PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jrock Mandela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cornelius Crumpet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crumpet comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Kings of Leon - Fans kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Mandela
vs
Crumpet

180 cm
23
195 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

185 cm
21
195 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jrock Mandela!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cornelius Crumpet!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Daniel Franklin and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mandela slips a jab and a cross from Crumpet.
A jab from Crumpet does it's job there.

It looks like Jrock Mandela has been cut.
Nice jab there from Crumpet.
Crumpet throws a right and a left that Mandela avoids nicely.

Mandela clinches with his opponent.

Crumpet breaks from the clinch.
Crumpet misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mandela misses with a combination

and Crumpet counters with a left and a right that hurts Mandela! He wobbles and falls to the floor - he's in big trouble! Crumpet jumps into full mount!

Mandela is rocked!
Crumpet tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Oh Mandela is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Crumpet throwing strikes here but Mandela is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Mandela seems to have got his legs back now.
Crumpet prevents Mandela from getting the reversal.
A nice elbow there by Crumpet.
Mandela working to try and regain half guard.
Crumpet trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mandela tries to lock up and control but Crumpet gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Crumpet controlling his opponent.
Mandela holds on, trying desperately to control.
Crumpet content just to control the position here.
Mandela flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Crumpet avoids the attempt from Mandela to control.
Mandela can't escape the position.
Crumpet wants to control the pace but Mandela is squirming around nicely.

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.
Mandela tries to reverse the position but Crumpet maintains control.
Crumpet avoids the attempt from Mandela to control.
Crumpet connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Mandela really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Crumpet pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Crumpet trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Crumpet sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Crumpet trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mandela is looking to improve his position but Crumpet isn't that keen on the idea.
Mandela holds on to Crumpet as tight as he can, avoiding damage.
Crumpet controlling the position easily from mount.
Mandela is trying to escape the mount.
Mandela tries to hold on but Crumpet postures up.
Crumpet wants to control the pace but Mandela is squirming around nicely.
Mandela is working to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Crumpet controlling from mount.
Crumpet trying to control but Mandela is having none of it.

Despite being in the dominant position, Cornelius Crumpet just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Horrible takedown by Mandela or perhaps it was just good defense by Crumpet which made him look bad.
The fighters circling - Crumpet throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Mandela bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Mandela cracks Crumpet with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Crumpet tries to improve position but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cornelius Crumpet dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jrock Mandela's cut.
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.

Mandela keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Crumpet connects with a crisp jab.
Mandela takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Crumpet misses the jab.
Crumpet circles away from the clinch attempt.
Crumpet missing with a left hand there. Mandela was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mandela is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mandela gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Crumpet cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Crumpet throws a left and a right that both miss

and Mandela counters by moving into the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Crumpet wants to break free but Mandela has control.
Crumpet is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Mandela breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mandela slips under a jab from Crumpet.
Mandela takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mandela bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Mandela shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Mandela showed some decent athleticism there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crumpet wants to get back to his feet.
Crumpet is trying to maintain the position but Mandela is very close to passing his half guard.
Mandela is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Crumpet is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Crumpet is on top in guard.

Crumpet avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Mandela is looking for a triangle but Crumpet pushes his legs off easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Mandela working a defensive guard here.
Mandela keeping moving, preventing Crumpet from controlling successfully.

Mandela is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.

Mandela lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.

Mandela decides to stand up.
Mandela gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Crumpet.

Mandela drives through and clinches with Crumpet against the cage.
Crumpet is trying to break free.

Mandela turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Mandela remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mandela tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Mandela is looking to take a break and control but Crumpet is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Crumpet tries to bench press Mandela off him but Mandela keeps the position.
Mandela tries to move to mount but Crumpet blocks the move with his legs.
You can see the frustration on Crumpet's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Crumpet stops Mandela from passing to mount.
Mandela sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Crumpet is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

Mandela rushes Crumpet and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's four 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.

Crumpet breaks the clinch.

Mandela has taken the fight to the clinch.
Mandela can't get the takedown.
Crumpet tries to break the clinch but Mandela is controlling the position.
Crumpet misses with a punch on the inside.
Crumpet struggles to land a body shot inside as Mandela controls his hands.
Mandela looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jrock Mandela. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Crumpet breaks from the clinch.
Mandela tries for a takedown but Crumpet sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Mandela showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Crumpet.
Mandela is looking to slow Crumpet down with leg kicks.
Crumpet scores with a hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Crumpet throws an overhand right that lands on Mandela's shoulder, as Mandela tries to avoid the shot.
Crumpet dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Crumpet throws a nice looking combination but Mandela bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cornelius Crumpet is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Crumpet throws a combination that misses

and Mandela counters with a takedown into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jrock Mandela dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jrock Mandela's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Mandela shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Mandela was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Mandela throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Mandela trying to control but Crumpet is having none of it.

Mandela wants to finish this one by submission but Crumpet is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Mandela.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Crumpet is squirming around, avoiding Mandela's attempts to control the action.
Crumpet bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Crumpet lands a couple of elbows.
Mandela keeping moving, preventing Crumpet from controlling successfully.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mandela is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Crumpet pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Mandela is keeping the position for now.
Mandela can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Crumpet controls the pace.
Crumpet trying to control but Mandela is working from the bottom.
Mandela tries to land a sweep but no joy.

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

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Crumpet moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Mandela with a poor takedown
and Crumpet makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Jrock Mandela is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crumpet throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Mandela on the side of the head.

Mandela shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Mandela controls from within his opponent's guard.
Mandela wants to control from the top but Crumpet keeps moving.
Mandela content to stall in guard here.
Mandela wants to control from the top but Crumpet keeps moving.
Mandela 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 three minutes gone in the round.
Crumpet wants to get back to his feet but Mandela is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Mandela drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Mandela jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Mandela trying to control but Crumpet is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Crumpet throws an overhand right that lands on Mandela's shoulder, as Mandela tries to avoid the shot.
Crumpet ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

Mandela feints and as Crumpet raises his hands in defense, Mandela changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Mandela trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Crumpet has his feet on Mandela's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mandela looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Crumpet throws an overhand right that lands on Mandela's shoulder, as Mandela tries to avoid the shot.
Mandela misses with a takedown attempt
and Crumpet counters with a right hand to the body.
Mandela fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jrock Mandela. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Crumpet thows a body shot but no joy.

Mandela shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Crumpet's guard.
Crumpet keeping moving, preventing Mandela from controlling successfully.
Mandela passes Crumpet's left leg - he's now in half guard.

Mandela is trying to work for a kimura but Crumpet is defending well.
Mandela is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jrock Mandela showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Mandela has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight as a draw!
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight as a draw!
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight as a draw!

The fight ends as a draw!