PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ichabod Crane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Yon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Crane might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to ROCK THE NIGHT. David Yon is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Crane
vs
Yon

187 cm
25
220 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

199 cm
28
220 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Solid boxing
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Determined

Unique Wear and Custom Design

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 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ichabod Crane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, David Yon!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Ryoma Takatsuka and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Yon pushes Crane up against the cage in a clinch.
Crane misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yon crunches a lovely knee into Crane's ribcage.
Yon scores with a hook to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Crane.
Crane misses with a hook from the clinch.
Crane tries to throw a body punch but Yon avoids it by throwing Crane back against the cage.
Crane can't find room to land a body shot as Yon controls the action.

Yon pulls guard successfully.
Crane pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Yon is keeping the position for now.
Crane forces his way into half guard.

Yon actively working from the bottom here.
Well, if Crane is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crane prevents Yon from improving his position.
Crane looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Crane performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Crane wants to advance to full mount but Yon doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Yon is trying to control the position but Crane postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crane's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Crane looking to pass the guard.
Yon is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Crane got a little sloppy there for a moment and Yon has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Crane has managed to get both his arms back between Yon's legs - danger averted.
Crane trying to control but Yon is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Ichabod Crane.
Crane swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Yon jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Crane looks to throw the jab but Yon is out of range.
David Yon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No joy there for Yon, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Crane digs a good hook to Yon's body.
Crane pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Crane takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Crane throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yon fails with a takedown attempt.
Crane lands with an uppercut that bounces Yon off the cage and back into range.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Crane slips under a jab.
Yon throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The fighters circle momentarily. Crane darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yon lands a jab to Crane's midsection.
Yon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Crane.
Yon misses with an uppercut. Crane saw that one coming.
A combination from Yon does no damage.
Yon takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A big right from Yon misses.
Crane throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Crane scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Yon throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Yon avoids the body shot from Crane.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Crane wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Yon looks winded!
Crane swinging wildly here.
Yon lands a two punch combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ichabod Crane will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Yon just misses with a punch to the body.
Yon scores with a head kick.
Crane blocks a jab.
Crane stuns Yon with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Horrible takedown by Yon or perhaps it was just good defense by Crane which made him look bad.
Crane just misses with a punch to the body.
Yon uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Crane.
Crane keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Crane lands a nice looking body shot.
A jab from Crane does it's job there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crane with a hook.
Crane misses with a hook. Yon ducked under it nicely.
Yon looks to land a left hand but Crane moved out of range nicely.
Yon waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Crane.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yon moves away from the strike by Crane.
Yon takes a swing at Crane's ribcage but misses.
Jab by Crane.
Yon misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Crane throws a one two combo.
Crane throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yon throws a right hand that Crane ducks under and follows up with a left that Crane also avoids with ease.
Yon waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Crane.
Yon fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Yon is breathing heavily.
Crane looks to score with a jab to the body but Yon is just out of range.
Yon thows a body shot but no joy.
Yon scores with a body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Crane looks to score with a jab to the body but Yon is just out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crane thuds his right hand into Yon's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Yon 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 Crane has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Crane and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Yon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Crane takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A jab from Crane does it's job there.
Yon misses with a wild body shot.
Yon comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Yon fails with the takedown.
Ichabod Crane has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David Yon.
Crane throws a body punch but Yon moves out of range.
Crane swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ichabod Crane is winning the standup battle so far.
Crane scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Yon shoots in but Crane avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Crane stuns Yon with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Crane does it's job there.
Crane swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Crane works Yon's body with a nice hook.
Crane lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Crane ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Yon misses with a straight right.
A combination from Yon does no damage.
Yon misses the body punch
and Crane counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A left lands for Crane.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Crane tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yon was well out of range. Poor timing from Crane.
Crane digs a good hook to Yon's body.
Yon gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yon avoids the body shot from Crane.
Crane wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Crane uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

Yon is rocked!
Yon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Crane cracks Yon on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Yon falls backwards against the cage. Crane follows up with more strikes that drop Yon to his knees. Crane keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Yon! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ichabod Crane!
A very excited looking Ichabod Crane made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.