PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rodger Crowe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hall comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Shoot to thrill kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Rodger Crowe has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Crowe
vs
Hall

225 cm
32
280 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

174 cm
24
245 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rodger Crowe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brian Hall!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Micheangelo Fripello and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crowe misses with a straight right.

Hall clinches up against the cage.
Crowe lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Crowe breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Hall takes the fight into the clinch.
Crowe wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hall has him pressed against the cage.
Crowe blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Crowe breaks the clinch.
Hall wants to clinch
and Crowe counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Hall tries to close the distance and clinch up but Crowe swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hall tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Crowe paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hall tries to clinch up but Crowe circles away and keeps his distance.

Hall gets a clinch.

Crowe breaks from the clinch.

Hall rushes Crowe and presses him up against the cage.
Hall throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Crowe blocks it with crossed arms.
A short uppercut from Hall.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Crowe pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hall tries to clinch there but Crowe circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall lands a jab to the head.
Hall tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Crowe has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Hilo Training Center in the buildup to the fight.
Crowe misses with a straight right.
Crowe keeps the fight on the outside.

Hall gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hall.
A short left from Hall.
Hall softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hall misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hall.
Crowe blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Crowe really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Crowe is trying to push Hall away but Hall has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Hall misses with a knee to the head.
Hall misses with a punch on the inside.
Hall keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Crowe's efforts to push away.
A short right from Hall on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on Crowe's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Crowe takes a shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hall lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hall blocking some punches.
Crowe lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hall with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Crowe is looking to break free of the clinch but Hall has double underhooks.

Crowe escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hall takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sloppy strikes from Crowe. Those never looked like landing.
A big left from Crowe misses.
Hall fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hall wants to clinch up but Crowe keeps it at a distance.
Hall tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Crowe swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hall wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hall closes the distance but Crowe moves to the side
and Hall takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hall tries to clinch but Crowe moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hall tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hall bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hall tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hall moves in looking to clinch but Crowe pushes him off.
Crowe takes a swing at Hall's ribcage but misses.
Hall fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hall tries to close the distance and clinch up but Crowe swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Hall gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Crowe wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Crowe can't find room to land a body shot as Hall controls the action.
Hall prevents a body shot from Crowe.
Hall misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hall lands a right hand that snaps the head of Crowe backwards.

Hall pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hall tries to clinch but Crowe is having none of it.

Hall closes the distance and clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hall swings wildly with an uppercut but Crowe uses good head movement to avoid it.

Hall manages to break the clinch.
Hall tries to clinch
and Crowe counters with a nice uppercut.
The fighters circling - Crowe throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hall clobbers Crowe with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hall fails in his attempt to clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hall misses with some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Crowe.
Hall working aggressively here.
Crowe misses with the head strike.
Hall has Crowe pressed against the cage, preventing Crowe from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hall is working Crowe over against the cage.
Crowe has had enough of the clinch but Hall keeps him there for the moment.

Crowe pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hall tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Crowe manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Brian Hall will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Hall looks to clinch
and Crowe counters with a stiff right hand.
Crowe misses the jab.
Hall moves in looking to clinch but Crowe pushes him off.
Crowe misses with a series of wild punches.
Hall is looking to clinch but Crowe is avoiding it.
Hall darts in trying to clinch
and Crowe counters with a left right combination that sends Hall crashing to the mat - Crowe wastes no time in diving on top of him and pounding Hall out for a TKO! Devastating finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rodger Crowe!