PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kris Napier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Camron Crawford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Napier
vs
Crawford

183 cm
20
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

165 cm
26
151 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kris Napier!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Camron Crawford!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Ren Mimura and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crawford tries to clinch up.
Crawford connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Napier fails with an attempt to clinch.
Crawford throws a big shot that misses.
Crawford fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Napier manages to avoid it.
Jab from Crawford.
A head kick misses from Napier.
Crawford swings for the body but Napier moves out of range.
Crawford loads up on a big right hand but Napier slips the punch.
Napier tries to clinch but Crawford moves out of range.
Napier keeps the fight on the outside.
Napier plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Napier misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Napier plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Napier scores with a head kick.
Napier looks for the body kick but Crawford saw that one coming.
Crawford tries to clinch but Napier moves out of range.
Crawford tries a low kick but Napier avoids it.
Crawford throws a chopping leg kick but Napier manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Napier throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Crawford.
Napier pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Crawford is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Crawford avoids the head kick by Napier.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Napier looks to score with a jab to the body but Crawford is just out of range.
Napier tries to clinch but Crawford is having none of it.
Napier keeps the fight on the outside.
Kris Napier seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Napier throws a nice head kick!
Napier throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Napier looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Crawford avoids a kick to the body.
Napier throws a head kick but Crawford moves out of range.
Napier throws a head kick that Crawford semi-blocks.
Napier fails with an attempt to clinch.
Crawford misses with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Napier, right into the meat.
Napier ducks under a wild hook from Crawford.
Napier tries to close the distance and clinch but Crawford swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Napier tries to move into range but Crawford moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Napier tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Napier fails with an attempt to clinch.
Crawford looks to score with a jab to the body but Napier is just out of range.
Crawford bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Napier's head.
Crawford avoids a punch combination nicely.
Crawford moves in looking to clinch but Napier pushes him off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Napier throws a head kick but Crawford moves out of range.
Crawford uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Napier.
Crawford swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Napier tries to clinch
and Crawford counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Napier throws a head kick that misses.
Napier throws a front kick that sends Crawford stumbling back into the ropes.
Crawford throws a lazy head kick
and Napier counters with a low kick, right behind Crawford 's knee.

Crawford clinches with his opponent.
Napier dodges an elbow strike from Crawford.
Napier managing to block the knees to the body from Crawford.
Crawford lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Crawford tries to throw a body punch but Napier avoids it by throwing Crawford back against the cage.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Crawford misses with a knee to the head.
Crawford lands a hook that snaps the head of Napier backwards.
Crawford throws an elbow but it misses.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Napier just misses with a elbow thrown towards Crawford's brow.

Napier manages to break the clinch.
Crawford fails with an attempt to clinch.
Napier pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Napier throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
A head kick by Napier misses
letting Crawford counter with a right hand.
Crawford misses with a looping left.
Crawford throws a sloppy head kick
and Napier counters with a body kick that stops Crawford in his tracks momentarily.
Crawford avoids the head kick by Napier.
Crawford swings for the body but Napier moves out of range.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Napier throws a head kick that misses.
Both fighters circling a little - Napier finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Napier lands a nice looking body kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Crawford crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Napier - the referee stops the clock and Crawford gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Napier. Crawford manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Napier misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Napier tries to clinch but Crawford is having none of it.
Crawford circles away from the clinch attempt.
Napier swats away the attempt to clinch by Crawford.
Napier throws a head kick that misses.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Napier displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Crawford throws out the jab.
Napier throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Napier throws a head kick that misses
and Crawford connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Napier throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Napier tries to land a front kick but Crawford steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Crawford has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Napier.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Napier.
Napier takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A telegraphed right hand from Crawford misses the target.
Crawford with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Crawford throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Crawford pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Napier goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Napier keeps the fight on the outside.
A head kick misses from Napier.
Crawford misses with a looping right.
Napier throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Crawford's head.
Napier throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Crawford throws a head kick but Napier moves out of range.
Napier uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Crawford.
Napier throws a head kick but Crawford moves out of range.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Napier misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Napier throws a head kick but Crawford moves out of range.
Napier tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Crawford paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Napier tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Crawford wants to land a leg kick but Napier is out of range.
Crawford misses with a straight right.
Crawford misses with a body shot.
Crawford misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Crawford throws a sloppy head kick and Napier moves out of range easily.
Crawford is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Napier had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Crawford throws a low kick, looking for Napier's leg but Napier calmly moves out of range.
Good work by Napier as he checks the leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Kris Napier will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Napier throws a sloppy head kick and Crawford moves out of range easily.
Crawford wants to clinch.
A head kick misses from Napier.
Crawford blocks the body kick.
Crawford swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Napier swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Crawford throws a lazy right hand but Napier sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Napier throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Crawford throws a head kick but Napier moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crawford throws a hook but Napier blocks it.

