PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Yip Man Iii (ranked 372 p4p, 463 weight class) and Red Crow (ranked 51 p4p, 63 weight class). Red Crow is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Man Iii
vs
Crow

182 cm
23
165
14 - 3 - 0

176 cm
26
165
11 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Mile High
UNDEFEATED

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Yip Man Iii!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 1, fighting out of London, Red Crow!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Man Iii jabs Crow to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Man Iii connects with an inside leg kick.
Danga de danga de dang - Crow scores with a four punch combination!
A chopping leg kick lands by Man Iii.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Man Iii.
Man Iii punishes Crow's body with a nice straight punch.
Crow takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Crow moves away from the strike by Man Iii.
Man Iii pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Man Iii cracks Crow with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Man Iii lands with a good body shot.
Man Iii ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Man Iii takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Crow throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Man Iii's head.
Man Iii bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Man Iii has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Some bone on bone action there as Crow checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Crow defending well as Man Iii loads up on a big left hand.
Crow swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Crow takes one to the chin there.
Man Iii throws a hook to the side of Crow's head but Crow sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crow chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Man Iii can pounce on him.

Crow scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Crow wants to control but Man Iii is keeping him busy.
Crow lands an elbow.
Man Iii defending against the ground and pound.
Crow trying to control the action but Man Iii is working from the bottom.
Crow looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Man Iii is avoiding damage well.
Crow trying to control the position but Man Iii is working away.
The ground and pound from Crow seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crow throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Man Iii works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Crow not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Crow looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Crow thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Man Iii's head.
Crow is trying to control. Man Iii wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Crow thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Crow sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Man Iii defending well though.
Crow is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Man Iii!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crow working Man Iii over with strikes here.
The referee warns Man Iii that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Crow lands a big shot there that rocks Man Iii but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Man Iii holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Crow tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Crow trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Crow takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Crow lands a nice shot to the head.
Crow thowing shots but they're missing.
Man Iii is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Crow with the ground and pound from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crow raining down shots from the mount!
Man Iii takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Crow throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Crow throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Man Iii blocking the ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Crow tries to control but Man Iii wriggling away.
The referee warns Man Iii that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Crow sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Crow thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Crow throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Man Iii because Crow loaded up on that one.
Crow connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Crow punching from mount but Man Iii doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Crow lands a big shot there that rocks Man Iii but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Red Crow dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Man Iii misses with a hook
and Crow counters with a head kick that wobbles Man Iii - left then right he sways and one more bomb from Crow sends him down. This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Red Crow!
After the fight, Red Crow was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.