PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Judah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stanton Crowe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crowe has chosen The Builders & The Butchers - Bringing Home The Rain as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Judah
vs
Crowe

185 cm
34
212 lbs
17 - 6 - 0

175 cm
31
207 lbs
24 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Pearson Specter Litt
GREEN!160

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Judah!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Stanton Crowe!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crowe tries to score with a low kick but Judah moves his leg out of the way.
Crowe has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Crowe throws a low kick, looking for Judah's leg but Judah calmly moves out of range.
Crowe throws a lazy uppercut
and Judah counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Judah avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Crowe throws out a loose jab but Judah uses good head movement to avoid it.
Judah walks into a straight right hand from Crowe.
Crowe thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Judah if he has to take too many more of those.
Crowe misses with a hook to the body
and Judah counters with a straight right hand.
Judah cracks Crowe with an open hand slap.
Crowe fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Judah looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

A head kick lands from Crowe that sends Judah to the canvas. Judah tries to scramble back to his feet but Crowe brings him back down into side control.

Judah is rocked!

It looks like David Judah has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crowe has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Judah!
Oh Judah is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Crowe misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Judah seems to have got his legs back now.
Judah's coaches at The Gentleman's Club have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.
Judah holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Crowe tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Crowe trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crowe is landing with some decent strikes but Judah is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Crowe looking to ground and pound but Judah is blocking nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Judah suckers Crowe into throwing a sloppy strike and uses the momentum to reverse the position beautifully! Judah is now in Crowe's guard!
Crowe pulls Judah in to control the position.
Judah won't allow Crowe to sweep him here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Judah has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Crowe is adopting a defensive guard.
Judah is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Crowe is looking to sweep but instead, Judah has passed into half guard.
Crowe is trying to get back to full guard.
Crowe trying to control here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crowe has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Crowe is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Judah cracks Crowe with a right hand to the side of the head.
Judah displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Crowe throws out the jab.
Judah swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Judah throws a right and a left that both miss.
Crowe scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crowe swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Judah pushes Crowe up against the cage in a clinch.
Judah tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Crowe blocks a body shot from Judah.
Crowe takes a shot to the head.

It looks like Stanton Crowe has been cut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Judah throws an elbow but misses.
Crowe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Judah tries to work over Crowe's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Crowe lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Judah or not.
Judah throws an elbow that misses.
Judah doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Crowe is trying to force a seperation but Judah has the dominant position.
Crowe misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Judah.

Crowe manages to break the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Judah lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Judah lands with a thumping leg kick.
Judah throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Crowe misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stanton Crowe dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Judah lands with a straight right. Crowe didn't see that one coming.
A good leg kick by Crowe.
Judah checks the leg kick.
A quick step to the side and Judah tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
A slapping body kick lands there for Crowe.
A slow jab from Judah misses its intended target.
Some wild striking there from Judah.
A jab from Crowe misses.
Judah lands a nice looking body shot.
Nice defenses there by Judah.
Judah appears to be looking for a big counter.
Crowe tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crowe tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Judah swivels and escapes.
Judah throws a jab but it's blocked by Crowe.
Crowe misses with a hook. Judah ducked under it nicely.
Crowe connects with a leg kick. Judah looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Judah is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Judah lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Crowe has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Judah moves away from the strike by Crowe.

Crowe shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Judah's guard.
Crowe in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Crowe looking to pass the guard.
Crowe won't allow Judah to sweep him here.
Crowe wants to pass the guard but Judah is keeping the position.
Judah wants to sweep but no luck.
Crowe postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Judah controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crowe throws a big elbow that misses.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Judah fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Judah on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Judah on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Judah doesn't manage to clinch there - Crowe circles away.
Crowe swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Crowe throws a jab but it's blocked by Judah.
Judah tries to clinch up but Crowe circles away and keeps his distance.
Crowe is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Crowe missing with a left hand there. Judah was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Judah clinches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crowe blocking some punches.
Judah throws an elbow but it misses.
Crowe swings wildly with an uppercut but Judah uses good head movement to avoid it.
Crowe swings wildly with an uppercut but Judah uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Judah misses with a punch on the inside.
Crowe throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Judah.
A short body shot lands from Judah as the two fighters clinch.

Crowe's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Crowe waves his right hand out in front of him, looking to distract Judah. Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped Judah to the canvas! Can he finish him!?
Stanton Crowe has got the better of the ground game so far.
Crowe throwing strikes from guard but Judah blocks nicely.
Crowe postures up in Judah's guard and throws a big left but Judah blocks it.
Crowe throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Judah works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Crowe has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Judah is trying to hold Crowe in close to prevent damage but Crowe has managed to pass into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Crowe throwing shots but Judah is blocking nicely.
Crowe landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Crowe misses with a head shot. Judah uses the momentum to regain guard.
Crowe stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Judah swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Crowe with a flurry of punches that miss.
Crowe seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stanton Crowe showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Crowe just misses with a punch to the body.
Crowe takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Crowe misses with a low kick.
Judah appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Judah avoids the body shot from Crowe.
Judah looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Crowe just misses with a punch to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Judah. Those never looked like landing.
Crowe digs a good hook to Judah's body.
David Judah is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Crowe looks to land a right hand but Judah moved out of range.
A counter left hand to the body from Judah misses its target.
Judah is looking to clinch but Crowe is avoiding it.
Crowe misses with a head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Judah is looking to clinch.
Crowe drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Judah defends it well.
Judah swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Crowe misses with the body kick
and Judah counters with a stiff right hand.
Crowe connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Judah misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Crowe.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Judah tries to clinch but Crowe is having none of it.
Crowe is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Crowe throws out a loose jab but Judah uses good head movement to avoid it.
Crowe misses with a body kick.
Judah checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Crowe misses with an uppercut
and Judah counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Crowe thinking.
Crowe keeps the fight on the outside.

