PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Crocodile Dandy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Linus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dandy
vs
Linus

196 cm
22
245 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

200 cm
20
250 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid 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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Crocodile Dandy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ben Linus!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Steve Erwin and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Linus misses with the combination.
Linus tries to bum rush Dandy with a series of wild strikes but Dandy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Linus looks to land a combination but Dandy avoids it well.
Dandy moves in looking to clinch but Linus pushes him off.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Linus doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Linus trying to stall but Dandy improves his position.
Dandy scores with a nice hook to the head.
Linus takes a shot to the head.
Dandy prevents Linus from breaking the clinch.
A short uppercut from Dandy.
A short left from Dandy.
Dandy scores with a shoulder strike.
Dandy lands with a light punch inside.
Dandy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A right handed body shot lands from Dandy.
Linus fails to pull guard.
Dandy stalls.
Linus is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Dandy is keeping busy.
Dandy lands with a light punch inside.
Linus looks gassed!
Dandy lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dandy slows down the pace here.
Linus tries to break free but Dandy pushes him back against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dandy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dandy scores with a nice hook to the head.
Dandy throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Linuss head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dandy taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Dandy lands a right hand.
Dandy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dandy pushes Linus back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dandy.
Dandy lands a nice uppercut.
Dandy lands a right hand that snaps the head of Linus backwards.
Dandy lands a hook that snaps the head of Linus backwards.
Dandy throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Linuss head.
Dandy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Linus has him pressed against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dandy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dandy softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dandy tries to break free but Linus pushes him back against the cage.
Dandy is trying to break the clinch but Linus is controlling him.
Dandy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dandy softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Linus's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Dandy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Dandy lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Linus backwards.

Linus is rocked!
The referee calls for Dandy to work.
Linus is still on wobbly legs! Can Dandy finish him?
A short right from Dandy on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dandy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dandy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dandy lands a nice shot to the body.
Linus seems to have recovered his senses.
Dandy is leaning against Linus and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Dandy lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dandy lands a nice uppercut.
Dandy lands a right hand that snaps the head of Linus backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Linus prevents Dandy from breaking the clinch.
Dandy lands with a light punch inside.
Dandy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dandy is trying to break the clinch but Linus is controlling him.
Dandy is stalling here.
Dandy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Dandy lands with a light punch inside.
Dandy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Linus backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice right hand lands inside from Dandy.
Dandy is trying to force a seperation but Linus has the dominant position.
Dandy lands with a left to the head.
Dandy slowing the pace effectively.
Dandy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dandy stalling in the clinch.
Dandy missing with knees to the body.
Linus scores with a shot to the side of Dandy's head.
Linus's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Dandy lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Dandy lands with a left to the head.
Dandy scores with a shoulder strike.
Dandy working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Good body shot from Dandy.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dandy.
A short uppercut from Dandy.
Linus takes a shot to the head.
Dandy gets through Linus's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dandy lands with a right to the head.
Dandy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Linus backwards.
Dandy softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dandy lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right from Dandy.
Dandy is pushing Linus up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Dandy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dandy dodges an elbow strike from Linus.
A shot in the inside from Dandy.
Dandy softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dandy.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Linus misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dandy pushes Linus back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short left from Dandy.
Dandy lands with a left to the head.
Dandy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dandy.
Dandy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dandy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Dandy just leaning against Linus, taking a breather.
Dandy working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Linus's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Dandy is pushing Linus up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Dandy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dandy scores with a shoulder strike.
Linus is looking to break free of the clinch but Dandy has double underhooks.
Dandy lands a hook that snaps the head of Linus backwards.
Dandy is trying to break the clinch but Linus has him pressed against the cage.
Dandy blocking some punches.
Dandy lands with a short shot to the head.
Dandy lands a left hand.
Dandy is trying to force a seperation but Linus has the dominant position.
Dandy lands a left hand.
A shot in the inside from Dandy.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Dandy scores with a shot to the side of Linus's head.
Dandy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Linus jumps guard but Dandy stands there with Linus around his waist. Linus gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Linus breaks from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dandy wants to clinch.

