PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michael Clark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eli Crowe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eli Crowe is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Clark
vs
Crowe

200 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

181 cm
18
215 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Michael Clark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eli Crowe!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Eddie Farnsworth and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crowe misses with a low kick.

Crowe clinches up with Clark and pushes him back against the cage.
Crowe lands a nice knee to the body.
Crowe unloads a knee to the mid-section. Clark lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Crowe landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Clark tries to score a body lock takedown but Crowe shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Clark is breathing heavily.
Clark changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Crowe fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Clark has Crowe up against the cage in a clinch.
Crowe lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Michael Clark has been cut.
The referee is keeping an eye on Crowe - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Crowe scores a nice knee to the body.
Crowe lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crowe putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Clark in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Crowe landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Crowe lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Crowe gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Michael Clark's cut is getting worse.
Crowe landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Clark takes an elbow to the temple.
Crowe lands an elbow inside that Clark shrugs off.

Michael Clark's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Crowe avoiding damage.
Crowe lands a damaging elbow.

Jeez, Michael Clark's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Crowe lands an elbow inside that Clark shrugs off.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Eli Crowe!
Eli Crowe decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.