PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harlan Crowe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Corey Birthday (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crowe's entrance music is Sons of Perdition - Blood In The Valley. A fine choice. Birthday has chosen Happy Birthday Mr President as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Crowe
vs
Birthday

185 cm
25
288 lbs
14 - 3 - 0

170 cm
29
280 lbs
21 - 12 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Harlan Crowe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Corey Birthday!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crowe misses with a left hand
and Birthday counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

It looks like Harlan Crowe has been cut.
Crowe dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Birthday. That did some damage!
Crowe throws a nice outside leg kick.
Crowe looks to throw the jab but Birthday is out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice jab there from Birthday.
Birthday misses with a head kick.
Birthday uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Crowe.
Birthday misses with a body shot.
Crowe tries to land a front kick but Birthday steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A swing and a miss from Birthday.
Good shot there by Crowe.

It looks like Corey Birthday has been cut.
Birthday feints and then cracks Crowe's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Crowe down.
Birthday slips a jab and a cross from Crowe.
A chopping leg kick lands by Crowe.
We've been informed that Birthday has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Crowe throws a good cross that connects.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Crowe checks a leg kick.
Birthday misses with a left hand

and Crowe counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Crowe.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crowe wants to control from the top but Birthday keeps moving.
Birthday looking for a sweep. Not yet Birthday, not yet.
Birthday looking to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Crowe in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Birthday utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Birthday looking for a sweep. Not yet Birthday, not yet.
Birthday working a defensive guard here.
Crowe is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Birthday wants to sweep but no luck.
Crowe working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Birthday trying to keep a closed guard but Crowe is proving a slippery customer.
Crowe looking to sit in guard and control but Birthday gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crowe preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Birthday missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Birthday postures up.
Birthday looking to pass the guard.
Birthday looking to sit in guard and control but Crowe gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Birthday is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Birthday wants to control the position but Crowe says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Crowe lands with a punch from half guard.
Birthday moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Birthday bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Crowe's guard.
Crowe manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Birthday bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Crowe will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crowe is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Birthday controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Birthday looking to sit in guard and control but Crowe gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
We've been hearing that Crowe has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Birthday manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Crowe manages to get himself to full guard.
Birthday throwing strikes but missing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Birthday looking to sit in guard and control but Crowe gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harlan Crowe dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

A good leg kick by Birthday.
Crowe moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Crowe looks for the body kick but Birthday saw that one coming.
Birthday cracks Crowe with a right hand to the side of the head.
Birthday ducks right into an uppercut from Crowe.

That has opened up Corey Birthday's cut even more.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Crowe slips under a jab.
Crowe takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Harlan Crowe's cut is getting worse.
Birthday misses with a straight right.
Birthday tries to work over Crowe's front leg with a kick but Crowe checks it.
Birthday goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Crowe misses with a low kick.
Corey Birthday seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Crowe lands a big shot that drops Birthday! Can he finish him?

Birthday is rocked!
Crowe stands up over Birthday, holding on to his feet. Crowe throws the legs to one side and dives in with a huge shot that lands flush on the chin! Birthday is out cold! Crowe lands a couple more shots and the ref tackles him out of the way! What a brutal finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Harlan Crowe!
In his post fight interview, Harlan Crowe gave a big smile as he said 'Happy birthday, motherfucker.'.