PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fender Tremolo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Crawley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tremolo is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tremolo
vs
Crawley

188 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

182 cm
18
168 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Fender Tremolo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John Crawley!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Steve Erwin and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crawley scores with a jab to the body.
Tremolo is breathing heavily.
Tremolo wants to clinch but Crawley slips to the side
and Crawley makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Crawley thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Tremolo if he has to take too many more of those.
Crawley rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tremolo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tremolo blocks a head kick by Crawley.
Tremolo tries to clinch
and Crawley counters with a nice body kick.
Crawley lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tremolo circles away quickly and effectively.
Crawley lands a jab-cross combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tremolo takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Crawley throws a head kick that misses.
Crawley throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Crawley throws a head kick but Tremolo moves out of range.
Crawley throws a head kick but Tremolo moves out of range.
Crawley throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tremolo.
A head kick misses from Crawley.
Crawley tries a head kick but it misses.
Sloppy strikes from Crawley. Those never looked like landing.
Fender Tremolo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Crawley plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tremolo avoids the head kick by Crawley.
Tremolo takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Crawley lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Tremolo backs up against the cage.
Crawley throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Left hook, right uppercut from Crawley.
Crawley lands with a nice combination. Tremolo backs away looking to recover.
Crawley scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

Tremolo moves into the clinch.
Crawley trying to stall but Tremolo improves his position.
Crawley tries to land knees in the clinch but Tremolo avoids the damage to the body.
Tremolo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Crawley lands with a right to the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Crawley - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Tremolo avoiding damage as Crawley throws knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Crawley fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crawley has Tremolo pressed against the cage, preventing Tremolo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Crawley works on Tremolo's body with a couple of short punches.
Crawley throws a head punch that misses.
Crawley lands a nice knee to the body.
Crawley throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Crawley throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tremolo blocks it with crossed arms.
Crawley lands a nice shot to the body.
Crawley misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tremolo.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Tremolo as Crawley tries to tie him up.
Crawley tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Still in the clinch, Crawley scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tremolo dodges an elbow strike from Crawley.
Crawley lands with a left to the head.
Tremolo is trying to maintain a safe position but Crawley gets an underhook and turns Tremolo into the cage.
Crawley avoiding damage.
Tremolo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crawley lands a body punch.
Crawley is trying to break free.
Tremolo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Crawley misses with a knee strike.
Crawley is trying to break free.
Tremolo blocks a body shot from Crawley.
Crawley misses with an elbow strike.
Crawley tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Crawley misses with a body punch.
Crawley's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

