PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Harry Distacio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Action Crackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Distacio comes to the cage accompanied by Art of War. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Distacio
vs
Crackson

186 cm
25
194 lbs
11 - 1 - 0

180 cm
26
193 lbs
15 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
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 11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Harry Distacio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Action Crackson!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Elvis Blanc and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Distacio slips under a jab.
Distacio throws a solid leg kick but Crackson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Distacio.
Crackson throws a lazy head kick
and Distacio finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Crackson tries to close the distance and clinch but Distacio swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Crackson looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Distacio gets back to full guard.
Crackson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Distacio is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Crackson is trying to get back to full guard.
Distacio wants to lay and pray for a moment but Crackson keeps working.
Crackson is looking to improve his position.
Distacio trying to pass the guard but Crackson defending well.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Distacio in particular looking to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Distacio.
Distacio throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Crackson is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Distacio pulls his head out easily.
Distacio trying to control the pace.
Crackson is looking to improve his position.
Crackson wants to control but Distacio is keeping busy.
Distacio content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Distacio throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Distacio winds up and cracks Crackson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Distacio is keen to just control but Crackson is a slippery customer.

Crackson is defending against the submission attempts here by Distacio.
Distacio missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Distacio seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Distacio trying to control from half guard but Crackson is working away.
Distacio lands strikes from half guard.
Crackson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Crackson is in trouble now - Distacio has advanced to mount!
Distacio is landing with some decent strikes but Crackson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Distacio looking to control but Crackson is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Distacio thowing shots but they're missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Distacio landing strikes from the mount and Crackson is in trouble!
Poor strikes thrown by Distacio there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Distacio takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Distacio avoids the attempt from Crackson to control.
Crackson is looking to get to half guard.
Crackson holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Distacio tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Crackson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Crackson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Distacio fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Distacio breaks from Crackson's wrist control and lands an elbow.

It looks like Action Crackson has been cut.
Distacio has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The referee warns Crackson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crackson in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Crackson can't escape the position.
Distacio landing shots from mount.
Distacio tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Distacio postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Crackson looks a forlorn figure.
Distacio can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Crackson is looking to escape.
Distacio working away from the top, dropping strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Crackson is looking to get to half guard.
Distacio trying to control but he's not successful this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harry Distacio dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Action Crackson's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Crackson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Crackson slips under a jab.
Crackson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Crackson throws a lazy head kick

and Distacio counters with a takedown into side control.
Distacio in side control, throwing shots but Crackson defends.
Distacio scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Crackson to see if he's OK.
Distacio scoring with punches from side control.
Crackson stops Distacio from passing to mount.
Distacio passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Crackson!
Crackson regains half guard.
Crackson trying to control but Distacio postures up.
Distacio throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crackson is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Distacio scores with a couple of nice shots.
Distacio passes the guard and advances to mount!
Crackson tries to reverse the position but Distacio maintains control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Distacio landing strikes, looking to finish!
Crackson is looking to get to half guard.
Distacio putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Distacio trying to control but Crackson is having none of it.
Distacio lands a heavy elbow.
Distacio landing shots from mount.
Distacio avoids the attempt from Crackson to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Distacio lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Crackson hang on?
Crackson bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Distacio will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Distacio throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

Distacio has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Crackson doesn't defend quickly enough and Distacio has managed to lock this one up! Can Crackson escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Distacio on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Harry Distacio!