PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Shine (ranked 5632 p4p, 0 weight class) and Igor Crazy (ranked 3175 p4p, 0 weight class). Crazy comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Mienteme kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Shine
vs
Crazy

183 cm
25
176 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

175 cm
48
180 lbs
30 - 25 - 2

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ivan Shine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 25 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Igor Crazy!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Tiny Johnson and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Crazy takes the fight into the clinch.
A short left from Crazy.
Crazy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Shine throws a punch but it's blocked by Crazy.
Crazy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Shine.
Shine swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Crazy digs a right hand into Shine's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Shine's gas tank.
Crazy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Shine managing to block the knees to the body from Crazy.
Crazy has Shine pressed against the cage.
Crazy presses Shine against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Crazy.
Shine is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Crazy is keeping busy.
Crazy has Shine pushed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shine blocks a body shot from Crazy.
Crazy gets underhooks to prevent Shine's takedown attempt.
Shine missing with knees to the body.
Shine tries to work over Crazy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Shine lands with a light punch inside.
Shine misses with the head strike.
Crazy blocking some punches.
Crazy lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Shine is looking to break free of the clinch but Crazy has double underhooks.
Crazy lands a body punch in the clinch.
Shine takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Ivan Shine has been cut.
Crazy scores with a shoulder strike.
Stalling in the clinch from Crazy.
Crazy scores with a shot to the side of Shine's head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shine managing to block the knees to the body from Crazy.
Crazy blocking some punches.
Shine swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Crazy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Shine blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Shine managing to block the knees to the body from Crazy.
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!
Crazy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Shine misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shine is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Crazy is defending well for now.
Shine misses with some punches.
Crazy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Shine avoids it.
Crazy lands a right hand that snaps the head of Shine backwards.
Shine fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crazy is pressed up against the cage. Shine has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Crazy down to the mat. Crazy avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Shine darts in and clinches Crazy up against the cage.
Crazy missing with knees to the body.
Shine stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Crazy stalling in the clinch.
Shine on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Crazy takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Crazy gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Shine.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ivan Shine. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Shine misses with the head strike.

Shine pulls Crazy into guard.
Crazy stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Shine swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Crazy sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Shine's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crazy perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Crazy is pressing down on Shine's thigh, looking to free his foot. Shine is holding on for now.
Crazy thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Shine's head.
Crazy is pressing down on Shine's thigh, looking to free his foot. Shine is holding on for now.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Crazy works his way into full mount!
My spies in Tayne's 4d3d3d3 Gym inform me that Crazy has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Crazy raining down hammerfists from mount.
Crazy working Shine over with strikes here.
Crazy dominating with strikes here.
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!
Crazy postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Shine looks a forlorn figure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Igor Crazy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ivan Shine's cut.
That's time! Shine's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Crazy closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Shine did well to prevent Crazy getting side control.
Crazy looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Crazy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Crazy is looking to advance position but Shine won't allow it.
Shine is looking to escape.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crazy content to control rather than advance.
Crazy has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Crazy working over Shine with some ground and pound. Shine looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crazy looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Shine with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Crazy not doing much here.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Crazy connects with a nice short shot to Shine's temple.
Crazy is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Crazy stalling.
Crazy thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Shine's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Crazy in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Shine tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Crazy!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Igor Crazy!
A very excited looking Igor Crazy made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.