Crawley escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Crawley displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Crawley stalks Tremolo and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Tremolo's face. Tremolo staggers backwards, shaken.
Tremolo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Crawley can pounce on him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crawley throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Tremolo's head.
Crawley looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Crawley throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Tremolo's head.
John Crawley is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Crawley throws a head kick that misses.
Crawley tries a head kick but it misses.
Crawley looks to land a combination. Tremolo sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Crawley circles away from the clinch attempt
and Crawley counters with a nice low kick that buckles Tremolo's knee momentarily.
Crawley misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Crawley lands a head kick!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Crawley lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tremolo circles away quickly and effectively.
Tremolo tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Crawley counters with a body kick that stops Tremolo in his tracks momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Crawley lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Crawley misses with a series of wild punches.
An inside leg kick lands from Crawley.
Crawley will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Crawley throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Tremolo crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Crawley - the referee stops the clock and Tremolo gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Crawley. Tremolo manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
A head kick misses from Crawley.
Tremolo takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Crawley connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Tremolo crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Crawley - the referee stops the clock and Tremolo gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Crawley. Tremolo manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Crawley digs a good body shot into Tremolo's ribs.
Fender Tremolo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Crawley throws a combination. Tremolo tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Crawley throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crawley throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tremolo.
Crawley with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A slapping body kick lands there for Crawley.
Crawley lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tremolo circles away quickly and effectively.
A nice combination there by Crawley.
Crawley moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Crawley. Those never looked like landing.
Crawley throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Crawley circles away from the clinch attempt
and Crawley counters with a slapping leg kick.
Tremolo will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Tremolo shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Crawley pinned against the cage. Crawley gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Crawley feints and then cracks Tremolo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tremolo down.
Tremolo is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crawley throws a nice looking combination but Tremolo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tremolo tries to clinch
and Crawley counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Crawley bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Tremolo takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Crawley moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Crawley moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Crawley fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Crawley misses with a body kick.
Crawley throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tremolo.
Crawley lands with a slapping head kick.
Tremolo tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Crawley counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tremolo on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Crawley circles away from the clinch attempt
and Crawley counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Crawley lands a nice looking kick to the body. Tremolo takes a step back to recover.
Crawley misses with a series of wild punches.
Tremolo takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Crawley tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Crawley throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Tremolo.
Crawley swinging wildly here.
Crawley is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Tremolo rather than just go for the knockout.
Crawley pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Crawley scores with a head kick. Tremolo tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Tremolo wants to clinch
and Crawley counters with a right hand to the body.
Tremolo darts in trying to clinch
and Crawley counters with a nice uppercut.
Crawley lands a head kick. Tremolo smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Tremolo dodges the punch combination from Crawley.
Crawley lands with a slapping head kick.
Crawley throws a head kick that misses.
Crawley throws a head kick that misses.
Tremolo tries to clinch there but Crawley circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Crawley showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Crawley ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Tremolo dodges the punch combination from Crawley.
Crawley thows a body shot but no joy.
Crawley digs a good hook to Tremolo's body.
Tremolo darts in trying to clinch
and Crawley counters with a good, hard body kick but Tremolo shrugs it off.
A cross from Crawley lands.
Crawley lands with a nice combination. Tremolo backs away looking to recover.
Crawley scores with a body shot.
Crawley pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Tremolo back to the cage. Crawley follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tremolo blocks a head kick by Crawley.
Crawley lands with a nice combination. Tremolo backs away looking to recover.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tremolo moves to clinch but Crawley breaks away
and Crawley counters with a nice body kick.
Crawley is looking to slow Tremolo down with leg kicks.
Tremolo closes the distance but Crawley moves to the side
and Crawley counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Tremolo is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Crawley connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Tremolo will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Crawley throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Crawley has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Crawley scores with a kick to the body.
Tremolo blocks a head kick by Crawley.
Tremolo with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Crawley to score with a decent uppercut.
Crawley connects with a looping right hand.
Crawley misses with a head kick.
Danga de danga de dang - Crawley scores with a four punch combination!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tremolo closes the distance looking to clinch
and Crawley makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Tremolo really felt that one!

Tremolo rushes Crawley and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Crawley.
Tremolo tries to break the clinch but Crawley is controlling the position.
Crawley wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tremolo has him pressed against the cage.
Tremolo tries to break the clinch but Crawley is controlling the position.
Crawley connects with a knee to the head.
Tremolo looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nice elbow from Crawley.
Crawley controlling the action here for a moment.
Crawley tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crawley is trying to break free.
Tremolo throws a punch but it's blocked by Crawley.

Crawley breaks the clinch.
Tremolo tries to clinch but Crawley moves away
and Crawley counters with a nice body kick.
Tremolo tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Crawley counters with a left to the body.
Crawley tries a head kick but it misses.
Crawley throws a head kick that misses.
Fender Tremolo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tremolo darts in trying to clinch
and Crawley counters with a nice uppercut.
John Crawley is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tremolo takes a head kick and keeps coming.
A solid leg kick lands there for Crawley.
Crawley lands with a kick to the temple. Tremolo shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Tremolo closes the distance looking to clinch
and Crawley counters with a right hand to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Tremolo is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Crawley.
Crawley goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Good leg kick by Crawley there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Tremolo looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Crawley. Tremolo shrugs it off though.
A head kick from Crawley lands but Tremolo takes it in his stride.
Crawley thuds his shin into the meat of Tremolo's side.
Crawley misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice body kick there by Crawley.
Crawley lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Crawley misses with a series of wild punches.
Crawley lands with a nice combination. Tremolo backs away looking to recover.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Crawley comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Crawley has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 26:30
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 25:30
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Crawley!