PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stanton Crowe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cron Spliffton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crowe comes into the arena with The Builders & The Butchers - Bringing Home The Rain blaring out of the sound system. Stanton Crowe could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Cron Spliffton's chin.

Crowe
vs
Spliffton

175 cm
36
207 lbs
36 - 22 - 0

191 cm
34
213 lbs
20 - 7 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conviction

KAISER Nutrition - Q160/$250

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 36 - 22 - 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 20 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cron Spliffton!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crowe thuds his shin into the meat of Spliffton's side.
Good exchange - Spliffton coming out on top.
Spliffton scores with a jab. Crowe acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Crowe misses the jab.
Crowe jabs Spliffton right on the nose. Spliffton blinks but takes it well.
Spliffton steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Crowe.
Spliffton misses with a leg kick

and Crowe counters with a nice double leg into side control. Spliffton won't be happy with that.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Spliffton dodges the ground and pound from Crowe.
Crowe tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Crowe misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Crowe wants to control but Spliffton is keeping him busy.
Crowe passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Spliffton!
Spliffton regains half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crowe thows a huge punch but Spliffton dodges it nicely.
Crowe not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Spliffton wants to control but Crowe is keeping busy.
Spliffton avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Crowe.
Crowe trying to control the action but Spliffton is working from the bottom.
Spliffton is looking to control Crowe's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Spliffton avoid being mounted?
Crowe landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Crowe thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Spliffton's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crowe not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Spliffton taking some punishment here, with Crowe in his half guard.
Ground and pound from Crowe.
Crowe definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Spliffton gets full guard.
Spliffton has his hands on Crowe's head, controlling the position.
Crowe slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Crowe with a nice head shot there.
Crowe throwing strikes but missing.
Spliffton is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crowe passes Spliffton's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Crowe throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Crowe with the ground and pound but Spliffton uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Crowe connects with a couple of short punches.
Spliffton trying to keep a closed guard but Crowe is proving a slippery customer.
Crowe throws a big right hand that misses.
Crowe controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Crowe postures up and lands a big shot to Spliffton's brow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crowe throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Crowe might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Spliffton wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Crowe stays in close to Spliffton's body and controls the position.
Crowe trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Spliffton has Crowe pulled in close to control his posture.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Spliffton looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Crowe wants to control from the top but Spliffton keeps moving.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stanton Crowe dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Crowe closes this distance looking for a takedown but Spliffton circles away.
No joy there for Crowe, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Crowe tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Spliffton is able to avoid easily.
Spliffton lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

It looks like Stanton Crowe has been cut.
Crowe tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Stanton Crowe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Spliffton shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Crowe looks to score with a jab to the body but Spliffton is just out of range.
Spliffton counters with a body kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Spliffton misses the target.
Crowe throws a sloppy head kick and Spliffton moves out of range easily.
A little jabbing left from Spliffton on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crowe keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Crowe connects with a body shot.
Spliffton misses with a hook. Crowe ducked under it nicely.
Crowe throws a leg kick
and Spliffton counters with a stiff right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crowe fails with the takedown.
Crowe keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Spliffton.
Crowe ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Spliffton moves away.
Crowe throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Spliffton counters with a stiff right hand.
Crowe looks to land a combination but Spliffton avoids it well.
Crowe takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Crowe throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Crowe throws a leg kick which misses Spliffton's front leg but catches the back leg as Spliffton tries to avoid it.
A slow jab from Spliffton misses its intended target.
Crowe tries to close the distance and clinch up but Spliffton swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Crowe takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Crowe delivers a nice body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crowe feints and then cracks Spliffton's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Spliffton down.
Crowe wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Crowe throws out a powerful jab.

Crowe has managed to clinch.
Crowe tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Spliffton's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Crowe.
Crowe goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Crowe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Crowe lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Spliffton backwards.
Crowe misses with a punch on the inside.
Crowe scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A body shot lands from Spliffton.
Crowe tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Crowe throws a head punch that misses.
Crowe lands a left hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Crowe.
Spliffton tries to work over Crowe's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crowe presses Spliffton against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Spliffton has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Spliffton.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Crowe.
Crowe pushes Spliffton back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Crowe.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Crowe.
Crowe lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Spliffton or not.
Spliffton lands a hook to the side of the head.
Spliffton tries to throw a body punch but Crowe avoids it by throwing Spliffton back against the cage.
Crowe tries a body shot but Spliffton blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Spliffton fails to land.
Spliffton misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Spliffton blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Crowe trying to land knees to the body.
Crowe tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Spliffton's elbow.
Crowe misses with the head strike.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Crowe doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spliffton blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Crowe has a couple of punches blocked by Spliffton.
Crowe lands a right hand.
Crowe tries to work over Spliffton's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Spliffton lands a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Crowe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Spliffton tries to throw a body punch but Crowe avoids it by throwing Spliffton back against the cage.
Spliffton misses with the head strike.
Spliffton tries a body shot but Crowe blocks it.
Crowe misses with the head strike.
Spliffton prevents a body shot from Crowe.
Crowe tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Crowe.

Spliffton is rocked!
Spliffton throws a head punch that misses.
Spliffton is still on wobbly legs! Can Crowe finish him?
Crowe tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Crowe lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Spliffton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Crowe creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops Spliffton! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for Crowe.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stanton Crowe!
Stanton Crowe 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.