Crawford fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Napier, pushing him back against the ropes.
Napier avoids a wild elbow strike from Crawford.
Crawford tries a knee to the head but Napier blocks it.
Crawford stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Napier.
Napier blocks an elbow strike from Crawford.
Crawford putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Napier in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Napier on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Crawford pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Crawford with a knee to the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Napier takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Napier tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Crawford avoids it.
Crawford crunches a lovely knee into Napier's ribcage.
Crawford misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Napier.
Crawford pushes off an throws an elbow but Napier leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Crawford tries a body shot but Napier blocks it.
Napier looking to throw knees to the head but Crawford is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Napier on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Napier avoids the elbow strike from Crawford, against the ropes.
Crawford tries to land knees in the clinch but Napier avoids the damage to the body.
Crawford scores with a nice hook to the head.
Crawford misses with a punch on the inside.
Crawford creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Crawford lands a knee to the body.
Crawford working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Crawford creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Napier's defenses.
Napier tries a knee to the head but Crawford blocks it.
Crawford lands an uppercut.
Napier trying to land knees to the body.
Crawford misses with an elbow strike.
Napier missing with knees to the body.
Crawford lands a nice elbow.
Crawford tries to land knees in the clinch but Napier avoids the damage to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Crawford.
Napier missing with knees to the body.
Crawford pushes off an throws an elbow but Napier leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Napier blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Crawford.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crawford with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Napier avoiding damage as Crawford throws knees to the body.
Napier blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Crawford connects with a knee to the head.
Crawford tries to work over Napier's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Crawford throws a knee to the head but misses.
Crawford lands a left hand that snaps the head of Napier backwards.
Still in the clinch, Crawford scores with a nice short uppercut.
Napier dodges an elbow strike from Crawford.
Napier tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Crawford avoids it.
Napier avoiding damage as Crawford throws knees to the body.
Napier managing to block the knees to the body from Crawford.
Napier blocks an elbow strike.
Crawford trying to land knees to the body.
Crawford tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A hook to the body from Crawford.
Napier is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Crawford tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Napier avoids it.
Crawford tries a body shot but Napier blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Napier blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Crawford.
Crawford throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Crawford avoiding damage as Napier throws knees to the body.
Napier dodges an elbow strike from Crawford.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Napier as Crawford tries to tie him up.
Crawford tries to land knees in the clinch but Napier avoids the damage to the body.
Crawford tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Napier avoids the elbow strike from Crawford, against the ropes.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Napier obliges.
Napier blocks the elbow strike.
Crawford misses with a body punch.
Crawford lands an elbow just above Napier 's eye.
Crawford managing to block the knees to the body from Napier.
Crawford blocks an elbow strike from Napier.
Crawford tries to land a knee to the head but Napier blocks with his arms.
Napier landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Napier blocks an uppercut.
A body shot lands from Crawford.
Crawford looking to throw knees to the head but Napier is blocking nicely.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Napier tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Crawford avoids it.
Crawford avoiding damage as Napier throws knees to the body.
Crawford misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Napier.
Crawford tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Napier's elbow.
Napier is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Napier using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Napier looking to slow down the pace here.
Crawford looking to slow down the pace here.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Crawford just misses with a elbow thrown towards Napier's brow.
Crawford on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Napier lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Crawford swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Crawford using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Napier has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Napier lands a nice knee to the body.
Crawford lands a nice knee to the body.
Napier connects with a nasty looking knee right to Crawford's face.
Napier taking a breather.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Nice body punch from Crawford - that landed with a thud.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Napier just misses with a elbow thrown towards Crawford's brow.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Napier pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Crawford throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Napier blocks it with crossed arms.
Crawford is working Napier over against the ropes.
Crawford with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Napier managing to block the knees to the body from Crawford.
Crawford avoids a wild elbow strike from Napier.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Napier throws an elbow but misses.
Crawford lands a right hand that snaps the head of Napier backwards.
Crawford looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Napier avoiding damage as Crawford throws knees to the body.
Napier with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Crawford misses with some punches.
Napier trying to stall but Crawford improves his position.

