PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mornington Crescent (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and wron cta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Crescent
vs
cta

180 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

171 cm
21
171 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mornington Crescent!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, wron cta!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Luis Engracia and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crescent looks to land a body kick but cta moved away.
Crescent looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
cta is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
cta throws and low kick but Crescent moves out of range easily.
Crescent lands with a kick to the temple. cta shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

It looks like wron cta has been cut.
cta throws a leg kick but Crescent sees it coming and checks it nicely.
cta wants to clinch up but Crescent keeps it at a distance.

Crescent instigates a clinch.
Crescent leaning his opponent against the cage.
cta takes a knee right on the jaw!
Crescent leaning his opponent against the cage.
Crescent with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Crescent scores with a knee to the head.
Crescent just leaning against cta, taking a breather.
Crescent seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Crescent on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Crescent takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's one minute gone in the round.
cta is looking to control Crescent's arms but Crescent gets an underhook and turns him. Now cta has his back to the cage.
cta is looking to break free of the clinch but Crescent has double underhooks.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
cta stalling in the clinch but Crescent improves position.
Crescent lands an elbow inside that cta shrugs off.
Crescent lands an elbow just above cta 's eye.
Crescent connects with a knee to the head.
cta has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Crescent is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Crescent keeps control of cta as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Crescent stalls.
Crescent scores with a knee to the head.
Crescent content to slow the pace in the clinch.
cta tries to stall but Crescent uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Crescent will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning cta up against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Mornington Crescent.
Crescent is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A solid body kick from Crescent.
Mornington Crescent is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crescent tries a head kick but it misses.

Crescent fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with cta, pushing him back against the cage.
cta scores a nice knee to the body.
cta jumps guard but Crescent stands there with cta around his waist. cta gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Crescent leaning his opponent against the cage.
Crescent stops a takedown attempt from cta.
Mornington Crescent has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of wron cta.
cta managing to block the knees to the body from Crescent.
Crescent creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Crescent is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Crescent is breathing heavily.
Crescent misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
cta tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Crescent just stands there and leans against the cage.
Crescent tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
cta jumps guard but Crescent stands there with cta around his waist. cta gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Crescent prevents cta from breaking the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crescent gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
cta throws a head punch that misses.
Crescent lands a knee to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Crescent.
cta wants to stall.
Crescent crunches a lovely knee into cta's ribcage.
cta jumps guard but Crescent stands there with cta around his waist. cta gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
cta trying to stall but Crescent improves his position.
Crescent stalls.
Crescent with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Crescent on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Crescent has cta pressed against the cage.
Crescent misses with a short punch on the inside.
cta goes for a takedown attempt but Crescent pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
cta closes the distance and clinches up with Crescent, looking for a takedown. cta pushes Crescent against the cage but Crescent circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

That's four 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.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Crescent throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but cta blocks it with crossed arms.
Crescent prevents cta from breaking the clinch.
cta tries to score a body lock takedown but Crescent shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
cta is trying to break free.
Crescent taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

cta ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. cta no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Crescent is looking to stand up but cta won't let him.

Crescent gets to his feet - cta follows without any prompting.

Crescent clinches with his opponent.
Crescent landing knees to the head.
Crescent blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Crescent stalls.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mornington Crescent dominated that round.
The cut man is working on wron cta'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.

Crescent moves into the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Crescent using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A body shot lands from Crescent.
Crescent stalling.
Crescent crunches a lovely knee into cta's ribcage.
Stalling in the clinch from Crescent.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Mornington Crescent.
Crescent misses with a body kick.
A good leg kick by Crescent.
Crescent pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Crescent dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on cta. That did some damage!
cta wants to clinch but Crescent slips to the side

and Crescent holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Crescent keeps control of cta as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Crescent crunches a lovely knee into cta's ribcage.
Crescent with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crescent lands a damaging elbow.
Crescent pressing his opponent against the cage.
cta tries to pull guard but Crescent holds him up against the cage and eventually cta drops back down to his feet.
cta tries to work over Crescent's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Crescent misses with a knee strike.
cta wants to break free but Crescent has control.
Crescent gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from cta.
cta is breathing heavily.
cta is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Crescent gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Mornington Crescent has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of wron cta.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
cta takes an elbow to the forehead.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Crescent.
Crescent misses with a knee to the head.
cta wants a takedown.
cta takes an elbow to the temple.
A bit of stalling here from Crescent.
Crescent lands an elbow just above cta 's eye.

