PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Emilio Disi (ranked 1236 p4p, 57 weight class) and Henry The Crab (ranked 1906 p4p, 90 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Disi
vs
The Crab

160 cm
24
135 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

170 cm
26
140 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Groove Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Emilio Disi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Henry The Crab!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Joseph Jones and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Disi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Disi tries to bum rush The Crab with a series of wild strikes but The Crab uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The Crab scores with a nice strike.
Disi throws a series of punches but The Crab moves out of range.
The Crab looks to throw the jab but Disi is out of range.
The Crab closes the distance and clinches up with Disi, looking for a takedown. The Crab pushes Disi against the cage but Disi circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from The Crab. Disi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Henry The Crab seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Disi throws a body punch but The Crab moves out of range.
The Crab looks to score with a jab to the body but Disi is just out of range.
The Crab tries to bum rush Disi with a series of wild strikes but Disi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Disi misses with a hook.
Disi thuds his right hand into The Crab's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Disi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from The Crab.
The Crab steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Disi.
The Crab fails to land with a series of punches.
The Crab keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Disi avoids the body shot from The Crab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Disi connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Disi stalks The Crab and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into The Crab's face. The Crab staggers backwards, shaken.
Disi stuns The Crab with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The Crab scores with a hook to the body. Disi takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
The Crab connects with a body shot.
The Crab is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Disi rather than just go for the knockout.

Disi lands a left and a right that send The Crab crashing to the mat, dazed. Disi thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

The Crab is rocked!

It looks like Henry The Crab has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Crab throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The Crab is still on wobbly legs! Can Disi finish him?
Disi misses with a right hand
and The Crab counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The Crab seems to have recovered his senses.
The Crab uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Disi.
The Crab connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Danga de danga de dang - The Crab scores with a four punch combination!
Disi scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The Crab throws a big shot that misses.
The Crab misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Disi.
The Crab looks to land a left hand but Disi moved out of range nicely.
The Crab connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Disi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from The Crab.
The Crab just misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Crab lands a head shot.
Disi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by The Crab.
The Crab missing with a left hand there. Disi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The Crab fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The Crab throws the left hand but Disi avoids the punch easily.
The Crab connects with a looping right hand.
The Crab scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Disi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but The Crab was well out of range. Poor timing from Disi.
Disi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but The Crab manages to avoid it.
The Crab uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Disi.
The Crab dodges the punch combination from Disi.
The Crab doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Disi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as The Crab throws out the jab.
The Crab avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice defenses there by Disi.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Crab fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Disi on the side of the head.
Disi throws a combination but it was largely blocked by The Crab.
The Crab slips a jab from Disi.
A big right from The Crab misses.
Disi was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Disi takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Disi takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The Crab swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Disi misses with a jab, cross combination.
Disi scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Disi misses with a lunging right hand
and The Crab connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Disi throws a right hand that misses
and The Crab cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Disi misses with a straight right.
The Crab throws out a counter right but Disi avoids it with no problem.
Emilio Disi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Crab clobbers Disi with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The Crab lands with a shot to the body.
Disi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from The Crab.
Disi takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The fighters circling - The Crab throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Crab throws a body shot but no joy.
The Crab scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Disi scores with the left hand. The Crab knows he should have avoided that one.
The Crab takes a swing at Disi's ribcage but misses.
The Crab scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Disi moves out of range of the strikes.
The Crab scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Nice jab there from The Crab.
The Crab misses with an uppercut. Disi saw that one coming.
The Crab fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Disi manages to avoid it.
Disi drops his hands momentarily and The Crab takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Disi throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Crab connects with a nice looking jab.
The Crab throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
The Crab connects with a right hand. Disi shakes it off.
The Crab jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Henry The Crab dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Henry The Crab's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

The Crab uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Disi.

