PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eli Crowe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Bosh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crowe's entrance music is Angry Johnny & The Killbillies - Kill Again. A fine choice. 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!

Crowe
vs
Bosh

181 cm
25
215 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

194 cm
31
214 lbs
19 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

[JMFC] Arashi Fighting Nutrition
Conquer

Merciless Gladiators

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eli Crowe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chris Bosh!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crowe looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Crowe looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A lazy left from Crowe finds it's target.
Bosh checks the leg kick nicely there.
Bosh has a takedown stuffed.
Crowe drops his hands momentarily and Bosh takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Crowe throws a head kick that misses.
Crowe misses with a hook. Bosh ducked under it nicely.
Bosh keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Crowe throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bosh dodges the punch combination from Crowe.
Crowe throws a head kick that half lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bosh swings for the body but Crowe moves out of range.
Bosh checks a low kick from Crowe.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bosh. Crowe does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bosh checks the leg kick.
Bosh dips to his left and cracks Crowe with an uppercut!
Bosh moves out of range of the body kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Crowe, right into the meat.
Crowe slips a jab from Bosh.
Crowe misses with a kick to the body.
Bosh connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bosh misses the shot to the body.
Bosh throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Crowe counters with an outside leg kick.
Bosh takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crowe cracks Bosh with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Bosh is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Bosh closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bosh lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Crowe lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bosh's coach down at The Jungle Elite MMA was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Bosh's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Come on Crowe - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Bosh lands an uppercut.
Bosh is looking to take this one to the mat.
A body shot lands from Bosh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crowe comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bosh wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Crowe makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Crowe unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bosh takes an elbow to the temple.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Crowe softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bosh misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Bosh fails to land.
Bosh is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Crowe is defending well.
Eli Crowe has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chris Bosh.

Bosh escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Good exchange - Crowe coming out on top.
Crowe throws a hook but Bosh avoids it easily.

Bosh closes the distance and clinches.
Crowe keeps control of Bosh as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bosh is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Crowe pulls him back up using the underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bosh can't get the takedown.
Bosh misses with the head strike.
Crowe digs a right hand underneath Bosh's ribcage. Bosh let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Crowe missing with knees to the body.

Bosh tightens his grip and picks Crowe up, before dumping him to the ground. Crowe manages to land in guard.
Bosh trying to control but Crowe is working from the bottom.
Crowe is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Bosh trying to control but Crowe postures up.
Crowe wants to take a breather but Bosh is having none of it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Bosh looking for submissions off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bosh trying to control from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eli Crowe dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Crowe walks into a stiff left hand from Bosh.
Bosh fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Eli Crowe is winning the standup battle so far.
Bosh catches Crowe with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Crowe tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Crowe uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bosh.
Bosh has a takedown stuffed.
Crowe fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Crowe throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Chris Bosh is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bosh throws a good cross that connects.

Bosh instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crowe has Bosh pressed against the cage, preventing Bosh from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Crowe being controlled against the cage.
Crowe scores with a shoulder strike.
Bosh changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Crowe fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Eli Crowe has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chris Bosh.
Crowe moves away from the strike by Bosh.
A slapping leg kick lands for Crowe.
Crowe throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A nice inside leg kick there by Crowe. That's going to slow Bosh down.
Chris Bosh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bosh misses the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bosh throws a jab but it's blocked by Crowe.

Bosh closes the distance and clinches.
Bosh gets through Crowe's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bosh scores with a shoulder strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bosh misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bosh swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bosh lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bosh misses with a punch to the body.
Bosh wants to get back to striking at distance but Crowe won't allow it.
Crowe blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bosh blocks an elbow strike from Crowe.
Crowe unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bosh lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bosh takes an elbow to the temple.
Bosh tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bosh has a couple of punches blocked by Crowe.
Bosh tries to throw a body punch but Crowe avoids it by throwing Bosh back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crowe lands a nice knee to the body.
Bosh is breathing heavily.
Bosh prevents a body shot from Crowe.
Crowe lands an elbow inside.
Crowe tries to land knees in the clinch but Bosh avoids the damage to the body.
Bosh tries to work over Crowe's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Crowe scores with a shot to the side of Bosh's head.
Bosh swings wildly with an uppercut but Crowe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Crowe working Bosh over with knees to the body.
Bosh misses with a punch on the inside.
Bosh is leaning against Crowe and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bosh has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Crowe softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bosh's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Crowe lands a damaging elbow.
Crowe creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bosh scores with a shot to the side of Crowe's head.
Crowe lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crowe trying to land knees to the body.
Crowe is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Crowe obliges.
Bosh tries to circle away but Crowe has him pinned against the cage.
Crowe prevents a body shot from Bosh.
Bosh misses with the head strike.
Bosh has Crowe pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Crowe manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Bosh tries to stall but Crowe uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Crowe taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Crowe makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Crowe lands a shot to the body.
Eli Crowe has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Crowe lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bosh misses with a short punch on the inside.
Crowe using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bosh has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bosh blocks the elbow strike.
Bosh swings wildly with an uppercut but Crowe uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eli Crowe dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Crowe has managed to clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Crowe.
Bosh doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Crowe misses with a hook to the ribs.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Crowe is pressed up against the cage. Bosh has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Crowe down to the mat. Crowe avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Bosh cracks Crowe with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Crowe lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Crowe cracks a nice hook into Bosh's ribs.
Crowe tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Bosh is able to avoid easily.
Bosh takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Crowe chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Crowe lands a big head kick that sends Bosh tumbling to the mat! Crowe takes a step backwards and waves Bosh back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Bosh is rocked!

It looks like Chris Bosh has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Crowe clinches.
Still in the clinch, Crowe scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bosh is still on wobbly legs! Can Crowe finish him?
Crowe landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Crowe lands a big knee! That's hurt Bosh! Oh, he's all over the place! Crowe lands another knee that sends Bosh to the floor and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eli Crowe!
Eli Crowe took some time post fight to say the following; 'Take THAT, you stick figure!'.