PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stanton Crowe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aleksandar Kamenov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Crowe might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to The Builders & The Butchers - Bringing Home The Rain. Kamenov has chosen Korn - Hey Daddy as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Crowe
vs
Kamenov

175 cm
34
207 lbs
33 - 18 - 0

193 cm
30
210 lbs
17 - 9 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

KAISER
Conviction

Milwaukee's Best 160 (80% laundry)
Hellbent

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 33 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Stanton Crowe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Aleksandar Kamenov!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Phil Schofield and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A solid leg kick lands there for Kamenov.
Crowe looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kamenov looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Crowe misses with a body shot.
Crowe takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Crowe blocks a leg kick.
Crowe misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kamenov.
Kamenov flicks out a counter leg kick but Crowe steps away.
Crowe blocks a head kick by Kamenov.
Good shot there by Kamenov.

It looks like Stanton Crowe has been cut.
Crowe 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.
Kamenov throws out a loose jab but Crowe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Horrible takedown attempt by Crowe or perhaps it was just good defense by Kamenov, which made it look bad.
Kamenov swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Crowe.
No luck for Crowe with that takedown attempt.
Crowe connects with an inside leg kick.

Crowe clinches up with Kamenov and pushes him back against the cage.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Kamenov has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crowe goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kamenov pushes Crowe back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Crowe tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kamenov's elbow.
Crowe misses with a punch to the body.
A short uppercut from Kamenov.
Kamenov lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kamenov struggles to land a body shot inside as Crowe controls his hands.
Crowe struggles to land a body shot inside as Kamenov controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Crowe fails to land.
Kamenov misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Kamenov fails to land.
Kamenov blocks a body shot from Crowe.
Crowe makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

It looks like Aleksandar Kamenov has been cut.
Crowe goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Crowe.
Crowe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Crowe.
Kamenov working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kamenov tries to throw a body punch but Crowe avoids it by throwing Kamenov back against the cage.
Kamenov blocking some punches.
Crowe blocks a body shot from Kamenov.
Kamenov misses with a punch to the body.
Crowe swings wildly with an uppercut but Kamenov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Crowe lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kamenov gets underhooks to prevent Crowe's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stanton Crowe. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Crowe tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kamenov's elbow.
Kamenov blocks an uppercut.
Crowe tries to throw a body punch but Kamenov avoids it by throwing Crowe back against the cage.
Kamenov misses with a punch on the inside.
Kamenov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Crowe throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Kamenov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kamenov has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Crowe throws a jab when Kamenov was well out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Kamenov.
Kamenov connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Crowe's hands.
Crowe tries to clinch there but Kamenov circles away.
Kamenov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Crowe moves away.
A head kick misses from Crowe.
Kamenov motions for Crowe to come forward. Kamenov throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Crowe misses the jab.
Crowe misses with a body kick.
Kamenov takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
No joy there for Kamenov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Crowe punishes Kamenov's body with a nice straight punch.
Kamenov has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Crowe.
Crowe takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Aleksandar Kamenov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kamenov blocks a leg kick.
Kamenov looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Crowe takes one to the chin there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Crowe bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Kamenov's head backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crowe swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Kamenov is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Kamenov, as that shot connected.
Kamenov lands with a kick to the ribs.
The fighters circling - Kamenov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Crowe attempts a counter takedown but Kamenov avoids it well and moves away.
Crowe misses with a wild body shot.
Crowe with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kamenov to score with a decent uppercut.
Crowe on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Stanton Crowe's cut is getting worse.
and Kamenov counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Crowe! He's just covering up as Kamenov starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aleksandar Kamenov!
During a confident post fight interview, Aleksandar Kamenov thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.