PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Darren Crowley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reginald Kray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Crowley might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to The Man. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Crowley
vs
Kray

187 cm
25
215 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

189 cm
26
200 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Darren Crowley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Reginald Kray!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Daniel Bishop and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crowley misses with a lunging right hand
and Kray cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

It looks like Darren Crowley has been cut.
Crowley rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kray counters with a nice uppercut.
Kray fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Crowley on the side of the head.
Kray throws a big shot that misses.
Kray throws a series of punches but Crowley moves out of range.
Crowley feinted with a counter takedown.
Kray throws a shot from downtown. Crowley moves away and avoids it.
Crowley half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Crowley seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Kray fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Crowley looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kray slips under a jab.

Kray closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Crowley tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kray avoids it.
Kray makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kray lands a left hand that snaps the head of Crowley backwards.
Kray lands with a left to the head.
Kray throws a punch but it's blocked by Crowley.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kray.
Kray lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kray goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Crowley working aggressively here.
Kray fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kray.
Kray blocks a body shot from Crowley.
Crowley is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Kray lands an uppercut.
Kray working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kray scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kray misses with the head strike.
Kray tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A shot in the inside from Kray.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kray doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kray misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kray misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kray misses with some punches.
Kray lands a nice uppercut.
Kray lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Crowley misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kray lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kray blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crowley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Crowley.
Kray misses with the head strike.
Crowley blocking some punches.
Kray lands a left hand.
Kray swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Crowley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Crowley misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kray.
Kray misses with a body punch.
Crowley throws a punch but it's blocked by Kray.
Kray works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Crowley blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kray has a couple of punches blocked by Crowley.
Crowley has Kray pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Kray manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crowley working aggressively here.
Kray avoiding damage.
Kray lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kray working aggressively here.
Crowley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The referee is keeping an eye on Kray - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Kray misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kray.
Kray tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kray scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Crowley is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Reginald Kray dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Darren Crowley's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Kray misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Crowley.
Crowley changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
A jab from Crowley misses.

Crowley shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Kray's guard.
Kray looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Crowley puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Crowley thows a huge punch but Kray dodges it nicely.

Crowley maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Kray could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Crowley has cracked it and Kray is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Crowley!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Darren Crowley!
Darren Crowley decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.