PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stanton Crowe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pablo Santucho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crowe comes to the cage accompanied by The Builders & The Butchers - Bringing Home The Rain. Stanton Crowe could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Pablo Santucho's chin.

Crowe
vs
Santucho

175 cm
23
273 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

195 cm
31
253 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

[JMFC] Arashi Fighting Nutrition
Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Stanton Crowe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pablo Santucho!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santucho misses with a body shot.
Crowe avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Crowe moves out of range of the body kick.
Santucho is looking to chop away at Crowe's legs.

Crowe gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Santucho stays in close to Crowe's body and controls the position.
Santucho trying to control the position from guard on top but Crowe is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Crowe tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Crowe bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Santucho's guard.
Santucho keeping moving, preventing Crowe from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crowe in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Crowe won't allow Santucho to sweep him here.
Crowe landing some decent shots from guard.
Crowe won't allow Santucho to sweep him here.
Crowe trying to control the position from guard on top but Santucho is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Crowe advances to half guard.
Santucho really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Crowe. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Crowe takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Crowe landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Crowe connects with a nice short shot to Santucho's temple.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Crowe throwing shots but Santucho is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santucho is looking to improve his position.

Crowe is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Santucho has managed to free his arm - good work.
Crowe wants to lay and pray for a moment but Santucho keeps working.
Santucho trying to control from the bottom.
Crowe slips a nice elbow through Santucho's hands, connecting with Santucho's forehead.
Crowe has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Crowe passes to side control.
Crowe cracks Santucho with a big right hand but Santucho just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santucho takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Crowe works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

Santucho is rocked!

It looks like Pablo Santucho has been cut.
Crowe lands a big elbow and you can see that really hurt Santucho! Crowe senses the opportunity and scores with more strikes - he's put Santucho out! The ref tackles him out of the way to prevent him landing more strikes - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Stanton Crowe!
In his post fight interview, Stanton Crowe started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.