PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dougal McCraken (ranked 601 p4p, 249 weight class) and Roland Weudke (ranked 83 p4p, 37 weight class). McCraken comes into the arena with Bulgine blaring out of the sound system. Roland Weudke is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

McCraken
vs
Weudke

184 cm
38
166
31 - 19 - 0

180 cm
36
185
29 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Conquer

HELLBENT

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dougal McCraken!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Roland Weudke!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Andrew Berry and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCraken jabs Weudke to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Weudke throws a nice inside leg kick.
Weudke connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The crowd cheers as Weudke lands an impressive looking overhand right. McCraken doesn't seem phased though.
Weudke lands a nice shot to the body.
A slow jab from Weudke misses its intended target.
McCraken misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Weudke.
Weudke looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
McCraken lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Weudke pivots, looking for a leg kick but McCraken is out of range and Weudke settles back down.
It appears McCraken was looking to counter with a kick there.
McCraken throws a head kick but Weudke moves out of range.
McCraken misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Weudke throws a leg kick but McCraken sees it coming and checks it nicely.
McCraken swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
McCraken misses with an attempted mid kick.
McCraken backing away here, and Weudke unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for McCraken.
McCraken is looking to slow Weudke down with leg kicks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McCraken jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A low kick from Weudke is predictable there
and McCraken connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
McCraken cracks Weudke with an open hand slap.
McCraken has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Chakuriki LA Gym in the buildup to the fight.
A nice leg kick lands there from McCraken.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Weudke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Weudke is looking to slow McCraken down with leg kicks.
Weudke tries to land a front kick but McCraken steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
An inside leg kick lands from McCraken.
Weudke swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
McCraken thumps Weudke with a low kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as McCraken checks a leg kick.
McCraken misses the jab.
Weudke throws a jab but it's blocked by McCraken.
McCraken looks to land a right hand but Weudke moved out of range.
McCraken throws a push kick but Weudke slaps the foot to one side.
An inside leg kick from Weudke misses.
McCraken misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Weudke.
McCraken rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Weudke counters with a three punch combo that has McCraken backing up. McCraken nods at Weudke to acknowledge the strikes.
Weudke uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McCraken.
McCraken fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Weudke tries a low kick but McCraken avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Weudke.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Weudke staying out of range there.
Weudke misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McCraken.
McCraken looks to land a body kick but Weudke moved away.
McCraken throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
McCraken throws a push kick but Weudke slaps the foot to one side.
Weudke moves out of range as McCraken throws a body kick.
Weudke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Weudke throws a poor cross that misses
letting McCraken counter with a right hand.
A head kick from McCraken lands but Weudke takes it in his stride.
McCraken throws a body shot but no joy.
McCraken throws a body shot but no joy.
Weudke rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but McCraken moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
McCraken clobbers Weudke with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
McCraken swings away with a leg kick that misses.
McCraken backing away here, and Weudke unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
McCraken lands with a nice body kick.
Weudke on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Weudke misses with a jab, cross combination.
McCraken bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Weudke's head.
Weudke fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but McCraken is out of range.
Weudke scores with a body shot.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from McCraken - that will leave a mark!
Weudke dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
McCraken takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A low kick from Weudke misses
and McCraken counters with a stiff right hand.
McCraken misses the shot to the body.
Weudke throws a nice inside leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Weudke. That's going to slow McCraken down.
McCraken finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Jab from Weudke.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Good work by McCraken as he checks the leg kick.
McCraken fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Weudke manages to avoid it.
McCraken scores with a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Weudke throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck McCraken on the side of the head.
McCraken throws a big shot that misses.
Nice body punch from McCraken.
A big left from Weudke misses.
Weudke on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
McCraken takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
McCraken misses with a kick to the body.
Weudke throws a series of punches but McCraken avoids them all with ease.
Weudke throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McCraken throws a leg kick which misses Weudke's front leg but catches the back leg as Weudke tries to avoid it.
McCraken looks to score with a jab to the body but Weudke is just out of range.
Weudke is looking to score with low kicks.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McCraken pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Weudke throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
McCraken lands a jab to the nose.
McCraken missing with a left hand there. Weudke was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Dougal McCraken dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Weudke ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McCraken moves away.
McCraken looks to land a body kick but Weudke moved away.
McCraken takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Weudke throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A little feinted left hand from McCraken on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
McCraken throws a good cross that connects.
Weudke swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McCraken throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
McCraken checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
McCraken quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
McCraken fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Weudke.
Weudke bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
McCraken throws a nice inside leg kick.
McCraken tests Weudke's chin there with a solid looking shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Weudke uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McCraken.
Donk. Weudke catches McCraken right on the button with a cross.
Weudke scoring well with a low kick there.
Good work by McCraken as he checks the leg kick.
Weudke blocks a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A good leg kick by McCraken.
McCraken thumps Weudke with a low kick.
McCraken tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Weudke was well out of range. Poor timing from McCraken.
McCraken tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
McCraken connects with a solid leg kick.
Weudke tries to work over McCraken's front leg with a kick but McCraken checks it.
Weudke is looking to slow McCraken down with leg kicks.
Weudke lands with a shot to the body.
Weudke throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Weudke scores with a leg kick.
McCraken works Weudke's body with a nice hook.
Weudke moves out of range of the body kick from McCraken.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from McCraken. Weudke shrugs it off though.
Weudke's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Weudke misses with a double jab.
McCraken ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Weudke moves away.
McCraken moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Weudke takes a shot to the body in his stride.
McCraken throws a solid leg kick but Weudke takes the impact on his shin and smiles at McCraken.
McCraken takes a swing at Weudke's ribcage but misses.
McCraken fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
McCraken connects with an inside leg kick.
Decent striking displayed by McCraken there.
Weudke fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches McCraken on the side of the head.
Weudke connects with a body shot that sends McCraken's belly button to the back.
A nice inside leg kick there by Weudke. That's going to slow McCraken down.
McCraken throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Weudke counters with a good low kick that McCraken was not able to check.
McCraken dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Weudke. That did some damage!
McCraken throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Weudke throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McCraken scoring well with a low kick there.
McCraken throws a series of punches but Weudke avoids them all with ease.
McCraken with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCraken rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Weudke counters with an inside leg kick.
McCraken comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Weudke takes a swing at McCraken's ribcage but misses.
Weudke is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down McCraken rather than just go for the knockout.
McCraken lands a jab to the nose.
McCraken swings for the body but Weudke moves out of range.
Weudke connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
McCraken pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Weudke avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Weudke tries a quick counter leg kick but McCraken is wise to it.
McCraken ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Weudke moves away.
McCraken blocks a leg kick.
McCraken scores with a jab to the head.
Weudke blocks a jab.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
McCraken fails to land with a series of punches.
Weudke feints a counter leg kick.
McCraken throws a shot from downtown. Weudke moves away and avoids it.
McCraken throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Weudke on the side of the head.
McCraken is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Weudke can do to turn this around?
McCraken throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Weudke throws a half hearted mid kick.
Weudke throws a body shot but no joy.
McCraken bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McCraken ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Weudke might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, McCraken has got the better of the exchanges.
Weudke shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
McCraken stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Weudke fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. McCraken looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
McCraken tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dougal McCraken is winning the standup battle so far.
Weudke takes one on the button.
McCraken throws out a loose jab but Weudke uses good head movement to avoid it.
McCraken throws a body kick that misses.
Weudke is trying to counter with his kicks.
Weudke's hands are dropping dangerously low here and McCraken connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Weudke scrambles back to his feet.
A leg kick checked by Weudke.
McCraken throws a hook to the side of Weudke's head but Weudke sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
McCraken misses with a wild body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McCraken swinging wildly here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Dougal McCraken dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

