PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jason Crayzle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Justus Sheehan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crayzle comes to the cage accompanied by Dropkick Murphys - Johnny I hardly knew ya. Sheehan comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Worldwide Choppers kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Jason Crayzle could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Justus Sheehan's chin.

Crayzle
vs
Sheehan

176 cm
25
193 lbs
14 - 14 - 0

187 cm
22
190 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 14 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jason Crayzle !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Justus Sheehan!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Elvis Blanc and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sheehan misses with a takedown attempt

and Sheehan is countered with a crisp right hand from Crayzle that sends him to the canvas! Crayzle follows him to the mat into side control.

It looks like Justus Sheehan has been cut.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sheehan manages to get back to half guard.
Sheehan moves into full guard.
Sheehan is adopting a defensive guard.
Crayzle wants to get up but he can't break Sheehan's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Sheehan trying to control the position here.
Sheehan wants to get back to his feet but Crayzle is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crayzle wants to stand but Sheehan is controlling his posture from full guard.

Sheehan wriggles free and stands up.
Crayzle throws a right hand that misses

and Sheehan counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Crayzle keeping moving, preventing Sheehan from controlling successfully.
Crayzle avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sheehan controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Sheehan throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sheehan postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sheehan throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sheehan accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Sheehan trying to control the position from guard on top but Crayzle is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sheehan sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Crayzle might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Justus Sheehan has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Crayzle misses with an uppercut
and Sheehan counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Sheehan closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Crayzle to the mat! Crayzle manages to get full guard.
Crayzle knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sheehan on the ground.
Sheehan trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sheehan trying to control but Crayzle is working from the bottom.
Sheehan throwing strikes from guard but Crayzle blocks nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sheehan trying to control the position from guard on top but Crayzle is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Crayzle on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Crayzle tries to get out of the position.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Justus Sheehan hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Sheehan fails with a takedown attempt.
Crayzle misses with an uppercut

so Sheehan counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sheehan lands a couple of elbows.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sheehan looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Crayzle utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Justus Sheehan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Justus Sheehan's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Sheehan tries to clinch but Crayzle is having none of it.
Sheehan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jason Crayzle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sheehan shoots in but Crayzle avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Crayzle throws a poor cross that misses

and Sheehan counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Sheehan trying to control but Crayzle is working from the bottom.
Crayzle wants to stand but Sheehan is controlling the position.
Sheehan throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Crayzle works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sheehan missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sheehan trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sheehan controls from within his opponent's guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Justus Sheehan was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Crayzle stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Crayzle wants it to stay on the feet.
Sheehan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sheehan fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Crayzle avoids it really well and circles away.
Jason Crayzle has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Justus Sheehan.
Crayzle throws a lazy uppercut

and Sheehan counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Crayzle !

Sheehan is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Crayzle can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Sheehan throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crayzle taking shots to the head.
Sheehan punching from mount but Crayzle doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Sheehan throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Crayzle because Sheehan loaded up on that one.
Crayzle is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Crayzle holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Sheehan tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sheehan misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Sheehan has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Crayzle is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Justus Sheehan!