PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sadie Llewtras (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steven Crusher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Llewtras
vs
Crusher

225 cm
18
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
19
255 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sadie Llewtras!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Steven Crusher!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Eddie Farnsworth and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crusher stuffs the takedown.

Crusher rushes Llewtras and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Crusher wants to take the fight to the mat but Llewtras manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Crusher can't get the takedown.
Llewtras goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Crusher drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Llewtras gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Sadie Llewtras has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steven Crusher.
Crusher drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Llewtras gets the underhooks and prevents it.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Crusher has eaten all the pies!
Crusher avoiding damage.
Crusher presses Llewtras against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Crusher is defending well against a takedown attempt.

Crusher manages to pull guard.
Llewtras will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Llewtras wants to control from the top but Crusher keeps moving.

Crusher pushes Llewtras off and scrambles back to his feet.
Llewtras shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Crusher defends it nicely.
Horrible takedown by Llewtras or perhaps it was just good defense by Crusher which made him look bad.
Llewtras misses with a low kick.
Crusher swings for the body but Llewtras moves out of range.
Llewtras shoots in and drives through. Crusher sprawls well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crusher circles away from the clinch attempt.
A nice inside leg kick there by Crusher. That's going to slow Llewtras down.

Crusher closes the distance and clinches.

Crusher pulls Llewtras into guard.
Crusher manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Llewtras manages to get himself to full guard.
Crusher working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Crusher gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Llewtras tries to keep at a distance but Crusher has taken the fight into the clinch.

Crusher pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Llewtras fails to land the takedown.
Llewtras is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Llewtras. No joy for Crusher on that attempt.
Crusher shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Llewtras darts in trying to clinch
and Crusher counters with a low kick, right behind Llewtras 's knee.
Llewtras takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

Crusher darts in and clinches Llewtras up against the cage.
Llewtras wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Crusher has him pressed against the cage.

Crusher jumps into guard, dragging Llewtras to the mat.
Crusher manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Llewtras manages to get himself to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crusher sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Llewtras looking to hit a scissor sweep but Crusher is one step ahead there.
Crusher is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Crusher accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steven Crusher dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Crusher misses the shot to the body.
Crusher closes this distance looking for a takedown but Llewtras circles away.
Crusher throws a sloppy head kick and Llewtras moves out of range easily.
Llewtras tries for a takedown but Crusher sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Llewtras shoots in and drives through. Crusher sprawls well.
Llewtras misses with a body kick.
Nice takedown defense from Llewtras. No joy for Crusher on that attempt.
Crusher will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Sadie Llewtras has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steven Crusher.
Llewtras tries to close the distance and clinch but Crusher swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Llewtras is trying hard to land a takedown here. Crusher sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nice sprawl there from Crusher as Llewtras shoots in.

Crusher rushes Llewtras and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Llewtras goes for a takedown attempt but Crusher pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Llewtras takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Llewtras really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Crusher shoots in looking for a takedown but Llewtras manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Crusher's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Llewtras throws a sloppy head kick

and Crusher counters by moving into the clinch.
Llewtras taking a breather.

Crusher manages to break the clinch.
Nice uppercut lands for Crusher. That snapped Llewtras's head back.
Llewtras tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Crusher counters with a good, hard body kick but Llewtras shrugs it off.
Llewtras slaps away a takedown attempt from Crusher, before circling back to the center of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Crusher rushes Llewtras and presses him up against the cage.
Crusher gets underhooks to prevent Llewtras's takedown attempt.
Stalling in the clinch from Crusher.
Llewtras prevents a takedown attempt there.
Llewtras is looking for a takedown.

Crusher pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Crusher rushes Llewtras and presses him up against the cage.

Crusher jumps guard.
Crusher tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Crusher uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Llewtras has a takedown stuffed.
Llewtras fails in his attempt to clinch.
Llewtras swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Llewtras shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Crusher sprawls well. Crusher wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Llewtras gets slowly back to his feet.
Llewtras tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crusher fails with a takedown attempt.
Crusher on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Llewtras takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Llewtras is trying hard to land a takedown here. Crusher sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Llewtras takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A jab lands there for Crusher.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Llewtras leaves Crusher with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Crusher misses with a takedown attempt - Llewtras sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steven Crusher showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!

Crusher throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Llewtras cracks Crusher with a right hand to the side of the head.
Crusher shoots in for a takedown but Llewtras shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Crusher avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Llewtras shoots in for a takedown but Crusher shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Llewtras fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Llewtras tries to clinch up but Crusher circles away and keeps his distance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Llewtras tries to bum rush Crusher with a series of wild strikes but Crusher uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Crusher looks for a takedown but Llewtras sprawls well.
Crusher shoots in for a takedown but Llewtras shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Sadie Llewtras has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steven Crusher.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Llewtras is trying hard to land a takedown here. Crusher sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
No luck for Crusher with that takedown attempt.
Llewtras tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Crusher throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Llewtras fails in his attempt to clinch.

Crusher moves into the clinch successfully.
Llewtras working hard to break the clinch.

Crusher pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Llewtras throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Crusher's waist but Crusher gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Llewtras off to one side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crusher shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Llewtras sprawls well. Llewtras wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Crusher gets slowly back to his feet.
Llewtras fails in his attempt to clinch.
Crusher tries to score a power double leg takedown but Llewtras sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Crusher somewhat.
Crusher keeps the fight on the outside.
Crusher is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Llewtras rather than just go for the knockout.
Llewtras moves in looking to clinch but Crusher pushes him off.
Crusher stuffs the takedown attempt from Llewtras. Llewtras gets slowly back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crusher displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Llewtras.

Crusher forces Llewtras back against the cage and clinches.
Llewtras is pressed up against the cage. Crusher has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Llewtras down to the mat. Llewtras avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Llewtras shoots in looking for a takedown but Crusher manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Llewtras's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Llewtras looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Crusher stuffs the takedown attempt from Llewtras. Llewtras gets slowly back to his feet.

Crusher forces Llewtras back against the cage and clinches.
Crusher effectively controlling the action here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crusher can't get the takedown.
Llewtras has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Crusher avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

Crusher pulls guard successfully.
Llewtras has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Crusher utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Crusher is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Llewtras stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Crusher swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Sadie Llewtras has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Steven Crusher is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Crusher has control of Llewtras's left arm, preventing Llewtras from doing any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Steven Crusher.
Well Crusher has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 27:30
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steven Crusher!