PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Danny Crawford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Igual Kikongo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Crawford
vs
Kikongo

180 cm
18
169 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

176 cm
18
174 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Danny Crawford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Igual Kikongo!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Atkins and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kikongo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kikongo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Crawford lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Kikongo throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Kikongo misses with an uppercut

and Crawford counters with a takedown into side control.
Crawford definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Crawford throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Kikongo is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Crawford is controlling him well.
Crawford fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Crawford is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Kikongo will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Crawford in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Crawford misses with the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Crawford lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Crawford landing strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.
Crawford postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Crawford throws an elbow but Kikongo slips to the side and avoids it well.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Crawford misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Crawford throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Crawford works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
You can see the frustration on Kikongo's face as Crawford controls the position.
Crawford has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Crawford tries to advance to mount but Kikongo denies him.
Crawford 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crawford throws a strike aimed at the side of Kikongo's head but Kikongo avoids it well.
Crawford in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Crawford cracks Kikongo with a big elbow.
A lull in the action here.
Kikongo takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crawford throws an elbow but Kikongo slips to the side and avoids it well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Crawford moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Crawford misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Crawford controlling the position from side mount.
Crawford throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Crawford misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Crawford postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Crawford working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Crawford looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Kikongo is avoiding damage well.
An elbow from Crawford crashes against the mat.
Crawford is chipping away with strikes.
Crawford lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Kikongo down.
Kikongo parries the strikes from Crawford easily there. Crawford is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Kikongo to escape.
Kikongo avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Crawford.
Crawford slows the pace down.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kikongo is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Crawford dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Crawford jabs at Kikongo's body.
Kikongo walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Crawford throws an overhand right that lands on Kikongo's shoulder, as Kikongo tries to avoid the shot.
A big right from Crawford misses.
Crawford is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Kikongo on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Kikongo throws a head kick but Crawford moves out of range.
Igual Kikongo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Crawford jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A jab lands there for Crawford.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crawford jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A head kick misses from Kikongo.
Kikongo sizes up Crawford with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

It looks like Danny Crawford has been cut.
Crawford tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Kikongo.
Crawford wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kikongo looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Kikongo.
No joy there for Kikongo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Crawford throws a poor cross that misses
and Kikongo finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Crawford swings widly with a right hand
and Kikongo counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Kikongo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kikongo avoids the body shot from Crawford.
Nice jab there from Kikongo.

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

Crawford is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Crawford loads up on a big right hand but Kikongo slips the punch.
Oh Crawford is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Crawford avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kikongo throws a powerful right kick. Crawford tried to block low but the kick was high! Crawford was taken right off of his feet! Kikongo jumps in to finish the job and the ref tackles him! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Igual Kikongo!