PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Davy Crockett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and king kong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Crockett
vs
kong

200 cm
19
275 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

185 cm
24
265 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Davy Crockett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, king kong!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Mauricio Rocha and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
kong pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
kong throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

It looks like Davy Crockett has been cut.
Crockett is looking to clinch but kong is avoiding it.
kong keeps the fight on the outside.
kong misses with a hook. Crockett ducked under it nicely.
Crockett tries to close the distance and clinch but kong swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Crockett slips a straight right by kong.
Crockett is looking to clinch but kong is avoiding it.
Crockett fails in his attempt to clinch.
Crockett fails with an attempt to clinch.
kong thows a left - swing and a miss!
kong misses with a double jab.
Crockett is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
kong rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Crockett moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
kong looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Crockett tries to clinch up but kong circles away and keeps his distance.
Crockett tries to clinch up.
kong tries to bum rush Crockett with a series of wild strikes but Crockett uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Crockett fails with an attempt to clinch.
No joy there for kong, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
kong throws a right and a left that Crockett avoids nicely.
kong swats away the attempt to clinch by Crockett.
kong throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Crockett tries to clinch but kong is having none of it.
Crockett fails in his attempt to clinch.

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.
kong throws a series of punches but Crockett moves out of range.
kong misses with a few strikes there.
Crockett tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but kong paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Crockett clinches with his opponent.
Crockett is struggling to control the position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for kong.

Crockett escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
kong fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
kong throws a right and a left that Crockett avoids nicely.

Crockett moves into the clinch.
Crockett lands an uppercut.
Crockett lands with a left to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
kong tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Crockett.
kong has a couple of punches blocked by Crockett.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by kong as Crockett tries to tie him up.
Crockett lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Crockett lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
kong misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crockett blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
kong misses with a hook from the clinch.

Crockett breaks the clinch.
kong looks to land a combination but Crockett avoids it well.
Crockett tries to close the distance and clinch up but kong swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nice shot by kong.
Crockett tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but kong paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Crockett tries to clinch up.
Crockett tries to clinch up but kong circles away and keeps his distance.
kong circles away from the clinch attempt.
Crockett doesn't manage to clinch there - kong circles away.
Crockett is looking to clinch.
Crockett tries to clinch but kong is having none of it.

Crockett drives through and clinches with kong against the ropes.

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.
A short right from Crockett on the inside.
kong fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Crockett breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
kong misses with an uppercut.
kong loads up on a big right hand but Crockett slips the punch.
Crockett doesn't manage to clinch there - kong circles away.
kong misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
kong rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Crockett moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Crockett clinches up against the ropes.
kong throws a head punch that misses.
Crockett stalling in the clinch but kong improves position.
kong working aggressively here.

Crockett escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Crockett tries to close the distance and clinch but kong swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
kong swats away the attempt to clinch by Crockett.

Crockett darts in and clinches kong up against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but king kong will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Davy Crockett's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Crockett forces kong back against the ropes and clinches.
kong throws a punch but it's blocked by Crockett.
Crockett lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Crockett blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Crockett scores with a shot to the side of kong's head.
kong misses with some punches.
Crockett is looking to control kong's arms but kong gets an underhook and turns him. Now Crockett has his back to the ropes.
kong swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for kong.

Crockett breaks the clinch.

Crockett closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Crockett working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Crockett stalling the fight.
Crockett trying to control the position but instead, kong has worked for underhooks and has pushed Crockett into the ropes.
Crockett blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
kong is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Crockett is looking to control kong's arms but kong gets an underhook and turns him. Now Crockett has his back to the ropes.
kong misses with the head strike.
Crockett scores with a nice hook to the head.

Crockett breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Crockett tries to clinch up but kong circles away and keeps his distance.

Crockett drives through and clinches with kong against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
kong scores with an uppercut up the middle.
kong misses with some punches.
Crockett blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Crockett working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Crockett trying to stall but kong improves his position.

