PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jax Sandman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Crane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Frank Crane has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Sandman
vs
Crane

178 cm
18
196 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

175 cm
18
198 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
KO power

Good takedowns
Basic striking
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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jax Sandman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Crane!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Chris Downing and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sandman darts in and clinches Crane up against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Sandman jumps guard but Crane turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Crane just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sandman's brow.
Sandman jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Crane walks away with a smile on his face. Sandman gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Sandman showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Crane.
Sandman appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.

Crane bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Sandman tries to buck Crane off but Crane is having none of it.

Crane is trying to get an arm triangle but Sandman is defending well.
Sandman is trying to get back to half guard.
Crane lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Sandman down.
Crane has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Crane lands a nice forearm strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Crane is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Sandman has escaped the position, nice work there.
Sandman tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Crane is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Sandman has escaped the position, nice work there.
Sandman gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Sandman wants to improve his position but Crane is controlling well.

Crane is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Sandman knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Crane on the ground.
Crane is nestled in close to Sandman, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Crane is pressing down on Sandman's thigh, looking to free his foot. Sandman is holding on for now.
Sandman makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Sandman.
Sandman is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Crane cracks Sandman with a solid left hand.
Crane with a nice head shot there.
Crane with a nice head shot there.
Sandman looking for a sweep. Not yet Sandman, not yet.
Crane is working Sandman over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Crane stopping the sweep attempt from Sandman.
Crane advances to half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Crane slips a nice elbow through Sandman's hands, connecting with Sandman's forehead.
Sandman on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Sandman tries to get out of the position.
Sandman is looking to improve his position.
Sandman could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Sandman is breathing heavily.
Crane passes the guard and advances to mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee warns Sandman that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Crane is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Crane!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Frank Crane!