PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Crushman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kylla Ei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

Crushman
vs
Ei

196 cm
31
248 lbs
10 - 5 - 1

210 cm
34
289 lbs
32 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter
Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Daniel Crushman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kylla Ei!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, George Francis and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ei takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A big left from Crushman misses.
Crushman with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ei takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Ei fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Crushman has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Crushman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Crushman chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ei can pounce on him.
Crushman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ei throws out the jab.
Crushman throws a lazy right hand but Ei sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
We've been hearing reports that Crushman has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Crushman misses with an attempted mid kick.
Crushman misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Ei counters with a thumping low kick.
Ei fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Crushman has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

Ei gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Crushman trying to stall but Ei improves his position.
Ei trying to land knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Crushman misses with a hook to the ribs.
A left hand lands to the body for Crushman.
Crushman digs a right hand underneath Ei's ribcage. Ei let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Crushman slows down the pace here.
Crushman misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crushman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Crushman managing to block the knees to the body from Ei.
Crushman lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Crushman misses with a hook to the ribs.
Crushman lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Crushman misses with a punch to the body.
Ei misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Crushman.
A short right from Crushman.
Ei misses with a short punch on the inside.
Crushman throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ei.
Crushman is trying to break the clinch but Ei is controlling him.
Crushman is trying to push Ei away but Ei has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Ei swings wildly with an uppercut but Crushman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Crushman misses with the head strike.
Ei lands with a short shot to the head.
Ei misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Crushman pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jab by Crushman.
Ei takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ei moves out of range as Crushman strikes.
Ei scores with a jab to the body.
A head kick misses from Ei.
Crushman misses with a straight right.
Ei avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Crushman misses with a series of wild punches.
Despite the aggression on Ei's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Crushman connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Ei thows a left - swing and a miss!
Crushman checks a leg kick.
Crushman uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ei.
Crushman throwing a counter right hand but Ei manages to avoid it.
Crushman shoots in and drives through. Ei sprawls well.
Crushman looks for the body kick but Ei saw that one coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ei moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ei throws out a leg kick but Crushman moves out of range and Ei only half commits.
Ei tries to land a leg kick but Crushman saw it coming and moves away.
Ei moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Crushman shoots in for a takedown but Ei shows good takedown defense.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Crushman, right into the meat.
Crushman takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ei throws a sloppy head kick and Crushman moves out of range easily.
Ei tries to land a body kick
and Crushman makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Crushman scores with a shot to the body.
A slow jab from Crushman misses its intended target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Crushman. Ei does a little dance to reset his feet.
Crushman checks the leg kick nicely there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Crushman. Ei does a little dance to reset his feet.
Crushman chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crushman throws a hook to the side of Ei's head but Ei sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ei swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Crushman connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Crushman looks to land a body kick but Ei moved away.
Ei lands with a hook. Crushman tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Crushman chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Crushman takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Crushman scores with a leg kick.
Crushman misses with a head kick.
Ei throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ei checks the leg kick.
Crushman pivots, looking for a leg kick but Ei is out of range and Crushman settles back down.
Crushman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Crushman shoots in for a takedown but Ei shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daniel Crushman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Crushman checks a low kick from Ei.
Ei scoring well with a low kick there.
Ei throws a quick inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Crushman dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Ei takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Ei motions for Crushman to come forward. Ei throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ei scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Ei in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Crushman lands a nice hook to Ei's body. Ei takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Crushman waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ei.
Crushman misses with a wild body shot.
Ei scores with a leg kick.
Ei throws a head kick but Crushman moves out of range.
Crushman tries to counter by clinching up but Ei breaks away and moves out of range.
Crushman blocks a head kick by Ei.
Ei lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Crushman throws a body punch but Ei moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crushman looks for the body kick but Ei saw that one coming.
Crushman lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ei wants to clinch up but Crushman keeps it at a distance.
Both fighters circling a little - Crushman finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Crushman throws out a loose jab but Ei uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ei steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Crushman.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crushman throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ei flicks out a counter leg kick but Crushman steps away.
A good leg kick by Crushman.
Ei lands a head kick. Crushman smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

