PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eli Crowe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vitali Kersikov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crowe comes to the cage accompanied by Angry Johnny & The Killbillies - Kill Again. Kersikov is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Dj Nosferatu - When Angels Cry. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Crowe
vs
Kersikov

181 cm
26
215 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

189 cm
26
209 lbs
10 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

[JMFC] Arashi Fighting Nutrition

Conquer

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 14 - 6 - 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 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vitali Kersikov!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kersikov looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Crowe lands a lovely overhand right.

It looks like Vitali Kersikov has been cut.
Crowe fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Kersikov takes one to the chin there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kersikov thows a body shot but no joy.
Kersikov has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.

Crowe pushes Kersikov up against the cage in a clinch.
Kersikov presses Crowe against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Kersikov has a couple of punches blocked by Crowe.
Kersikov tries a body shot but Crowe blocks it.
Kersikov stalling in the clinch but Crowe improves position.
Crowe putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kersikov in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Crowe prevents a body shot from Kersikov.
Crowe blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kersikov avoiding damage as Crowe throws knees to the body.
Kersikov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kersikov throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Crowes head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crowe blocks an uppercut.
Crowe working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Crowe is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Our sources have told us that Crowe has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
A short right from Kersikov on the inside.
Kersikov working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Crowe prevents a body shot from Kersikov.
Kersikov misses with a body punch.
Kersikov throws a head punch that misses.
Kersikov taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

Kersikov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kersikov connects with a good right hand that stumbles Crowe. Crowe circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Crowe misses with a kick to the body.
Kersikov throws a good cross that connects.
Kersikov takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kersikov connects with an inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kersikov misses with a kick to the body.
Kersikov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Crowe swings widly with a right hand
and Kersikov counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Kersikov throws a wild body kick that Crowe sees coming a mile off.
Nice jab there from Kersikov.
Crowe throws a poor cross that misses
and Kersikov counters with a body kick that stops Crowe in his tracks momentarily.
Crowe stuns Kersikov with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Crowe lands a nice shot to the body.
Crowe throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Crowe waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kersikov.
Crowe wants to clinch.
Crowe throws a leg kick
and Kersikov counters with a right hand to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kersikov misses with a shot to the body

and Crowe counters by clinching up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Crowe.
Kersikov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Crowe works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kersikov tries to work over Crowe's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Crowe tries to work over Kersikov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kersikov misses with some punches.
Kersikov avoiding damage.
A nice left hand lands by Kersikov.
Kersikov wants to stall.
Kersikov slows down the pace here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kersikov has a couple of punches blocked by Crowe.
Crowe lands a knee to the head.
Kersikov gets through Crowe's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Crowe tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kersikov's elbow.
A short left from Kersikov.
Crowe lands an uppercut.
Kersikov taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Crowe goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kersikov is looking to control Crowe's arms but Crowe gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kersikov has his back to the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Kersikov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Crowe looks for the body kick but Kersikov saw that one coming.
Crowe tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kersikov manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Crowe doesn't manage to clinch there - Kersikov circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Eli Crowe will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Vitali Kersikov's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Crowe takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Kersikov misses with a looping left.
Crowe throws a leg kick that is checked

and Kersikov counters with a crisp one two that drops Crowe! Kersikov thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Crowe to his feet! Crowe is in big trouble!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kersikov ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kersikov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Crowe.
Kersikov on the wrong end of a kick to the body.

Crowe instigates a clinch.
Kersikov trying to stall but Crowe improves his position.
Kersikov misses with the head strike.
Crowe misses with a punch on the inside.
Kersikov has a couple of punches blocked by Crowe.
Kersikov lands a good knee to the midsection. Crowe won't want to take too many of those.
Kersikov tries to land knees in the clinch but Crowe avoids the damage to the body.
Kersikov lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kersikov has Crowe pressed against the cage.

Kersikov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kersikov takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Crowe scoring well with a low kick there.
Kersikov thuds his shin into the meat of Crowe's side.
Kersikov walks into a left hand.
Kersikov loads up on a big right hand but Crowe slips the punch.
Crowe throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A leg kick checked by Kersikov.
Crowe is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kersikov.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Crowe fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crowe misses with a looping right.
Crowe walks into a left hand.
Crowe moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Kersikov throws a series of punches but Crowe moves out of range.
Crowe connects with a jab.
Crowe lands with a nice body kick.
Kersikov is breathing heavily.
A lazy left from Crowe finds it's target.
Crowe waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kersikov.
Crowe moves in looking to clinch but Kersikov pushes him off.
Crowe scores with a push kick.
Crowe is looking to land body kicks.
Kersikov motions for Crowe to come forward. Kersikov throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Eli Crowe is winning the standup battle so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crowe connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Crowe misses with a body kick.
Kersikov's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Crowe connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Kersikov scrambles back to his feet.
Crowe scores with a jab to the body.
Crowe lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crowe throws a hook but Kersikov blocks it.
Crowe swings for the body but Kersikov moves out of range.
Crowe scores with a shot to the body.
Kersikov takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Crowe misses with a looping right.
Kersikov blocks the body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crowe pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kersikov moves forwards but Crowe connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Crowe lands a nice looking body shot.
Kersikov misses with a looping left.
Crowe digs a good body shot into Kersikov's ribs.
Kersikov avoids the body shot from Crowe.
Kersikov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Crowe misses with a body shot.
A jab from Crowe misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Crowe misses with a lunging right hand
and Kersikov counters with a nice leg kick.
Kersikov ducks right into an uppercut from Crowe.
Crowe listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eli Crowe dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Vitali Kersikov's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

A lazy body kick from Crowe
and Kersikov counters with a low kick, right behind Crowe 's knee.
Crowe feints and then cracks Kersikov's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kersikov down.
Crowe lands with a thumping leg kick.
Crowe looks for the body kick but Kersikov saw that one coming.
Kersikov misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Crowe swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Crowe tries to close the distance and clinch but Kersikov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kersikov cracks Crowe with a good jab.
Eli Crowe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kersikov on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kersikov throws a nice outside leg kick.
Crowe lunges at Kersikov with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kersikov's hand.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Crowe, right into the meat.
Kersikov takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crowe ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kersikov moves away.
Kersikov checks a low kick from Crowe.
Kersikov gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Crowe scores with a kick to the body.
Kersikov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Crowe.
Kersikov takes a shot right to the bread basket.

Crowe feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Kersikov sprawling to the canvas! Kersikov rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Crowe finish him?!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crowe lands with a thumping leg kick.

Crowe cracks Kersikov with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Crowe has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Kersikov to stand back up!

Kersikov is rocked!

That has opened up Vitali Kersikov's cut even more.
Kersikov takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Kersikov is still on wobbly legs! Can Crowe finish him?
Crowe throws an overhand right that drops Kersikov like a sack of potatoes! Crowe dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eli Crowe!
In his post fight interview, Eli Crowe started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.