PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between George Christ (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Crow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sam Crow acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Christ
vs
Crow

165 cm
27
139 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

170 cm
25
140 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

V-Mask Clothing + 70% laundry

KAISER

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, George Christ!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sam Crow!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Christ on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Crow swinging wildly here.
Crow misses with a series of wild punches.
Christ 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.
Christ dives in for a single leg takedown but Crow sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Crow gets underhooks to prevent Christ's takedown attempt.
Crow scores with a knee to the head.

Crow pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Christ closes the distance and clinches up with Crow, looking for a takedown. Christ pushes Crow against the cage but Crow circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for George Christ. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Christ fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Crow's jab looks to have found its range, popping Christ under the eye.

Crow gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crow misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Crow lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Christ has Crow pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Crow manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

Crow's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A nice combination there by Crow.
Crow works Christ's body with a nice hook.

Christ fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Crow sprawls well initially but Christ persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

Christ is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Crow defends it well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Christ keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Crow is defending against the submission attempts here by Christ.

Christ is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christ with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Crow really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Christ. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Christ is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Crow sees it coming and defends easily.
Christ performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

Christ is looking for a kimura here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Christ is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Christ passes the guard and advances to mount!

Christ has control of Crow's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Crow regains control of the situation pretty easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that George Christ will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Christ shoots in for a takedown but Crow shows good takedown defense.
Crow stuffs the takedown attempt from Christ. Christ gets slowly back to his feet.
Crow has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Christ fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Crow avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for George Christ. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Christ will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crow stuffs the takedown attempt from Christ. Christ gets slowly back to his feet.

Christ shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Christ drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Christ jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Christ prevents Crow from getting back to his feet.

Christ drops back looking for a leg! Crow is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Crow manages to kick Christ off! Christ jumps back into Crow's guard.
Christ sitting in guard, not really doing much.

Christ drops back looking for a leg! Crow is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Crow manages to kick Christ off! Christ jumps back into Crow's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Christ trying to control but Crow is working from the bottom.
Christ engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

Christ drops back looking for a leg! Crow is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Crow manages to kick Christ off! Christ jumps back into Crow's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christ trying to control the position from guard on top but Crow is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Crow can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Christ controls the pace.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Crow misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Christ shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Crow pinned against the cage. Crow gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Crow throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Christ shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Crow as he avoids it easily.
Crow stuffs the takedown attempt from Christ. Christ gets slowly back to his feet.

Christ drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Christ looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). George Christ!
A victorious George Christ thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.