PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jack Rackham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harley Crowe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Crowe's choice of entrance music: The Dead Brothers - Old Pine Box. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rackham
vs
Crowe

182 cm
22
193 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

179 cm
23
197 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Takeover

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jack Rackham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Harley Crowe!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crowe misses with a wild body shot.
Crowe fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Rackham has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Rackham throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rackham takes a shot to the head.
Rackham struggles to land a body shot inside as Crowe controls his hands.
Rackham lands an elbow that stopped Crowe in his tracks for a moment.
Rackham connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Harley Crowe has been cut.
Rackham with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Rackham.
Crowe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rackham blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rackham blocks the elbow strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rackham with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rackham.
Rackham stalling against the cage.
Crowe has a couple of punches blocked by Rackham.
Rackham lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rackham lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Rackham.
Crowe trying to land knees to the body.
Rackham throws a head punch that misses.
Rackham misses with a body punch.
Crowe lands a hook that snaps the head of Rackham backwards.
Rackham swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rackham scores with a shot to the side of Crowe's head.
Rackham blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rackham lands an elbow inside that Crowe shrugs off.
Rackham pushes off an throws an elbow but Crowe leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rackham misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Crowe.
Rackham throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Crowe tries to work over Rackham's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Crowe on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short left from Crowe.
Rackham scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crowe misses with a punch on the inside.
Rackham tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Crowe avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rackham crunches a lovely knee into Crowe's ribcage.
Rackham dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Crowe misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rackham misses with a knee strike.
Crowe working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Crowe misses with a hook from the clinch.
Crowe goes for a takedown in the clinch but Rackham prevents it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Crowe.
Rackham is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Crowe is defending well for now.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Crowe as Rackham tries to tie him up.
Rackham tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Crowe takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rackham connects with a knee to the head.
Crowe misses with an elbow strike.
Crowe lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Rackham.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rackham gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That has opened up Harley Crowe's cut even more.
Rackham trying to land knees to the body.

Crowe gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Crowe controlling the action here.
Crowe thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Rackham's head.
Crowe lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Crowe seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Rackham is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Harley Crowe!
An intense looking Harley Crowe took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'Oh, my God! I killed Kenny! I'm a bastard!'.