PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Christian Wesley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sidney Crosby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wesley comes to the cage accompanied by Kermit/Geto Boys - Damn it Feels Good to be a Gangsta. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wesley
vs
Crosby

186 cm
21
210 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

183 cm
22
210 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Christian Wesley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sidney Crosby!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crosby walks into a stiff left hand from Wesley.
Wesley throws a lazy uppercut

and Crosby counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Crosby with a flurry of punches that miss.
Crosby pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Wesley is keeping the position for now.
Crosby is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Crosby has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Wesley has control of Crosby's left arm, preventing Crosby from doing any damage.
Crosby preventing the sweep.
Crosby postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crosby won't allow Wesley to sweep him here.
Wesley keeping full guard, as Crosby tries to pass.
Crosby throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Wesley knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Crosby on the ground.
Crosby pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Wesley is keeping the position for now.
Wesley pulls Crosby in to control the position.
Crosby with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Crosby advances to half guard.
Crosby misses with a head shot. Wesley uses the momentum to regain guard.
Crosby looking to pass the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Crosby throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Wesley preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crosby looking to pass the guard.
Wesley looking to hit a scissor sweep but Crosby is one step ahead there.
Wesley on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Wesley tries to get out of the position.
Wesley keeping full guard, as Crosby tries to pass.
Crosby postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Crosby postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Crosby thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Crosby forces his way into half guard.

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.
Wesley is staying active underneath Crosby, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Crosby has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Crosby connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Crosby unloads with some shots from mount but Wesley bucks and avoids them well.
Crosby throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Crosby raining down hammerfists from mount.

It looks like Christian Wesley has been cut.
Crosby landing punches.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Crosby with shots to the head and body - Wesley looks very uncomfortable down there.

Christian Wesley's cut is getting worse.
Wesley tries to reverse the position but Crosby maintains control.
Crosby throws some wild stikes that Wesley manages to avoid easily.
Crosby working Wesley over with strikes here.

Christian Wesley's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Wesley is working to get back to half guard.
Crosby landing strikes from the mount.

Jeez, Christian Wesley's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Christian Wesley's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Sidney Crosby!