PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eli Crowe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Timo Jutila (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crowe comes to the cage accompanied by Angry Johnny & The Killbillies - Kill Again. Jutila is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by The Final Countdown. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Crowe
vs
Jutila

181 cm
26
215 lbs
15 - 7 - 0

198 cm
30
220 lbs
17 - 14 - 0

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World class boxer
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Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

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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 15 - 7 - 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 17 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Timo Jutila!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Crowe, right into the meat.
Crowe looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Crowe fails to land with a series of punches.
Crowe connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Crowe throws a push kick but Jutila slaps the foot to one side.
Jutila moves out of range as Crowe strikes.
Crowe throws a leg kick
and Crowe takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Crowe closes the distance and clinches.
Jutila has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jutila wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jutila takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crowe misses with an elbow strike.
Jutila wants to get back to striking at distance but Crowe won't allow it.
Crowe blocking some punches.
Jutila wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jutila wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crowe lands an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Crowe.
A head punch on the inside from Crowe fails to land.
Jutila blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Crowe prevents Jutila from breaking the clinch.
Crowe misses with a knee strike.
Crowe misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jutila.
Crowe gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Timo Jutila has been cut.
Jutila lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Crowe lands a shoulder strike.
Jutila is trying to break the clinch but Crowe has him pressed against the cage.
Crowe gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Crowe just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jutila's brow.
Crowe softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jutila breaks from the clinch.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Jutila!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Crowe tries to score with a low kick but Jutila moves his leg out of the way.
Jutila blocks the body kick.
Crowe throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Jutila on the side of the head.
Jutila moves out of range as Crowe throws a body kick.
Crowe tries to clinch
and Jutila counters with a head kick. That will keep Crowe thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Jutila cracks Crowe with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Jutila blocks the body kick.
Jutila on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Sloppy strikes from Jutila. Those never looked like landing.
Crowe throws the kick towards the body but Jutila avoids it.
The fighters circling - Crowe throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Crowe blocks the body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jutila throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A telegraphed right hand from Jutila misses the target.
Crowe misses with an uppercut. Jutila saw that one coming.
Crowe looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Crowe drives through and clinches with Jutila against the cage.
Crowe makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jutila takes a shot to the head.
Jutila looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Crowe creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jutila's defenses.
Jutila is trying to break the clinch but Crowe has him pressed against the cage.
Jutila lands a hook that snaps the head of Crowe backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Crowe blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Crowe lands an elbow inside that Jutila shrugs off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crowe throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jutilas head.
Crowe swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jutila fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Crowe lands a damaging elbow.
Jutila wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jutila wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jutila wants to break the clinch but can't.
Crowe can't find room to land a body shot as Jutila controls the action.
Crowe misses with a knee to the head.

Jutila escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jutila misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Crowe dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jutila. That did some damage!
Jutila tries to bum rush Crowe with a series of wild strikes but Crowe uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Eli Crowe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jutila throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Crowe.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eli Crowe dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Timo Jutila's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

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

Jutila is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jutila moves out of range of the body kick from Crowe.
Jutila is still on wobbly legs! Can Crowe finish him?
No joy there for Jutila, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Crowe throws a body punch but Jutila moves out of range.
Jutila seems to have recovered his senses.
Jutila misses with a few strikes there.
Crowe lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Crowe throws a half hearted mid kick.
Crowe scores with a jab to the jaw.
Jutila pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Crowe dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jutila. That did some damage!
Crowe pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

Crowe cracks Jutila 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 Jutila to stand back up!
Crowe moves away from the strike by Jutila.
Crowe thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Jutila if he has to take too many more of those.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Crowe.
Jutila is breathing heavily.
Crowe fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jutila.

Crowe sends Jutila crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Crowe is motioning to the referee to let Jutila up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Crowe pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Jutila blocks the body kick.
Crunch! Crowe slams his shin into Jutila's torso.
Crowe connects with a leg kick. Jutila looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A good leg kick by Crowe.
Jutila steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Crowe. That one must have hurt.
Crowe keeps Jutila at a distance using the push kick.
Crowe thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Jutila if he has to take too many more of those.
Crowe scores with a spinning back kick!

Crowe cracks Jutila with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Jutila looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Crowe finish him?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters circling a little - Crowe finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Eli Crowe is winning the standup battle so far.

Jutila moves into the clinch successfully.
A short right from Crowe.
Eli Crowe has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Crowe lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jutila backwards.
Knees to the body from Crowe.
Jutila managing to block the knees to the body from Crowe.
Crowe lands a huge punch on the inside that knocks Jutila senseless! Wow, what a way to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). 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.