McCraken misses with an attempted mid kick.
Weudke lands a nice shot to the body.
McCraken looks to score with a jab to the body but Weudke is just out of range.
As McCraken backs off Weudke throws a huge counter combo but McCraken manages to avoid it all.
Weudke lands with a thumping leg kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Weudke - that will leave a mark!
McCraken misses with a wild body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by McCraken.
Weudke thows a leg kick but McCraken checks it
and McCraken counters with a nice uppercut.
Weudke walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
McCraken misses with a low kick.
Weudke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McCraken was well out of range. Poor timing from Weudke.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Weudke lands a nice looking body shot.
Weudke misses the shot to the body.
Weudke throws a leg kick that misses.
McCraken uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Weudke.
McCraken throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Weudke counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - McCraken throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
McCraken lands a nice hook to Weudke's body. Weudke takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A leg kick checked by Weudke.
A big right from McCraken misses.
A low kick from Weudke misses
and McCraken cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Weudke looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nice uppercut lands for McCraken. That snapped Weudke's head back.
Weudke loads up on a big right hand but McCraken slips the punch.
McCraken swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Weudke scores with a decent looking hook.
McCraken dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Weudke. That did some damage!
McCraken steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Weudke.
McCraken was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
McCraken jabbing away but nothing is landing.
McCraken checks a leg kick.
McCraken wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Weudke takes a shot to the body in his stride.
McCraken misses with a low kick.
Roland Weudke has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Weudke works over McCraken's head and body with a nice combination.
McCraken checks a low kick from Weudke.
And McCraken counters with a quick kick to the body but Weudke blocks it.
McCraken thows a leg kick but Weudke checks it
and Weudke counters with a nice low kick that buckles McCraken's knee momentarily.
Weudke throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Weudke is looking to score with low kicks.
The fighters circling - Weudke throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
McCraken steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Weudke.
McCraken tried to counter with a leg kick but Weudke avoided it.
A punch combination from Weudke misses.
McCraken on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Weudke. Weudke obviously looking to wear him down.
Weudke avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Weudke is clearly trying to counter these attacks from McCraken with a body shot.
McCraken displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Weudke throws out the jab.
McCraken fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Weudke manages to avoid it.
McCraken avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Weudke takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
McCraken misses the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCraken chopping away at his opponent's legs.
McCraken misses with a wild body shot.
Weudke walks into a straight right hand from McCraken.
Weudke lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but McCraken circles away quickly and effectively.
McCraken misses with a body kick.
McCraken throws a sloppy body shot
and McCraken takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nice jab there from McCraken.
McCraken lands a nice shot to the body.
Dougal McCraken is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
McCraken with the inside leg kick.
Weudke misses with a combination
and McCraken counters with a lovely shot to the body.
McCraken jabs Weudke right on the nose. Weudke blinks but takes it well.
McCraken gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Weudke counters with a nice body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Weudke takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
McCraken cracks Weudke with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCraken lands with a kick to the ribs.
Weudke throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Weudke misses with a body shot.
Weudke takes a swing at McCraken's ribcage but misses.
Weudke throws a leg kick but McCraken sees it coming and moves out of range.
McCraken misses the jab.
Weudke misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McCraken.
McCraken fakes the leg kick and cracks Weudke in the body.
McCraken lands a jab to Weudke's midsection.
McCraken lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
McCraken works the jab nicely.
McCraken moves out of range as Weudke strikes.
McCraken thumps Weudke with a low kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Weudke throws a jab when McCraken was well out of range.
Weudke swinging wildly here.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Dougal McCraken.
Well McCraken has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dougal McCraken!
A victorious Dougal McCraken thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.