PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Crack Corn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Val Kjartansson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crack Corn comes to the cage accompanied by Jimmy cracks heads and he dont care. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Crack Corn
vs
Kjartansson

180 cm
32
165 lbs
23 - 13 - 0

170 cm
22
159 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Good knees
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jimmy Crack Corn!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Val Kjartansson!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Eliza Hachem and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crack Corn keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Crack Corn on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Kjartansson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Crack Corn circles away quickly and effectively.
Crack Corn avoids a kick to the body.
Kjartansson is looking to slow Crack Corn down with leg kicks.
Kjartansson misses the jab.
Kjartansson throws a low kick but Crack Corn moves out of range easily.
Crack Corn takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Crack Corn takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Crack Corn is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
That kick from Kjartansson tenderised Crack Corn's leg. Crack Corn is trying to keep his angry face on.
Nice cross by Kjartansson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kjartansson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kjartansson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kjartansson throws a low kick but Crack Corn moves out of range easily.
Val Kjartansson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kjartansson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Good leg kick by Kjartansson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Crack Corn moves out of range of the body kick from Kjartansson.
Kjartansson throws a body kick that misses.
Kjartansson shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Kjartansson missing with a left hand there. Crack Corn was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kjartansson throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Kjartansson throws a body punch but Crack Corn moves out of range.
Kjartansson throws a leg kick but Crack Corn sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Kjartansson throws a big shot that misses.
Kjartansson misses with a low kick as Crack Corn jumps back.
Kjartansson looks to land a right hand but Crack Corn moved out of range.
Kjartansson takes a swing at Crack Corn's ribcage but misses.
Crack Corn shoots in for a double leg but Kjartansson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Crack Corn checks a leg kick.
Kjartansson misses with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kjartansson connects with a leg kick. Crack Corn looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Crack Corn takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nice defenses there by Crack Corn.
Kjartansson swings for the body but Crack Corn moves out of range.
Kjartansson pushes Crack Corn away with a front kick.
Kjartansson lands with a straight right. Crack Corn didn't see that one coming.
Crack Corn throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kjartansson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kjartansson misses with an attempted mid kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crack Corn has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Kjartansson.
Kjartansson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Crack Corn was well out of range. Poor timing from Kjartansson.
Crack Corn is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Kjartansson misses with the combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kjartansson misses with a low kick.
Crack Corn takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Val Kjartansson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Crack Corn drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Kjartansson is trying to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Crack Corn goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Kjartansson rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Crack Corn's guard! Nice work there by Kjartansson!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Kjartansson lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Crack Corn has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Crack Corn and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Crack Corn takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kjartansson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kjartansson takes a swing at Crack Corn's ribcage but misses.
Kjartansson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kjartansson misses with a straight right.
Good leg kick by Kjartansson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Crack Corn fails to land the takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crack Corn on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Kjartansson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Kjartansson throws a leg kick but Crack Corn checks it.
Kjartansson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kjartansson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A leg kick checked by Crack Corn.
No joy there for Kjartansson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crack Corn checks a leg kick.
A low kick from Kjartansson misses

and Crack Corn counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Crack Corn is looking to take a break and control but Kjartansson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Crack Corn is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Crack Corn is keen to just control but Kjartansson is a slippery customer.
Crack Corn 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.
Kjartansson works his way to full guard. Good work.
Crack Corn trying to control but Kjartansson is working from the bottom.
Crack Corn throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kjartansson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Kjartansson keeping moving, preventing Crack Corn from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kjartansson pulls Crack Corn in to control the position.
Crack Corn trying to control the position from guard on top but Kjartansson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Jimmy Crack Corn.
Crack Corn shoots in but no luck this time.
Kjartansson shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Kjartansson swings widly with a right hand

and Crack Corn counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Crack Corn is looking to work some ground and pound but Kjartansson has wrist control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kjartansson keeping moving, preventing Crack Corn from controlling successfully.
Crack Corn in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Crack Corn trying to control the position from guard on top but Kjartansson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Jimmy Crack Corn just wasn't active enough.
Kjartansson throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Crack Corn to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kjartansson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kjartansson misses with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jimmy Crack Corn will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Crack Corn looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Crack Corn shoots in looking for a takedown but Kjartansson manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Crack Corn's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Kjartansson is looking to land body kicks.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Kjartansson.
That kick from Kjartansson tenderised Crack Corn's leg. Crack Corn is trying to keep his angry face on.
Crack Corn tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Crack Corn checks the leg kick.
Kjartansson is looking to slow Crack Corn down with leg kicks.
Val Kjartansson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kjartansson scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kjartansson misses with a hook.
Kjartansson misses with a head kick.
Kjartansson throws a low kick, looking for Crack Corn's leg but Crack Corn calmly moves out of range.
Kjartansson throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Kjartansson throws a leg kick but Crack Corn moved away.
Kjartansson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Crack Corn moves away from the strike by Kjartansson.
Kjartansson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kjartansson misses with an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kjartansson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Crack Corn looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Kjartansson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kjartansson misses with a body punch

