PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Quebra Cranio (ranked 1006 p4p, 1676 weight class) and John Makres (ranked 145 p4p, 230 weight class). Cranio's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, It's My Life. Makres has chosen SABATON - Coat of Arms as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Cranio
vs
Makres

185 cm
26
190
9 - 8 - 1

190 cm
34
174
19 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Brooklyn Apothecary

Conviction
Conquer

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 9 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, Quebra Cranio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Makres!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yuuki Gou and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Makres tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Makres wants to clinch but Cranio slips to the side
and Cranio counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

Makres closes the distance and pushes Cranio back into the cage.
Makres is working Cranio over against the cage.
Makres stalling in the clinch.
Makres is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Cranio comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Makres blocks a body shot from Cranio.

Cranio breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Makres moves in looking to clinch but Cranio pushes him off.
Cranio throwing a counter right hand but Makres manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Makres tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cranio manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cranio ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
We've been informed that Makres has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Makres throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Makres closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Cranio misses with a hook to the ribs.
Makres has a couple of punches blocked by Cranio.
Cranio throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Makress head.
Makres can't find room to land a body shot as Cranio controls the action.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Makres creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Makres takes an elbow to the forehead.
Cranio tries to work over Makres's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cranio lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Makres.

Cranio manages to break the clinch.
Makres tries to clinch up but Cranio circles away and keeps his distance.
Makres connects with a nice looking jab.
Makres slips under a jab from Cranio.
Makres tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cranio manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Makres works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Makres.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Makres keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cranio.

Makres pushes Cranio up against the cage in a clinch.
Cranio lands a nice shot to the body.

Cranio pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cranio bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Makres on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Cranio pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cranio throws a jab when Makres was well out of range.
Makres fails with an attempt to clinch.
Makres tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Cranio cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Makres tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cranio paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cranio was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Makres throws a push kick but Cranio slaps the foot to one side.
An attempted straight right counter from Cranio misses the target.
Makres takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Makres throws a low kick but it's checked well by Cranio.
Cranio throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A slow jab from Makres misses its intended target.
Cranio was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Makres misses with a few strikes there.
A counter left hand to the body from Cranio misses its target.
A decent looking cross lands there for Cranio.
Makres throws a leg kick that is checked

and Cranio counters with a crisp right hand that drops Makres! Cranio lets Makres back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Makres is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Makres takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Makres is still on wobbly legs! Can Cranio finish him?
Makres is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cranio misses with an uppercut. Makres saw that one coming.
Makres seems to have recovered his senses.
Cranio misses with a double jab
and Makres counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Makres throws a predictable looking body shot
and Cranio counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Makres thinking.
Cranio avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Makres lands a leg kick that knocks Cranio off balance momentarily.
Cranio connects with a nice looking jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Quebra Cranio dominated that round.
That's time! Cranio's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Makres tries to clinch up but Cranio circles away and keeps his distance.

Makres takes the fight into the clinch.
Cranio doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Makres misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cranio is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Makres can do to turn this around?
A hook to the body from Cranio.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

Cranio escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cranio circles away from the clinch attempt.
It looked like Cranio wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Cranio misses with a wild body shot.
Cranio sets himself, and Makres steps forward looking for the clinch! Cranio avoids it this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Cranio tries to keep at a distance but Makres has taken the fight into the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Cranio.
Makres tries to work over Cranio's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Makres throws a head punch that misses.
Cranio gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cranio blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cranio lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Makres.
Makres takes a shot to the head.
Makres struggles to land a body shot inside as Cranio controls his hands.
Makres is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Cranio is keeping busy.
Makres tries a body shot but Cranio blocks it.

Cranio breaks from the clinch.
Cranio connects with a single shot there.
Makres fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cranio manages to avoid it.
Cranio throws a jab but it's blocked by Makres.
Cranio misses with a right hand

and Makres holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Cranio lands a right hand that snaps the head of Makres backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cranio blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Cranio breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cranio circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cranio looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Makres closes the distance looking to clinch
and Cranio counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A shot to the body from Makres misses
enabling Cranio to counter with a crisp jab.
Cranio circles away from the clinch attempt
and Cranio counters with a nice uppercut.
Makres slips a jab from Cranio.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cranio swings for the body but Makres moves out of range.
Makres moves out of range as Cranio strikes.
Makres lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Makres uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cranio.
Makres tries to clinch up
and Cranio counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Makres throws a right and a left that Cranio avoids nicely.
Quebra Cranio is winning the standup battle so far.
Makres tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Cranio counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
John Makres is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Makres will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Makres throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Makres is looking to clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Makres misses the target.
Makres lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Makres plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
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!
Cranio misses with a jab, cross combination.
Makres defending well as Cranio loads up on a big left hand.
Makres appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Makres misses the shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Quebra Cranio dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Makres is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
An attempted straight right counter from Cranio misses the target.
Cranio waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Makres.
Makres takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Makres throws a right hand that Cranio ducks under and follows up with a left that Cranio also avoids with ease.
Cranio throwing a counter right hand but Makres manages to avoid it.
Makres misses with the combination.
Cranio was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Makres with a hook.
Makres tries to clinch but Cranio moves out of range.
Cranio avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Cranio.
Makres fails with an attempt to clinch.

Cranio feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Makres sprawling to the canvas! Makres rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Cranio finish him?!
Cranio lands with a massive overhand right! Stick a fork in Makres - he's out cold! Ermm... I think I just mixed my metaphors but yeah... That was a nice KO! Big win for Cranio!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Quebra Cranio!
An out of breath Quebra Cranio thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.