PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Crusty Pelican (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wacko Warner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Pelican
vs
Warner

155 cm
24
146 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

225 cm
22
144 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

ADCC Champion
Good elbows
Powerful

Milwaukee's Best Nutrition 159 Energy Loss $24
Milwaukee's Best Nutrition 159 Energy Loss $24

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 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Crusty Pelican!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Wacko Warner!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Donatello Bradman and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Warner lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pelican circles away quickly and effectively.
Pelican missing with a left hand there. Warner was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Warner bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Pelican's head backwards.
Pelican throws a body punch but Warner moves out of range.
Pelican misses with a wild body shot.
Pelican misses the shot to the body.
Pelican uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Warner.
Warner misses with a low kick.
Warner catches Pelican with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
The fight stays on the outside here - Pelican looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Warner scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Warner throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Pelican was covering up waiting for the punch and Warner finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Pelican is looking to stand up but Warner isn't so interested in that idea.
Warner pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Pelican is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Warner is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Warner sitting in guard here, content to control.
I looks like Warner might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Warner postures up in Pelican's guard and throws a big left but Pelican blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Pelican keeping moving, preventing Warner from controlling successfully.
Warner is looking to work some ground and pound but Pelican has wrist control.
Pelican keeping full guard, as Warner tries to pass.
Warner wants to control from the top but Pelican keeps moving.
Warner advances position into side control!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pelican tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Warner wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Pelican is working hard here to advance position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Warner showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pelican.
Warner works Pelican's body with a nice hook.
Warner is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Pelican misses with a body punch
and Warner counters with a stiff right hand.
Pelican on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Warner misses with a series of wild punches.
Warner shoots in for a takedown but Pelican shows good takedown defense.
Pelican has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Warner lunges at Pelican with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Pelican's hand.
Warner is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pelican.
Pelican needs to keep his hands up - Warner had a free shot at his head there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pelican throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Warner to counter with a crisp jab.
Warner is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Pelican had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Pelican misses with the combination.
Pelican misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Warner counters with a one-two to the body.
Warner looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Pelican is fending him off so far but Warner persists. Nope, Pelican circles away and we're back to standing.
Pelican misses with a body shot.
Pelican throws a predictable looking body shot
and Warner counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Pelican swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Warner counters with a stiff right hand.
Warner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pelican.
Warner lands a jab to Pelican's midsection.
Pelican pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Warner 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.
Pelican throws a right and a left that Warner avoids nicely.
Warner has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Pelican takes one to the chin there.
Warner avoids the body shot from Pelican.
Warner displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Warner scores with the left hand. Pelican knows he should have avoided that one.
Crusty Pelican is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pelican misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Warner.
Pelican misses with a hook to the body
and Warner counters with a nice uppercut.
A shot to the body from Pelican misses
and Pelican takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pelican takes a swing at Warner's ribcage but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wacko Warner dominated that round.
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.

