PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eric Kronke (ranked 5728 p4p, 5625 weight class) and Oweny Madden (ranked 604 p4p, 601 weight class). Oweny Madden has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Eric Kronke's chin.

Kronke
vs
Madden

188 cm
18
218
0 - 0 - 0

205 cm
19
212
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Core Combat

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Eric Kronke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Oweny Madden!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Alan Glass and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Madden lands a body shot.
Kronke will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Kronke staying out of range there.
Madden lands a nice looking body shot.
Madden throws the left hand but Kronke avoids the punch easily.
Kronke shoots in for a takedown but Madden shows good takedown defense.

Kronke instigates a clinch.
Kronke is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eric Kronke. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Madden gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Kronke tries to kick Madden off in order to stand up. Madden Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Madden is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Kronke on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Kronke tries to get out of the position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kronke is not content to let Madden control the position.
Kronke dodges the ground and pound from Madden.
Kronke is not content to let Madden control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kronke tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Madden wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Kronke holding on.
Madden wants to stand but Kronke has his arm trapped.
Madden is looking to take a break and control but Kronke is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's two 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.
Kronke is trying to improve his position.
Kronke managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Madden.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Madden lands an elbow.
Kronke is not content to let Madden control the position.
Kronke tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Madden wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Madden throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Madden trying to control the position but Kronke is working away.
Kronke is trying to get back to half guard.
Madden working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Madden throws a strike aimed at the side of Kronke's head but Kronke avoids it well.
Kronke is looking to get back to his feet here but Madden is keeping cool and he's managed to take Kronke's back.
Madden tries to keep control of the position but Kronke is staying busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kronke has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Madden.
Madden punches the canvas rather than the man.
I really don't envy Kronke right now.
Kronke wants to control his opponent's hands but Madden gets his hands free.
Kronke wants to escape the position.
Kronke is working hard here to advance position.
Madden struggling to keep hold of the position.
Madden doesn't have the hooks in and Kronke manages to turn into his guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kronke works over Madden with some ground and pound from guard.
We've been informed that Madden has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Kronke 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.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Oweny Madden dominated that 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.

Madden dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Oweny Madden seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Madden throws a body punch but Kronke moves out of range.
Madden swings for the body but Kronke moves out of range.
A big left from Madden misses.
Madden stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Madden wants it to stay on the feet.
Kronke moves out of range as Madden strikes.
Madden throws a shot to the body.
Madden scores with a jab to the body.
Kronke avoids the body shot from Madden.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Madden ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Madden no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Kronke has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Kronke postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Madden has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Kronke can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Madden throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kronke throws a big right hand that misses.
Kronke with a nice head shot there.
Madden wants to sweep but no luck.
Madden is trying to control the position but Kronke postures up.
Kronke looking to pass the guard.

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.
Kronke looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Kronke might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Madden is trying to keep Kronke in close.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Madden has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kronke ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kronke attempts a counter takedown but Madden avoids it well and moves away.

Kronke moves into the clinch.

Kronke breaks from the clinch.
Madden circles away from the clinch attempt.
Madden loads up on a big right hand but Kronke slips the punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Madden throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Oweny Madden seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Madden dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Madden ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kronke moves away.
Oweny Madden is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Madden tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kronke was well out of range. Poor timing from Madden.
Madden displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Kronke.
Kronke blocks a jab.

Madden tries to keep at a distance but Kronke has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kronke fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eric Kronke. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kronke tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Madden just stands there and leans against the cage.

Kronke breaks the clinch.
Kronke on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Madden throws a big shot that misses.
Madden tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kronke was well out of range. Poor timing from Madden.
Kronke appears to be looking for a big counter.
Kronke shoots in and drives through. Madden sprawls well.
Kronke ducks under a wild hook from Madden.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Madden throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Kronke to counter with a crisp jab.
The fighters circling - Madden throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Madden throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Madden. Kronke does a little dance to reset his feet.
Madden throws a hook but Kronke avoids it easily.
Kronke keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Madden.
Kronke tries to counter with a takedown but Madden is quick to defend against it.
No luck for Kronke with that takedown attempt.
Madden connects with a nice looking jab.
A slow jab from Madden misses its intended target.
Kronke throws a sloppy head kick and Madden moves out of range easily.
Kronke tries to land a front kick but Madden steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Madden punishes Kronke's body with a nice straight punch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A telegraphed right hand from Madden misses the target.
Kronke ducks under a wild hook from Madden.
Kronke is looking for a counter combo.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Oweny Madden showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Madden lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A looping hook to the body misses from Madden. Kronke does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kronke tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Madden manages to circle out of the way.
Kronke scores with a nice head shot.
A big right from Madden misses.
Madden misses with a body shot.
Kronke wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Kronke scores with a crisp jab that stopped Madden in his tracks.
Madden throws a shot from downtown. Kronke moves away and avoids it.

Kronke takes the fight into the clinch.
Kronke tries to pull guard but Madden holds him up against the cage and eventually Kronke drops back down to his feet.

Madden turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Madden manages to end up in side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kronke is looking to reverse the position.
Madden laying and praying for a moment but Kronke takes advantage and regains half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kronke is not content to let Madden control the position.
Madden tries to stand and escape but Kronke is controlling the position.

Kronke is defending against the submission attempts here by Madden.

Madden is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Kronke defends it well.

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.
Kronke trying to control here.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Kronke takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Madden misses the shot to the body.
Kronke takes a shot to the body in his stride.

Kronke has Madden up against the cage in a clinch.

Madden has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Kronke regains guard immediately.
Kronke managing to control the position.
Oweny Madden has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kronke wants to control the position but Madden says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Kronke flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Madden trying to pass the guard but Kronke defending well.

Kronke looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
It looks like Madden is going to stand back up.

That's four 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.
Kronke is looking to control Madden's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Kronke avoid being mounted?
Madden is looking to take a break and control but Kronke is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Kronke trying to control here.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Kronke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Madden throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kronke seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Eric Kronke has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Oweny Madden is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Kronke drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Oweny Madden comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Madden winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Oweny Madden!