PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Richard Crotch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Erik Morales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crotch comes to the ring accompanied by Why Can't We Be Friends? by War. Richard Crotch could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Erik Morales's chin.

Crotch
vs
Morales

150 cm
24
130 lbs
10 - 2 - 1

168 cm
24
135 lbs
12 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

BEST NUTRITION,no doping

BEST NUTRITION,no doping
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Richard Crotch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Erik Morales!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Andrew Berry and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crotch is looking to clinch but Morales is avoiding it.
Crotch displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Morales throws out the jab.
Morales misses with a body shot.
Morales thows a left - swing and a miss!
Crotch is trying hard to land a takedown here. Morales sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
A combination from Morales does no damage.
Crotch shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Morales defends it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morales missing with a left hand there. Crotch was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crotch misses with a straight right.
Horrible takedown by Crotch or perhaps it was just good defense by Morales which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Richard Crotch. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Crotch tests Morales's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Morales keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Crotch tests Morales's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Crotch closes the distance and clinches up with Morales, looking for a takedown. Crotch pushes Morales against the ropes but Morales circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crotch throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Morales's waist but Morales gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Crotch off to one side.
Morales rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Crotch moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Crotch shoots in and drives through. Morales sprawls well.
Crotch pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Crotch is defended easily by Morales.
Crotch fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morales throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Morales throws a hook to the side of Crotch's head but Crotch sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice sprawl there from Morales as Crotch shoots in.
Morales stuffs the takedown attempt from Crotch. Crotch gets slowly back to his feet.
Crotch fails to land the takedown.
Erik Morales is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Morales misses with a looping left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
A left and a right from Morales both land. Nice combination.

Crotch feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Morales wants to get back to his feet but Crotch is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Crotch throwing strikes from guard but Morales blocks nicely.
Morales is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Crotch postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Crotch drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Crotch jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Morales preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Morales wants to stand but Crotch is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Erik Morales dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Morales throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Morales takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Crotch looks for a takedown but Morales sprawls well.
Crotch with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Morales to score with a decent uppercut.
Some wild striking there from Morales.

Crotch gets a takedown into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crotch stops Morales from getting back to his feet.

Crotch is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Crotch is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Morales is looking to escape.

Morales is defending against the submission attempts here by Crotch.
Morales is trying to stand back up but Crotch is controlling him

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Morales is refusing to be controlled, as Crotch sits in half guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Morales fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Crotch manages to avoid it.
Crotch blocks a jab.
Nice takedown defense from Morales. No joy for Crotch on that attempt.
Crotch shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Morales defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Richard Crotch. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morales displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Crotch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morales slips a jab from Crotch.
Crotch misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morales.
Crotch showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Morales.
Nice defenses there by Crotch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Decent striking displayed by Crotch there.
Crotch throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Crotch.
Erik Morales is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Crotch looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
A combination from Morales does no damage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Morales throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Erik Morales will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Morales throws a right hand that Crotch ducks under and follows up with a left that Crotch also avoids with ease.

Crotch shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Morales is trying to stand.
Morales in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Morales trying desperately to get to his feet.
Morales takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Morales squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Crotch landing strikes from the mount and Morales is in trouble!
The referee warns Morales that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Morales is trying to get to the ropes to help him get back to his feet.
Crotch lands a heavy elbow.
Morales takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Crotch landing shots from mount.
Crotch pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

Morales is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crotch unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Morales wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Crotch celebrates on the ropes and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Richard Crotch!