PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between William Crump (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crump comes to the cage accompanied by Sick Puppies-Youre going down. William Crump is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Crump
vs
Jones

190 cm
24
190 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

185 cm
20
187 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Demonic Drugs

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, William Crump!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mike Jones!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Summer Carpenter and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Jones shoots in and drives through. Crump sprawls well.
Jones takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Crump throws a sloppy head kick and Jones moves out of range easily.
Jones takes one to the side of the head.

Crump has managed to clinch.
Crump lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crump blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Crump lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Jones.
Jones looks gassed!
Crump slowing the pace effectively.
Jones misses with some punches.
Jones wants to break free but Crump has control.
Jones being controlled against the cage.
Crump landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Crump.
Crump scores a nice knee to the body.
Crump lands an elbow that stopped Jones in his tracks for a moment.
Crump lands an elbow that stopped Jones in his tracks for a moment.
Crump scores with a hook to the body.
Crump using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Crump.
Crump unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jones lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Crump lands an elbow inside.

Crump manages to break the clinch.
Jones takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones ducks right into an uppercut from Crump.
Crump lands a nice looking body kick.
Crump throws a series of punches but Jones moves out of range.
Crump jabs at Jones's body.

Crump clinches.
Jones changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Crump fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Crump takes the fight into the clinch.
Jones takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Mike Jones has been cut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jones.
Knees in the clinch landing for Crump.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crump crunches a lovely knee into Jones's ribcage.
Crump using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Crump lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Crump is struggling to control the position.

Crump escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crump throws a series of strikes that have Jones backpedaling.
Crump lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Crump closes the distance and clinches.
Crump lands a knee to the body.
Crump scores a nice knee to the body.
Crump lands an elbow just above Jones 's eye.
Crump lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Crump scores with a knee to the head.
Jones is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jones can't get the takedown.
William Crump has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Jones.
Jones drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Crump gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Crump scores a nice knee to the body.
Crump landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jones drops down looking for an ankle pick but Crump pulls his leg out and moves away.
Crump lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Jones backs up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Crump counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Crump swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Crump is looking to slow Jones down with leg kicks.
The fighters circling - Jones throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Crump circles away from the clinch attempt

and Crump counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Crump landing knees to the body.
Jones wants a takedown but no success here.
Crump scores a nice knee to the body.
Crump lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jones letting Crump take a breather here.
Jones has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Crump avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Crump gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jones can't break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones wants a takedown.
Crump taking a breather.
Crump lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Crump lands a nice knee to the body.
Jones looking for a takedown.
Crump landing knees to the body.
Crump taking a breather.
Jones working aggressively here.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Crump takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Crump tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Crump trying to land knees to the body.
Jones is trying to break free.
Crump missing with knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jones is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Crump pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Crump taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Jones fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Crump pressing his opponent against the cage.
Jones is trying to drag Crump to the mat but Crump just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Crump dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mike Jones's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Jones fails with the takedown
and Crump counters with a head kick.
Crump lands with a slapping head kick.
Jones misses with a takedown attempt

and Crump counters by clinching up.
Jones wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Crump has him pressed against the cage.
Jones tries to score a body lock takedown but Crump shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
William Crump has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Jones.
Crump leaning against his opponent.
Crump lands a nice knee to the body.
Crump lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Crump landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Crump.
Jones is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Crump gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Crump landing knees to the head.
Jones is looking to control Crump's arms but Crump gets an underhook and turns him. Now Jones has his back to the cage.
Jones wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jones wants a takedown but no success here.
Jones tries for a takedown. No joy.
Crump lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jones is trying to break free.
Crump lands a nice shot to the body.
Crump lands a nice knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones looking for a takedown.
Knees to the body from Crump.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Crump pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jones is trying to stall.
Crump lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jones changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Crump fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Crump throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
William Crump is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jones shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Crump as he avoids it easily.
Jones doesn't manage to clinch there - Crump circles away.
Crump throws a series of punches but Jones avoids them all with ease.
Crump is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jones can do to turn this around?
Crump lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Jones throws a lazy right hand but Crump sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Crump avoids a kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Jones will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Horrible takedown by Jones or perhaps it was just good defense by Crump which made him look bad.