Crowe dives in and scores a takedown into Judah's guard.
Crowe pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Judah is keeping the position for now.
Crowe throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Judah works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Crowe trying to control the position from guard on top but Judah is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Crowe stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Judah swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crowe landing with the ground and pound.
Judah utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Crowe stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Judah swivels though and keeps the full guard.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Crowe swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Crowe throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Crowe closes this distance looking for a takedown but Judah circles away.
Crowe circles away from the clinch attempt.
Judah throws a combination that misses

so Crowe counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Crowe throws a strike but Judah rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crowe is controlling Judah's posture.
Judah is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Crowe wants to sweep but no luck.
Judah passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Crowe tries to buck Judah off but Judah is having none of it.
Crowe manages to get back to half guard.
Judah prevents Crowe from improving his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Crowe is trying to maintain the position but Judah is very close to passing his half guard.
Crowe preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Judah content to control rather than advance.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Crowe wants to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stanton Crowe really dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

A looping hook to the body misses from Crowe. Judah does a little dance to reset his feet.
Crowe dodges the punch combination from Judah.
Nice sprawl there from Crowe as Judah shoots in.
Crowe looks to throw the jab but Judah is out of range.
Crowe scores with a hook to the body. Judah takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Judah takes one to the side of the head.
Crowe swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stanton Crowe seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A jab from Crowe misses.
Crowe throws a right hand that Judah ducks under and follows up with a left that Judah also avoids with ease.
Crowe keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crowe throws the left hand but Judah avoids the punch easily.
Judah tries to counter by clinching up but Crowe breaks away and moves out of range.
A jab from Crowe finds it's way through Judah's defenses.
Crowe misses with a wild body shot.
Crowe misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Judah.
Judah checks a low kick from Crowe.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Judah drives through and clinches with Crowe against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Crowe.
Judah's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Crowe scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Judah lands a nice elbow.
Judah throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A right handed body shot lands from Crowe.
Good body shot from Judah.
Crowe throws a head punch that misses.
Judah lands with a light punch inside.
Crowe lands with a left to the head.
Crowe throws a punch but it's blocked by Judah.
Judah throws an elbow but it misses.

Crowe escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Judah tries to clinch but Crowe is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Judah wants to clinch.
Crowe misses with a wild combination.
Judah jabs at Crowe's body.
Judah keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Crowe stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Judah.
Judah is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Judah sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Judah lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Judah swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Judah cracks Crowe with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Crowe with a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Crowe. Judah does a little dance to reset his feet.
Judah was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Judah moves out of range as Crowe throws a body kick.
Crowe misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Judah.
Judah takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Crowe fails with the takedown.
Crowe scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Crowe feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Judahs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Crowe throws a jab when Judah was well out of range.
Judah uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Crowe.
Judah slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Judah lands an impressive looking overhand right. Crowe doesn't seem phased though.
A big right from Crowe misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crowe looks for the body kick but Judah saw that one coming.
Crowe is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Judah.
Crowe takes a swing at Judah's ribcage but misses.
Crowe swings for the body but Judah moves out of range.
Crowe with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Judah to score with a decent uppercut.
Judah throws a low kick but Crowe moves out of range easily.
Judah connects with a right hand. Crowe shakes it off.
Judah is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Crowe is looking to land body kicks.
Crowe throws a body punch but Judah moves out of range.
Judah avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Judah is looking to counter punch.
Crowe misses with a wild body shot.

Judah closes the distance and pushes Crowe back into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stanton Crowe dominated that fourth round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Judah has closed the distance and engaged Crowe in a clinch.
Crowe can't find room to land a body shot as Judah controls the action.
Judah lands an elbow that stopped Crowe in his tracks for a moment.
Crowe struggles to land a body shot inside as Judah controls his hands.
Judah lands an elbow inside that Crowe shrugs off.

Crowe escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Judah scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Crowe doesn't seem bothered though.
Judah lands a glancing blow to the side of Crowe's head.
Judah scores with a jab. Crowe acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Judah staying out of range there.
A low kick from Crowe is predictable there
and Judah cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Judah moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

That has opened up Stanton Crowe's cut even more.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Good shot there by Judah.
Crowe feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Judah's calf.
Crowe throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crowe looks to score with a jab to the body but Judah is just out of range.
Judah misses with a two punch combination.
Judah lets loose with a powerful body kick. Crowe will feel that in the morning.
Judah scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Judah on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Crowe feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Crowe is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Judah is looking to sweep but instead, Crowe has passed into half guard.
Crowe working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crowe working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Crowe is stalling here. Judah is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Crowe seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Judah has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Judah trying to control the position but Crowe is working away.
Crowe is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Crowe preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Crowe has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Judah is working away from the top position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crowe is controlling Judah's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Crowe is trying to get back to full guard.
David Judah has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Judah is looking to advance position but Crowe won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Crowe trying to hold on to Judah's head to control him but Judah postures up.
Stanton Crowe is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

Judah moves into the clinch.
Judah tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Crowe misses with a short punch on the inside.
Judah misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Crowe.
Crowe misses with a hook to the ribs.
Crowe swings wildly with an uppercut but Judah uses good head movement to avoid it.
Judah misses with some punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
David Judah showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Crowe has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Stanton Crowe!
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for Stanton Crowe!
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Stanton Crowe!

Stanton Crowe wins by unanimous decision!
Stanton Crowe is the new light heavyweight champion!
A less than humble Stanton Crowe misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.