Pelican scoring well with a low kick there.
Pelican with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Warner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Warner swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pelican misses with a hook to the body
and Warner connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Warner takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Warner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pelican.
Pelican throws out a leg kick but Warner moves out of range and Pelican only half commits.
Pelican loads up on a big right hand but Warner slips the punch.
Warner scores with a nice right hand.
Pelican throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Warner.
A big right from Warner misses.
Pelican swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pelican is looking to wear down Warner with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pelican throws the left hand but Warner avoids the punch easily.
Pelican walks into a stiff left hand from Warner.
Warner misses with a straight left.
Pelican throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pelican will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A left lands for Warner.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pelican looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pelican throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Warner lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Warner fails with the takedown.
Pelican takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Pelican takes a swing at Warner's ribcage but misses.
Pelican tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Warner was well out of range. Poor timing from Pelican.
Warner dodges the punch combination from Pelican.
Pelican misses with a jab to the body
and Warner counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Pelican misses with a wild body shot.
Warner moves out of range of the strikes.
Pelican ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Warner keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pelican defending well as Warner loads up on a big left hand.
Crusty Pelican seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pelican tries to close the distance and clinch but Warner swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pelican is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Warner's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Pelican thows a body shot but no joy.
Pelican takes a jab right on the kisser.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot by Warner.
Warner shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Pelican misses with a body shot.
Warner shoots in for a double leg but Pelican sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Crusty Pelican has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wacko Warner.
Pelican throws a leg kick that misses.
Warner is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Pelican looks to land a combination but Warner avoids it well.
Warner checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Warner.
Pelican throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pelican misses the jab.
Pelican throws a sloppy body shot
and Warner cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Warner tests Pelican's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Pelican misses with a body shot.
Warner uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Pelican misses with a body shot
and Warner counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pelican shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Warner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pelican.
Warner looks to land a body kick but Pelican moved away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pelican takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Pelican throws a jab when Warner was well out of range.
Warner scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Pelican takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Pelican misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Warner to counter with a crisp jab.
Warner tries to score with a low kick but Pelican moves his leg out of the way.
Pelican swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Warner counters with a left to the body.
Pelican misses with a body shot
and Warner counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice defenses there by Warner.
Pelican moves out of range of the strikes.
Warner keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pelican.
Nice uppercut there from Warner.
Warner lands with a nice body punch.
Warner throws a one two combo.
Warner displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pelican throws out the jab.
Pelican lands a body shot.
Nice defenses there by Warner.
Warner slips a straight right by Pelican.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pelican misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pelican looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A jab from Warner misses.
Warner uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Pelican blocks a jab.
Warner lands a glancing blow to the side of Pelican's head.
Pelican uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Warner.
Pelican has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Pelican there as he acknowledges the shot.
Warner misses with an uppercut.
Warner lands the left hand.
Warner fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A shot to the body from Pelican misses
enabling Warner to counter with a crisp jab.
Pelican clinches but Warner breaks the clinch
and Warner counters with a straight right hand.
Warner avoids the body shot from Pelican.
Pelican just misses with a punch to the body.
Pelican takes a swing at Warner's ribcage but misses.
Pelican swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Warner to counter with a crisp jab.
Warner works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Warner stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wacko Warner showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

A decent looking cross lands there for Warner.
Pelican misses with a body punch
and Warner makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Pelican swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Warner counter with a right hand.
The crowd cheers as Warner lands an impressive looking overhand right. Pelican doesn't seem phased though.
Pelican misses with a body shot.
Pelican walks into a stiff left hand from Warner.
Pelican swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Warner cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A big left from Pelican misses.
Warner lands a jab-cross combination.

Pelican is rocked!
Pelican moves out of range of the strikes.
Oh Pelican is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pelican throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pelican seems to have got his legs back now.
Warner fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pelican takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Pelican misses with a hook to the body
enabling Warner to counter with a crisp jab.
A shot to the body from Pelican misses
and Warner counters with a three punch combo that has Pelican backing up. Pelican nods at Warner to acknowledge the strikes.
Pelican swings for the body but Warner moves out of range.
Warner lands a jab to the nose.
Wacko Warner seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pelican walks into a straight right hand from Warner.
Warner tries for a takedown but Pelican sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Warner connects with a single shot there.
Warner jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Pelican takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Pelican loads up on a big right hand but Warner slips the punch.
Pelican swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Warner cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pelican just misses with a punch to the body.
Pelican misses with a body punch
letting Warner counter with a right hand.
Warner with a jab.

Warner scores a takedown into full mount!
Pelican might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Warner sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Warner scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Warner sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Warner has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crusty Pelican has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pelican is trying to escape the mount.
Warner trying to control but Pelican is having none of it.
Warner punching from mount but Pelican doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Wacko Warner is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Warner controlling the pace for now.

Despite being in the dominant position, Wacko Warner just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A shot to the body from Pelican misses
and Warner counters with a left and a right that stings Pelican.
Pelican takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Warner loads up on a big right hand but Pelican slips the punch.
Pelican throws a chopping leg kick but Warner manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Warner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pelican.
Pelican misses with a jab to the body
and Warner counters with a stiff right hand.
Pelican misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Warner counters with a straight right hand.
Warner lands with a nice body punch.
Pelican on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Nice cross by Warner.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wacko Warner comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Warner has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 26:30
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wacko Warner!