PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wayne Crawford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark dansted (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crawford comes to the ring accompanied by Holy Wars... The Punishment Due. This should be a great matchup!

Crawford
vs
dansted

186 cm
20
224 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

197 cm
23
245 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

[MMABR]FALCON CLOTHING[†]
[MMABR]: TechNutri - Ensuring the quality

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Wayne Crawford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mark dansted!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Crawford clinches up with dansted and pushes him back against the ropes.

dansted decides to pull guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

Crawford avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Crawford might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Crawford avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Crawford stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. dansted swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Crawford trying to control but dansted is working from the bottom.
Crawford sitting in guard here, content to control.
Crawford wants to control from the top but dansted keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.

dansted throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
dansted is trying to control the position from the bottom.

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

Crawford got a little sloppy there for a moment and dansted has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Crawford has managed to get both his arms back between dansted's legs - danger averted.
Crawford pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. dansted is keeping the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crawford landing with the ground and pound.
dansted keeping moving, preventing Crawford from controlling successfully.
Crawford chips away with some ground and pound.
Crawford stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. dansted swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Crawford thows a big elbow that misses.
Crawford advances position into side control!
dansted looks gassed!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crawford taking a breather here.
dansted takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
dansted manages to get back to half guard.
Crawford sitting and controlling from the half guard.
dansted won't allow Crawford to pass to mount.
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.

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.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Crawford connects with a nice short shot to dansted's temple.
Crawford seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Crawford trying to control the action but dansted is working from the bottom.
Crawford controlling the action here.
Crawford thows a huge punch but dansted dodges it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Wayne Crawford will probably get the nod.
That's time! Crawford's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

No luck for dansted with that takedown attempt.
dansted shoots for a takedown but Crawford saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Crawford throws a head kick that misses.
dansted looks to clinch
and Crawford counters with a nice kick to the body.

Crawford shoots in and bounces dansted off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
Crawford throws a big right hand that misses.
Crawford knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for dansted on the ground.
Crawford is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Crawford wants to control from the top but dansted keeps moving.
dansted is breathing heavily.
Crawford controlling from the top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crawford's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Crawford trying to control the position from guard on top but dansted is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Crawford has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Wayne Crawford just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Crawford darts in and clinches dansted up against the ropes.
Crawford scores with a nice hook to the head.
dansted tries to pull guard but Crawford holds him up against the ropes and eventually dansted drops back down to his feet.
Wayne Crawford has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark dansted.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
dansted's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Crawford pulls guard.
Crawford controlling dansted's posture.
Crawford working a defensive guard but dansted passes into half guard.
Crawford makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Crawford.
Crawford keeping moving, preventing dansted from controlling successfully.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Crawford is on top in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
dansted keeping moving, preventing Crawford from controlling successfully.
Crawford content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
dansted has a closed guard, preventing Crawford from standing up.
Crawford is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

dansted escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Crawford gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Crawford missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Crawford throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as dansted works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Crawford decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on dansted, up you get!
dansted takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Good standup being displayed there by Crawford as he connects with a hook.
Crawford lands a body shot.

Crawford fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with dansted, pushing him back against the ropes.

Crawford gets control of dansted's arms and successfully pulls guard. Crawford will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Crawford not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wayne Crawford 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Crawford looks to land a combination. dansted sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
dansted clinches but Crawford breaks the clinch

and Crawford counters by moving into the clinch.
Crawford pushes dansted back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Crawford slows down the pace here.

Crawford jumps into guard, dragging dansted to the mat.
dansted trying to control the position from guard on top but Crawford is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
dansted stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Crawford swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Crawford is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Crawford slows the pace down in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crawford working over dansted with some ground and pound. dansted looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Crawford seems to be looking for submissions.
Crawford is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Crawford postures up in dansted's guard and throws a big left but dansted blocks it.

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.
Crawford throwing strikes from guard but dansted blocks nicely.
dansted working a defensive guard here.
Crawford pushing down on dansted's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
dansted is looking to escape.
Ground and pound from Crawford.
dansted wants to control but Crawford is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Crawford is trying to control the action in half guard but dansted is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Crawford decides to stand and escape the position.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Crawford.
Crawford in side control, throwing shots but dansted defends.
dansted is looking to regain half guard here but Crawford keeps moving and retains side control.

Crawford decides to stand up, so the ref orders dansted to his feet.
dansted with a lazy takedown attempt

and Crawford counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Crawford.

Crawford pulls guard effortlessly.
Crawford is pulling down on dansted's head to control his posture.
Wayne Crawford overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wayne Crawford is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
dansted looking to sit in guard and control but Crawford gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

dansted is looking for a triangle but Crawford pushes his legs off easily.

dansted is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Crawford is aware though and is defending well.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wayne Crawford showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Crawford 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wayne Crawford!