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.
Crescent tries a knee to the head but cta blocks it.
The referee calls for Crescent to work.
cta is trying to break the clinch but Crescent has him pressed against the cage.
cta wants to get back to striking at distance but Crescent won't allow it.
Crescent with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
cta is trying to maintain a safe position but Crescent gets an underhook and turns cta into the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Crescent.
cta is trying to stall.
Crescent is stalling here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Mornington Crescent.
cta closes the distance looking to clinch

and Crescent counters by clinching up.
cta is working for takedown but Crescent is calmly controlling the position for now.
Crescent manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Crescent landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Crescent lands a shot to the body.
Crescent unloads a knee to the mid-section. cta lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crescent stalling.
Crescent scores with a knee to the head.
Crescent lands a hook to the side of the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Mornington Crescent.

cta tries to keep at a distance but Crescent has taken the fight into the clinch.
Crescent connects with a nasty looking knee right to cta's face.
Crescent with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
cta takes a knee right on the jaw!
Crescent lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Crescent scores a nice knee to the body.
cta trying to land knees to the body.
Crescent leaning his opponent against the cage.
Crescent landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees to the body from Crescent.
Crescent landing knees to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
cta takes a knee right on the jaw!
Crescent using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Crescent landing knees to the body.
Crescent comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
cta on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
cta looking to stall.
Crescent stalls.
Mornington Crescent has scored more points in the clinch so far.
cta wants to break the clinch but can't.
Crescent blocks a punch to the side of the head.
cta blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
cta is trying to break the clinch but Crescent has him pressed against the cage.
Crescent misses with a knee strike.
Crescent tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
cta is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
cta is working for takedown but Crescent is calmly controlling the position for now.
cta trying to stall but Crescent improves his position.
Crescent misses with a knee to the head.
Crescent lands a nice shot to the body.
cta jumps guard but Crescent stands there with cta around his waist. cta gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
cta tries to pull guard but Crescent holds him up against the cage and eventually cta drops back down to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mornington Crescent dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on wron cta's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

cta closes the distance but Crescent moves to the side
and Crescent counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Crescent misses with a wild combination.
Crescent tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
cta tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Crescent counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Crescent prevents the takedown attempt.
cta is looking to break free of the clinch but Crescent has double underhooks.
Crescent is stalling here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
cta wants to stall.
cta fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Knees to the body from Crescent.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
cta goes for a takedown in the clinch but Crescent prevents it.
Mornington Crescent has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of wron cta.
cta jumps guard but Crescent stands there with cta around his waist. cta gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
cta takes a knee right on the jaw!
Crescent taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
cta tries to pull guard but Crescent won't allow it.
cta is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Crescent is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but cta is keeping busy.
cta tries for a takedown. No joy.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Crescent keeps control of cta as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Crescent throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but cta blocks it with crossed arms.
cta tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Crescent smiles and moves away.
Crescent throws a sloppy head kick and cta moves out of range easily.
No luck for cta with that takedown attempt.
Crescent throws a head kick that misses.
Crescent moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Mornington Crescent is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Crescent tries a head kick but it misses.
Crescent throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

Crescent instigates a clinch.
Crescent landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Crescent lands a knee to the body.
Crescent with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Crescent lands a body punch.
Crescent unloads a knee to the mid-section. cta lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
cta takes a knee right on the jaw!
Crescent slows down the pace here.
cta drops down looking for an ankle pick but Crescent pulls his leg out and moves away.
Mornington Crescent seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
cta blocks a head kick by Crescent.
Crescent scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

Crescent has managed to clinch.
cta with an attempt at a knee that misses.
cta wants to get back to striking at distance but Crescent won't allow it.
cta tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crescent avoiding damage.
cta tries to break the clinch but Crescent is controlling the position.
Crescent keeps control of cta as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Crescent lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Crescent.
Crescent misses with a knee to the head.
Crescent can't find room to land a body shot as cta controls the action.
cta wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Crescent has him pressed against the cage.
cta tries to pull guard but Crescent holds him up against the cage and eventually cta drops back down to his feet.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Crescent takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
cta blocks an elbow strike.
cta throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
cta has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Crescent is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
cta tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A bit of stalling here from Crescent.
cta fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Crescent tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
cta drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Crescent gets the underhooks and prevents it.
cta wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

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.
cta wants a takedown but no success here.
cta misses with a punch to the body.
Crescent landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
cta takes an elbow to the forehead.

cta successfully pulls guard.
cta is trying to keep Crescent in close.
Crescent stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. cta swivels though and keeps the full guard.
cta wants to stand but Crescent is controlling the position.

Crescent gets to his feet. cta looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Crescent scores with a kick to the midsection.
wron cta has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
cta fails to land with a series of punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mornington Crescent showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Crescent 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:26
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mornington Crescent!