PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Harry Crosby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jaromir Jag (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Crosby
vs
Jag

173 cm
22
138 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

165 cm
19
130 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Harry Crosby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jaromir Jag!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Sergei Dronov and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crosby changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Jag tries to avoid it but Crosby manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Jag to the ground. Jag escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Crosby pushes Jag up against the ropes in a clinch.
Jag lands a nice knee to the body.
Crosby wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Still in the clinch, Crosby scores with a nice short uppercut.

Crosby lands a takedown into guard.
Crosby controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Jag utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jag has a closed guard, preventing Crosby from standing up.
Jag wants to sweep here but Crosby controlling him for the moment.

Jag is edging up against the ropes. He's using the ropes to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Jag's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Crosby successfully pulls guard.
Crosby has a closed guard, preventing Jag from standing up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jag wants to control from the top but Crosby keeps moving.
Crosby knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jag on the ground.
Crosby trying to control the position.
Jag working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Jag throwing strikes but missing.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Crosby tries to bum rush Jag with a series of wild strikes but Jag uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Crosby moves into the clinch.

Crosby gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Jag regains guard.

Crosby drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Crosby jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Crosby is breathing heavily.
Jag is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jag pushes Crosby off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Jag connects with a high kick.
Jag tries to clinch
and Crosby counters with a left and a right that stings Jag.
Jag shoots in for a takedown but Crosby shows good takedown defense.
Crosby keeps the fight on the outside.
Crosby avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jag scores with a head kick.
Crosby throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jag wants to clinch but Crosby slips to the side

and Crosby counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Crosby.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crosby is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Crosby wants to get up but he can't break Jag's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Crosby connects with a couple of short punches.

Jag is working an open guard so Crosby takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jag walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

Jag is rocked!
Crosby cracks Jag with a left hook right on the temple and Jag goes down! He's out! Referee! Stop the fight! Crosby lands a few more punches before the dopey ref steps in - hopefully Jag is OK!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Harry Crosby!