PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Archie Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Buff Crow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nelson's entrance music is I Have a Dream. A fine choice. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Nelson
vs
Crow

170 cm
26
171 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

179 cm
23
169 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite 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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Archie Nelson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Buff Crow!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Michael Johnstone and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Nelson throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Crow was covering up waiting for the punch and Nelson finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Nelson is pushing down on Crow's leg trying to pass to half guard. Crow is fighting to maintain full guard but Nelson has managed to sneak the leg through.

Nelson is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Crow doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Nelson.
Nelson is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Crow!
Nelson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Nelson lands a nice shot to the head.

Nelson with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

Crow defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Nelson.

Nelson looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crow tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Nelson is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Crow can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Crow is trying to escape the mount.
Nelson 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.

Nelson with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Nelson is trying to take his opponent's back.
Crow wants to hold on but Nelson pushes him away.

Nelson swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Crow is now in Nelson's guard. A big mistake from Nelson there, giving up the dominant position!
Nelson is trying to keep Crow in close.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crow trying to control the position from guard on top but Nelson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Nelson is on top in guard.

Nelson sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Crow's guard.
Nelson tries to pass the half guard into mount. Crow knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Nelson is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Crow is defending against the submission attempts here by Nelson.
Nelson definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Nelson is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Nelson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Crow really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Nelson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Nelson is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Crow!

Nelson working for a guillotine from mount but Crow is in no mood to give up.
Crow tries to reverse the position but Nelson maintains control.
Nelson with a couple of short strikes.
Nelson scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Nelson is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Crow can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Crow reaches up to try and control the position but Nelson seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Crow rolls and tries to escape and now Nelson has his back!
Nelson lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Nelson.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Nelson has the hooks in and he's looking for a rear naked choke here. Crow is defending well but eventually Nelson manages to get an arm under the chin and he's locked on the RNC! Crow has no choice but to tap now! He does! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Archie Nelson!
Archie Nelson took some time post fight to say the following; 'looking forward to new mech partner once I leave this island'.