Dandy closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Crocodile Dandy dominated that round.
That's time! Dandy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Dandy lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Linus lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Crocodile Dandy has been cut.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dandy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dandy tries to close the distance and clinch but Linus swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Linus keeps the fight on the outside.
Linus throws a head kick but Dandy moves out of range.
Dandy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dandy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Linus.
Dandy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dandy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Linus swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Dandy gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Good body shot from Dandy.
Linus jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Dandy walks away with a smile on his face. Linus gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Linus throws a nice looking combination but Dandy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Dandy closes the distance and clinches.
A shot in the inside from Dandy.
Dandy gets through Linus's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Linus is breathing heavily.
A short right from Dandy on the inside.
Dandy lands with a short shot to the head.
Dandy has Linus pushed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Dandy.
Dandy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A nice left hand lands by Dandy.
Dandy scores with a shoulder strike.
A short uppercut from Dandy.
Dandy lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Linus backwards.
A right hand to the body from Dandy.
Crocodile Dandy has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Dandy lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dandy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Linus backwards.
Dandy lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dandy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Linus tries for a takedown. No joy.
Dandy throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Linuss head.
Linus is trying to break the clinch but Dandy has him pressed against the cage.
A short right from Dandy on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Dandy scores with a nice short uppercut.
Dandy tries to break free but Linus pushes him back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Dandy.
Dandy stalling the fight.
Linus has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Nice body punch from Dandy.
Dandy lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Dandy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Linus backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dandy.
Dandy works on Linus's body with a couple of short punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Dandy.
Linus is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Dandy stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Dandy lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dandy lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dandy has Linus pushed against the cage.
Linus goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dandy is trying to break the clinch but Linus has him pressed against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Dandy.
Dandy lands with a right to the head.
Linus has a couple of punches blocked by Dandy.
Dandy tries to circle away but Linus has him pinned against the cage.
Dandy scores with a shoulder strike.
Dandy lands with a left to the head.
Dandy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dandy tries to circle away but Linus has him pinned against the cage.
Linus tries to circle away but Dandy has him pinned against the cage.
Linus looking for a takedown.
Crocodile Dandy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ben Linus.
Dandy pushes Linus back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Dandy scores with a nice short uppercut.
Dandy pushes Linus back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Linus takes a shot to the head.
Dandy lands a left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dandy softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Dandy scores with a nice short uppercut.
Dandy throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Linuss head.
Dandy lands with a light punch inside.
Linus tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Dandy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Dandy pushes Linus back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dandy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short right from Dandy.
Linus fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Linus takes a shot to the head.
Linus keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dandy's efforts to push away.
Linus looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dandy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Linus backwards.
Dandy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Linus backwards.
Dandy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Linus backwards.
Linus tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dandy.
A short right from Dandy.
Dandy has Linus pressed against the cage.
Dandy wants to break free but Linus has control.
Dandy lands a hook that snaps the head of Linus backwards.
Linus blocking some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Dandy lands a body punch.
Dandy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Linus blocks an uppercut.
Linus is struggling to control the position.
Dandy lands a nice shot to the body.
Dandy stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Linus's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Dandy.
A shot in the inside from Dandy.

Linus breaks from the clinch.
Linus keeps the fight on the outside.
Dandy is looking to clinch.
Dandy wants to clinch up but Linus keeps it at a distance.
Dandy moves in looking to clinch but Linus pushes him off.
Dandy moves in looking to clinch but Linus pushes him off.

