PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Claes Fleming (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ellic McCrae (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Fleming
vs
McCrae

188 cm
33
185 lbs
15 - 13 - 0

182 cm
22
195 lbs
4 - 10 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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 15 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Claes Fleming!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Ellic McCrae!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Daniel Bishop and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCrae changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Fleming tries to avoid it but McCrae manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Fleming to the ground. Fleming escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
McCrae looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
McCrae uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fleming.
Fleming throws a head kick but McCrae moves out of range.
Fleming shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Nice defenses there by Fleming.
McCrae misses with a straight right.
McCrae fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Claes Fleming has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ellic McCrae.
McCrae misses with a lunging right hand
and Fleming cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fleming uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McCrae.
Nice uppercut there from McCrae.

Fleming gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
McCrae content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Fleming is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCrae stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Fleming swivels though and keeps the full guard.
McCrae throwing strikes but missing.
McCrae trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as McCrae accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
McCrae throwing strikes but missing.
McCrae loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
McCrae in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Fleming utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCrae landing some decent shots from guard.
McCrae throws a big right hand that misses.
McCrae throws a big elbow that misses.
McCrae trying to control the position from guard on top but Fleming is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
McCrae throwing strikes but missing.
McCrae throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Fleming works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
McCrae with a flurry of punches that miss.
McCrae is looking to work some ground and pound but Fleming has wrist control.
McCrae missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fleming avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Fleming preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
McCrae throwing strikes but missing.
McCrae throwing strikes but missing.
Fleming utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
McCrae forces his way into half guard.
McCrae scoring with strikes to the body and head.

McCrae is trying to work for a kimura but Fleming is defending well.
McCrae landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCrae missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
McCrae is trying to control. Fleming wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
McCrae throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
McCrae throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fleming is refusing to be controlled, as McCrae sits in half guard.
McCrae missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fleming keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
McCrae lands with a punch from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
McCrae not landing any meaningful shots this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ellic McCrae dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Fleming moves out of range of the strikes.
McCrae misses with an uppercut
and Fleming counters with a body kick.
McCrae thows a left - swing and a miss!
McCrae thows a left - swing and a miss!
McCrae takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Fleming moves out of range of the strikes.
Fleming uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McCrae.
McCrae throws a nice looking combination but Fleming bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
McCrae throws a body punch but Fleming moves out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
McCrae misses with an uppercut.
McCrae walks into a stiff left hand from Fleming.
McCrae misses with an uppercut.
Nice takedown defense from Fleming. No joy for McCrae on that attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCrae looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Fleming takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
McCrae misses with a hook
and Fleming counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Fleming with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling McCrae to score with a decent uppercut.
McCrae throws an off balance right hand
and McCrae takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
McCrae fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
McCrae shoots in looking for a takedown but Fleming manages to keep the fight standing, pushing McCrae's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Claes Fleming has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ellic McCrae.
Fleming on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Fleming lands a nice hook to McCrae's body. McCrae takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
McCrae might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
McCrae scores with a decent looking hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCrae just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fleming digs a good body shot into McCrae's ribs.

McCrae looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Fleming!
McCrae thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
McCrae tries to control but Fleming wriggling away.
McCrae has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
McCrae landing punches.
McCrae sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

McCrae is working for a guillotine from mount but Fleming frees his head quite easily.
Poor strikes thrown by McCrae there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCrae throwing strikes here but Fleming is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
McCrae looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
McCrae looking to finish with strikes here!
McCrae misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
McCrae is in the full mount, landing strikes.
McCrae punching from mount but Fleming doing a good job of avoiding damage.
McCrae connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

Fleming is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McCrae connects with a bit shot that sees Fleming covering up! More strikes from McCrae and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! McCrae is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ellic McCrae!
After winning the bout, Ellic McCrae thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.