Crockett breaks from the clinch.
Crockett is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Crockett clinches with his opponent.
kong misses with some punches.
kong doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
kong working aggressively here.
Crockett lands on the inside with an uppercut.
kong throws a punch but it's blocked by Crockett.
kong is breathing heavily.
A head punch on the inside from kong fails to land.
kong has a couple of punches blocked by Crockett.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Crockett creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from kong fails to land.
Crockett working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Crockett lands a shoulder strike.

Crockett's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
kong keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crockett tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Crockett clinches up against the ropes.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
kong throws a head punch that misses.

Crockett breaks from the clinch.
Crockett is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
kong swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Crockett 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.

Crockett's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
kong looks to land a right hand but Crockett moved out of range.
kong listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Crockett tries to clinch but kong moves out of range.
kong swats away the attempt to clinch by Crockett.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for kong, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Crockett fails in his attempt to clinch.
Crockett avoids the body shot from kong.
Crockett fails in his attempt to clinch.
Crockett tries to close the distance and clinch but kong swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
kong throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Crockett is looking to clinch but kong is avoiding it.
Crockett doesn't manage to clinch there - kong circles away.
Crockett fails in his attempt to clinch.
kong misses with a few strikes there.
Crockett wants to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Some wild striking there from kong.
Crockett tries to close the distance and clinch but kong swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Crockett is looking to clinch.
kong will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Davy Crockett is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Crockett is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Crockett tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A punch combination from kong misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Davy Crockett dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Davy Crockett's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Crockett fails in his attempt to clinch.
kong misses with a looping right.
Crockett tries to clinch there but kong circles away.
Crockett fails with an attempt to clinch.
Crockett tries to clinch but kong moves out of range.
Crockett doesn't manage to clinch there - kong circles away.
kong misses with a straight left.
The fighters circling - kong throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The fight stays on the outside here - Crockett looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crockett tries to close the distance and clinch up but kong swats him away and circles back towards the center.
kong keeps the fight on the outside.
Crockett steps to the side to avoid the strikes from kong.

That's one minute gone in the round.
kong avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Crockett is looking to clinch but kong is avoiding it.
kong misses with a straight right.
Crockett tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Crockett tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but kong paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Crockett is on the wrong end of a nice combination from kong.
kong swats away the attempt to clinch by Crockett.
kong throws a shot from downtown. Crockett moves away and avoids it.
kong looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Crockett is looking to clinch but kong is avoiding it.

That's two 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.
kong circles away from the clinch attempt.
kong looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Crockett tries to clinch but kong is having none of it.
kong circles away from the clinch attempt.
kong circles away from the clinch attempt.
kong throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Crockett.
Crockett tries to clinch up but kong circles away and keeps his distance.
Crockett tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but kong paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Crockett tries to close the distance and clinch up but kong swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Crockett moves in looking to clinch but kong pushes him off.
kong is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Crockett.
kong throws a series of punches but Crockett moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
kong throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
kong swats away the attempt to clinch by Crockett.
Crockett tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Crockett is looking to clinch but kong is avoiding it.
kong rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Crockett moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
kong might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
kong circles away from the clinch attempt.
kong keeps the fight on the outside.
Crockett tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but kong paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Crockett moves in looking to clinch but kong pushes him off.
kong avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Crockett slips under a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
kong throws the left hand but Crockett avoids the punch easily.
Crockett tries to clinch but kong moves out of range.
Crockett tries to close the distance and clinch but kong swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Crockett is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Crockett gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Crockett taking a breather.
kong misses with the head strike.
kong swings away with an uppercut that misses.
kong misses with a punch on the inside.
Crockett lands with a left to the head.
A shot in the inside from Crockett.
kong swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Crockett blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Crockett lands a left hand that snaps the head of kong backwards.
A short uppercut from Crockett.
kong takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Crockett lands a left hand that snaps the head of kong backwards.
kong misses with a punch on the inside.
Crockett looking to slow down the pace here.
Crockett lands a right hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Davy Crockett showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Crockett 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:28
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 29:28
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Davy Crockett!