The Crab shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than The Crab was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The Crab has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The Crab tries to stand but Disi is controlling his head.
Disi knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for The Crab on the ground.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Disi tries to bench press The Crab off him but The Crab keeps the position.
The Crab tries to get to his feet but Disi is in the middle of advancing position himself and ends up with The Crab in his guard.
The Crab wants to get up but he can't break Disi's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Crab is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The Crab gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Disi avoids the body shot from The Crab.
The Crab connects with a body shot that sends Disi's belly button to the back.
The Crab throws out a loose jab but Disi uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Crab throws a right hand that misses
and The Crab takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A left lands for Disi.
Disi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Disi throws a series of punches but The Crab moves out of range.
The Crab misses with a wild body shot.
The Crab throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Disi throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Disi misses with a looping right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Disi throws a body punch but The Crab moves out of range.
Disi misses with a series of wild punches.
The Crab closes the distance and clinches up with Disi, looking for a takedown. The Crab pushes Disi against the cage but Disi circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Disi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Crab looks for a takedown but Disi sprawls well.
It looked like Disi wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Emilio Disi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The Crab misses with a looping right.
A little feinted left hand from Disi on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Disi misses with a wild combination.
A punch lands to the side of Disi 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The Crab misses with a hook
and Disi counters with a left and a right that stings The Crab.
The Crab throws a looping overhand right but Disi ducks down to avoid it.
The Crab lands a lovely overhand right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Crab shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Disi eats them both and turns towards The Crab to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
A jab from The Crab does it's job there.
The Crab connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Disi momentarily.
The Crab keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Disi scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
The Crab throws a hook but Disi avoids it easily.
Disi half committed to a counter leg kick.
The Crab jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Henry The Crab seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The Crab swings for the body but Disi moves out of range.
The Crab throws a body punch but Disi moves out of range.
Disi looks to score with a jab to the body but The Crab is just out of range.
The Crab is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Disi.
A quick step to the side and Disi tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
The Crab throws a hook but Disi avoids it easily.
Disi takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Nice sprawl there from Disi as The Crab shoots in.
Emilio Disi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Henry The Crab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Crab lands with a cross.
The Crab throws a big shot that misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Disi misses its target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Disi moves out of range of the strikes.
The Crab throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The Crab throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Disi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Disi works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Disi tries to bum rush The Crab with a series of wild strikes but The Crab uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Some wild striking there from Disi.
The Crab gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Disi.
The Crab throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Disi counter with a right hand.
Disi takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Disi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The Crab misses with an uppercut
and Disi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Disi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from The Crab.
The Crab scores with a nice head shot.
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 Emilio Disi will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Henry The Crab's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

The Crab scores with a jab.
Disi throws a nice looking combination but The Crab bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Disi throws a combination but it was largely blocked by The Crab.
Good exchange - Disi coming out on top.
The Crab scores with a decent looking hook.
Disi misses with a body shot.
The Crab loads up on a big right hand but Disi slips the punch.
The Crab swings for the body but Disi moves out of range.
The Crab tries to move into range but Disi moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Disi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from The Crab.
The Crab fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Disi on the side of the head.
The Crab connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
The Crab swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It looks like Disi has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Crab wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The Crab scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
The Crab misses with a double jab.
Disi swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Crab missing with a left hand there. Disi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Disi scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Disi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And The Crab tries to counter it with a takedown but Disi pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Disi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from The Crab.
Disi looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Disi misses the shot to the body.
The Crab falls off balance throwing a combination
and Disi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The Crab bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
It seemed like The Crab was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
The Crab throws a shot from downtown. Disi moves away and avoids it.
Disi throws a looping overhand right but The Crab ducks down to avoid it.
The Crab misses with a straight right.
Disi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Disi misses with a series of wild punches.
The Crab throws a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Disi takes a swing at The Crab's ribcage but misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Disi displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
The Crab shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Disi as he avoids it easily.
The Crab misses with a looping right.
The Crab throws a shot to the body.
The Crab dips to his left and cracks Disi with an uppercut!
Disi throws a big shot that misses.
Disi moves out of range as The Crab strikes.
Disi was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
The Crab fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Disi manages to avoid it.
The Crab throws a body shot but no joy.
Disi misses with a straight left.
The Crab with a jab.
Disi slips under a jab.
Disi closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Crab lands a jab to the nose.
The Crab waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Disi.
A little feinted left hand from Disi on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A shot to the body from The Crab misses
and Disi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The Crab throws a shot from downtown. Disi moves away and avoids it.
The Crab misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Disi.
The Crab connects with a good right hand that stumbles Disi. Disi circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A combination from Disi does no damage.
Disi listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Disi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The Crab throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Disi throws a right and a left that both miss.
The Crab blocks a jab.
It seemed like The Crab was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Disi's hands are dropping dangerously low here and The Crab connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Disi scrambles back to his feet.
The Crab lands a head shot.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Disi throws a series of punches but The Crab avoids them all with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Disi throws an overhand right that lands on The Crab's shoulder, as The Crab tries to avoid the shot.
The Crab throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Disi is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
The Crab scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The Crab swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Disi throws a big shot that misses.
A little jabbing left from The Crab on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Disi drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
The Crab cracks a nice hook into Disi's ribs.
The Crab uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Disi.
The Crab connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Disi momentarily.
The Crab lands a really nice looking cross but Disi seems unphased.
The Crab throws a lazy right hand but Disi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The Crab throws a lazy right hand but Disi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The Crab scores with a jab. Disi acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The Crab throws an overhand right that lands on Disi's shoulder, as Disi tries to avoid the shot.
Disi misses with a wild body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Henry The Crab.
Well The Crab 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 28:29
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Henry The Crab!
After winning the bout, Henry The Crab thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.