Linus tries to keep at a distance but Dandy has taken the fight into the clinch.
Linus fails to pull guard.
Still in the clinch, Dandy scores with a nice short uppercut.
Linus swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short uppercut from Dandy.
Dandy lands a hook that snaps the head of Linus backwards.
Dandy lands with a right to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Crocodile Dandy dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Crocodile Dandy's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Linus avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dandy tries to clinch up but Linus circles away and keeps his distance.
Linus throws a looping overhand right but Dandy ducks down to avoid it.
Dandy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Linus keeps the fight on the outside.
Dandy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Linus.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Dandy forces Linus back against the cage and clinches.
Dandy lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Linus is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Dandy displaying some good clinch control by pressing Linus up against the cage.
Linus tries to pull guard but Dandy holds him up against the cage and eventually Linus drops back down to his feet.
Dandy gets through Linus's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dandy avoiding damage.
Dandy lands with a light punch inside.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Linus pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dandy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Good exchange - Dandy coming out on top.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dandy clinches.
Dandy digs a right hand underneath Linus's ribcage. Linus let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Dandy is leaning against Linus and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Linus fails to pull guard.
Dandy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dandy is trying to break the clinch but Linus has him pressed against the cage.
A short right from Dandy on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Dandy.
Still in the clinch, Dandy scores with a nice short uppercut.
Dandy leaning against his opponent.
Dandy scores with a nice hook to the head.
Linus tries to break free but Dandy pushes him back against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Dandy.
Linus tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Crocodile Dandy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ben Linus.
Dandy scores with a shoulder strike.
Dandy working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Linus tries to break free but Dandy pushes him back against the cage.
Dandy lands a right hand that snaps the head of Linus backwards.
Dandy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dandy.
Dandy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dandy lands with a light punch inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dandy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dandy lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Dandy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Dandy lands a hook that snaps the head of Linus backwards.
Dandy lands an uppercut.
Dandy lands with a light punch inside.
Dandy lands a body punch in the clinch.
Dandy working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Linus's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A nice right hand lands inside from Dandy.
Linus tries to score a body lock takedown but Dandy shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Still in the clinch, Dandy scores with a nice short uppercut.
Linus tries to stall but Dandy uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Dandy pushes Linus back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Dandy lands a hook to the side of the head.
Linus has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Dandy is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Dandy working hard to break the clinch.
Linus blocks an uppercut.
Dandy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Linus backwards.
Linus tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Linus breaks the clinch.
Linus swats away the attempt to clinch by Dandy.

Dandy rushes Linus and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ben Linus has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Linus jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Dandy walks away with a smile on his face. Linus gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Crocodile Dandy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Dandy pushes Linus up against the cage in a clinch.
Linus takes a shot to the head.
Dandy scores with a shot to the side of Linus's head.
Dandy avoiding damage.

Linus's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Linus circles away from the clinch attempt.

Dandy clinches with his opponent.
Dandy misses with the head strike.
Dandy looking to stall.
Dandy takes a knee to the side of the body.
Dandy gets through Linus's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Linus tries to pull guard but Dandy holds him up against the cage and eventually Linus drops back down to his feet.
Linus tries to pull guard but Dandy holds him up against the cage and eventually Linus drops back down to his feet.
Linus jumps guard but Dandy stands there with Linus around his waist. Linus gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Dandy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Dandy takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Linus fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dandy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Linus swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dandy avoids the head kick by Linus.
Dandy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Linus paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Linus takes a jab right on the kisser.
Dandy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dandy moves in looking to clinch but Linus pushes him off.
Jab, jab by Dandy - just one landing.
Dandy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dandy tries to clinch there but Linus circles away.

Dandy has Linus up against the cage in a clinch.
Linus is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A short right from Dandy.
Crocodile Dandy is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A nice left hand lands by Dandy.
Dandy scores with a shoulder strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dandy.
Linus lands with a left to the head.
Dandy scores with a shoulder strike.
Dandy working hard to break the clinch.
Linus tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dandy's elbow.
Dandy softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dandy lands a left hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Crocodile Dandy showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Dandy, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 30:26
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:26
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Crocodile Dandy!