PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Monty Ali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeremy Crusher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crusher has chosen Around The Fur by Deftones as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Ali
vs
Crusher

188 cm
28
200 lbs
12 - 14 - 0

185 cm
29
197 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Monty Ali!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jeremy Crusher!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, George Francis and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ali darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Ali misses with a hook.
Crusher ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Crusher bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Crusher uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ali.
Ali steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Crusher.
Crusher works the jab nicely.
Ali has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Crusher thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ali is looking to counter punch.
Crusher uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Crusher shoots for a takedown but Ali saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Ali thows a left - swing and a miss!
Crusher shoots in and drives through. Ali sprawls well.
Ali loads up on a big right hand but Crusher slips the punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Crusher lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A big left from Ali misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crusher scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

Crusher closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Ali quickly recovers to half guard.
Crusher prevents Ali from improving his position.
Ali is trying to stand up here but Crusher is controlling him well.
Ali is controlling Crusher's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Crusher wants to take a breather but Ali is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Crusher thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Crusher working the head and body with strikes.
Ali is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Ali regains full guard. Nicely done.
Crusher controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Crusher trying to control the position from guard on top but Ali is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ali is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crusher wants to pass the guard but Ali is keeping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Crusher looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Ali keeping full guard, as Crusher tries to pass.
Ali is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

Ali is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Crusher presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ali as Crusher tries to tie him up.
Ali wants to break the clinch but can't.
Crusher is leaning against Ali and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ali gets control of Crusher's arms and successfully pulls guard. Ali will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Ali is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Crusher tries to roll over but Ali keeps him under control.

Ali postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Crusher to stand up.
Crusher bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A big left from Crusher misses.
Monty Ali is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Crusher gets the takedown into side control.
Ali struggling a bit here.
Ali is trying to get back to half guard.
Crusher wants to control but Ali is keeping him busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ali tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Crusher advances to full mount.
Crusher is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ali is looking to get to half guard.
Crusher trying to control but Ali is having none of it.
Ali is looking to improve his position but Crusher isn't that keen on the idea.
Crusher in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Crusher with good strikes from the mount here!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeremy Crusher dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A left and a right from Ali both land. Nice combination.
Ali moves out of range of the strikes.
Ali throws a jab when Crusher was well out of range.
Crusher throws out a counter right but Ali avoids it with no problem.
Crusher is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ali.
Ali throws a hook to the side of Crusher's head but Crusher sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Crusher with the counter takedown but Ali avoids it easily.
Crusher ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ali misses with a combination

and Crusher counters with a shoot takedown. Ali fights it but they end up in guard.
Ali keeping full guard, as Crusher tries to pass.
Ali avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ali looking to hit a scissor sweep but Crusher is one step ahead there.
Crusher wants to control from the top but Ali keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ali looking to hit a scissor sweep but Crusher is one step ahead there.
Crusher advances to half guard.
Crusher wants to take a breather but Ali is having none of it.
Ali trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Crusher manages to pass to mount!
Ali is trying desperately to improve position.
Crusher looking to control but Ali is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Ali tries to hold on but Crusher pushes him away.
Crusher with shots to the head and body - Ali looks very uncomfortable down there.

Ali is rocked!
Crusher lands a big elbow - Ali is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Ali is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Jeremy Crusher!
After winning the bout, Jeremy Crusher thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.