PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mirko Cro Crap (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edward Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Watson is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by I Walk Alone. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cro Crap
vs
Watson

150 cm
20
130 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
20
130 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Likes ground

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mirko Cro Crap!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Edward Watson!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Paulo Santos and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cro Crap looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Watson looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Cro Crap is looking to clinch but Watson is avoiding it.

Cro Crap shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Cro Crap working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Watson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Cro Crap is one step ahead there.
Cro Crap could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Cro Crap slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Cro Crap trying to control but Watson is working from the bottom.
Cro Crap controls from within his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cro Crap trying to control but Watson is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cro Crap controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Mirko Cro Crap just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Cro Crap instigates a clinch.
Cro Crap has Watson pressed against the cage.

Cro Crap escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Cro Crap looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Watson!
Cro Crap putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Watson taking shots to the head.
Cro Crap controlling the pace for now.
Watson is squirming around, avoiding Cro Crap's attempts to control the action.
Watson tries to hold on but Cro Crap postures up.
Cro Crap takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson is squirming around, avoiding Cro Crap's attempts to control the action.
Watson in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Cro Crap goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Watson is on top in guard.
Cro Crap is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Cro Crap keeping moving, preventing Watson from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Cro Crap has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Watson can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Cro Crap looking for a sweep. Not yet Cro Crap, not yet.
Watson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Cro Crap is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Watson connects with a couple of short punches.
Cro Crap keeping moving, preventing Watson from controlling successfully.
Watson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Watson is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mirko Cro Crap dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Watson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Watson looks to clinch
and Cro Crap counters with an outside leg kick.
Cro Crap misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cro Crap misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Cro Crap tries to clinch there but Watson circles away.
Cro Crap scores with a kick to the midsection.
Watson closes the distance and lands a one-two.

Cro Crap rushes Watson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Cro Crap wants a takedown but no success here.
Cro Crap prevents the takedown attempt.

Cro Crap manages to pull guard.
Watson prevents Cro Crap from getting back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cro Crap keeping moving, preventing Watson from controlling successfully.
Watson postures up in Cro Crap's guard and throws a big left but Cro Crap blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cro Crap keeping moving, preventing Watson from controlling successfully.

Watson decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Cro Crap, up you get!
Watson darts in trying to clinch

and Cro Crap counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Watson's guard now.
Cro Crap controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Cro Crap distracts Watson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Cro Crap trying to control the position from guard on top but Watson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cro Crap working some strikes from top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cro Crap trying to control the position from guard on top but Watson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cro Crap connects with a couple of short punches.
Cro Crap lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Cro Crap gets to his feet - Watson follows without any prompting.
Cro Crap shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mirko Cro Crap. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Watson doesn't manage to clinch there - Cro Crap circles away.

Cro Crap clinches up against the cage.
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!
Cro Crap can't break the clinch.
Watson has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Cro Crap avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

Watson has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Cro Crap clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Cro Crap might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Cro Crap wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cro Crap wants to escape the position.
Cro Crap is trying to stand back up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cro Crap breaks Watson's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Cro Crap is in close to Watson's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Watson looking for a sweep. Not yet Watson, not yet.
Watson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Cro Crap shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Watson but Watson pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Watson has his takedown stuffed
and Cro Crap counters with a low kick, right behind Watson 's knee.
Cro Crap throws a head kick but Watson moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Horrible takedown by Cro Crap or perhaps it was just good defense by Watson which made him look bad.

Watson closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Watson lands in his opponent's guard.
Mirko Cro Crap overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Cro Crap is on top in guard.
Cro Crap trying to control the position from guard on top but Watson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cro Crap is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cro Crap trying to control the position from guard on top but Watson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cro Crap passes into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mirko Cro Crap dominated that second 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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Watson shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Cro Crap trying to control but Watson postures up.

Cro Crap makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Cro Crap looks to clinch

and Watson counters by moving into the clinch.

Cro Crap escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Cro Crap drives through with a takedown into guard.
Watson working a defensive guard but Cro Crap manages to pass into side control anyway.
Watson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Cro Crap decides to take the fight back to the feet.

Cro Crap moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cro Crap escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Cro Crap bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Watson is not content to let Cro Crap control the position.
You can see the frustration on Watson's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Cro Crap controlling the position.
You can see the frustration on Watson's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Cro Crap tries for a kimura but Watson is defending well.
Watson wants to control but Cro Crap postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watson manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Cro Crap is trying to maintain the position but Watson is very close to passing his half guard.
Watson passes to full mount!
Cro Crap tries to lock up and control but Watson gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Cro Crap can't escape the position.
Cro Crap is working hard here to advance position.
Cro Crap manages to regain half guard. Good work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cro Crap is looking to control Watson's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Cro Crap avoid being mounted?
Cro Crap gets full guard.
Watson wants to control from the top but Cro Crap keeps moving.
Cro Crap controls Watson momentarily but Watson frees himself.
Cro Crap bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Watson's guard.
Watson being controlled here, momentarily.
Cro Crap trying to control the position from guard on top but Watson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four 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.

Cro Crap stands up from Watson's guard - Cro Crap perhaps looking for a knockout.
Cro Crap moves in looking to clinch but Watson pushes him off.
Cro Crap shoots in but no luck this time.
Nice sprawl there from Watson as Cro Crap shoots in.
Cro Crap closes this distance looking for a takedown but Watson circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mirko Cro Crap. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Watson shoots in but Cro Crap avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Cro Crap tries for a takedown but Watson circles away easily

and Watson counters by moving into the clinch.

Cro Crap drags the fight down to the ground.
Cro Crap looking to control.
Cro Crap manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Edward Watson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cro Crap looking to control and managing it successfully.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mirko Cro Crap showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Cro Crap, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mirko Cro Crap!