PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brennan Bova (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and jonny crawford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the ring it seems that Brennan Bova has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Brennan Bova seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Bova
vs
crawford

186 cm
23
187 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

175 cm
20
187 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Brennan Bova!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, jonny crawford!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Paul Tew and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bova fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
crawford defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Bova.
Bova shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as crawford sprawls well. crawford wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Bova gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brennan Bova. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Bova shoots in and gets a takedown into crawford's guard.
Bova is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Bova postures up.
Bova looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Bova closes the distance and clinches up with crawford, looking for a takedown. Bova pushes crawford against the ropes but crawford circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Bova throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. crawford was covering up waiting for the punch and Bova finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Bova engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

That's one minute gone in the round.

crawford is looking for a triangle but Bova pushes his legs off easily.
Bova controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's two 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.

Brennan Bova has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
crawford misses with a series of wild punches.
crawford is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
crawford looks to land a combination but Bova avoids it well.
jonny crawford seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bova circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bova swats away the attempt to clinch by crawford.

Bova looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for crawford!
Bova moves to take his opponent's back.
crawford is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

Bova is working on the RNC. He looks like he's got it but crawford won't tap... Oh, he's out! The ref rips Bova off his unconscious opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Brennan Bova!