PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gabriel Francisco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Crabtree (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crabtree has chosen Move Bitch as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Francisco
vs
Crabtree

225 cm
34
280 lbs
19 - 8 - 0

191 cm
27
282 lbs
14 - 9 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Counter striker
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Steel Penn's Laundry 93%

iFight Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Gabriel Francisco !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Johnny Crabtree!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Jeff Smith and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crabtree misses with a low kick.
Crabtree tries to clinch but Francisco moves out of range.
Crabtree misses with a straight left.
Francisco fails with the takedown
and Crabtree counters with a thumping low kick.
A swing and a miss from Crabtree.
Francisco blocks a head kick by Crabtree.
Francisco shoots and misses
and Crabtree counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Crabtree has taken the fight to the clinch.
Crabtree prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gabriel Francisco . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Crabtree lands with a left to the head.
Crabtree throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Francisco s head.
Crabtree lands with a short shot to the head.
Crabtree lands a right hand that snaps the head of Francisco backwards.
Crabtree lands a left hand that snaps the head of Francisco backwards.

Francisco is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Crabtree can't fight it off and eventually Francisco manages to take the fight to the floor. Crabtree looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Francisco drops back, looking for a kneebar! Crabtree looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Crabtree looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Crabtree!
Francisco is trying to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Crabtree gets to mount! Francisco was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Francisco slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Francisco is trying to get back to full guard.
Francisco is working hard here to advance position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crabtree is looking to advance position but Francisco won't allow it.
Francisco wants to get back to full guard but Crabtree has mounted him!
Francisco is desperately trying to improve his position but Crabtree has a good base and remains in mount.
Crabtree looking to control but Francisco is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Francisco is working to get back to half guard.
Francisco really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Francisco slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Francisco wants to improve his position but Crabtree is controlling well.
Francisco manages to get to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Crabtree is looking to stand up but Francisco won't let him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Johnny Crabtree will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Crabtree swings for the body but Francisco moves out of range.

Crabtree darts in and clinches Francisco up against the cage.
Crabtree softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Crabtree softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Francisco goes for a takedown attempt but Crabtree pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Francisco doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Crabtree connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Crabtree misses the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crabtree tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Crabtree. Francisco does a little dance to reset his feet.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Crabtree throws a poor cross that misses

and Francisco counters with a takedown into side control.
Francisco in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Francisco is trying to ground and pound but Crabtree uses the momentary lack of control by Francisco to regain half guard.
Francisco misses with a head shot. Crabtree uses the momentum to regain guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crabtree controls Francisco momentarily but Francisco frees himself.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Francisco accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Francisco works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Gabriel Francisco overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Francisco is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Francisco is working for a submission of some sort.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Francisco is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Crabtree doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Francisco .
Francisco misses with a head shot. Crabtree uses the momentum to regain guard.
Francisco wants to control from the top but Crabtree keeps moving.

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.
Francisco throws a strike but Crabtree rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Crabtree seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Crabtree preventing the sweep.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Francisco has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Crabtree can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
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 Gabriel Francisco will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Crabtree misses with a left hand

and Francisco counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Francisco looking to pass the guard.
Francisco postures up in Crabtree's guard and throws a big left but Crabtree blocks it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Crabtree working a defensive guard here.
Francisco pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Crabtree is keeping the position for now.
Francisco postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Francisco accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Francisco is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Crabtree is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Crabtree has escaped and now he's on top!
Crabtree postures up.
Crabtree won't allow Francisco to sweep him here.
Crabtree showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Crabtree wants to stand but Francisco is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Francisco throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Francisco had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Crabtree defends it easily.

Francisco working for a triangle but Crabtree defends it easily.
Crabtree must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Francisco is looking for a triangle here but Crabtree uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Francisco is trying to get back to half guard.
Crabtree gets to mount! Francisco was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Francisco tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Crabtree controlling the position easily from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Francisco is trying to escape the mount.
Crabtree tries to control but Francisco wriggling away.
Crabtree controlling his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gabriel Francisco showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Francisco has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 30:28
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gabriel Francisco !
Gabriel Francisco decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.