It looks like Daniel Crushman has been cut.
Crushman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ei.
Crushman misses with a looping right.
Ei's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Ei throws a half hearted mid kick.
Crushman ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ei chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Crushman can pounce on him.
Ei connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ei tries to clinch but Crushman moves out of range.
Crushman misses with a straight right.
Crushman tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Crushman jabs Ei to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Kylla Ei is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Crushman takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Ei attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
As Ei tries to get set, Crushman tries to push him back and clinch up but Ei manages to avoid the attempt.
Crushman looks to score with a jab to the body but Ei is just out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crushman looks to land a combination but Ei avoids it well.
Ei fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Crushman is out of range.
Crushman half committed to a counter leg kick.
Ei connects with a leg kick. Crushman looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Ei thows a body kick. Crushman tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Crushman swats away the attempt to clinch by Ei.
Crushman chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Crushman misses the shot to the body.
Crushman misses with a right hand

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
and Ei holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Ei fails to land.
Crushman lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ei backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Crushman.
Daniel Crushman has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ei keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Crushman's efforts to push away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Crushman fails to land.

Crushman breaks the clinch.
A bone on bone clash there as Ei blocks the leg kick.
Ei lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Crushman looks to land a right hand but Ei moved out of range.
Ei misses with a leg kick
and Crushman counters with a good low kick that Ei was not able to check.
Crushman scores with a jab to the head.
Ei throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
An attempted straight right counter from Crushman misses the target.
Crushman lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Ei gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Crushman misses with a hook. Ei ducked under it nicely.
A low kick from Ei misses
and Crushman counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ei lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Crushman has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ei.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Crushman lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Ei has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Ei and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crushman on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Crushman looks to throw the jab but Ei is out of range.
Crushman backing away here, and Ei unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Ei wants to land a leg kick but Crushman is out of range.
Crushman works Ei's body with a nice hook.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Crushman checks a leg kick.
Crushman tries to counter by clinching up but Ei breaks away and moves out of range.
Ei chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ei ducks under a wild hook from Crushman.
Ei throws out a counter right but Crushman avoids it with no problem.
Ei pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ei throws a leg kick that is checked
and Crushman counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ei checks a leg kick.
Crushman connects with a right hand. Ei shakes it off.
Ei throws a leg kick but Crushman checks it.
Crushman swings for the body but Ei moves out of range.
A jab from Crushman misses.
Ei flicks out a counter leg kick but Crushman steps away.
Crushman throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ei counters with a two punch combo.
Crushman throws a sloppy head kick and Ei moves out of range easily.
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 Daniel Crushman will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Daniel Crushman's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

A head kick misses from Ei.
Crushman scores with a push kick.
Ei takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Crushman lands a nice shot to the body.
Crushman throws a series of punches but Ei moves out of range.
Ei pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Crushman misses with a left hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Crushman shoots in and drives through. Ei sprawls well.
Daniel Crushman is winning the standup battle so far.
Ei uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Crushman.
A thudding body kick lands there by Crushman!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ei throws a wild body kick that Crushman sees coming a mile off.
Crushman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ei.
Crushman tries a head kick but it misses.
Ei ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Crushman moves away.
Ei on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Crushman. Crushman obviously looking to wear him down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crushman fails to land with a series of punches.
Crushman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ei manages to avoid it.
Crushman is looking to chop away at Ei's legs.
Crushman avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

Crushman closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Crushman lands in his opponent's guard.
Crushman trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Crushman is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Ei is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Ei has escaped and now he's on top!

Crushman wants to sweep but no luck.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Crushman looking for a guillotine here but Ei defends easily.
Ei is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Crushman is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Crushman keeping moving, preventing Ei from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ei tries to stand but Crushman is controlling from the bottom.
Ei wants to control from the top but Crushman keeps moving.
Ei pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Crushman is keeping the position for now.
Crushman controlling Ei's posture.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Crushman fails with a takedown attempt.
Crushman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kylla Ei has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Crushman takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ei throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ei lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Good leg kick by Crushman there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Daniel Crushman is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ei walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ei looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ei tries to clinch up but Crushman circles away and keeps his distance.
Ei is looking to chop away at Crushman's legs.
A clash of legs there as Crushman blocks the low kick.
Ei throws a leg kick but Crushman sees it coming and checks it nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Daniel Crushman showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Crushman has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Daniel Crushman!
A very excited looking Daniel Crushman rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.