and Crack Corn moves into the clinch.
A short uppercut from Kjartansson.
Kjartansson lands a left hand.
Crack Corn looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jimmy Crack Corn. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kjartansson is working Crack Corn over against the cage.
Crack Corn wants a takedown but no success here.
Kjartansson tries to throw a body punch but Crack Corn avoids it by throwing Kjartansson back against the cage.
Crack Corn drops down looking for an ankle pick but Kjartansson pulls his leg out and moves away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kjartansson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kjartansson.
Kjartansson thows a body shot but no joy.
Kjartansson misses with an uppercut.
Crack Corn gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kjartansson.
Kjartansson slaps away a takedown attempt from Crack Corn, before circling back to the center of the mat.
An inside leg kick lands from Kjartansson.
Crack Corn moves out of range of the body kick from Kjartansson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kjartansson throws a head kick but Crack Corn moves out of range.
Crack Corn missing with a left hand there. Kjartansson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kjartansson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kjartansson throws a lazy body kick

so Crack Corn counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kjartansson keeping moving, preventing Crack Corn from controlling successfully.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kjartansson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Crack Corn forces his way into half guard.
Kjartansson is controlling Crack Corn's position as best he can from this difficult position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Val Kjartansson really dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Nice defenses there by Crack Corn.
Kjartansson lands a leg kick that knocks Crack Corn off balance momentarily.
Crack Corn takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kjartansson takes a swing at Crack Corn's ribcage but misses.
Kjartansson misses with a body shot.
Kjartansson throws a chopping leg kick but Crack Corn manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Crack Corn moves out of range as Kjartansson throws a body kick.
Kjartansson lands a leg kick that knocks Crack Corn off balance momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crack Corn moves out of range of the body kick.
Crack Corn shoots in but Kjartansson avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Crack Corn moves out of range of the body kick from Kjartansson.
Kjartansson thows a body shot but no joy.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Crack Corn crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Kjartansson - the referee stops the clock and Crack Corn gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Kjartansson. Crack Corn manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Crack Corn moves out of range of the body kick from Kjartansson.
Kjartansson throws a body punch but Crack Corn moves out of range.
Kjartansson throws a body kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kjartansson lands with a hook. Crack Corn tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Kjartansson stuffs the takedown attempt from Crack Corn. Crack Corn gets slowly back to his feet.
Kjartansson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kjartansson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Crack Corn.
Kjartansson misses with a straight right.
Crack Corn takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Crack Corn takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Kjartansson misses with a series of wild punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kjartansson connects with an inside leg kick.
Crack Corn fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jimmy Crack Corn. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kjartansson thuds his shin into the meat of Crack Corn's side.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Kjartansson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Crack Corn. That did some damage!
Kjartansson defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Crack Corn.
Crack Corn looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Kjartansson is fending him off so far but Crack Corn persists. Nope, Kjartansson circles away and we're back to standing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kjartansson lands a slapping body shot.
Kjartansson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Kjartansson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kjartansson misses with a kick to the body.
Crack Corn moves out of range of the body kick from Kjartansson.
Kjartansson throws a body punch but Crack Corn moves out of range.
Kjartansson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kjartansson lands with a good body shot.
Kjartansson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Crack Corn moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Val Kjartansson dominated that fourth round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Crack Corn on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Kjartansson misses with a wild body shot.
Kjartansson throws a leg kick but Crack Corn moved away.
Crack Corn dives in and grabs Kjartansson's left leg, looking for a takedown. Kjartansson pushes down on Crack Corn's head and hops out.
Kjartansson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Crack Corn.

Crack Corn shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Kjartansson is trying to defend but Crack Corn finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Crack Corn is keen to just control but Kjartansson is a slippery customer.
Kjartansson tries to roll over but Crack Corn keeps him under control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Crack Corn is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Crack Corn wants to control but Kjartansson is keeping him busy.

Crack Corn is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Crack Corn throwing shots but Kjartansson is blocking nicely.
Kjartansson is refusing to be controlled, as Crack Corn sits in half guard.
Kjartansson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Crack Corn is pressing down on Kjartansson's thigh, looking to free his foot. Kjartansson is holding on for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crack Corn with the ground and pound but Kjartansson uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Kjartansson keeping moving, preventing Crack Corn from controlling successfully.
Kjartansson trying to keep a closed guard but Crack Corn is proving a slippery customer.
Crack Corn works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Kjartansson has his hands clasped together around Crack Corn's back. He's all about the action.
Kjartansson is refusing to be controlled, as Crack Corn sits in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kjartansson trying to control here.
Kjartansson is not content to let Crack Corn control the position.
Val Kjartansson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Crack Corn is really struggling to control Kjartansson but he's trying to hold on to the position.

We're going to have a standup here because Jimmy Crack Corn wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Kjartansson misses with a double jab
and Crack Corn makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Jimmy Crack Corn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Kjartansson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kjartansson scores with a leg kick.
Kjartansson throws a body punch but Crack Corn moves out of range.
Kjartansson looks to land a combination but Crack Corn avoids it well.
Kjartansson thumps Crack Corn with a low kick.
A leg kick checked by Crack Corn.
Kjartansson lands a leg kick that knocks Crack Corn off balance momentarily.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jimmy Crack Corn.
I think Kjartansson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 47:48
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 47:48
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 47:48

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Val Kjartansson! Val Kjartansson retains his lightweight title!
Val Kjartansson bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.