PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Don Cragen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bat Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cragen's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Captain Cragen. Don Cragen could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Bat Man's chin.

Cragen
vs
Man

182 cm
28
186 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

180 cm
28
179 lbs
11 - 11 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Das Labor
Das Labor

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Don Cragen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bat Man!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cragen fails to land the takedown.
Man lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Man closes the distance and clinches up with Cragen, looking for a takedown. Man pushes Cragen against the cage but Cragen circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Don Cragen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cragen shoots in looking for a takedown. Man tries to sprawl out of it but Cragen keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Man manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Man fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Cragen to the ground. Man is now in Cragen's guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Man wants to control from the top but Cragen keeps moving.
Man is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Man won't allow Cragen to get back to his feet.
Man pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cragen is keeping the position for now.
Man advances to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cragen pushes Man off and gets back to his feet.
Cragen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Man throws out the jab.
Cragen shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Don Cragen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cragen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cragen looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Cragen is breathing heavily.
Cragen tries to score a power double leg takedown but Man sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Cragen somewhat.
Cragen takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Cragen misses with a double jab

and Man counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Cragen keeping moving, preventing Man from controlling successfully.
Man thows a big elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Man is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Cragen keeping moving, preventing Man from controlling successfully.
Man looking to pass the guard.
Cragen preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Cragen keeping moving, preventing Man from controlling successfully.
Man works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man is trying to control. Cragen wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Cragen looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Man throwing shots but Cragen is blocking nicely.
Cragen won't allow Man to pass to mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Man is thwarting Cragen's attempts to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man is looking to pass Cragen's guard but actually Cragen recovers to full guard.
Man trying to control the position from guard on top but Cragen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Man wants to pass the guard but Cragen is keeping the position.
Man is stalling in the full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Cragen looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bat Man dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Man connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Man looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Cragen doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Man counters with a left to the body.
Nice takedown defense from Cragen. No joy for Man on that attempt.
Man lands the left hand.
Cragen shoots in looking for a takedown but Man manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Cragen's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Man changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Cragen tries to avoid it but Man manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Cragen to the ground. Cragen escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Don Cragen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bat Man.
Cragen looks to land a combination. Man sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Man shoots in for a takedown but Cragen shows good takedown defense.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Man.
Cragen pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Man back to the cage. Cragen follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cragen leaves Man with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Cragen!

It looks like Bat Man has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Cragen shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Cragen prevents Man from getting the reversal.
Cragen is landing with some decent strikes but Man is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Cragen prevents Man from getting the reversal.
Man is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Cragen lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cragen looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Man is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Man is in a horrible position here. Cragen smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Cragen looking to finish Man with some ground and pound. This is bad for Man!
Cragen pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Cragen landing shots from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cragen landing strikes from the mount and Man is in trouble!

Man is rocked!
Cragen connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Man is still in real trouble! Can Cragen finish him?
Man is trying desperately to improve position.
Cragen lands a big shot to the head and Man winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Don Cragen!