PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between TJ Crawford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tomek Maksymilian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crawford comes to the cage accompanied by John Legend - Who Do We Think We Are . Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Crawford
vs
Maksymilian

179 cm
30
155 lbs
13 - 13 - 0

170 cm
26
153 lbs
11 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 13 - 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 11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tomek Maksymilian!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maksymilian's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Maksymilian duly obliges.
Crawford is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Maksymilian lands a jab to Crawford's midsection.
Maksymilian scores with a nice strike.

Crawford gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Crawford using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Maksymilian has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Maksymilian wants to stall.

Maksymilian pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Crawford fails in his attempt to clinch.
Crawford tries to clinch but Maksymilian is having none of it.
Crawford lands a slapping body shot.
Maksymilian lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Maksymilian. Crawford does a little dance to reset his feet.
Crawford fails with an attempt to clinch.
Maksymilian misses with a wild body shot.
Crawford takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Crawford closes the distance looking to clinch
and Maksymilian counters with a two punch combo.

It looks like TJ Crawford has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crawford tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Crawford fails in his attempt to clinch.
Crawford looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Maksymilian looks to throw the jab but Crawford is out of range.
Maksymilian looks to throw the jab but Crawford is out of range.
Crawford uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Maksymilian.
TJ Crawford seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Crawford closes the distance and clinches.
Maksymilian stalling the fight.
Crawford tries to land a knee to the head but Maksymilian blocks with his arms.
Maksymilian lands a hook to the side of the head.
Maksymilian lands a shoulder strike.
Crawford landing knees to the head.
A hook to the body from Maksymilian.
Crawford keeps control of Maksymilian as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Maksymilian lands an uppercut.
Crawford tries to land a knee to the head but Maksymilian blocks with his arms.
Crawford using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Maksymilian has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Crawford has Maksymilian pressed against the cage, preventing Maksymilian from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Maksymilian works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Maksymilian is trying to force a seperation but Crawford has the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crawford throws a knee to the head but misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Maksymilian lands a left hand that snaps the head of Crawford backwards.
Maksymilian working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Maksymilian on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Maksymilian wants to get back to striking at distance but Crawford won't allow it.
Crawford with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Crawford looking to throw knees to the head but Maksymilian is blocking nicely.
Maksymilian is trying to break the clinch but Crawford has him pressed against the cage.
Crawford with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Crawford is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Maksymilian is defending well for now.
Crawford tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Crawford is breathing heavily.
A nice left hand lands by Maksymilian.
Maksymilian softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Crawford is rocked!
Maksymilian throws a big uppercut that drops Crawford! More strikes from Maksymilian and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Crawford lies dazed against the cage as Maksymilian celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tomek Maksymilian!
During a confident post fight interview, Tomek Maksymilian thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.