PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Harry Crack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crack comes into the arena with Killing in the name of blaring out of the sound system. Randy Smith has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Harry Crack's chin.

Crack
vs
Smith

167 cm
22
140 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

187 cm
22
142 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Crocodile Steak and Ale House
Hell's Kitchen Clothing

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Harry Crack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Randy Smith!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Lou da Vinci and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crack swings for the body but Smith moves out of range.
Crack misses with a body kick.
Crack wants to clinch.
Crack misses with a hook. Smith ducked under it nicely.
Crack doesn't manage to clinch there - Smith circles away.
No joy there for Smith, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Smith is defended easily by Crack.
A chopping leg kick lands by Crack.
Smith tries to move into range but Crack moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

It looks like Randy Smith has been cut.
Crack with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Crack fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Crack backs up against the cage.
Crack throws a hook but Smith avoids it easily.
Crack misses with a double jab.
Crack throws a half hearted mid kick.
Crack is looking to land body kicks.
Crack wants to clinch up but Smith keeps it at a distance.
Crack misses with a two punch combination.
Crack is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Smith thows a left - swing and a miss!
Crack pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Smith avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Crack throws a wild body kick that Smith sees coming a mile off.

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.
Crack throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Smith scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Crack throws a series of punches but Smith avoids them all with ease.
Crack is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Crack scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Smith throws a series of punches but Crack moves out of range.

Crack moves into the clinch.
Crack is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Smith can't get the takedown.
Crack stalling the fight.
Crack lands a knee to the head.
Crack unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Smith looks gassed!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Crack.
Crack using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Crack landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Crack manages to break the clinch.
Smith avoids the head kick by Crack.
Smith needs to keep his hands up - Crack had a free shot at his head there.
Smith is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Crack scores with a hook.
Crack lands a nice looking kick to the body. Smith takes a step back to recover.
Crack tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Crack throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Crack is looking to clinch but Smith is avoiding it.

Crack moves into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crack with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Crack creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Smith's defenses.
Crack lands an elbow inside that Smith shrugs off.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Crack obliges.
Smith takes a knee right on the jaw!

Crack breaks the clinch.
Crack scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Crack feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Smith's calf.
Crack throws a front kick that sends Smith stumbling back into the cage.

Crack darts in and clinches Smith up against the cage.
Crack taking a breather.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Crack lands a knee to the head.
Crack crunches a lovely knee into Smith's ribcage.
Crack connects with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harry Crack dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Randy Smith's cut.
That's time! Crack's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Crack scores with a head kick.
A head kick misses from Crack.
Crack lands with a kick to the ribs.

Crack gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Crack landing knees to the head.
Crack lands an elbow that stopped Smith in his tracks for a moment.
Crack stalls.
Crack scores with a knee to the head.
Smith takes a knee right on the jaw!
Smith takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knees to the body from Crack.
Crack is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Smith can do to turn this around?
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Crack with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Crack lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Crack is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crack lands a nice knee to the body.
Crack lands a nice knee to the body.

Crack escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Crack with a hook.
Crack throws a push kick but Smith slaps the foot to one side.
Smith wants to clinch.
Crack tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Smith stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Crack.
Crack misses with a head kick.

Crack closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Crack breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Crack lands a jab to the nose.

Crack closes the distance and clinches.

Crack breaks from the clinch.
Crack tries to clinch there but Smith circles away.
Crack misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Crack fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Smith.

Crack clinches up with Smith and pushes him back against the cage.
Smith takes an elbow to the temple.
A bit of stalling here from Crack.
Crack gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.

Crack pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Crack gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Crack lands an elbow just above Smith 's eye.
Crack scores with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Crack obliges.
Smith takes a knee right on the jaw!
Crack connects with a nasty looking knee right to Smith's face.
Smith is working for takedown but Crack is calmly controlling the position for now.
Knees in the clinch landing for Crack.

Crack breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Both fighters circling a little - Crack finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.

Crack clinches.
Smith is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Crack pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Crack landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Crack working Smith over with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Crack.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crack crunches a lovely knee into Smith's ribcage.
Crack unloads a knee to the mid-section. Smith lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Crack scores a nice knee to the body.

Crack breaks from the clinch.
Crack throws a nice head kick!
Crack lands a high kick!
Crack throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Good work by Smith as he checks the leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Smith checks a low kick from Crack.
Crack is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Smith slips under a jab from Crack.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harry Crack dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Randy Smith's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Crack scores with a spinning back kick!
Crack throws a head kick that half lands.
Harry Crack is winning the standup battle so far.
A solid leg kick lands there for Crack.
Smith throws a nice looking combination but Crack bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Smith misses with a series of wild punches.
Smith lands a jab-cross combination.

Smith tries to keep at a distance but Crack has taken the fight into the clinch.

Crack breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Crack throws a right hand that Smith ducks under and follows up with a left that Smith also avoids with ease.
Smith takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Crack instigates a clinch.
Smith's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crack with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Crack stalling against the cage.

Crack escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Crack connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Harry Crack is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Crack swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Crack tries to clinch but Smith moves out of range.
Crack misses with a body kick.
Crack fails with an attempt to clinch.
Crack explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Crack pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Crack throws a combination that misses
and Smith counters with a one-two to the body.
Smith showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Crack.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crack lands with a cross.
Crack throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
A good leg kick by Crack.
Crack scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Smith crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Crack - the referee stops the clock and Smith gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Crack. Smith manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Smith avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Crack moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Crack throws the left hand but Smith avoids the punch easily.
Crack fails in his attempt to clinch.
Harry Crack seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Smith moves out of range of the body kick from Crack.
Smith has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Crack.
Smith slips under a jab.
Crack connects with a high kick.
Crack misses with a body kick.
Crack scores with a nice body kick.
Crack throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Crack scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Crack gets a clinch.

Crack pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
An inside leg kick lands from Crack.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Smith, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Crack doesn't manage to clinch there - Smith circles away.
Crack looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Crack moves in looking to clinch but Smith pushes him off.
Harry Crack is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Smith takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Crack tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Randy Smith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Crack pushes Smith up against the cage in a clinch.
Crack utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Smith fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Smith has a couple of punches blocked by Crack.

And that's the end of the fight!
Harry Crack showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Crack 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:24
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:24
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Harry Crack!