PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Natsu Dragneel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Crabby Iron (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Dragneel
vs
Iron

170 cm
31
153 lbs
17 - 4 - 2

169 cm
31
154 lbs
23 - 10 - 1

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 4 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Natsu Dragneel!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Crabby Iron!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, John Roberts and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dragneel throws a lazy right hand but Iron sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Iron drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Iron checks a leg kick.

Iron moves into the clinch.
Dragneel tries to stall but Iron uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Iron is looking to control Dragneel's arms but Dragneel gets an underhook and turns him. Now Iron has his back to the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Iron.
Iron lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dragneel backwards.
Iron working aggressively here.
Iron stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Iron goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dragneel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Iron tries a body shot but Dragneel blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dragneel has a couple of punches blocked by Iron.
Dragneel misses with a punch to the body.
Iron tries a body shot but Dragneel blocks it.
Dragneel blocks an uppercut.
Iron lands a hook to the side of the head.
Iron lands a body shot.
Dragneel tries to throw a body punch but Iron avoids it by throwing Dragneel back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dragneel has a couple of punches blocked by Iron.

Dragneel escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dragneel slips a jab from Iron.
Dragneel moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Dragneel tries to bum rush Iron with a series of wild strikes but Iron uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Iron feints a counter leg kick.
Iron looks to score with a jab to the body but Dragneel is just out of range.
Nice body kick from Iron.
Iron with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Dragneel on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Iron misses with a leg kick.
Iron just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromDragneel.
Crabby Iron seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dragneel throws a leg kick but Iron moved away.
Iron moves away from the strike by Dragneel.
Iron blocks a leg kick.
Iron feints a counter leg kick.
Iron connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Dragneel looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Dragneel looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Iron! But no joy.
Iron lands a nice looking kick to the body. Dragneel takes a step back to recover.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dragneel is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dragneel throws a half hearted mid kick.
Dragneel uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Iron has time to react.
Dragneel fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Iron has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Iron lands with a nice body punch.
Dragneel doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Dragneel throws a low kick but Iron moves out of range easily.
Iron chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Dragneel swats away the attempt to clinch by Iron.
Dragneel throws an overhand right that lands on Iron's shoulder, as Iron tries to avoid the shot.
Iron bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Dragneel's head backwards.
Iron scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Iron closes the distance and pushes Dragneel back into the cage.
Iron lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dragneel backwards.
A shot in the inside from Dragneel.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dragneel blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Iron.
Dragneel lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Iron avoiding damage.