Crump has closed the distance and engaged Jones in a clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Crump with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Crump unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jones lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Crump lands a nice knee to the body.
Crump unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jones lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jones is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Crump pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Jones tries to break the clinch but Crump is controlling the position.
Knees in the clinch landing for Crump.
Jones swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jones wants a takedown.
Crump blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Crump prevents the takedown attempt.
Crump slows down the pace here.
Crump unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jones lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jones scores with a shot to the side of Crump's head.
Crump lands a left hand.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Jones as Crump tries to tie him up.
Crump tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jones tries for a takedown. No joy.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Crump landing knees to the body.
Crump lands an uppercut.
Jones is working for takedown but Crump is calmly controlling the position for now.
William Crump has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Crump lands a knee to the body.
Crump tries to land a knee to the head but Jones blocks with his arms.

Crump's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Jones gets the takedown into side control.
Crump holding on.

Jones stands up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crump misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jones will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Crump throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Crump tries to bum rush Jones with a series of wild strikes but Jones uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Crump clinches.
Crump scores with a knee to the head.
Crump gets underhooks to prevent Jones's takedown attempt.
Crump is trying to stall.
Crump prevents a takedown attempt there.
Jones wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Crump dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mike Jones'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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Jones misses with a takedown attempt - Crump sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Jones misses with a takedown attempt - Crump sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Crump has Jones up against the cage in a clinch.
Knees to the body from Crump.
Crump connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jones's face.
Crump lands a knee to the body.
Crump landing knees to the body.
Crump with a knee to the head.
Crump with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Crump breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Crump lands a high kick!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jones shoots in looking for a takedown. Crump tries to sprawl out of it but Jones keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Crump manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
William Crump has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Jones.

Crump darts in and clinches Jones up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crump softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Crump unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jones lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A short left from Jones.
Jones wants a takedown but no success here.
Crump landing knees to the body.
Jones tries to break the clinch but Crump is controlling the position.
Crump will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Jones up against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Crump.
Jones is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Crump pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Crump working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Jones has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Crump is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Crump lands an elbow that stopped Jones in his tracks for a moment.
Jones wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Crump with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jones.
Crump crunches a lovely knee into Jones's ribcage.
Jones has had enough of the clinch but Crump keeps him there for the moment.
Crump is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Crump with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Jones working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jones blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jones fails to pull guard.
Jones can't get the takedown.
Jones goes for a takedown attempt but Crump pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Jones steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Crump. That one must have hurt.
Crump is looking to wear down Jones with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Jones tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Crump counters with a nice uppercut.
William Crump is winning the standup battle so far.
Jones waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Crump.

Crump rushes Jones and presses him up against the cage.
Knees to the body from Crump.
Crump lands a body shot.
Crump unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jones lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jones tries to pull guard but Crump won't allow it.
Jones is trying to break free.
Jones has had enough of the clinch but Crump keeps him there for the moment.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Crump.
Jones wants to get back to striking at distance but Crump won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crump keeps control of Jones as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jones takes a knee right on the jaw!

Crump escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Crump misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jones fails with an attempt to clinch.
Crump keeps the fight on the outside.
Crump scores with a push kick.
Jones showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Crump.
Jones fails with the takedown
and Crump counters with a nice body shot.
William Crump is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jones cracks Crump with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Crump throws out a powerful jab.
Crump will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jones misses with a double jab
and Crump counters with a nice kick to the body.
Mike Jones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
William Crump is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

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.
Jones shoots in for a double leg but Crump sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
A left and a right from Crump both land. Nice combination.
Crump checks a leg kick nicely.
Crump throws a quick inside leg kick.
Crump connects with a high kick.
Jones tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Crump was well out of range. Poor timing from Jones.
Jones looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Crump is fending him off so far but Jones persists. Nope, Crump circles away and we're back to standing.
Crump lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Jones misses with a double jab
and Crump counters with a body kick.
Crump lets loose with a powerful body kick. Jones will feel that in the morning.
Jones tries for a takedown but Crump circles away easily
and Crump counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Jones has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Crump.
Jones shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Crump as he jumps to the side.

And that's the end of the fight!
William Crump showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Crump, 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 30:26
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:26
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... William Crump!