PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Harley Crowe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stojan Milanovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crowe's entrance music is The Dead Brothers - Old Pine Box. A fine choice. Milanovic has chosen Die for Metal as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Crowe
vs
Milanovic

179 cm
26
190 lbs
14 - 8 - 0

190 cm
26
192 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Harley Crowe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Stojan Milanovic!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The crowd cheers as Milanovic lands an impressive looking overhand right. Crowe doesn't seem phased though.
A slapping leg kick lands for Milanovic.
A swing and a miss from Crowe.
Crowe misses with a jab, cross combination.
Crowe has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.

Crowe scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Milanovic wants to get back to full guard.
Crowe seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Milanovic does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Crowe works his way into side control.
Crowe working the ground and pound but Milanovic is defending the strikes.
You can see the frustration on Milanovic's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Milanovic tries to buck Crowe off but Crowe is having none of it.

Crowe is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Milanovic looks calm but he's in trouble here. Crowe gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Milanovic is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Crowe lets go of the hold and Milanovic can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Harley Crowe!
In his post fight interview, Harley Crowe started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.