PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Benjamin St Andre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Crillo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think St Andre might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to When the Saints Go Marching In. Crillo is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Wiz Khalifa - Black And Yellow. The key to victory for Benjamin St Andre has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

St Andre
vs
Crillo

176 cm
30
150 lbs
24 - 7 - 0

172 cm
26
159 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Alpha-Male Nutritional Supplements (q160)
KAISER

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Benjamin St Andre!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Frank Crillo!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Tarja Halkonen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Andre wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
No luck for Crillo with that takedown attempt.
St Andre misses with a body kick.
St Andre stuffs the takedown.
We've been told by St Andre's head coaches at *Nelson Fight Camp* 17 coaches that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
St Andre lands a really nice looking cross but Crillo seems unphased.
Crillo moves out of range of the strikes.

Crillo scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Crillo throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Crillo missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Crillo lands a nice short elbow.
St Andre has hold of Crillo's hands but Crillo slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
St Andre tries to roll over but Crillo keeps him under control.
St Andre is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Crillo's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Crillo's back!
Crillo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Crillo is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.

Crillo is looking to escape here. Oh dear - St Andre has locked on a rear naked choke here! Crillo is tapping out! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Benjamin St Andre!
Benjamin St Andre retains his featherweight title!
After winning the bout, Benjamin St Andre thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.