PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brian Crawford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Djoser Rei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Crawford
vs
Rei

206 cm
26
300 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

191 cm
26
223 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Powerful

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brian Crawford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Djoser Rei!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crawford swats away the attempt to clinch by Rei.
Good work by Crawford as he checks the leg kick.
Rei uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Crawford.
Rei looks for the body kick but Crawford saw that one coming.
Rei on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Rei walks into a left hand.

It looks like Djoser Rei has been cut.
Brian Crawford seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rei buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Crawford misses with a two punch combination.
Rei throws a body kick that misses
and Crawford cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rei keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crawford punishes Rei's body with a nice straight punch.
Crawford throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Crawford throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Crawford misses with a hook.
Rei throws a nice head kick!
Rei throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Crawford throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rei.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rei.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Rei.
Rei throws a push kick but Crawford slaps the foot to one side.
Crawford throws a sloppy head kick and Rei moves out of range easily.

Rei moves into the clinch.
Crawford blocking some punches.
Rei comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rei just misses with a elbow thrown towards Crawford's brow.
Crawford dodges an elbow strike from Rei.
Rei lands an elbow just above Crawford 's eye.
Crawford tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Crawford misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rei lands an elbow inside.
Rei lands a nice elbow.
Rei creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rei comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rei looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crawford wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Crawford fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rei working aggressively here.
Rei misses with an elbow strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rei pushes off an throws an elbow but Crawford leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Crawford's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Crawford blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rei gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rei just misses with a elbow thrown towards Crawford's brow.
Rei lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rei just misses with a elbow thrown towards Crawford's brow.
Crawford is trying to break free.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Rei.

It looks like Brian Crawford has been cut.
Nice elbow from Rei.
Rei throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Crawford misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rei.
Rei comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Crawford takes an elbow to the forehead.
Stalling in the clinch from Rei.
Crawford stalling in the clinch but Rei improves position.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rei.
Rei avoids a wild elbow strike from Crawford.
Crawford avoids a wild elbow strike from Rei.
Rei lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Crawford misses with a body punch.
Crawford lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rei or not.
Rei lands an elbow that stopped Crawford in his tracks for a moment.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Rei.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rei throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Crawford taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rei throws an elbow but misses.
Rei throws an elbow but it misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Crawford creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rei lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Crawford wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rei has him pressed against the cage.
Crawford avoids the elbow strike from Rei, against the cage.
Rei's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Crawford takes an elbow to the temple.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rei pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Crawford misses with a punch to the body.
Crawford misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Djoser Rei dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Crawford slips a straight right by Rei.
The fighters circling - Crawford throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rei does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Rei goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Crawford cracks Rei with an open hand slap.
Crawford lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Crawford throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rei sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rei slips a jab from Crawford.
Crawford uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Crawford is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crawford throws a shot from downtown. Rei moves away and avoids it.
Crawford misses with a looping right.
Rei moves away from the strike by Crawford.
Crawford throws a jab but it's blocked by Rei.
Nice straight punches there by Crawford. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Crawford.
Rei lands with a nice body kick.
Rei tries to close the distance and clinch but Crawford swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rei buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Rei.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Rei lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Rei.
Rei lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Rei throws a head kick but Crawford moves out of range.
Rei tries to clinch but Crawford is having none of it.
Rei scores with a leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rei fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Rei throws a nice outside leg kick.
Rei throws a leg kick which misses Crawford's front leg but catches the back leg as Crawford tries to avoid it.
Rei throws a nice outside leg kick.
Rei tries to close the distance and clinch up but Crawford swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rei throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

Rei moves into the clinch.
Crawford takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rei lands a left hand.
Rei lands an elbow inside that Crawford shrugs off.
Rei misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rei lands a damaging elbow.
Rei throws an elbow that misses.
Rei throws an elbow but it misses.
Rei lands an elbow just above Crawford 's eye.
Rei pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Crawford avoids a wild elbow strike from Rei.
Crawford dodges an elbow strike from Rei.
Rei is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Rei looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nice elbow from Rei.
Crawford pushes Rei back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rei lands a nice elbow.
Rei creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rei creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rei throws an elbow but it misses.
Nice elbow from Rei.
Crawford is trying to stall.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Rei lands a nice elbow.
Rei slowing the pace effectively.
Crawford avoids the elbow strike from Rei, against the cage.
Rei throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Crawford avoids a wild elbow strike from Rei.
Rei throws an elbow that misses.
Rei throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rei throws an elbow that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crawford tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rei blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Crawford blocks an elbow strike.
Crawford looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Crawford avoids the elbow strike from Rei, against the cage.
Crawford blocks an elbow strike from Rei.
Rei pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Crawford is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Rei pushes off an throws an elbow but Crawford leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Rei as Crawford tries to tie him up.
Rei creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Crawford avoids the elbow strike from Rei, against the cage.
Crawford slowing the pace effectively.
Rei prevents a body shot from Crawford.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Djoser Rei showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Rei displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Crawford throws out the jab.
Crawford misses the shot to the body.
Rei displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Crawford throws out the jab.
Rei thows a body kick. Crawford tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Rei lands with a thumping leg kick.
Crawford takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rei chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nice body kick from Rei.
Rei lands with a thumping leg kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Rei finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Rei tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Crawford paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rei connects with an inside leg kick.
Rei moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rei.
Rei throws a nice outside leg kick.
Rei fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

Rei gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Djoser Rei seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Rei misses with an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rei lands a nice elbow.
Rei lands an elbow inside that Crawford shrugs off.
Rei leaning his opponent against the cage.
Rei lands an elbow just above Crawford 's eye.
Rei misses with an elbow over the top.
Rei misses with a short punch on the inside.
Crawford taking a breather.
Rei lands a nice elbow.
Crawford tries a body shot but Rei blocks it.
Crawford blocks the elbow strike.
Crawford has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Crawford blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rei throws an elbow but misses.
Crawford takes an elbow to the temple.
Crawford avoids the elbow strike from Rei, against the cage.
Rei lands a damaging elbow.

Brian Crawford's cut is getting worse.
Crawford dodges an elbow strike from Rei.
Nice elbow from Rei.
Rei has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rei blocks an elbow strike.
The referee is keeping an eye on Crawford - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Rei pushes off an throws an elbow but Crawford leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rei throws an elbow but it misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Crawford goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rei throws an elbow but misses.
Rei gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rei misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brian Crawford has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rei lands a damaging elbow.
Crawford looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rei creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Crawford's defenses.
Crawford struggles to land a body shot inside as Rei controls his hands.
Rei lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Brian Crawford's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Rei blocks a body shot from Crawford.
Rei tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rei working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Crawford tries to stall but Rei uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Rei lands an elbow inside that Crawford shrugs off.
Rei lands a nice elbow.
Crawford is trying to stall.
Rei throws an elbow that misses.
Rei stalling in the clinch but Crawford improves position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rei lands a nice uppercut.

Jeez, Brian Crawford's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crawford is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Rei lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rei comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rei lands a nice elbow.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Djoser Rei!
An out of breath Djoser Rei thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.