PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joe Tanagul (ranked 24372 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dumb Crap (ranked 6550 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Tanagul
vs
Crap

186 cm
19
187 lbs
5 - 11 - 0

180 cm
18
198 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 5 - 11 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Joe Tanagul!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dumb Crap!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Winston Alpacca and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tanagul scores with a sloppy right hand. Crap should have avoided that one.
Crap throws a left and a right that both miss
and Tanagul counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Crap throws a head kick that misses.
Tanagul avoids the head kick by Crap.
Tanagul thumps Crap with a low kick.
Tanagul connects with a nice looking jab.
Tanagul lands a nice leg kick that just misses Crap's sensitive parts.
Nice straight punches there by Tanagul. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Tanagul.
Crap takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Tanagul scores with a head kick.
Tanagul feints and then cracks Crap's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Crap down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Crap on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Crap throws a sloppy head kick and Tanagul moves out of range easily.
Crap throws a head kick that misses
and Tanagul counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tanagul throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Tanagul cracks Crap with an open hand slap.
Tanagul lands a slapping body shot.
Tanagul circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nice body kick there by Tanagul.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanagul lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A low kick from Crap is predictable there
and Tanagul counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tanagul scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Crap throws a combination that misses
and Tanagul counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Crap thinking.

Crap looking to score a takedown here. Tanagul is defending well but Crap drives through and ends up in Tanagul's guard.
Crap throws an elbow that misses. Tanagul uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Crap's guard. Nice move by Tanagul!

Crap is striking from the bottom but Tanagul uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.
Crap strikes from the bottom but Tanagul uses the opportunity to move to side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tanagul avoids the strikes from the bottom by Crap.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Crap's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Crap can do anything to dispel that myth.
Crap tries to improve position but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Crap holding on.
Crap tries to strike from the bottom but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crap is trying to control Tanagul's posture but Tanagul avoids it.
Crap is looking for a sweep.
Crap is trying to work for a sweep but Tanagul has mounted him!
Crap wants to hold on but Tanagul pushes him away.
Tanagul tries to control but Crap wriggling away.
Crap is trying to escape the mount.
Tanagul is breathing heavily.
Crap throwing hammer fists to the chest of Tanagul. What's that going to do exactly?
Crap reaches up to try and control the position but Tanagul seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Crap rolls and tries to escape and now Tanagul has his back!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tanagul controlling well, preventing Crap from escaping the position.
Crap keeps trying to improve his position.
Crap is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Crap is still trying to improve position.
Crap surviving as best he can, preventing damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Crap is trying to break free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Tanagul dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Crap throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Crap takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Crap pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tanagul uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Crap misses with a body kick.
Crap closes the distance looking to clinch
and Tanagul counters with a flying knee. Nice.

Crap manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Tanagul on his heels. He'll look to pass Tanagul's guard now, I'm sure.
Crap sitting in guard here, content to control.

Crap stands up from Tanagul's guard - Crap perhaps looking for a knockout.
Crap misses with a low kick as Tanagul jumps back.
Tanagul throws a hook but Crap blocks it.
Crap punishes Tanagul's body with a nice straight punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tanagul scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanagul uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Crap has time to react.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tanagul. Crap does a little dance to reset his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Crap is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tanagul sizes up Crap with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Tanagul swats away the attempt to clinch by Crap.
Tanagul cracks Crap with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Crap takes a swing at Tanagul's ribcage but misses.
Some bone on bone action there as Crap checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
As Tanagul backs off Crap throws a huge counter combo but Tanagul manages to avoid it all.

Crap looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Crap is working for a submission of some sort.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Crap postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Tanagul to stand up.
Crap tries to land a front kick but Tanagul steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Tanagul keeps the fight on the outside.

Crap clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Crap managing to block the knees to the body from Tanagul.
Tanagul tries to work over Crap's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Crap looking for a takedown.
Tanagul unloads a knee to the mid-section. Crap lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Crap is trying to pull guard but Tanagul has him pressed against the cage.
Tanagul misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tanagul has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tanagul tries to throw a body punch but Crap avoids it by throwing Tanagul back against the cage.
Crap wants a takedown.
Joe Tanagul has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dumb Crap.
Tanagul tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tanagul.
A head punch on the inside from Tanagul fails to land.

Crap turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
The referee asks Crap politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Crap prefers to stall for the moment though.

Crap tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Crap has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Crap controls the position from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that Crap has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

Crap is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Tanagul knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Crap goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Tanagul rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Crap's guard! Nice work there by Tanagul!
Crap has Tanagul pulled in close to control his posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Tanagul dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Tanagul tries to sprawl but Crap drives through with a takedown into half guard.

Tanagul is defending against the submission attempts here by Crap.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Crap in particular looking to stall.
Tanagul is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Crap can do to turn this around?

Tanagul is defending against the submission attempts here by Crap.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Crap is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Tanagul has managed to free his arm - good work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Crap gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Crap misses with a body shot
and Tanagul counters with a stiff right hand.
Joe Tanagul is winning the standup battle so far.
Crap will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tanagul delivers a nice body kick.
Dumb Crap is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Crap swinging wildly here.
Tanagul throws a quick counter kick to the body but Crap avoids it.

Tanagul gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Crap to score an easy takedown into full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crap controls from within his opponent's guard.
Crap stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tanagul swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Crap missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Dumb Crap has got the better of the ground game so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tanagul keeping full guard, as Crap tries to pass.
Crap must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Crap seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tanagul preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Crap not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Crap throws a lazy right hand but Tanagul sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tanagul misses with a wild body shot.
Crap tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tanagul swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Crap scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Crap misses with the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Crap is trying to get an arm triangle but Tanagul is defending well.
Crap tries to move into full mount but can't pass Tanagul's legs.

Crap goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Tanagul has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Crap but great work by Tanagul.
Crap holds on to Tanagul's head and controls the position momentarily.
Tanagul blocks the strikes from Crap.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Crap gets back to half guard.
Dumb Crap has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Crap misses with some strikes from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dumb Crap comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Tanagul 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 Michael Johnstone scores the fight 29:28
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Tanagul!