PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Android Five (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Crone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Five
vs
Crone

189 cm
23
205 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

193 cm
23
220 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Android Five!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Paul Crone!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Sosuke Kotani and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crone fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Crone takes a swing at Five's ribcage but misses.
Five scores with a one two! Crone had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Crone falls off balance throwing a combination
and Five counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Crone throws a left and a right that both miss

and Five decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Crone's guard.
Crone wants to get back to his feet but Five is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Crone manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Crone swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Five misses with the combination.
Five closes this distance looking for a takedown but Crone circles away.
Crone takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Crone lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Five circles away quickly and effectively.
Five avoids a punch combination nicely.
Five throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Five shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Crone as he jumps to the side.
Crone slips a straight right by Five.
Five takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Crone throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Crone swinging wildly here.
Crone keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Five misses the shot to the body.
Paul Crone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Crone lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Five circles away quickly and effectively.
Danga de danga de dang - Crone scores with a four punch combination!
Five looks to land a combination but Crone avoids it well.
Crone swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Crone looks winded!
Five fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Crone misses with a two punch combination.
Five tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Crone was well out of range. Poor timing from Five.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Five. Crone does a little dance to reset his feet.
Crone looks to land a combination but Five avoids it well.
Five misses with a two punch combination.
Crone will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Five lands with a nice combination. Crone backs away looking to recover.
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!
Five ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Crone rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Five moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Crone throws a series of punches but Five moves out of range.
Five throws a shot to the body.
Five throws a right and a left that both miss.
Crone takes one to the chin there.
Nice body punch from Five.
Five misses with a wild body shot.
Crone gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Five.
Five throws a right and a left that Crone avoids nicely.
Five is looking to wear down Crone with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Five lands with a hook. Crone tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Crone misses with a few strikes there.
Crone takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Five swings for the body but Crone moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Crone.
Five fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Crone looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Five looks to score with a jab to the body but Crone is just out of range.
Crone swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Five makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Crone takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Crone is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Five throws a right and a left that Crone avoids nicely.
Crone throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Five counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

Five shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Five showed some decent athleticism there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crone keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Five tries to pass the half guard into mount. Crone knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Crone is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Five scores with a couple of nice shots.
Five working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Crone keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Five missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Crone is refusing to be controlled, as Five sits in half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Five throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Crone to regain full guard.
Five wants to control from the top but Crone keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Android Five 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.

Five swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Crone's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Crone duly obliges.
Crone scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

It looks like Android Five has been cut.
Five looks to land a combination but Crone avoids it well.
Five throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Crone misses with a series of wild punches.
Five avoids the body shot from Crone.
Five throws a shot from downtown. Crone moves away and avoids it.
Android Five is winning the standup battle so far.
Five moves forwards but Crone connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Five showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Crone.
Five fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Paul Crone is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Crone falls off balance throwing a combination
and Five counters with a nice uppercut.
Crone is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Five, as that shot connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crone throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Five.
Crone takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Five misses the shot to the body.
Crone throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Five.
Five jabs at Crone's body.
Crone throws a nice looking combination but Five bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Crone fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Five lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Crone circles away quickly and effectively.
A left lands for Five.
Five fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Crone manages to avoid it.
Five lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Crone throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Five.
A jab lands there for Five.
Crone uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Five.
Paul Crone is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Five throws an overhand right that lands on Crone's shoulder, as Crone tries to avoid the shot.
Crone keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Five lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
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!
A combination from Crone does no damage.
Crone throws a series of punches but Five moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Crone. Those never looked like landing.
Crone takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A cross from Five lands.
Crone walks into a stiff left hand from Five.
Crone's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Five connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Crone scrambles back to his feet.
A decent looking cross lands there for Five.
Five misses with a wild body shot.
Five throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Five throws a series of punches but Crone avoids them all with ease.
Five connects with a single shot there.
Five cracks Crone with a right hand to the side of the head.
A combination from Crone does no damage.
Crone falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Five counter with a right hand.

Crone is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Five drops Crone with a naaaaasty hook - Crone is in real trouble here! Five dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Android Five!