PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Karl Denke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dj Crabby Jef (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Denke comes to the cage accompanied by Runnin With The Devil. Crabby Jef comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Madd Skillz kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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.

Denke
vs
Crabby Jef

186 cm
33
195 lbs
31 - 11 - 1

185 cm
29
198 lbs
16 - 11 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

TWGC Champion
World class MT
Good gas tank

Brute
TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

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 31 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Karl Denke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dj Crabby Jef!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Denke turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Crabby Jef blocks a head kick by Denke.
Denke misses with a lunging right hand
and Crabby Jef counters with a slapping leg kick.
Denke ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Crabby Jef moves away.
A low kick from Denke is predictable there

and Crabby Jef counters with a takedown into side control.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Denke is looking for a sweep.

Crabby Jef looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Denke looks to move to half guard but instead Crabby Jef has passed into mount! Damn!
Denke really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crabby Jef cracks Denke with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Denke really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Denke wants to control but Crabby Jef is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crabby Jef unloading with bombs!
Denke is looking to get to half guard.

Crabby Jef working for a submission but Denke is keeping him at bay.
Denke tries to hold on but Crabby Jef postures up.
Crabby Jef with a couple of short strikes.
Denke really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Crabby Jef landing strikes, looking to finish!
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!
Crabby Jef trying to control but Denke is having none of it.

Crabby Jef working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crabby Jef throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Crabby Jef has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Denke's face.
Crabby Jef raining down hammerfists from mount.
Crabby Jef throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Crabby Jef scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Denke?
Crabby Jef scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Crabby Jef working for a submission but Denke is keeping him at bay.
Denke keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Crabby Jef landing strikes, looking to finish!
Denke keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Crabby Jef breaks from Denke's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Denke wants to hold on but Crabby Jef pushes him away.
Denke holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Crabby Jef tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Denke taking shots to the head.
Crabby Jef content just to control the position here.

Crabby Jef looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Denke tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Crabby Jef misses with a head shot.

Crabby Jef looking for a guillotine from mount but Denke is having none of it.
Crabby Jef can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Denke is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Denke is looking to get to half guard.
Crabby Jef has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Crabby Jef trying to control but he's not successful this time.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Denke wants to control but Crabby Jef is having none of it.
Denke gets back to half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Denke is staying active underneath Crabby Jef, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Denke trying to control but Crabby Jef postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dj Crabby Jef dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Crabby Jef ducks under a wild hook from Denke.
A shot to the body from Denke misses
and Crabby Jef counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Crabby Jef slips a jab from Denke.
Denke goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Denke throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
A jab from Crabby Jef does it's job there.
Denke throws a sloppy head kick
and Crabby Jef connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Crabby Jef throws a head kick that half lands.
Crabby Jef scores with a nice body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Denke shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Crabby Jef sprawls well. Crabby Jef wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Denke gets slowly back to his feet.
Crabby Jef pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Denke with a nice cross.
Crabby Jef takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Karl Denke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Denke throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Denke lands with a right hand.
Denke scores with a nice right hand.
Denke takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A head kick misses from Denke.
Crabby Jef takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Crabby Jef slips a straight right by Denke.
Denke misses with a straight left.
Denke throws a jab but it's blocked by Crabby Jef.
Nice body kick there by Denke.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Denke misses with a right hand
and Crabby Jef counters with a nice low kick that buckles Denke's knee momentarily.
Denke moves into range and connects with a jab.
Denke throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Denke misses with a jab to the body
and Crabby Jef counters with an outside leg kick.
Denke does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Crabby Jef lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Crabby Jef feints and as Denke raises his hands in defense, Crabby Jef changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Crabby Jef controls from within his opponent's guard.
Crabby Jef wants to control from the top but Denke keeps moving.
Denke not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Crabby Jef throws a big elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crabby Jef postures up.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Crabby Jef landing some decent shots from guard.
Crabby Jef stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Denke swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Crabby Jef working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Denke holds on and takes a little breather.
Denke keeping moving, preventing Crabby Jef from controlling successfully.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Denke scores with a nice body kick.
Denke misses with a body kick.

Denke gets caught flat footed, as Crabby Jef shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Denke wants to sweep here but Crabby Jef controlling him for the moment.
Denke seems keen to control Crabby Jef's posture.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crabby Jef distracts Denke with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Denke is adopting a defensive guard.
Crabby Jef is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

Karl Denke has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Denke throws a leg kick but Crabby Jef sees it coming and checks it nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A solid leg kick lands there for Denke.
Crabby Jef staying out of range there.
Denke doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Karl Denke dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Denke waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Crabby Jef.
Denke thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Crabby Jef if he has to take too many more of those.
A right-left combo lands from Denke.
The crowd cheers as Crabby Jef lands an impressive looking overhand right. Denke doesn't seem phased though.
Denke misses with the combination.
Crabby Jef takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Denke.
Karl Denke is winning the standup battle so far.
Crabby Jef stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Crabby Jef connects with a body shot that sends Denke's belly button to the back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Denke connects with a single shot there.
Crabby Jef shoots in looking for a takedown. Denke tries to sprawl out of it but Crabby Jef keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Denke manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Denke missing with a left hand there. Crabby Jef was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Denke 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 Crabby Jef has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Crabby Jef and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Crabby Jef scores with a shot to the body.
Denke waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Crabby Jef.
Denke looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Crabby Jef takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Crabby Jef waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Denke.
Denke throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Crabby Jef shoots in for a takedown but Denke shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Crabby Jef slips a straight right by Denke.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Denke jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Crabby Jef tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Denke was well out of range. Poor timing from Crabby Jef.
Crabby Jef moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Crabby Jef staying out of range there.
Denke with a hook.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Denke.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Denke thuds a left hand into Crabby Jef's body.
Denke throws a head kick but Crabby Jef moves out of range.
Nice sprawl there from Crabby Jef as Denke shoots in.
Denke closes this distance looking for a takedown but Crabby Jef circles away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Crabby Jef looking to score a takedown here. Denke is defending well but Crabby Jef drives through and ends up in Denke's guard.
Denke can't keep his opponent in guard - Crabby Jef advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crabby Jef sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Crabby Jef wants to control but Denke is keeping him busy.
Denke pushes Crabby Jef off looking to stand but Crabby Jef dives back in and keeps control.
Denke is trying to maintain the position but Crabby Jef is very close to passing his half guard.
Denke is staying active underneath Crabby Jef, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Crabby Jef lands a nice short elbow.
Crabby Jef tries to pass to full mount but Denke defends it.
Denke is looking for a sweep. Crabby Jef is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Denke regains full guard. Nicely done.
Denke is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Crabby Jef trying to hold on to Denke's head to control him but Denke postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crabby Jef gets full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Crabby Jef is on top in guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Crabby Jef stands and throws Denke's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Crabby Jef tries to advance to mount but Denke denies him.
Dj Crabby Jef has got the better of the ground game so far.
Denke is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Crabby Jef asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Crabby Jef working away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Denke is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Crabby Jef has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Denke holds on tight, trying to prevent any damage.
Crabby Jef working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

And that's the end of the fight!
Karl Denke showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Denke 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Karl Denke!
Our winner, Karl Denke, 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.