PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dale Cranswick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Prince Olfinar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Olfinar is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Papa Roach- Getting Away With Murder. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Cranswick
vs
Olfinar

185 cm
25
165 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

181 cm
19
161 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dale Cranswick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Prince Olfinar!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Damien Edna and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Olfinar moves to clinch but Cranswick breaks away
and Cranswick counters with a straight right hand.

Olfinar forces Cranswick back against the cage and clinches.
Cranswick blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Olfinar trying to land knees to the body.
Olfinar using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Cranswick has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Cranswick on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cranswick is trying to break the clinch but Olfinar has him pressed against the cage.
Cranswick managing to block the knees to the body from Olfinar.
Olfinar tries to land knees in the clinch but Cranswick avoids the damage to the body.
Olfinar unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cranswick lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cranswick on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cranswick avoiding damage as Olfinar throws knees to the body.
Olfinar has Cranswick pressed against the cage, preventing Cranswick from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cranswick wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Olfinar has him pressed against the cage.
Cranswick on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cranswick on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Olfinar is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cranswick is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cranswick has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Olfinar lands a good knee to the midsection. Cranswick won't want to take too many of those.
Cranswick wants to get back to striking at distance but Olfinar won't allow it.
A frustrated look appears on Cranswick's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cranswick tries to break free but Olfinar pushes him back against the cage.
Olfinar trying to land knees to the body.
Cranswick is trying to force a seperation but Olfinar has the dominant position.
Cranswick wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cranswick on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cranswick has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Olfinar has Cranswick pressed against the cage, preventing Cranswick from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Olfinar prevents Cranswick from breaking the clinch.
Cranswick looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Olfinar lands a knee to the body.
Olfinar unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Olfinar unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cranswick lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Cranswick escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olfinar tries to clinch up but Cranswick circles away and keeps his distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Olfinar tries to close the distance and clinch but Cranswick swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cranswick misses with a jab, cross combination.
Olfinar tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cranswick manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Olfinar closes the distance and clinches.
Olfinar is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Cranswick blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Olfinar missing with knees to the body.
Olfinar trying to land knees to the body.
Olfinar utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Cranswick wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Olfinar has him pressed against the cage.
Olfinar crunches a lovely knee into Cranswick's ribcage.
Cranswick is trying to force a seperation but Olfinar has the dominant position.
Olfinar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cranswick.
Cranswick can't break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olfinar scores a nice knee to the body.
Cranswick managing to block the knees to the body from Olfinar.
Cranswick on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Olfinar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cranswick.
Olfinar looks winded!
Olfinar landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Olfinar is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cranswick is defending well for now.
Cranswick tries to break free but Olfinar pushes him back against the cage.
Olfinar keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cranswick's efforts to push away.
Cranswick wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Olfinar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cranswick.
Cranswick blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Olfinar missing with knees to the body.
Olfinar is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cranswick is defending well for now.
Cranswick wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Olfinar is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cranswick is defending well for now.
Cranswick managing to block the knees to the body from Olfinar.
Cranswick wants to get back to striking at distance but Olfinar won't allow it.
Cranswick wants to get back to striking at distance but Olfinar won't allow it.
Cranswick on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Olfinar lands a good knee to the midsection. Cranswick won't want to take too many of those.
Olfinar missing with knees to the body.
Cranswick on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cranswick is trying to push Olfinar away but Olfinar has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Olfinar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cranswick.
Olfinar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cranswick avoids it.
Cranswick blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Olfinar prevents Cranswick from breaking the clinch.
Cranswick has had enough of the clinch but Olfinar keeps him there for the moment.
Cranswick looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cranswick wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Olfinar has him pressed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Olfinar tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Cranswick counters with a series of strikes that sends Olfinar to the canvas! Cranswick follows down into guard, looking to finish the fight!

Olfinar is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

Cranswick gets to his feet - Olfinar follows without any prompting.
Olfinar is still on wobbly legs! Can Cranswick finish him?
Olfinar tries to clinch but Cranswick moves away
and Cranswick counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Olfinar tries to clinch but Cranswick moves out of range.
Olfinar is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Olfinar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Olfinar dodges the punch combination from Cranswick.
Olfinar moves in looking to clinch but Cranswick pushes him off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Olfinar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Olfinar seems to have recovered his senses.
Cranswick thows a body shot but no joy.
Cranswick circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cranswick keeps the fight on the outside.
Cranswick looks to land a combination but Olfinar avoids it well.
Olfinar tries to clinch up

and Cranswick counters with a leg kick then a big left hand that sends Olfinar down! Cranswick is looking to finish but Olfinar is intelligently defending himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cranswick gets to his feet - Olfinar follows without any prompting.
Cranswick throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dale Cranswick is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cranswick circles away from the clinch attempt.
Olfinar tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cranswick paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Olfinar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A jab from Cranswick misses.
Cranswick misses with a few strikes there.

