PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Von Cranial (ranked 447 p4p, 42 weight class) and Scott John (ranked 908 p4p, 96 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cranial
vs
John

200 cm
34
285 lbs
18 - 7 - 0

203 cm
26
270 lbs
11 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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RAGS of a RONIN

RAGS of a RONIN
Dauntless

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Von Cranial!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Scott John!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Jonathan Paton and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cranial steps to the side to avoid the strikes from John.
Cranial bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Cranial avoids the body shot from John.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by John.

John rushes Cranial and presses him up against the cage.

Cranial breaks the clinch.
John throws a combination that misses
and Cranial cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cranial misses with a straight left.
Cranial moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromJohn.
John slips a straight right by Cranial.
A decent looking cross lands there for Cranial.
John keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cranial misses with a body shot
and John counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
John takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cranial misses the jab.
Cranial scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
John drops his hands momentarily and Cranial takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
John closes the distance looking to clinch
and Cranial counters with a straight right hand.
Cranial looks to land a left hand but John moved out of range nicely.
Cranial backing away here, and John unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Cranial tries to work over John's front leg with a kick but John checks it.
John jabs Cranial right on the nose. Cranial blinks but takes it well.
Cranial keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A low kick from John is predictable there
and Cranial counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Cranial throws a leg kick which misses John's front leg but catches the back leg as John tries to avoid it.
Cranial throws a body punch but John moves out of range.
A big left from Cranial misses.
John fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cranial is looking to counter the offense by John and move into the clinch.
Cranial circles away from the clinch attempt
and Cranial finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

John closes the distance and pushes Cranial back into the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
John crunches a lovely knee into Cranial's ribcage.
A right hand to the body from John.
Cranial is breathing heavily.
John lands a left hand.
Cranial lands a left hand.
John lands an elbow inside.
A head punch on the inside from Cranial fails to land.
Cranial has a couple of punches blocked by John.
John throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Cranial misses with a short punch on the inside.
John works on Cranial's body with a couple of short punches.
John lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cranial blocks the elbow strike.
Cranial fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
John misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for John.
John holding his opponent close, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
John blocking some punches.
Cranial blocking some punches.
John tries a body shot but Cranial blocks it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. John obliges.
John unloads a knee to the mid-section.
John lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
John lands a nice uppercut.
John throws an elbow that misses.
John blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've been informed that John has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
John blocking some punches.
John lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cranial backwards.
John tries to work over Cranial's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cranial avoiding damage as John throws knees to the body.

John breaks the clinch.
John moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

John clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
John gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
John blocking some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
John lands an uppercut.
John is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cranial is defending well for now.
John lands with a short shot to the head.
Cranial pushes John back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
With the fighters up against the cage, John throws an elbow but misses.
John prevents a body shot from Cranial.
Still in the clinch, Cranial scores with a nice short uppercut.
John throws a punch but it's blocked by Cranial.

John escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cranial cracks John with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
John slips a straight right by Cranial.

John fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Cranial, pushing him back against the cage.
John lands an elbow inside that Cranial shrugs off.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
John is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
John misses with the head strike.
John lands with a short shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

John throws a jab but it's blocked by Cranial.
John connects with a solid leg kick.
Cranial misses with a straight left.
Cranial throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cranial misses with a body punch
and John counters with a nice leg kick.
John swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cranial misses with a straight left.
Cranial takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
John missing with a left hand there. Cranial was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cranial swings and misses with a hook to the body.
John swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cranial slips a straight right by John.
A solid leg kick lands there for John.
Cranial throws a leg kick
and John counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
John avoids the body shot from Cranial.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cranial misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
John scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Cranial connects with a good right hand that stumbles John. John circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A head kick from John lands but Cranial takes it in his stride.
John tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cranial paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cranial just misses with a punch to the body.
Cranial uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by John.
Cranial lands a jab to John's midsection.

