PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dog Crazy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roman Grant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dog Crazy has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Crazy
vs
Grant

195 cm
24
190 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

183 cm
27
200 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

[JMFC] 160!

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 12 - 3 - 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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Roman Grant!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Seu Braga and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crazy doesn't manage to clinch there - Grant circles away.
Crazy slips a straight right by Grant.
Grant circles away from the clinch attempt.
Grant throws a push kick but Crazy slaps the foot to one side.
Crazy wants to clinch but Grant slips to the side
and Grant counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Crazy closes the distance but Grant moves to the side
and Grant counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Crazy tries to close the distance and clinch but Grant swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Crazy shoots in and bounces Grant off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Crazy pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Grant is keeping the position for now.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Grant can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Grant is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Crazy will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Crazy tries to free his leg and advance position but Grant is retaining full guard.
Crazy not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Grant wants to sweep but no luck.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Grant controls Crazy momentarily but Crazy frees himself.
Grant wants to hit a switch here but Crazy passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Grant there!
Grant is looking to get to half guard.
Crazy takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grant tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Crazy controlling from the full mount.
Grant is bucking up trying to escape but Crazy cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Crazy tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Crazy avoids the attempt from Grant to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dog Crazy dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Crazy fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Grant has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Crazy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Grant misses with a straight left.
Grant misses with a leg kick

and Crazy counters by clinching up.
Crazy slows down the pace here.
Grant creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Crazy's defenses.

It looks like Dog Crazy has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crazy creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Crazy stalling in the clinch.
Crazy unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Crazy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Grant lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The referee is keeping an eye on Crazy - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Crazy tries to land a knee to the head but Grant blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crazy prevents a body shot from Grant.
Crazy trying to land knees to the body.
Crazy lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Grant or not.
A nice right hand lands inside from Grant.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Crazy missing with knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Crazy - that landed with a thud.
Grant managing to block the knees to the body from Crazy.
Grant is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Crazy is defending well for now.
Crazy tries to land knees in the clinch but Grant avoids the damage to the body.
Crazy lands a body punch in the clinch.
Grant working aggressively here.
Crazy softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Crazy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Crazy wants to stall.
Crazy can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Crazy using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Grant has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crazy pushes Grant back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Crazy stalling in the clinch.
Grant presses Crazy against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Grant throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Crazy landing knees to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Grant.
Grant managing to block the knees to the body from Crazy.
Crazy stalling in the clinch but Grant improves position.
Grant crunches a lovely knee into Crazy's ribcage.
Grant working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Crazy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Grant backwards.
The referee calls for Crazy to work.
Crazy tries a knee to the head but Grant blocks it.
Crazy is trying to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Dog Crazy.
Crazy lands with a nice body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Crazy gets the takedown into side control.
Grant is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Crazy has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Grant being controlled for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crazy working the head and body with strikes.
Crazy just content to control the position.
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 Dog Crazy's cut.
That's time! Crazy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

The fight stays on the outside here - Crazy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Crazy wants to clinch
letting Grant counter with a right hand.
Grant misses with an uppercut
and Crazy makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Crazy moves in looking to clinch but Grant pushes him off.
Grant avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grant lands a jab to Crazy's midsection.
Crazy throws a poor cross that misses
and Crazy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Crazy wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grant throws a combination that misses

and Crazy decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Grant's guard.
Grant keeping moving, preventing Crazy from controlling successfully.
Crazy controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Crazy preventing the sweep.
Crazy pushes down on Grant's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Roman Grant has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crazy is controlling the pace.
Crazy works his way into full mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crazy looking to control and managing it successfully.
Grant tries to lock up and control but Crazy gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Crazy controlling the pace for now.
Dog Crazy is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Grant tries to reverse the position but Crazy maintains control.
Crazy won't let Grant get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Crazy controlling his opponent.

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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:27
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:27

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