Olfinar closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Cranswick on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Olfinar is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Olfinar scores a nice knee to the body.
Cranswick on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Olfinar keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cranswick's efforts to push away.
Olfinar unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olfinar keeps control of Cranswick as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Cranswick's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Olfinar working Cranswick over with knees to the body.
Cranswick looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Olfinar landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Olfinar trying to land knees to the body.
Cranswick wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Olfinar tries to land knees in the clinch but Cranswick avoids the damage to the body.
Olfinar trying to land knees to the body.
Olfinar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cranswick.
Olfinar crunches a lovely knee into Cranswick's ribcage.
Olfinar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cranswick avoids it.
Cranswick avoiding damage as Olfinar throws knees to the body.
Cranswick is trying to break the clinch but Olfinar has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cranswick avoiding damage as Olfinar throws knees to the body.
Olfinar working Cranswick over with knees to the body.
Cranswick is looking to break free of the clinch but Olfinar has double underhooks.
Cranswick avoiding damage as Olfinar throws knees to the body.
Cranswick has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Cranswick can't break the clinch.
Olfinar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cranswick avoids it.
Cranswick is trying to break the clinch but Olfinar is controlling him.
Prince Olfinar seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Olfinar keeps control of Cranswick as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Olfinar trying to land knees to the body.
Cranswick avoiding damage as Olfinar throws knees to the body.
Olfinar prevents Cranswick from breaking the clinch.
Cranswick is looking to break free of the clinch but Olfinar has double underhooks.
Cranswick wants to break the clinch but can't.
Olfinar lands with a short shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cranswick is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cranswick blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cranswick wants to get back to striking at distance but Olfinar won't allow it.
Cranswick avoiding damage as Olfinar throws knees to the body.
Olfinar prevents Cranswick from breaking the clinch.
Cranswick is trying to push Olfinar away but Olfinar has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Olfinar trying to land knees to the body.
Cranswick is trying to break free.
Cranswick takes a knee to the side of the body.
Olfinar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cranswick avoids it.
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!
Olfinar keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cranswick's efforts to push away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cranswick managing to block the knees to the body from Olfinar.
Cranswick wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Olfinar has him pressed against the cage.
Olfinar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cranswick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dale Cranswick dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Cranswick tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Olfinar was well out of range. Poor timing from Cranswick.
Olfinar tries to clinch but Cranswick is having none of it.
Olfinar tries to close the distance and clinch but Cranswick swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Olfinar tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cranswick manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cranswick misses with a wild combination.
A punch combination from Cranswick misses.
Cranswick swats away the attempt to clinch by Olfinar.
Olfinar is looking to clinch but Cranswick is avoiding it.

Olfinar has closed the distance and engaged Cranswick in a clinch.
Cranswick avoiding damage as Olfinar throws knees to the body.
Olfinar has Cranswick pressed against the cage, preventing Cranswick from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cranswick wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Olfinar has him pressed against the cage.
Cranswick wants to break free but Olfinar has control.
Olfinar lands a knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Olfinar keeps control of Cranswick as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Olfinar unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Olfinar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cranswick avoids it.
Cranswick on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cranswick on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Olfinar tries to land knees in the clinch but Cranswick avoids the damage to the body.
Olfinar lands a knee to the body.
Olfinar tries to land knees in the clinch but Cranswick avoids the damage to the body.
Olfinar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cranswick avoids it.
Olfinar missing with knees to the body.
Cranswick on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Olfinar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cranswick.
Olfinar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cranswick avoids it.
Cranswick is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cranswick is looking to break free of the clinch but Olfinar has double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olfinar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cranswick.
Cranswick is trying to break free.
Cranswick working hard to break the clinch.
Cranswick tries to circle away but Olfinar has him pinned against the cage.
Cranswick tries to break the clinch but Olfinar is controlling the position.
Cranswick wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Olfinar has him pressed against the cage.
Olfinar keeps control of Cranswick as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cranswick working hard to break the clinch.
Olfinar lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Olfinar trying to land knees to the body.
Olfinar keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cranswick's efforts to push away.
Cranswick on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Olfinar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cranswick.
Olfinar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cranswick avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olfinar trying to land knees to the body.
Olfinar prevents Cranswick from breaking the clinch.
Olfinar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cranswick avoids it.
Olfinar prevents Cranswick from breaking the clinch.
Olfinar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cranswick avoids it.
Olfinar prevents Cranswick from breaking the clinch.
Cranswick on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cranswick looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cranswick can't break the clinch.
Cranswick managing to block the knees to the body from Olfinar.
Cranswick is trying to break the clinch but Olfinar has him pressed against the cage.
Olfinar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cranswick.
Cranswick has had enough of the clinch but Olfinar keeps him there for the moment.
Cranswick wants to get back to striking at distance but Olfinar won't allow it.
Cranswick is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Olfinar lands a nice elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cranswick can't break the clinch.
Cranswick working hard to break the clinch.
Cranswick is trying to break the clinch but Olfinar has him pressed against the cage.
Cranswick wants to get back to striking at distance but Olfinar won't allow it.
Cranswick can't break the clinch.
Cranswick is trying to push Olfinar away but Olfinar has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Olfinar is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cranswick is defending well for now.
Cranswick is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Olfinar obliges.
Cranswick on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Cranswick breaks from the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cranswick lands a two punch combo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A looping hook to the body misses from Cranswick. Olfinar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Olfinar tries to clinch there but Cranswick circles away.
Olfinar fails with an attempt to clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Prince Olfinar comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Olfinar 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Prince Olfinar!