PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Saigon The Yard Father (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Crazy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Yard Father comes to the cage accompanied by Saigon - Get Busy. Crazy has chosen Crazy Train as his entrance music. Saigon The Yard Father has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

The Yard Father
vs
Crazy

170 cm
28
140 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

170 cm
31
145 lbs
19 - 21 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Saigon The Yard Father!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Joe Crazy!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Radbod Blank and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crazy digs a good body shot into The Yard Father's ribs.
Crazy tries to clinch there but The Yard Father circles away.
Crazy stuffs the takedown.
The Yard Father gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Crazy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The Yard Father tries for a takedown but Crazy sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Saigon The Yard Father. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Yard Father avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Crazy tries to close the distance and clinch up but The Yard Father swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Crazy wants to clinch.
Crazy is looking to clinch but The Yard Father is avoiding it.

Crazy gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The Yard Father drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Crazy gets the underhooks and prevents it.
The Yard Father tries for a takedown. No joy.
The Yard Father jumps guard but Crazy stands there with The Yard Father around his waist. The Yard Father gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Crazy can't find room to land a body shot as The Yard Father controls the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crazy lands a nice shot to the body.

The Yard Father has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Crazy is trying to keep an underhook but The Yard Father manages to get the takedown into half guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
The Yard Father is thwarting Crazy's attempts to control the position.
Crazy is not content to let The Yard Father control the position.
The Yard Father is looking to advance position but Crazy won't allow it.
Crazy wants to get back to full guard.
Crazy is looking to escape.

The Yard Father is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Crazy sees it coming and defends easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The Yard Father wants to work for an arm triangle but Crazy is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

The Yard Father is working for a submission of some sort.
The Yard Father is trying to control. Crazy wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Crazy wants to control but The Yard Father is keeping busy.
The Yard Father tries to pass the half guard into mount. Crazy knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The Yard Father is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Crazy has managed to free his arm - good work.
Crazy won't allow The Yard Father to pass to mount.

The Yard Father is looking for a kimura here.

The Yard Father is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Crazy defends it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Yard Father is trying to control the action in half guard but Crazy is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Crazy slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Crazy is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and The Yard Father dives into side control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Crazy can't do much from the bottom here.
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 Saigon The Yard Father will probably get the nod.
That's time! The Yard Father's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Crazy defends well against a solid takedown attempt from The Yard Father.
Crazy tries to clinch but The Yard Father moves out of range.
Crazy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The Yard Father fails with the takedown.
Crazy keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Saigon The Yard Father. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Yard Father fails with a takedown attempt.
Crazy connects with a right hand. The Yard Father shakes it off.
Crazy defends well against a solid takedown attempt from The Yard Father.
The Yard Father shoots in looking for a takedown. Crazy tries to sprawl out of it but The Yard Father keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Crazy manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
The Yard Father takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crazy ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Crazy doesn't manage to clinch there - The Yard Father circles away.
Crazy moves in looking to clinch but The Yard Father pushes him off.

Crazy gets caught napping as The Yard Father dives in and scores a takedown. Crazy manages to retain guard.
The Yard Father trying to control the position from guard on top but Crazy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The Yard Father has gone for a leg lock! Crazy slips out almost immediately though and dives into The Yard Father's guard.
Crazy looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The Yard Father has a closed guard, preventing Crazy from standing up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Yard Father looking to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Crazy wants to stand but The Yard Father is controlling his posture from full guard.
The Yard Father trying to keep a closed guard but Crazy is proving a slippery customer.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
The Yard Father shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Crazy catches The Yard Father with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Yard Father misses with a wild body shot.

The Yard Father dives in and scores a takedown into Crazy's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Yard Father slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Crazy looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The Yard Father trying to control the position from guard on top but Crazy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The Yard Father slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
The Yard Father trying to control the action but Crazy is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crazy is looking to regain half guard here but The Yard Father keeps moving and retains side control.
The Yard Father wants to control but Crazy is keeping him busy.

The Yard Father is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Crazy is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Crazy tries to improve position but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Joe Crazy will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. This is the final round!

Crazy defends well against a solid takedown attempt from The Yard Father.
The Yard Father will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
The Yard Father swats away the attempt to clinch by Crazy.
Crazy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Crazy tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Crazy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The Yard Father throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Crazy's waist but Crazy gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing The Yard Father off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Saigon The Yard Father. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Crazy gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The Yard Father is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
The Yard Father is looking for a takedown.
The Yard Father has Crazy pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Crazy manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Crazy stalling in the clinch but The Yard Father improves position.
Crazy tries to throw a body punch but The Yard Father avoids it by throwing Crazy back against the cage.

The Yard Father manages to pull guard.
The Yard Father is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Crazy gets to his feet - The Yard Father follows without any prompting.
The Yard Father avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Crazy moves to clinch but The Yard Father breaks away

and The Yard Father decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Crazy's guard.
The Yard Father slips nicely into half guard.
Crazy wants to get back to full guard.
The Yard Father is pressing down on Crazy's thigh, looking to free his foot. Crazy is holding on for now.
The Yard Father is thwarting Crazy's attempts to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Yard Father is keen to just control but Crazy is a slippery customer.
The Yard Father trying to control from Crazy's half guard. Crazy has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
The Yard Father stops Crazy from standing up.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Yard Father wants to control from the top but Crazy keeps moving.

The Yard Father drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Crazy manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now The Yard Father has Crazy in his guard.
Crazy would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The Yard Father is working an open guard so Crazy takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Crazy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Crazy tries to clinch

and The Yard Father counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by The Yard Father.
The Yard Father trying to control but Crazy is working from the bottom.
The Yard Father is looking to advance position but Crazy has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
The Yard Father is in all sorts of trouble here.
Crazy tries to control but The Yard Father wriggling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Yard Father is desperately trying to improve his position but Crazy has a good base and remains in mount.
The Yard Father tries to hold on but Crazy pushes him away.
The Yard Father working to try and regain half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Crazy controlling from mount.
Crazy tries to control but The Yard Father wriggling away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Yard Father is trying to escape the mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Saigon The Yard Father.
I think The Yard Father 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 Daniel Blasius scores the fight 29:28
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 28:29
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Joe Crazy!
Joe Crazy decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.