John clinches up against the cage.
John digs a right hand into Cranial's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Cranial's gas tank.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cranial's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cranial throws a punch but it's blocked by John.
John lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
John has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cranial tries to throw a body punch but John avoids it by throwing Cranial back against the cage.
John lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
John pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Cranial digs a right hand underneath John's ribcage. John let out a lung full of air as it connected.
John gets through Cranial's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Cranial takes a shot to the head.
John blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

John breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cranial throws a hook to the side of John's head but John sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
John tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
John misses with a right hand
and Cranial cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
John throws a hook to the side of Cranial's head but Cranial sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
John misses with a hook.
Cranial misses with a two punch combination.
Cranial misses with a double jab.
Cranial staying out of range there.
John scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Cranial doesn't seem bothered though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

John drives through and clinches with Cranial against the cage.
Cranial lands a left hand.
John lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Cranial tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
John misses with a punch on the inside.
John comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
John misses with an elbow over the top.
Cranial goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cranial blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cranial misses with a short punch on the inside.
Scott John seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
John lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Cranial working some nice short punches in the clinch.
John lands a right hand.
John cracks Cranial with a nice body shot.
John struggles to land a body shot inside as Cranial controls his hands.
John manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Cranial avoiding damage as John throws knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
John lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cranial blocks a punch to the side of the head.
John lands a nice shot to the body.
John with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
John lands with a right to the head.
John scores with a hook to the body.
John lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cranial backwards.
John lands an elbow inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, John just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cranial's brow.
John misses with a body punch.
John tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
John lands an uppercut.
John missing with knees to the body.
John misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cranial blocks the elbow strike.
John blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from John.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Scott John showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

John misses with an attempted mid kick.
John scoring well with a low kick there.

John has Cranial up against the cage in a clinch.

John escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cranial clobbers John with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Jab by Cranial.
Cranial blocks a low kick nicely.
Cranial lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
John lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cranial at a distance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
John scores with a nice head shot.
John scores with a kick to the midsection.
This has been an exciting period of action!
John needs to keep his hands up - Cranial had a free shot at his head there.
John lands a head kick. Cranial smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cranial throws an uppercut from half a mile away. John sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Von Cranial is winning the standup battle so far.
A telegraphed right hand from Cranial misses the target.
John counters with a body kick.
John moves into range and connects with a jab.
Cranial ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cranial rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and John counters with a leg kick.
John goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
John throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Cranial stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
John tries to close the distance and clinch but Cranial swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
John slips under a jab.
Cranial blocks the body kick.
Jab from John.
John scores with a kick to the body.
John lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cranial's sensitive parts.
Von Cranial has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cranial uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by John.
John misses the shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
John checks a leg kick nicely.
John dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
John misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
John keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cranial.
A head kick from Cranial lands but John takes it in his stride.
Cranial tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but John was well out of range. Poor timing from Cranial.
John's jab looks to have found its range, popping Cranial under the eye.
Cranial looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Cranial swings widly with a right hand
and John counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Cranial misses with a lunging right hand
and John counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
John moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
John tries to close the distance and clinch but Cranial swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cranial wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Cranial lands with a right hand.
John looks to throw the jab but Cranial is out of range.
Cranial is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from John.
John throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cranial was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Cranial tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
John shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Cranial eats them both and turns towards John to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
John fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cranial manages to avoid it.
John misses with a body kick.
Cranial throws a looping overhand right but John ducks down to avoid it.
Cranial takes one on the button.
Cranial misses with a head kick.
Cranial uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by John.
Cranial is looking to counter with a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cranial throws a low kick but it's checked well by John.
John tries to clinch up.
Cranial throws a poor cross that misses
and John counters with a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice uppercut lands for John. That snapped Cranial's head back.
A slapping leg kick lands for John.
John fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cranial tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but John was well out of range. Poor timing from Cranial.
Cranial misses with a looping left.
Cranial scores with a jab to the jaw.

John closes the distance and clinches.
Cranial misses with a body punch.

Cranial breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
John doesn't manage to clinch there - Cranial circles away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Scott John comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well John has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 27:30
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Scott John!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Scott John made sure he mentioned Dauntless, along with how happy he was to win his fight.