PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Slim Crowe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Friedrich Von Kuschelbär (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crowe comes to the cage accompanied by Noah Gundersen - Oh Death. Von Kuschelbär has chosen Erasure - Always as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Crowe
vs
Von Kuschelbär

190 cm
37
180 lbs
40 - 19 - 0

183 cm
28
193 lbs
26 - 11 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conviction
Bullet Proof System

Humanoid Nutrition (160Q for 160$)
KAISER Nutrition - Q160/$250

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 40 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Slim Crowe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Friedrich Von Kuschelbär!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Atkins and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A cross from Crowe lands.
Crowe throws a good cross that connects.
A looping hook to the body misses from Von Kuschelbär. Crowe does a little dance to reset his feet.
Crowe throws a body shot but no joy.
Crowe moves in looking to clinch but Von Kuschelbär pushes him off.
Slim Crowe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Crowe fails with an attempt to clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Crowe misses the target.
Von Kuschelbär throws a big shot that misses.
Crowe misses with a head kick.
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.
Crowe misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crowe on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Von Kuschelbär. Von Kuschelbär obviously looking to wear him down.
Crowe throws a poor cross that misses
and Von Kuschelbär counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Von Kuschelbär fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Crowe checks it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crowe throws a head kick but Von Kuschelbär moves out of range.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Crowe.

Crowe fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Von Kuschelbär, pushing him back against the cage.

Von Kuschelbär breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Von Kuschelbär fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A combination from Crowe does no damage.
Crowe takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Crowe throws a poor cross that misses
and Von Kuschelbär counters with an outside leg kick.
Von Kuschelbär sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Crowe swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Crowe throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Von Kuschelbär sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A slapping leg kick lands for Crowe.
Crowe is looking to clinch but Von Kuschelbär is avoiding it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Crowe.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A cross from Crowe lands.
Crowe scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Crowe throws a sloppy head kick and Von Kuschelbär moves out of range easily.
Von Kuschelbär tries to land a leg kick but Crowe saw it coming and moves away.
Crowe bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Crowe has closed the distance and engaged Von Kuschelbär in a clinch.
Crowe blocking some punches.
Crowe scores with a nice hook to the head.
Von Kuschelbär misses with the head strike.
Von Kuschelbär lands a hook that snaps the head of Crowe backwards.
Von Kuschelbär lands a nice shot to the body.
Von Kuschelbär scores with a nice hook to the head.
Crowe misses with some punches.
Crowe tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crowe is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Crowe is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A short right from Von Kuschelbär on the inside.
Crowe misses with a punch on the inside.
Von Kuschelbär tries a body shot but Crowe blocks it.
A short right from Von Kuschelbär on the inside.
Crowe misses with a punch to the body.
Crowe tries a body shot but Von Kuschelbär blocks it.
Crowe lands a nice uppercut.
Crowe lands a body shot.
A nice left hand lands by Von Kuschelbär.
Crowe misses with a short punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Von Kuschelbär.
Crowe tries a body shot but Von Kuschelbär blocks it.
Crowe has Von Kuschelbär pressed against the cage, preventing Von Kuschelbär from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Crowe blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Von Kuschelbär breaks from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crowe works the jab nicely.
Crowe throws a big shot that misses.
Von Kuschelbär steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Crowe pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Von Kuschelbär takes one on the button.

Crowe closes the distance and clinches.
Crowe has a couple of punches blocked by Von Kuschelbär.
Crowe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Von Kuschelbär tries a body shot but Crowe blocks it.
Crowe lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Von Kuschelbär backwards.
Von Kuschelbär lands a nice shot to the body.
Crowe scores with a shoulder strike.
Crowe lands a shoulder strike.
Crowe misses with some punches.
Von Kuschelbär lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Von Kuschelbär goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Crowe lands a body shot in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Slim Crowe dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Crowe missing with a left hand there. Von Kuschelbär was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Von Kuschelbär replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Crowe blocks it well.
Von Kuschelbär with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Von Kuschelbär's corner calls for a 1-2. Von Kuschelbär obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

It looks like Slim Crowe has been cut.
Crowe fails to land with a series of punches.
Von Kuschelbär slips under a jab from Crowe.
Von Kuschelbär feints a counter leg kick.
Von Kuschelbär staying out of range there.
Von Kuschelbär attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

Von Kuschelbär gets tackled into the cage by Crowe. Crowe maintains the clinch.
Von Kuschelbär misses with some punches.
Von Kuschelbär misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A right handed body shot lands from Von Kuschelbär.
A right handed body shot lands from Von Kuschelbär.

Von Kuschelbär manages to break the clinch.
Von Kuschelbär digs a good hook to Crowe's body.
Von Kuschelbär moves out of range of the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Von Kuschelbär takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Von Kuschelbär throws a series of punches but Crowe moves out of range.
Crowe lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Slim Crowe is winning the standup battle so far.
Von Kuschelbär defending well as Crowe loads up on a big left hand.
Crowe swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Crowe. Von Kuschelbär does a little dance to reset his feet.
Von Kuschelbär ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Crowe moves away.
Crowe gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Von Kuschelbär takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Von Kuschelbär is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Crowe rather than just go for the knockout.
Crowe throws a head kick but Von Kuschelbär moves out of range.
Von Kuschelbär throws an overhand right that lands on Crowe's shoulder, as Crowe tries to avoid the shot.
Crowe lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Von Kuschelbär misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Crowe.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crowe shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Crowe tries to clinch up.
Von Kuschelbär on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crowe pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Von Kuschelbär throws a low kick but Crowe moves out of range easily.
Von Kuschelbär swinging wildly here.
Crowe tries to score with a low kick but Von Kuschelbär moves his leg out of the way.
A little jabbing left from Von Kuschelbär on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Von Kuschelbär moves forwards but Crowe connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Crowe connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
No joy there for Crowe, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Von Kuschelbär avoids the head kick by Crowe.
Von Kuschelbär looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crowe scoring well with a low kick there.
Crowe shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Von Kuschelbär misses with a body kick.
Von Kuschelbär takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Von Kuschelbär gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Von Kuschelbär checks a low kick from Crowe.
Crowe lands a head shot.
Von Kuschelbär ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Von Kuschelbär cracks Crowe with a big right hand and Crowe goes down!

Crowe is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Crowe is on top in guard.

Oh Crowe is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Von Kuschelbär trying to keep a closed guard but Crowe is proving a slippery customer.
Von Kuschelbär tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Von Kuschelbär pulls Crowe in close to his closed guard and prevents Crowe from doing any damage or advancing position.
Crowe seems to have got his legs back now.
Von Kuschelbär is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Crowe preventing the sweep.
Crowe is looking to stand up but Von Kuschelbär won't let him.
Crowe postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Slim Crowe will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Slim Crowe's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Von Kuschelbär ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Crowe moves away.
Crowe throws the left hand but Von Kuschelbär avoids the punch easily.
Von Kuschelbär looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Von Kuschelbär turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Von Kuschelbär lands a big shot that drops Crowe! Can he finish him?
Von Kuschelbär loads up on a big left hand. Crowe felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Von Kuschelbär looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Crowe can't hide his disappointment, as Von Kuschelbär celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Friedrich Von Kuschelbär!
Friedrich Von Kuschelbär decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.