PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between George St (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wafty Cranker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cranker is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Divinyls - I Touch Myself. Wafty Cranker acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

St
vs
Cranker

179 cm
25
177 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

196 cm
23
182 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, George St!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Wafty Cranker!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, William Peck and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

St rushes Cranker and presses him up against the cage.

Cranker pulls guard effortlessly.
St postures up in Cranker's guard and throws a big left but Cranker blocks it.
Cranker is pulling down on St's head. It's preventing any offense from St, at least for the moment.
Cranker is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Cranker controlling the action here.
St wants to get back to his feet.
Cranker tries to pass to full mount but St defends it.

St makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!

Cranker shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Cranker was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
St is trying to stand.
St is squirming around, avoiding Cranker's attempts to control the action.
St tries to hold on but Cranker postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cranker tries to control but St wriggling away.

Cranker is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, St has managed to escape the submission attempt.
St is wriggling around trying to escape.
St manages to regain half guard. Good work.
St is trying to stand back up but Cranker is controlling him

Cranker is looking for a kimura here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cranker is thwarting St's attempts to control the position.
St looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Cranker seems to be working for a kimura but St defends the submission attempt.
Cranker looks gassed!
St moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

St working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Cranker doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Cranker manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

St is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Cranker is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Cranker advances position into side control!
Cranker is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Cranker tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Cranker has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Cranker tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Cranker advances to full mount.
St trying desperately to get to his feet.
St is wriggling around here but as he tries to escape, Cranker has taken his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St holding both Cranker 's hands and preventing any damage.

Cranker is working for the choke. I would put my money on him to finish from this position. He's rolled onto his back and has dragged St with him. St is trying to defend but Cranker has an arm under the chin now! St grimaces and is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Wafty Cranker!