PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Evan Danby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Crawford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Danby
vs
Crawford

195 cm
18
219 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

200 cm
22
250 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Evan Danby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jason Crawford!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Cecil Peabody and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Crawford looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Crawford shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Crawford was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Crawford prevents Danby from getting the reversal.

Crawford working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Danby regains half guard.
Danby wants to improve his position but Crawford is controlling well.
Crawford controlling the pace.
Danby tries to roll over but Crawford keeps him under control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Danby moves into full guard.
Danby doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Crawford postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Danby wants to sweep but no luck.

Danby escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Crawford gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Crawford trying to control but Danby is working from the bottom.
Danby manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Danby thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danby lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Danby scoring with strikes but Crawford is staying in there.
Crawford is looking to get to half guard.
Crawford is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Danby unloads with some shots from mount but Crawford bucks and avoids them well.

Danby goes for an armbar but Crawford turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Crawford.
Danby is breathing heavily.
Crawford trying to control the position from guard on top but Danby is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crawford wants to stand but Danby has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Danby is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Danby is working an open guard so Crawford takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Danby keeps the fight on the outside.
Crawford wants to clinch up but Danby keeps it at a distance.
Crawford uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Danby.
Crawford tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Danby slips a jab and a cross from Crawford.
Crawford avoids the head kick by Danby.

That's four 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 looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Danby is fending him off so far but Crawford persists. Nope, Danby circles away and we're back to standing.
Danby avoids the body shot from Crawford.
Nice sprawl there from Danby as Crawford shoots in.
Danby looks to land a left hand but Crawford moved out of range nicely.
Jason Crawford seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Danby stuns Crawford with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Danby tries to clinch but Crawford moves out of range.
Danby throws out a loose jab but Crawford uses good head movement to avoid it.
Crawford moves out of range as Danby throws a body kick.
Danby tries to close the distance and clinch up but Crawford swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - Crawford looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Crawford slips a jab from Danby.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Evan Danby 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.

Crawford closes this distance looking for a takedown but Danby circles away.
Danby scores with the left hand. Crawford knows he should have avoided that one.
Horrible takedown by Crawford or perhaps it was just good defense by Danby which made him look bad.
Crawford avoids the head kick by Danby.
Crawford lands a high kick!
Crawford fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Danby checks it well.
Crawford misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Crawford looks to land a combination but Danby avoids it well.
Crawford is breathing heavily.

Crawford drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Danby is on top in guard.
Danby scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Danby passes into half guard.
Crawford is looking to get back to full guard here but Danby has managed to pass to side control instead.
Crawford is wriggling around trying to escape.
Crawford wants to hold on but Danby pushes him away.
Danby punching from mount but Crawford doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Crawford is trying desperately to improve position.
Crawford tries to hold on but Danby pushes him away.
Crawford is trying to escape the mount.
Danby unloads with some shots from mount but Crawford bucks and avoids them well.

That's two 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.
Crawford is looking to get to half guard.
Crawford manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Crawford moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Danby stops Crawford from standing up.
Connects with an elbow from the bottom, proving to the judges that he's still active off his back.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Danby accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Crawford utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Danby chips away with some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Danby tries to free his leg and advance position but Crawford is retaining full guard.
Crawford working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Danby.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crawford pulls Danby in close to his closed guard and prevents Danby from doing any damage or advancing position.
Danby landing some decent shots from guard.
Danby prevents Crawford from getting back to his feet.
Crawford working a defensive guard here.
Crawford keeping full guard, as Danby tries to pass.
Crawford controlling Danby's posture.
Crawford preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Crawford looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Danby with a flurry of punches that miss.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Crawford tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Danby swivels and escapes.
Evan Danby has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Crawford.
Danby tries to clinch up.
Crawford wants to clinch up but Danby keeps it at a distance.

Crawford has taken the fight to the clinch.

Crawford breaks the clinch.
Crawford tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Danby swivels and escapes.
Danby scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Crawford shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Danby throws a sloppy head kick and Crawford moves out of range easily.
A big left from Danby misses.
Danby stuffs the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Crawford showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Crawford tries to close the distance and clinch but Danby swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Crawford shoots in but Danby avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Danby looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Danby throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Crawford is looking to control Danby's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Crawford avoid being mounted?
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Danby sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Crawford defending well though.
Danby sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Crawford defending well though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crawford moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Danby accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Evan Danby overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Crawford defending well as Danby loads up on a big left hand.
Crawford shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Danby as he jumps to the side.
Danby pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Crawford shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
letting Danby counter with a right hand.
Evan Danby has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Crawford.
Danby throws a head kick but Crawford moves out of range.
Danby shoots in for a double leg but Crawford sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Danby tries for a takedown but Crawford sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Crawford tries to clinch there but Danby circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
The fighters circle momentarily. Crawford darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Danby throws a series of punches but Crawford avoids them all with ease.
Crawford slips under a jab.
Nice takedown defense from Danby. No joy for Crawford on that attempt.
Danby tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Crawford is looking to clinch.
Nice sprawl there from Danby as Crawford shoots in.
Crawford closes the distance but Danby moves to the side
letting Danby counter with a right hand.
Crawford tries to clinch up.
Crawford has his takedown stuffed
and Danby counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danby throws a poor cross that misses
and Crawford finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Good leg kick by Crawford there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Crawford shoots and misses

and Danby counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Danby has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Crawford avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Danby has had enough of the clinch but Crawford keeps him there for the moment.
Danby tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Danby tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Crawford smiles and moves away.
Crawford shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Danby counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Danby throws a lazy head kick
and Crawford counters with a straight right hand.
Danby thows a body shot but no joy.
Danby tries for a takedown but Crawford sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Danby throws a head kick but Crawford moves out of range.
Danby misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Crawford avoids the head kick by Danby.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Crawford closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Danby to the mat! Danby manages to get full guard.

Danby escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Crawford gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Crawford keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Danby's head.
Crawford must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crawford has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Danby is proving hard to escape from.
Danby manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Crawford manages to get himself to full guard.
Danby in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Crawford utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Danby lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Danby tries to free his leg and advance position but Crawford is retaining full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jason Crawford comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Crawford has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jason Crawford!