PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Crazy Dog (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Test Ninja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dog comes into the arena with Beat It blaring out of the sound system. Ninja comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Super Bon Bon - Soul Coughing kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dog
vs
Ninja

180 cm
38
149 lbs
34 - 19 - 2

150 cm
28
145 lbs
13 - 11 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Brawler
Good gas tank

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 34 - 19 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Crazy Dog!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Test Ninja!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Paulo Santos and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ninja tries for a takedown but Dog circles away easily
and Dog counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ninja fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Dog throws a nice looking combination but Ninja bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ninja goes for a double leg but Dog avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the ropes as Dog continues to drive forward.
Crazy Dog has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Test Ninja.
Ninja looks for a takedown but Dog sprawls well.
Ninja is trying hard to land a takedown here. Dog sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Nice body punch from Dog.
Ninja doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Dog counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Ninja tries to roll over but Dog keeps him under control.
Ninja is refusing to be controlled, as Dog sits in half guard.
Ninja wants to improve his position but Dog is controlling well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dog is nestled in close to Ninja, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Ninja manages to get to full guard.
Dog trying to control the position from guard on top but Ninja is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ninja trying to keep a closed guard but Dog is proving a slippery customer.
Dog lands a couple of digs.
Dog chips away with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dog won't allow Ninja to sweep him here.
Our spies down at at Turka Elite Gym inform us that Ninja has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Ninja bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Dog's guard.

Ninja tries to free his leg and advance position but Dog is retaining full guard.
Ninja trying to control but Dog is working from the bottom.

Dog throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Dog looking to control.
Dog will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Ninja has gone for a leg lock! Dog slips out almost immediately though and dives into Ninja's guard.

Ninja is trying to control the position but Dog postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dog lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Dog preventing the sweep.

Ninja looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Ninja throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Dog keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Ninja's head.
Dog postures up.
Ninja keeping moving, preventing Dog from controlling successfully.
Dog preventing the sweep.

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.
Dog trying to control the position from guard on top but Ninja is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ninja working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dog.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Ninja fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ninja closes the distance and clinches up with Dog, looking for a takedown. Ninja pushes Dog against the ropes but Dog circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Ninja tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Dog counters with a takedown into side control.
Dog trying to control the position but Ninja is working away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ninja tries to buck Dog off but Dog is having none of it.
Dog lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Ninja down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Crazy Dog dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

A telegraphed takedown attempt from Ninja is defended easily by Dog.
Dog moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Ninja is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Dog.
Ninja tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Dog swivels and escapes.
Dog drops down looking for a counter takedown but Ninja sprawls and moves away.
Ninja takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ninja gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Dog counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Crazy Dog has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Test Ninja.

Dog looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Dog is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Ninja manages to get to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ninja trying to control the position.
Dog trying to control but Ninja is working from the bottom.
Dog is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Dog won't allow Ninja to sweep him here.
Crazy Dog overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ninja looking to control.
Dog throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ninja wants to sweep but no luck.

That's two 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.
Ninja lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Dog had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Ninja defends it easily.
Dog is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Ninja looking to sit in guard and control but Dog gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Dog preventing the sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dog trying to control but Ninja is working from the bottom.
Dog preventing the sweep.
Dog tries to free his leg and advance position but Ninja is retaining full guard.

Ninja is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Dog is aware though and is defending well.
Ninja utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ninja throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Dog with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Dog with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ninja wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Dog is now in half guard.
Ninja is not content to let Dog control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Ninja manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Dog trying to control the position from guard on top but Ninja is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dog keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Ninja's head.
Dog wants to control from the top but Ninja keeps moving.
Dog has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Ninja is trying to control the position from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Test Ninja seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A right-left combo lands from Dog.
Ninja shoots and misses
and Dog counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Dog moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Crazy Dog dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Ninja with a lazy takedown attempt
and Dog counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ninja dives in and grabs Dog's left leg, looking for a takedown. Dog pushes down on Ninja's head and hops out.
Ninja takes one to the chin there.
Dog is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Dog shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Ninja eats them both and turns towards Dog to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Crazy Dog is winning the standup battle so far.

Dog throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Ninja tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Dog is in Ninja's guard.
Ninja keeping moving, preventing Dog from controlling successfully.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Dog is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Dog is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ninja can do to turn this around?
Ninja working a defensive guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dog works over Ninja with some ground and pound from guard.
Ninja striking off his back but it's not causing Dog any problems.
Ninja is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ninja misses with a takedown attempt
and Dog counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Crazy Dog has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Test Ninja.
Ninja shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Dog as he jumps to the side.
Ninja takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Dog looking to score a takedown here. Ninja is defending well but Dog drives through and ends up in Ninja's guard.
Ninja looking to control.

Dog thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Ninja holds on and takes a little breather.
Ninja keeping moving, preventing Dog from controlling successfully.
Dog throwing strikes but missing.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Dog loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dog throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ninja works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Dog pushes down on Ninja's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Ninja tries to roll over but Dog keeps him under control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ninja is not content to let Dog control the position.

Dog seems to be working for a kimura but Ninja defends the submission attempt.

Dog is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Ninja is just riding it out for now. Dog eventually gives up the hold.

Dog is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Ninja looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jab, jab by Dog - just one landing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Crazy Dog showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dog has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:26
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:26
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Crazy Dog!
During a confident post fight interview, Crazy Dog thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.