PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Skinner Crowe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lil Stump (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lil Stump has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Crowe
vs
Stump

162 cm
18
151 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

164 cm
18
157 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Intelligent

BJJ Brown Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Skinner Crowe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lil Stump!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Chad Campbell and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stump loads up on a big right hand but Crowe slips the punch.
Stump misses with a head kick.

Stump closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Crowe'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.
Nice body punch from Crowe - that landed with a thud.
Crowe creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Stump's defenses.
Stump is trying to force a seperation but Crowe has the dominant position.
Crowe lands a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crowe missing with knees to the body.
Crowe scores with a hook to the body.
Crowe could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Stump takes a knee to the side of the body.
Crowe'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.
Crowe putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Stump in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Crowe unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stump lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Crowe utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stump has had enough of the clinch but Crowe keeps him there for the moment.
Crowe unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stump lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees in the clinch landing for Crowe.
Crowe is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Stump is defending well for now.
Crowe lands an elbow just above Stump 's eye.

It looks like Lil Stump has been cut.
Stump letting Crowe take a breather here.
Crowe putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Stump in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crowe scores a nice knee to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Crowe.
Stump wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Stump tries to break free but Crowe pushes him back against the cage.
Knees to the body from Crowe.
Crowe landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nice elbow from Crowe.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crowe slows down the pace here.
Crowe putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Stump in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Crowe utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Crowe using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Crowe misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Stump.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Skinner Crowe dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lil Stump's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Crowe scoring well with a low kick there.
Stump tries to score with a low kick but Crowe moves his leg out of the way.
Crowe throws a chopping leg kick but Stump manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Crowe looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Crowe has closed the distance and engaged Stump in a clinch.
Stump takes a knee to the side of the body.
Stump is trying to break the clinch but Crowe is controlling him.
A right hand to the body from Crowe.
Crowe working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Stump working hard to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crowe lands a damaging elbow.
Crowe unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Crowe putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Stump in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Crowe lands a body shot in the clinch.
Crowe unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stump lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A knee to the head by Crowe.
Knees to the body from Crowe.
Crowe lands a good knee to the midsection. Stump won't want to take too many of those.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crowe has Stump pressed against the cage.
Crowe lands a nice knee to the body.
Crowe lands a nice elbow.
Stump letting Crowe take a breather here.
Crowe lands a nice knee to the body.
Stump is trying to force a seperation but Crowe has the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stump wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Crowe has Stump pressed against the cage, preventing Stump from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Crowe using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Crowe scores a nice knee to the body.
Crowe putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Stump in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Crowe crunches a lovely knee into Stump's ribcage.
Stump takes an elbow to the forehead.
Crowe misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Stump.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crowe missing with knees to the body.
Crowe lands a good knee to the midsection. Stump won't want to take too many of those.
Crowe lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Crowe.
Crowe using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Crowe.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Crowe lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Stump or not.
Crowe stalling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Skinner Crowe dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Lil Stump's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Stump throws a leg kick but Crowe sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Crowe checks a leg kick nicely.
Stump misses with a low kick as Crowe jumps back.
Stump connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Crowe.

Crowe instigates a clinch.
Nice elbow from Crowe.
Nice elbow from Crowe.
A right hand to the body from Crowe.
Crowe utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crowe landing knees to the body.
Crowe lands an elbow inside.
Crowe creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Stump's defenses.
Stump wants to break the clinch but can't.
Crowe scores a nice knee to the body.
Crowe is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Stump is defending well for now.
Crowe connects with a nasty looking knee right to Stump's face.
Lil Stump has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stump managing to block the knees to the body from Crowe.
Stump is looking to break free of the clinch but Crowe has double underhooks.
Crowe lands an elbow that stopped Stump in his tracks for a moment.
Crowe gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Crowe landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Good body shot from Crowe.
Crowe is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Stump can do to turn this around?
Crowe lands a body shot.
Knees to the body from Crowe.
Crowe lands a nice knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crowe presses Stump against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Crowe unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stump lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A right hook to the body lands for Crowe.
Crowe avoiding damage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Crowe.
Crowe displaying some good clinch control by pressing Stump up against the cage.
Crowe with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crowe utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Crowe comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Skinner Crowe is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Stump wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Crowe has him pressed against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Crowe utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Crowe obliges.

And that's the end of the fight!
Skinner Crowe showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Crowe has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Skinner Crowe!
After the fight, Skinner Crowe was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.