PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Crowe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arshnoor Singh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Singh has chosen 2Pac - Hit 'Em Up as his entrance music. Arshnoor Singh has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Crowe
vs
Singh

170 cm
28
153 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

183 cm
30
148 lbs
39 - 19 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Sin City Allstars

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johnny Crowe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 39 - 19 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arshnoor Singh!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Gwen Towbar and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Decent striking displayed by Crowe there.
Crowe dodges the punch combination from Singh.
Crowe throws a hook but Singh avoids it easily.

Singh gets tackled into the cage by Crowe. Crowe maintains the clinch.

Singh breaks from the clinch.
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.
Crowe lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Singh swings for the body but Crowe moves out of range.
Crowe seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Crowe is looking to land body kicks.
Singh throws a solid leg kick but Crowe takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Singh.
Singh ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Singh looks to land a left hand but Crowe moved out of range nicely.
Crowe scores with a crisp jab that stopped Singh in his tracks.

Crowe fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Singh sprawls well initially but Crowe persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Crowe content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Crowe lands with a punch from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Singh is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Crowe is keen to just control but Singh is a slippery customer.
Crowe is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Singh is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Singh manages to get to full guard.
Crowe's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Singh is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Crowe with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Crowe trying to control but Singh is working from the bottom.
Crowe controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Singh is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Crowe in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Crowe controlling from the top position.
Singh working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Crowe.
Crowe postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crowe stands up over Singh, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Crowe throws a big elbow that misses.
Singh avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Crowe scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Crowe landing some decent shots from guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Singh is looking to stand up but Crowe isn't so interested in that idea.
Crowe postures up in Singh's guard and throws a big left but Singh blocks it.
Crowe might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Crowe prevents Singh from getting back to his feet.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Crowe moves out of range of the leg kick from Singh.
Singh throws a right hand that misses
and Crowe counters with a thumping low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Singh looks to score with a jab to the body but Crowe is just out of range.
Crowe cracks Singh with a good jab.
Singh scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Crowe throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Singh sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Crowe checks a low kick from Singh.
A counter left hand to the body from Crowe misses its target.
Crowe checks a leg kick nicely.
Singh fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Crowe is out of range.
Singh chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Crowe throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Singh stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Crowe's corner calls for a 1-2. Crowe obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Singh lands a jab.
Crowe takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Singh throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Crowe swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Crowe keeps Singh at a distance using the push kick.
Singh goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Singh throws a head kick but Crowe moves out of range.
Crowe scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

Crowe clinches.

Singh breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Singh lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Singh jabs Crowe to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A slow jab from Crowe misses its intended target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crowe missing with a left hand there. Singh was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Singh flicks out a counter leg kick but Crowe steps away.
Singh keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Crowe.
Arshnoor Singh seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Crowe tests Singh's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Singh lands a jab to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crowe takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
We've been informed that Singh has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Jab by Singh.
Crowe throws a body kick that misses.
Crowe takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

Crowe pushes Singh up against the cage in a clinch.
Singh misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Singh breaks from the clinch.
Crowe shoots in for a takedown but Singh shows good takedown defense.
Singh throws out a counter right but Crowe avoids it with no problem.
Singh cracks the inside of Crowe's front leg.
Singh throws a body punch but Crowe moves out of range.
Crowe appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Singh scores with a hook to the body. Crowe takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Crowe avoids the body shot from Singh.
Crowe chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crowe uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Singh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Singh ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Crowe moves away.
Singh takes one to the chin there.
Singh lands with a nice body punch.
Crowe throws a body shot but no joy.
Nice shot by Singh.

Crowe throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Singh tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Crowe is in Singh's guard.
Crowe loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Crowe postures up in Singh's guard and throws a big left but Singh blocks it.
Crowe loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Crowe trying to control but Singh is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crowe throwing strikes but missing.
Crowe's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Singh is pulling down on Crowe's head. It's preventing any offense from Crowe, at least for the moment.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Arshnoor Singh is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Singh works Crowe's body with a nice hook.
Arshnoor Singh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Singh dodges the punch combination from Crowe.
Crowe tries to clinch but Singh is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Singh cracks Crowe with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

Singh tries to keep at a distance but Crowe has taken the fight into the clinch.
Singh misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Crowe pushes Singh back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Singh throws a head punch that misses.
Crowe lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Singh backwards.
Singh goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Singh goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Singh is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Singh looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Crowe blocks a body shot from Singh.

Singh breaks from the clinch.
Crowe avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Singh throws a body shot but no joy.

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

A close second round but Arshnoor Singh will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Crowe misses the shot to the body.
Crowe avoids a punch combination nicely.

Crowe closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Singh quickly recovers to half guard.
Crowe missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Crowe lands with a punch from half guard.
Singh wants to get back to his feet.
Singh trying to control but Crowe postures up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Singh is not content to let Crowe control the position.
Singh taking some punishment here, with Crowe in his half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crowe not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Crowe seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Singh is trying to get back to full guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Crowe lands a nice short elbow.
Crowe working Singh over with strikes.
Well, if Crowe is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Nice strikes from Crowe there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Singh on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Crowe is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Crowe prevents Singh from improving his position.
Crowe is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Crowe working Singh over with strikes.
Crowe trying to control from Singh's half guard. Singh has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Singh wants to sweep but no luck.
Crowe postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Crowe postures up and lands a big shot to Singh's brow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crowe throwing strikes from guard but Singh blocks nicely.
Singh utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Crowe is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Singh preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Crowe lands a couple of digs.
Crowe throwing strikes but missing.
Singh keeping moving, preventing Crowe from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Crowe's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

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 sitting in guard here, content to control.
Singh avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Singh avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Singh misses with an uppercut.
Crowe swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Some bone on bone action there as Crowe checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Singh is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Crowe gets the takedown into side control.
Crowe wants to lay and pray for a moment but Singh keeps working.

And that's the end of the fight!
Johnny Crowe showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Crowe has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Crowe!
The defeated Arshnoor Singh had this to say: 'Revenge is like the sweetest joy next to getting pussy so mothafucka!! i fucking demand a rematch or else get me some pussy to fuck hard.'.