PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leonard Crump (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jordan De Wilde (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crump comes to the cage accompanied by TUF. Crump has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Crump
vs
De Wilde

185 cm
25
190 lbs
0 - 1 - 1

183 cm
19
176 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

Good takedowns
Good kicks
Granite chin

Hashed Fight Attire

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 0 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Leonard Crump!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jordan De Wilde!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Steve Erwin and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

De Wilde clinches.
De Wilde lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from De Wilde.
Crump is breathing heavily.
De Wilde lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
De Wilde scores with a nice hook to the head.
De Wilde scores with a shoulder strike.
De Wilde keeps control of Crump as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
De Wilde lands a left hand.

De Wilde has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Crump regains guard immediately.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
De Wilde content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
De Wilde works over Crump with some ground and pound from guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Crump keeping moving, preventing De Wilde from controlling successfully.
De Wilde distracts Crump with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
De Wilde wants to control from the top but Crump keeps moving.
De Wilde keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Crump's head.
De Wilde scoring with some ground and pound.
De Wilde makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
De Wilde slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crump is looking to stand up but De Wilde isn't so interested in that idea.
De Wilde connects with a couple of short punches.
De Wilde postures up and lands a big shot to Crump's brow.
De Wilde connects with a couple of short punches.
De Wilde distracts Crump with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Crump is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst De Wilde is controlling him.
De Wilde content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
De Wilde with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
De Wilde working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
De Wilde scoring with some ground and pound.
De Wilde is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
De Wilde working some strikes from top position.
Crump wants to get back to his feet but De Wilde passes into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Crump on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. De Wilde connects with a nice short shot to Crump's temple.
Crump on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Crump is not content to let De Wilde control the position.
De Wilde stalling.
Crump taking some punishment here, with De Wilde in his half guard.
De Wilde trying to control the pace.
De Wilde seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
De Wilde is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
De Wilde passes the guard and advances to mount!
De Wilde breaks from Crump's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Wilde looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

Crump is rocked!
De Wilde with the ground and pound from mount.
Oh Crump is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
De Wilde is in the full mount, landing strikes.
De Wilde is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Crump can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
De Wilde loads up with a big shot that hurts Crump! He's pulled De Wilde in close but De Wilde has postured up and lands more strikes. Can Crump survive? More strikes from De Wilde and Crump is out! The ref jumps in to save him! Brutal ground and pound!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Jordan De Wilde!
An out of breath Jordan De Wilde thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.