PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between TJ Crawford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Rizal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crawford comes to the cage accompanied by The Cranberries - Zombie. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Crawford
vs
Rizal

179 cm
25
155 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

175 cm
26
145 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Very quick

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, TJ Crawford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jose Rizal!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crawford throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Crawford throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Rizal counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Crawford!
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Crawford is trying to stand up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rizal lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Rizal is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Crawford to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Crawford shrugs it off.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Crawford tries to buck Rizal off but Rizal takes his back!
Crawford knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Rizal on the ground.
Crawford is trying to stand back up.

Rizal is cranking Crawford's head sideways - that looks painful. He's managed to get his other arm under the chin and this looks bad for Crawford! He's tightened the choke and Crawford is tapping out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Jose Rizal!