PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Georges Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cory Crazy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cory Crazy is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Penn
vs
Crazy

186 cm
20
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
22
190 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Prefers ground

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Georges Penn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Cory Crazy!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crazy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Crazy misses with the combination.

Penn gets the takedown into side control.
Crazy manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

Crazy seems to be working for a kimura but Penn defends the submission attempt.
Penn gets full guard.
Crazy throws and elbow that misses. Penn uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Crazy's guard. Nice move by Penn!

Crazy escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Penn gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Penn postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Penn postures up and lands a big shot to Crazy's brow.
Penn has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Crazy keeping moving, preventing Penn from controlling successfully.
Crazy looking to hit a scissor sweep but Penn is one step ahead there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn wants to control from the top but Crazy keeps moving.
Crazy wants to stand up but Penn is controlling him.
Penn chips away with some ground and pound.
Crazy keeping moving, preventing Penn from controlling successfully.

Crazy has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Penn can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Crazy wants to sweep but no luck.
Crazy looks gassed!
Crazy looking to control.
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.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Crazy bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Penn's guard.
Penn manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Crazy is looking to get to half guard.
Penn has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Crazy's face.
Crazy sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Penn working over Crazy with some ground and pound. Crazy looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Penn landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Crazy is trying to control but Penn passes into side control!
Crazy is not content to let Penn control the position.
Crazy on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crazy is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Penn is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Crazy is looking to improve his position but Penn isn't that keen on the idea.
Penn trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Penn looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Crazy is desperately trying to improve his position but Penn has a good base and remains in mount.
Penn can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Crazy is looking to escape.
Penn fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Penn working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Crazy is looking to get to half guard.
Crazy is bucking up trying to escape but Penn cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Crazy is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

Crazy defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Penn.
Crazy slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Penn wants to take a breather but Crazy is having none of it.
Penn is stalling here. Crazy is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Penn seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Crazy has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Crazy advances to full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Penn shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Crazy's guard.
Penn landing some decent shots from guard.
Penn trying to control but Crazy is working from the bottom.
Crazy keeping full guard, as Penn tries to pass.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Penn accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Crazy scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Crazy throws a right and a left that Penn avoids nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Crazy throws a series of punches but Penn moves out of range.
Crazy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

Crazy scores with a takedown into Penn's guard.
Penn is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Penn can't keep his opponent in guard - Crazy advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Penn avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Crazy.
Crazy trying to pass the guard but Penn defending well.
Penn is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Crazy's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Crazy's back!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penn is trying to stick to Crazy's back but Crazy is turning into Penn. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Penn's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Crazy.
Crazy throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Crazy postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Penn is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Crazy, into his guard.

Penn decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Crazy, up you get!
Penn wants to clinch.

Penn bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Penn trying to control the position but Crazy is working away.
Crazy is trying to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crazy takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Crazy tries to improve position but can't.
Crazy sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Crazy is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Penn wants to control but Crazy is keeping him busy.
Crazy tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Penn has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Crazy is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Penn working Crazy over with strikes here.
Crazy wants to try and get back to his feet.
Crazy is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Penn trying to control but Crazy is having none of it.
Penn avoids the attempt from Crazy to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Georges Penn dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Penn changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Crazy tries to avoid it but Penn manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Crazy to the ground. Crazy escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Penn doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Crazy counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Penn's guard now.
Crazy sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Crazy trying to control but Penn is working from the bottom.
Penn is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Crazy wanted to stand there but Penn had control of the position.
Crazy trying to control but Penn is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn wants to stand but Crazy is controlling the position.
Crazy throwing strikes but missing.
Crazy passes into half guard.
Crazy is just content to waste time from the top position. Penn takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Penn wants to stand up but Crazy is controlling him.
Crazy pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Penn is keeping the position for now.
Crazy passes into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Crazy is looking to advance position but Penn won't allow it.
Crazy seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Penn is looking to control Crazy's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Penn avoid being mounted?
Penn is looking to improve his position.

Crazy is trying to work for a kimura but Penn is defending well.
Crazy wants to lay and pray for a moment but Penn keeps working.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crazy thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Penn's head.
Penn wants to get back to full guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Crazy goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Crazy has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Penn is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Crazy.
Cory Crazy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Crazy misses with a two punch combination.
Crazy tries to bum rush Penn with a series of wild strikes but Penn uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Georges Penn is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Crazy scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Penn tries to clinch but Crazy moves away
and Crazy counters with a two punch combo.
Crazy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Penn circles away quickly and effectively.
Penn slips a jab and a cross from Crazy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Crazy.

Penn moves into the clinch successfully.
Penn is trying to drag Crazy to the mat but Crazy just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Georges Penn. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Crazy wants a takedown but no success here.
A right handed body shot lands from Penn.
Crazy has Penn pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Penn manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Penn is pressed up against the cage. Crazy has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Penn down to the mat. Penn avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Crazy stuffs the takedown.
Crazy will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Penn tries to clinch up but Crazy circles away and keeps his distance.
Crazy connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Penn momentarily.
Georges Penn is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Crazy tries for a takedown but Penn circles away easily

and Penn counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Cory Crazy.
I think Penn 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Georges Penn!