Dragneel's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dragneel takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Iron keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Dragneel throws a head kick that misses.
Iron checks the leg kick.
Iron connects with a single shot there.
Dragneel throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Iron swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Iron smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A good leg kick by Dragneel.
Dragneel checks the leg kick nicely there.
Iron checks a low kick from Dragneel.
Iron appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Iron scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dragneel throws a body shot but no joy.
Iron doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Iron looks to score with a jab to the body but Dragneel is just out of range.
Dragneel throws a push kick but Iron slaps the foot to one side.
Iron swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Dragneel throws a low kick but it's checked well by Iron.
Iron looks to land a right hand but Dragneel moved out of range.
Dragneel fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Iron checks it well.
Dragneel misses with an uppercut
and Dragneel takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Iron jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dragneel slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Dragneel takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Iron throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A quick step to the side and Dragneel tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dragneel misses with a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Iron fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Dragneel, pushing him back against the cage.
Dragneel works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Iron misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dragneel working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Crabby Iron dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Dragneel shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Iron scores with a hook to the body. Dragneel takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Iron throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Iron thumps Dragneel with a low kick.
Iron drops his hands momentarily and Dragneel takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Iron throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Dragneel misses with a body kick.
Iron swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Iron throws a leg kick which misses Dragneel's front leg but catches the back leg as Dragneel tries to avoid it.
Iron turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Good work by Iron as he checks the leg kick.
Dragneel goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dragneel on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Dragneel tries to work over Iron's front leg with a kick but Iron checks it.
Iron fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Dragneel checks it well.
It looked like Dragneel wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Iron throws out a leg kick but Dragneel moves out of range and Iron only half commits.
An attempted straight right counter from Dragneel misses the target.
Dragneel tries a head kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dragneel missing with a left hand there. Iron was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dragneel loads up on a big right hand but Iron slips the punch.
Iron thumps Dragneel with a low kick.
Dragneel lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Iron tries to clinch but Dragneel moves out of range.
Good leg kick by Iron there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Iron throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Iron swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dragneel checks a low kick from Iron.
Dragneel misses with the body kick
and Iron counters with a stiff right hand.
Dragneel wants to slow Iron down by chopping away at his legs.
Dragneel throws a sloppy head kick and Iron moves out of range easily.
Dragneel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Iron takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Dragneel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Iron moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Iron misses with a straight right.
Dragneel is looking to counter with head kicks.
Iron scores with a head kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Iron lands a right hook to the body.
A shot to the body from Iron misses
and Dragneel cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dragneel scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Iron is rocked!
A low kick from Iron misses
and Dragneel counters with an inside leg kick.
Iron is still on wobbly legs! Can Dragneel finish him?
Dragneel looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Iron avoids a kick to the body.
Dragneel dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Iron. That did some damage!
Iron keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dragneel lands with a nice body punch.
Iron feints and then cracks Dragneel's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dragneel down.
Iron is looking to land body kicks.
Iron seems to have recovered his senses.
A bone on bone clash there as Dragneel blocks the leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Dragneel 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 Iron has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Iron and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Dragneel feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Iron's calf.

Iron clinches with his opponent.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Iron can't find room to land a body shot as Dragneel controls the action.
Dragneel is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Dragneel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dragneel escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Iron misses with an uppercut. Dragneel saw that one coming.
Dragneel stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Iron.
Dragneel throws a half hearted mid kick.
Iron fails with an attempt to clinch.
A little feinted left hand from Dragneel on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A bone on bone clash there as Iron blocks the leg kick.
Iron just misses with a punch to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Iron blocks the leg kick.
Iron fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Dragneel has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Iron tries to clinch but Dragneel is having none of it.
Dragneel throws the kick towards the body but Iron avoids it.
Iron checks a leg kick.
Iron now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Iron swings away with a leg kick that misses.
It looked like Dragneel wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Iron throws the left hand but Dragneel avoids the punch easily.
A leg kick checked by Iron.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Iron tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dragneel swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Iron scores with a shot to the body.
Iron lands a jab.
Dragneel dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Iron. That did some damage!
Iron has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Iron misses with a straight left.
Dragneel is looking to counter punch.
Dragneel ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dragneel lands with a nice body kick.
Dragneel slips a jab and a cross from Iron.
Dragneel gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Iron.
Dragneel scores with a jab.
Dragneel avoids the head kick by Iron.
Iron scores with a decent looking hook.
Crabby Iron seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dragneel scores with a push kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dragneel tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
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 Natsu Dragneel will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Dragneel checks a low kick from Iron.
Dragneel stuns Iron with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Iron pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Iron lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dragneel at a distance.
Iron takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Iron throws out a loose jab but Dragneel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dragneel throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dragneel lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Iron misses with a body shot.
Dragneel tried to counter with a leg kick but Iron avoided it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dragneel walks into a straight right hand from Iron.
Iron tests Dragneel's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dragneel misses with the body kick
and Iron counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Iron feints and then cracks Dragneel's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dragneel down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dragneel lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Good standup being displayed there by Iron as he connects with a hook.
Iron throws a right hand that misses
and Dragneel counters with a left and a right... And another left! Iron is down! He's done! The ref dives in to save him and that's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:14 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Natsu Dragneel!
Natsu Dragneel retains his featherweight title!
A relieved looking Natsu Dragneel thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.