PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kyle The Kid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Albert Craddock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Kid comes to the cage accompanied by Moby - Flower . Albert Craddock acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

The Kid
vs
Craddock

185 cm
22
155 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

197 cm
20
155 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very confident

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Kyle The Kid!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Albert Craddock!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Donald Grub and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Kid looks for a takedown but Craddock sprawls well.

Craddock clinches.
The Kid is looking for a takedown.
The Kid really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
The Kid drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kyle The Kid. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Craddock pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Craddock throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Craddock throws a leg kick which misses The Kid's front leg but catches the back leg as The Kid tries to avoid it.
Craddock looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A head kick from Craddock lands but The Kid takes it in his stride.
Craddock delivers a nice body kick.
The Kid shoots in for a takedown but Craddock shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
The Kid takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Kid shoots for a double leg takedown but Craddock sprawls well. He's pushed The Kid's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
The Kid is breathing heavily.
Craddock lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Craddock throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by The Kid.
The Kid tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Craddock bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Craddock throws a nice outside leg kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Craddock!
The Kid sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Craddock scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Craddock connects with an inside leg kick.
Craddock turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Craddock displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
The Kid tries for a takedown but Craddock sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Craddock connects with a leg kick. The Kid looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

Craddock closes the distance and clinches.

Craddock escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Albert Craddock is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
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!
The Kid takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Craddock keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Craddock lands a nice looking body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Craddock goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Craddock cracks the inside of The Kid's front leg.
The Kid tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
An inside leg kick lands from Craddock.

Craddock moves into range and clinches up with The Kid.
The Kid changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Craddock fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Craddock.
Craddock displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
The Kid will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Craddock, right into the meat.
The Kid shoots in for a double leg but Craddock sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Craddock scores with a kick to the midsection.
Craddock fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt The Kid.
Craddock feints a jab promting The Kid to slip. Craddock then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. The Kid slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Craddock dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on The Kid. That did some damage!
The Kid takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for The Kid. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Craddock throws a nice head kick!
Craddock throws a combination. The Kid tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

Craddock closes the distance and clinches.
The Kid goes for a takedown in the clinch but Craddock prevents it.
The Kid is working for takedown but Craddock is calmly controlling the position for now.

Craddock breaks the clinch.
The Kid shoots in looking for a takedown but Craddock manages to keep the fight standing, pushing The Kid's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Craddock buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Craddock shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. The Kid eats them both and turns towards Craddock to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
The Kid is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Craddock lands with a nice combination. The Kid backs away looking to recover.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Craddock there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Craddock moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Craddock lands with a kick to the temple. The Kid shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Craddock connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Craddock lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Craddock tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Craddock moves into the clinch.

Craddock pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Craddock goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Kyle The Kid seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Craddock lands with an uppercut that bounces The Kid off the cage and back into range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The Kid shoots in and drives through. Craddock sprawls well.

Craddock forces The Kid back against the cage and clinches.

Craddock breaks the clinch.
Craddock tries to bum rush The Kid with a series of wild strikes but The Kid uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Albert Craddock dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

The Kid looks for a takedown but Craddock sprawls well.
The Kid takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

Craddock gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows The Kid to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Craddock wants to stand but The Kid is controlling the position.
The Kid slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Nice sprawl there from Craddock as The Kid shoots in.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Craddock throws a head kick that half lands.
Craddock lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Craddock goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Craddock connects with a solid leg kick.
Craddock buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

The Kid throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Craddock was covering up waiting for the punch and The Kid finishes the takedown easily into guard.
The Kid stays in close to Craddock's body and controls the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Kyle The Kid.
Craddock pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Craddock gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Craddock breaks the clinch.
The Kid shoots for a double leg takedown but Craddock sprawls well. He's pushed The Kid's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kyle The Kid. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Craddock fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The Kid swats away the attempt to clinch by Craddock.
Craddock wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Kid sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Craddock lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but The Kid circles away quickly and effectively.
Craddock fails with an attempt to clinch.
Craddock leaves The Kid with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Craddock defends well against a solid takedown attempt from The Kid.
A head kick from Craddock lands but The Kid takes it in his stride.
Craddock throws a nice outside leg kick.
The Kid takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Craddock clinches.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

Craddock breaks the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Craddock gets a clinch.
The Kid has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Craddock after a bit of a struggle.

Craddock breaks from the clinch.
Craddock lands a head kick!
The Kid with a poor takedown
and Craddock counters with a big head kick but The Kid shrugs it off.
Craddock has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
No luck for The Kid with that takedown attempt.
Craddock lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Craddock fakes the leg kick and cracks The Kid in the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Craddock instigates a clinch.

Craddock pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The Kid tries for a takedown but Craddock circles away easily
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Albert Craddock showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Craddock lands with a nice combination. The Kid backs away looking to recover.
Craddock thows a body kick. The Kid tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Craddock lands a high kick!
Kyle The Kid is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The Kid changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Craddock tries to avoid it but The Kid manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Craddock to the ground. Craddock escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
The Kid misses with a takedown attempt - Craddock sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Craddock throws a quick inside leg kick.
The Kid on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A chopping leg kick lands by Craddock.

Craddock has closed the distance and engaged The Kid in a clinch.
The Kid takes an elbow to the temple.
The referee calls for Craddock to work.
Craddock prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kyle The Kid. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Craddock breaks the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Craddock scores with a four punch combination!
Craddock lands a head kick. The Kid smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Craddock throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
The Kid takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Craddock instigates a clinch.

Craddock breaks the clinch.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! The Kid crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Craddock - the referee stops the clock and The Kid gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Craddock. The Kid manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
No luck for The Kid with that takedown attempt.
Craddock lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Craddock lands with a slapping head kick.
Craddock throws a nice head kick!
Craddock throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Craddock tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but The Kid paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Kid has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Craddock.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Craddock lands with a kick to the temple. The Kid shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Craddock connects with a high kick.
Craddock throws a combination. The Kid tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Craddock lands with a kick to the temple. The Kid shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
The Kid closes this distance looking for a takedown but Craddock circles away.
Albert Craddock seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Craddock with a hook.
The Kid takes a head kick and keeps coming.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from The Kid is defended easily by Craddock.
The Kid shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Craddock sprawls well. Craddock wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. The Kid gets slowly back to his feet.
Craddock lands with a kick to the temple. The Kid shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Craddock is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Craddock throws a head kick that The Kid semi-blocks.
The Kid shoots for a double leg takedown but Craddock sprawls well. He's pushed The Kid's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Craddock throws a nice outside leg kick.
The Kid has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Craddock.
Craddock scoring well with a low kick there.
The Kid shoots and misses
and Craddock counters with a low kick, right behind The Kid 's knee.
Both fighters circling a little - Craddock finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Craddock.
Craddock fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and The Kid has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Craddock lands with a slapping head kick.
Kyle The Kid has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Craddock shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. The Kid eats them both and turns towards Craddock to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
The Kid tries for a takedown but Craddock sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The Kid looking to score a takedown here. Craddock is defending well but The Kid drives through and ends up in Craddock's guard.
Craddock can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as The Kid controls the pace.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Craddock is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst The Kid is controlling him.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
The Kid throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

The Kid closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The Kid is trying to control. Craddock wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

And that's the end of the fight!
Albert Craddock comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Craddock 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 James Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Albert Craddock!
Albert Craddock made sure to mention his sponsor, Wisdom clothing (O.R.G) in his post fight interview.