Napier breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Crawford goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Napier bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Napier.
Crawford avoids the head kick by Napier.
Crawford tries to close the distance and clinch up but Napier swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Napier slips a jab from Crawford.
An inside leg kick lands from Napier.
Crawford misses with a few strikes there.
Kris Napier is winning the standup battle so far.
Crawford throws a sloppy head kick and Napier moves out of range easily.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Crawford dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Napier. That did some damage!
Crawford takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kris Napier is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Napier throws a sloppy head kick and Crawford moves out of range easily.
Napier throws a nice head kick!
Crawford chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Napier can pounce on him.
Napier throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Crawford's head.
Napier lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Crawford blocks a head kick by Napier.
Napier throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Crawford throws a series of punches but Napier avoids them all with ease.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Crawford misses with a looping left.
Crawford slips a straight right by Napier.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Napier - that will leave a mark!
Napier pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Crawford rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Napier moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Crawford avoids the head kick by Napier.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Crawford throws a looping overhand right but Napier ducks down to avoid it.
Napier gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Crawford wants to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Camron Crawford showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Napier's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Napier tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Crawford was well out of range. Poor timing from Napier.
Crawford tries to close the distance and clinch up but Napier swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Napier tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Crawford misses with a low kick as Napier jumps back.
Napier lands a head kick!
Napier is looking to wear down Crawford 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.
Napier walks into a stiff left hand from Crawford.
Napier ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Crawford moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Napier misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Napier tries to clinch up.
Crawford throws a jab but it's blocked by Napier.
Napier swats away the attempt to clinch by Crawford.
A head kick misses from Crawford.

Napier tries to keep at a distance but Crawford has taken the fight into the clinch.
Crawford throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Napier trying to land knees to the body.
Crawford stalling in the clinch but Napier improves position.
Napier avoiding damage as Crawford throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Napier trying to land knees to the body.
Napier utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Crawford throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Napier blocks it with crossed arms.
Crawford lands a right hand that snaps the head of Napier backwards.
Crawford missing with knees to the body.
Crawford tries to land knees in the clinch but Napier avoids the damage to the body.
Crawford takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Crawford struggles to land a body shot inside as Napier controls his hands.
Crawford throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Napier blocks it with crossed arms.
Napier looking to stall.
Napier's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Crawford as Napier tries to tie him up.
Napier managing to block the knees to the body from Crawford.
Napier tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Crawford avoids it.
Crawford avoiding damage as Napier throws knees to the body.
Crawford lands with a left to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crawford misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Napier.
Napier is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Crawford is defending well for now.
Napier on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Napier missing with knees to the body.
Crawford landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Crawford swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Napier avoiding damage as Crawford throws knees to the body.
Crawford using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Napier has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Crawford tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Napier avoids it.
Napier creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Napier throws a knee to the head but misses.
Napier lands a knee to the body.
Napier scores a nice knee to the body.
Crawford misses with some punches.
Crawford creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Crawford throws an elbow but it misses.
Crawford tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Napier's elbow.
Napier on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Napier's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A head kick misses from Napier.

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.
Crawford throws a head kick that misses.
Napier tries a head kick but it misses.
Crawford fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Napier looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Crawford takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Napier pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Napier lands a head kick. Crawford smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Crawford throws out a loose jab but Napier uses good head movement to avoid it.
Crawford throws a head kick but Napier moves out of range.
Crawford scores with the left hand. Napier knows he should have avoided that one.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Napier swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Crawford circles away from the clinch attempt.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Napier.
Napier lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Crawford is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Napier.
Crawford dodges the punch combination from Napier.
A head kick misses from Napier.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Crawford takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Napier throws a body punch but Crawford moves out of range.
Napier throws a head kick that misses.
Crawford uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Napier.
Crawford blocks a head kick by Napier.
A head kick misses from Napier.
Crawford throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Napier sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Napier lands with a kick to the temple. Crawford shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Napier lands a head kick. Crawford smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Crawford throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Crawford misses with a hook.
Napier throws a lazy head kick
and Crawford counters with a nice body shot.
Crawford slips a jab and a cross from Napier.
Napier uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Crawford.
A head kick by Napier misses
and Crawford counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Crawford tries to close the distance and clinch up but Napier swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Crawford tries to clinch but Napier is having none of it.

Napier tries to keep at a distance but Crawford has taken the fight into the clinch.
Napier dodges an elbow strike from Crawford.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Crawford tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Napier avoids it.
Crawford tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A shot in the inside from Crawford.
Napier is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Napier dodges an elbow strike from Crawford.
Crawford working aggressively here.
Napier avoiding damage as Crawford throws knees to the body.
Napier lands a knee to the body.
Napier landing knees to the body.
Napier trying to control the position but instead, Crawford has worked for underhooks and has pushed Napier into the ropes.
Crawford scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Crawford lands with a left to the head.
Crawford lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Napier backwards.
Crawford misses with a punch to the body.
Good body shot from Napier.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Napier blocks an uppercut.
Napier avoiding damage as Crawford throws knees to the body.
Napier misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Crawford.
Crawford pushes off an throws an elbow but Napier leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Crawford using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Napier has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Napier looking to slow down the pace here.
Napier managing to block the knees to the body from Crawford.
Crawford missing with knees to the body.
Crawford using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Napier has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Napier pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Crawford throws an elbow but it misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Napier escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Napier lands a head kick. Crawford smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Crawford tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Napier paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Napier fails to land with a series of punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Kris Napier.
I think Napier has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Camron Crawford!
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight for Camron Crawford!
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Camron Crawford!

Camron Crawford wins by unanimous decision!