PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Chanda Armstrong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve The Crow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chanda Armstrong looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Armstrong
vs
The Crow

170 cm
19
130 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

170 cm
23
135 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Chanda Armstrong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Steve The Crow!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Felipe Paraventi and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Crow looks to land a combination but Armstrong avoids it well.
Armstrong looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
The Crow lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Armstrong circles away quickly and effectively.
Steve The Crow seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Crow misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The Crow misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The Crow misses with a few strikes there.
No joy there for The Crow, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The Crow throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Armstrong dodges the punch combination from The Crow.
The Crow lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Armstrong circles away quickly and effectively.
The Crow misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The Crow misses with a few strikes there.
The Crow throws a left and a right that both miss

and Armstrong moves into the clinch.
The Crow wants to break the clinch but can't.
The Crow wants to get back to striking at distance but Armstrong won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Armstrong tries to circle away but The Crow has him pinned against the cage.
The Crow prevents Armstrong from breaking the clinch.
The Crow working hard to break the clinch.
Armstrong is trying to push The Crow away but The Crow has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Armstrong pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The Crow wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Armstrong prevents The Crow from breaking the clinch.
Armstrong is working for takedown but The Crow is calmly controlling the position for now.
The Crow looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Armstrong wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Armstrong has The Crow pressed against the cage, preventing The Crow from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

The Crow escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from The Crow.
The Crow rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Armstrong moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The Crow misses with a series of wild punches.
Armstrong showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from The Crow.
The Crow misses with a jab, cross combination.
Armstrong dodges the punch combination from The Crow.
No joy there for The Crow, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The Crow rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Armstrong moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from The Crow. Those never looked like landing.
The Crow misses with a wild combination.
The Crow throws a series of punches but Armstrong avoids them all with ease.
The Crow misses with a double jab.
The Crow swinging wildly here.
A right-left combo lands from The Crow.
A combination from The Crow does no damage.
The Crow throws a left and a right that both miss
and Armstrong counters with a series of strikes. The Crow will be more careful next time no doubt.
Armstrong dodges the punch combination from The Crow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Crow will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The Crow throws a combination that misses
and Armstrong counters with a big head kick but The Crow shrugs it off.
The Crow throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The Crow looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The Crow swinging wildly here.
The Crow will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The Crow scores with a three punch combo!
The Crow misses with a few strikes there.
The Crow looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve The Crow dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

The Crow lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Armstrong circles away quickly and effectively.
The Crow throws a nice looking combination but Armstrong bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
No joy there for The Crow, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A punch combination from The Crow misses.
The Crow looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The Crow throws a right hand that Armstrong ducks under and follows up with a left that Armstrong also avoids with ease.
The Crow misses with a few strikes there.
The Crow throws a right and a left that both miss.
The Crow throws a series of punches but Armstrong avoids them all with ease.
The Crow misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Armstrong swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The Crow swinging wildly here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Crow looks to land a combination. Armstrong sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The Crow will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The Crow throws a nice looking combination but Armstrong bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Armstrong rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but The Crow moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The Crow will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The Crow throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Armstrong.
The Crow throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Armstrong.
The Crow misses with a wild combination.
The Crow throws a right and a left that Armstrong avoids nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Crow throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Armstrong counter with a right hand.
The Crow throws a left and a right that both miss
and Armstrong counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Armstrong throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A combination from The Crow does no damage.
The Crow looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sloppy strikes from The Crow. Those never looked like landing.
The Crow looks to land a combination but Armstrong avoids it well.
The Crow throws a combination. Armstrong tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
The Crow throws a right and a left that Armstrong avoids nicely.
Armstrong slips a jab and a cross from The Crow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Crow lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Armstrong circles away quickly and effectively.
Some wild striking there from The Crow.
The Crow throws a series of punches but Armstrong avoids them all with ease.
Armstrong slips a jab and a cross from The Crow.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by The Crow!
The Crow lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Armstrong circles away quickly and effectively.
The Crow fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A combination from The Crow does no damage.
The Crow looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The Crow misses with a series of wild punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Crow throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Armstrong counters with a straight right hand.
The Crow misses with a two punch combination.
The Crow lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Armstrong circles away quickly and effectively.
The Crow swinging wildly here.
Armstrong throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The Crow throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The Crow throws a left and a right that both miss
and Armstrong counters with an inside leg kick.
A combination from The Crow does no damage.
Armstrong throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The Crow lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Armstrong circles away quickly and effectively.
The Crow throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Armstrong.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve The Crow showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

The Crow tries to bum rush Armstrong with a series of wild strikes but Armstrong uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The Crow throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Steve The Crow seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The Crow misses with a few strikes there.
The Crow throws a series of punches but Armstrong moves out of range.
The Crow looks to land a combination but Armstrong avoids it well.
The Crow lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Armstrong circles away quickly and effectively.
Armstrong scores with a jab to the head.
The Crow throws a right and a left that both miss.
The Crow misses with a jab, cross combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Armstrong slips a jab and a cross from The Crow.
Armstrong showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from The Crow.
The Crow throws a right and a left that Armstrong avoids nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Crow misses with a two punch combination.
The Crow throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Armstrong scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
The Crow fails to land with a series of punches.
The Crow misses with a wild combination.
Armstrong throws a right and a left that both miss.
The Crow misses with a series of wild punches.
The Crow throws a combination that misses
and Armstrong counters with a head kick.
The Crow will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Crow misses with a double jab.
Armstrong doesn't manage to clinch there - The Crow circles away.
The Crow misses with a double jab.
The Crow throws a series of punches but Armstrong avoids them all with ease.
The Crow throws a right and a left that both miss.
Armstrong showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from The Crow.
The Crow lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Armstrong circles away quickly and effectively.
The Crow lands a two punch combo.
The Crow fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The Crow throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from The Crow. Those never looked like landing.
Armstrong avoids a punch combination nicely.
Armstrong dodges the punch combination from The Crow.
The Crow misses with a series of wild punches.
The Crow throws a right hand that Armstrong ducks under and follows up with a left that Armstrong also avoids with ease.
Steve The Crow is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The Crow misses with a wild combination.
The Crow throws a left and a right that both miss
and Armstrong counters with a series of strikes. The Crow will be more careful next time no doubt.
The Crow takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Crow throws a series of punches but Armstrong moves out of range.
Chanda Armstrong has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The Crow swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Armstrong counters with a head kick.
Armstrong swinging wildly here.
The Crow throws a nice looking combination but Armstrong bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The Crow fails to land with a series of punches.
The Crow misses with a jab, cross combination.
The Crow misses with a jab, cross combination.
Some wild striking there from Armstrong.
The Crow misses with the combination.

And that's the end of the fight!
Steve The Crow comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well The Crow has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 27:30
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steve The Crow!