PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stanton Crowe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abraham Safforn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crowe comes to the cage accompanied by The Builders & The Butchers - Bringing Home The Rain. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Crowe
vs
Safforn

175 cm
27
254 lbs
19 - 8 - 0

205 cm
27
279 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Hellbent

ONI
Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Stanton Crowe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Abraham Safforn!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Safforn throws a lazy uppercut

and Crowe counters with a shoot takedown. Safforn fights it but they end up in guard.
Safforn has momentary wrist control but Crowe slips an elbow through the middle.
Crowe has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Safforn keeping full guard, as Crowe tries to pass.
Safforn preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Crowe stopping the sweep attempt from Safforn.
Crowe tries to free his leg and advance position but Safforn is retaining full guard.
Crowe stopping the sweep attempt from Safforn.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Safforn wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Crowe is now in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Crowe missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crowe throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Crowe thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Crowe tries to pass the half guard into mount. Safforn knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Safforn keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The fighters are battling for position here. Safforn manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Safforn manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Safforn avoids the attempt from Crowe to control.
Crowe is looking to get to half guard.
Crowe takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Crowe wants to hold on but Safforn pushes him away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Crowe is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Safforn looking to ground and pound but Crowe is blocking nicely.
A nice elbow there by Safforn.

It looks like Stanton Crowe has been cut.
Safforn looking to ground and pound but Crowe is blocking nicely.
Safforn avoids the attempt from Crowe to control.
Crowe is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Crowe is trying desperately to improve position.
Crowe is working hard here to advance position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Safforn trying to control but Crowe is having none of it.
Safforn landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Safforn landing strikes from the mount.

Stanton Crowe's cut is getting worse.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Crowe is desperately trying to improve his position but Safforn has a good base and remains in mount.
Crowe tries to hold on but Safforn pushes him away.
Crowe working to try and regain half guard.
Safforn working the ground and pound effectively.

Stanton Crowe's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Stanton Crowe's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Abraham Safforn!
A very excited looking Abraham Safforn made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
In defeat, Stanton Crowe stepped up to the mic, saying 'Fucker done poked me in mah eye!'.