PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Rey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Igor Crazy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Crazy's choice of entrance music: Mienteme. Carlos Rey has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Rey
vs
Crazy

188 cm
25
181 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

175 cm
29
175 lbs
9 - 8 - 2

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Carlos Rey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 2, fighting out of Hilo, Igor Crazy!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Colin Fray and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crazy closes this distance looking for a takedown but Rey circles away.
Crazy wants to slow Rey down by chopping away at his legs.
Crazy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rey misses the shot to the body.
Crazy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Crazy tries a low kick but Rey avoids it.
Crazy scores with a leg kick.
Rey misses with a wild body shot.
Rey misses with a hook. Crazy ducked under it nicely.
Crazy throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Rey's head.

It looks like Carlos Rey has been cut.

Rey shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Crazy manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Rey looking to sit in guard and control but Crazy gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Crazy pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Rey is keeping the position for now.
Crazy controls from within his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crazy trying to control the position from guard on top but Rey is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Crazy not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Crazy trying to control but Rey is working from the bottom.
Crazy controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Igor Crazy.
Crazy throws a head kick that misses.
Crazy looks for a takedown but Rey sprawls well.
Crazy on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Crazy takes a shot to the body in his stride.

Rey looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Crazy is looking for a sweep. Rey is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rey trying to control the action but Crazy is working from the bottom.
Rey throwing shots but Crazy is blocking nicely.
Rey missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Rey prevents Crazy from improving his position.
Rey lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Rey is thwarting Crazy's attempts to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crazy is staying active underneath Rey, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Crazy is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Rey pulls his head out easily.
Crazy wants to get back to full guard.
Crazy blocking the ground and pound attempt from Rey.
Crazy is looking for a sweep. Rey is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Rey is trying to control the action in half guard but Crazy is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Rey will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Crazy moves into full guard.
Crazy wants to improve his position but instead Rey has moved into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crazy wants to improve his position but Rey is controlling well.
Rey missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Rey thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Rey wants to pass to mount but Crazy is defending the position.
Crazy is looking for a sweep. Rey is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Crazy looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
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 Carlos Rey will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Carlos Rey's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Rey avoids the body shot from Crazy.
Crazy is looking to score with low kicks.
Crazy takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Rey misses with a body shot.

Rey looking to score a takedown here. Crazy is defending well but Rey drives through and ends up in Crazy's guard.
Rey trying to control but Crazy is working from the bottom.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Crazy is on top in guard.
Rey utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Crazy looking to sit in guard and control but Rey gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Rey's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Crazy looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Rey wants to pass the guard but Crazy is keeping the position.

Crazy is looking for a triangle but Rey pushes his legs off easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crazy wants to sweep here but Rey controlling him for the moment.
Rey throws a big right hand that misses.
Rey wants to control from the top but Crazy keeps moving.
Crazy utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Rey working some strikes from top position.
Rey sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Crazy keeping moving, preventing Rey from controlling successfully.
Rey pushes down on Crazy's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Crazy is trying to maintain the position but Rey is very close to passing his half guard.
Crazy keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crazy has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Rey is working away from the top position though.
Rey seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Crazy gets back to full guard.
Rey postures up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Crazy looking for a sweep. Not yet Crazy, not yet.
Crazy keeping moving, preventing Rey from controlling successfully.

Crazy working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Rey doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Rey manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
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 Carlos Rey will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Carlos Rey's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Crazy shoots in and drives through. Rey sprawls well.

Crazy shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Crazy showed some decent athleticism there.
Carlos Rey overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Crazy moves into full mount! Rey won't be happy about that!
Crazy landing strikes from the mount and Rey is in trouble!
Crazy sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Rey really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Crazy trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Crazy controlling from the full mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crazy scoring with strikes but Rey is staying in there.
Rey can't escape the position.
Poor strikes thrown by Crazy there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Crazy controlling his opponent.
Rey takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Crazy takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Crazy with a couple of short strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crazy raining down shots from the mount!
Crazy sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Rey is squirming around, avoiding Crazy's attempts to control the action.
Rey is looking to improve his position but Crazy isn't that keen on the idea.
Crazy can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Rey is looking to escape.
Crazy tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Igor Crazy was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Rey is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Crazy throws a big shot that misses.
Rey keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Crazy scores with a jab to the body.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Rey checks a leg kick.
Crazy tries a low kick but Rey avoids it.
Nice sprawl there from Rey as Crazy shoots in.
Crazy throws a leg kick but Rey moved away.
Rey leaves Crazy with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Carlos Rey has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Igor Crazy.
Crazy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Crazy gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Rey.
A slow jab from Crazy misses its intended target.
A clash of legs there as Rey blocks the low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crazy connects with a high kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crazy tries to score with a low kick but Rey moves his leg out of the way.
Crazy tries to work over Rey's front leg with a kick but Rey checks it.
Nice shot by Rey.
Crazy takes one to the side of the head.
Igor Crazy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rey digs a good body shot into Crazy's ribs.
Rey swats away the attempt to clinch by Crazy.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Crazy 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 Rey has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Rey and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Crazy throws a solid leg kick but Rey takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Crazy.
Rey connects with a left and a right that sees a clearly hurt Crazy covering up! Rey comes in with a big uppercut and Crazy goes doooown! He's slumped up against the cage, eyes staring blankly into space.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Carlos Rey!
Our winner, Carlos Rey, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.