PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Rye Rock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Crabtree (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Rye Rock
vs
Crabtree

190 cm
22
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ryan Rye Rock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joe Crabtree!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Alyssa Summers and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rye Rock keeps the fight on the outside.
Crabtree misses with a wild combination.
Rye Rock clinches but Crabtree breaks the clinch

and Crabtree counters by clinching up.

Crabtree breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rye Rock scores with a shot to the body.
Crabtree looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Crabtree tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Crabtree throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Crabtree lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

It looks like Ryan Rye Rock has been cut.
Rye Rock tries to clinch up.
Rye Rock is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Crabtree scores with a three punch combo!
Crabtree throws the left hand but Rye Rock avoids the punch easily.

Crabtree gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Rye Rock to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rye Rock advances to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rye Rock works his way into full mount!
Rye Rock connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Crabtree is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Rye Rock cracks Crabtree with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Rye Rock lands a nice shot to the head.
Crabtree trying desperately to get to his feet.
Crabtree looks gassed!
Rye Rock scoring with strikes but Crabtree is staying in there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Rye Rock is working for a guillotine from mount but Crabtree frees his head quite easily.
Rye Rock connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Rye Rock landing shots from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rye Rock lands a big elbow.
Rye Rock lands a big elbow.
Rye Rock dominating with strikes here.
Rye Rock has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rye Rock wants to control the pace but Crabtree is squirming around nicely.
Rye Rock landing strikes from the mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crabtree is squirming around, avoiding Rye Rock's attempts to control the action.
Rye Rock dominating with strikes here.
Rye Rock in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Rye Rock postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Crabtree looks a forlorn figure.
BOOM! Rye Rock connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Rye Rock lands a big elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rye Rock lands a big shot there that rocks Crabtree but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Rye Rock landing strikes, looking to finish!
Rye Rock is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Rye Rock postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Crabtree looks a forlorn figure.

Crabtree is rocked!
Rye Rock postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Crabtree in real trouble here! The ref calls for Crabtree to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ryan Rye Rock!