane tries for a takedown but Frampton manages to get underhooks.
Crane prevents Frampton from breaking the clinch.
Frampton prevents the takedown attempt.
A left hand lands to the body for Frampton.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Frampton's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Frampton lands a hook to the side of the head.
Frampton is trying to break free.
Frampton wants to break the clinch but can't.
Frampton works on Crane's body with a couple of short punches.
Frampton working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Frampton wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Frampton.
Frampton lands a body shot.
Frampton tries to break the clinch but Crane is controlling the position.
Frampton wants to break free but Crane has control.
Frampton wants to break the clinch but can't.
Crane throws an elbow but it misses.
Crane has Frampton pressed against the cage, preventing Frampton from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Crane tries to pull guard but Frampton won't allow it.
Crane drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Frampton lands a hook to the side of the head.
Frampton lands a nice uppercut.
Crane fails to pull guard.
Frampton blocks a body shot from Crane.

Frampton breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Frampton displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Frampton throws a right and a left that both miss.
Crane swings for the body but Frampton moves out of range.
A left lands for Frampton.
Frampton ducks under a wild hook from Crane.

Frampton gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Crane has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Frampton avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Frampton tries to break free but Crane pushes him back against the cage.
Frampton lands a hook to the side of the head.
Crane fails to pull guard.
Frampton lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Frampton is trying to break the clinch but Crane is controlling him.
Frampton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Frampton lands a body shot.
Frampton wants to break free but Crane has control.
Crane wants a takedown.
Crane keeps control of Frampton as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Frampton softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Frampton has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Wiener Frampton is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Crane misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Frampton.
Crane using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wiener Frampton comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Frampton 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 26:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 26:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wiener Frampton!