PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eli Crowe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fedor Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dos Santos has chosen One Man Army as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Crowe
vs
Dos Santos

181 cm
18
215 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

212 cm
22
212 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eli Crowe!
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, Fedor Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Steve Montenegro and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dos Santos throws the left hand but Crowe avoids the punch easily.

Crowe closes the distance and clinches.
Crowe scores a nice knee to the body.
Crowe gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Fedor Dos Santos has been cut.
Dos Santos is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Crowe gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Crowe crunches a lovely knee into Dos Santos's ribcage.
Crowe landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Crowe keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dos Santos's efforts to push away.
Dos Santos working hard to break the clinch.
Crowe keeps control of Dos Santos as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dos Santos jumps guard but Crowe stands there with Dos Santos around his waist. Dos Santos gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Dos Santos is trying to push Crowe away but Crowe has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Crowe stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Dos Santos looks gassed!
Crowe with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dos Santos letting Crowe take a breather here.
Crowe lands an elbow just above Dos Santos 's eye.

That has opened up Fedor Dos Santos's cut even more.
Crowe creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dos Santos's defenses.
Dos Santos is trying to push Crowe away but Crowe has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Crowe could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Crowe prevents a takedown attempt there.
Eli Crowe has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fedor Dos Santos.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crowe working Dos Santos over with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Crowe.
Crowe scores a nice knee to the body.
Dos Santos being controlled against the cage.
Crowe landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Crowe lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

The cut above Fedor Dos Santos's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crowe putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dos Santos in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Crowe obliges.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Crowe.
Crowe landing knees to the head.

Fedor Dos Santos's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Crowe landing knees to the body.
Dos Santos takes a knee to the side of the body.
Crowe creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dos Santos's defenses.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Eli Crowe!
Eli Crowe spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.