PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Grayson Crow (ranked 6153 p4p, 0 weight class) and Herman Summer (ranked 6026 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Crow
vs
Summer

183 cm
18
193 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
201 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Sully's Bar & Grill

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Grayson Crow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Herman Summer!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Glass and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Summer misses with an uppercut. Crow saw that one coming.
Crow tries to counter by clinching up but Summer breaks away and moves out of range.
Summer looks to land a left hand but Crow moved out of range nicely.
Crow ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
As Summer tries to get set, Crow tries to push him back and clinch up but Summer manages to avoid the attempt.
Crow wants to clinch
and Summer counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

It looks like Grayson Crow has been cut.
Summer swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Crow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big right from Summer misses.
As Summer tries to get set, Crow tries to push him back and clinch up but Summer manages to avoid the attempt.
Nice defenses there by Crow.
Crow moves in looking to clinch but Summer pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Summer drives through and clinches with Crow against the cage.
Summer slowing the pace effectively.
Crow is trying to pull guard but Summer turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Summer.
Summer is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Crow is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Grayson Crow. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Summer looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Crow is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Summer is defending well.
Summer just leaning against Crow, taking a breather.
Summer misses with a hook from the clinch.
Crow blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Summer lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Summer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Crow's elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Summer creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Crow blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Summer.
Summer dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Summer lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Crow backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Summer.
Summer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Summer misses with the head strike.
Summer digs a right hand into Crow's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Crow's gas tank.

Crow drags the fight down to the ground.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Summer with a flurry of punches that miss.
Summer being controlled here momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Summer throws a strike but Crow rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Summer working a defensive guard here.

Summer has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Crow can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Crow advances position into side control!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Summer can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Summer seems a little lost for a moment, as Crow dominates the positioning.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Crow in side control, throwing shots but Summer defends.
Crow controlling from side mount.
Summer sneaks back into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Herman Summer dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Grayson Crow's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

The fighters circling - Summer throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Crow is looking to counter the offense by Summer and move into the clinch.
Summer swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Crow.
Crow tries to clinch but Summer moves out of range.
Crow tries to clinch but Summer moves out of range.
Summer looks to score with a jab to the body but Crow is just out of range.
Nice defenses there by Crow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Summer throws the left hand but Crow avoids the punch easily.
Crow seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Summer might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Summer misses with a hook. Crow ducked under it nicely.
Crow wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Crow uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Summer.
Crow seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Summer comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Summer misses with a looping right.
Summer misses the shot to the body.
Crow tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Summer manages to circle out of the way.
Summer connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

Crow gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Crow blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Summer prevents a takedown attempt there.
Crow blocks an uppercut.
Summer misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Crow.
Summer working aggressively here.
A nice left hand lands by Summer.
Summer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Summer slowing the pace effectively.
Summer has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Summer stalling the fight.
Summer has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Summer misses with some punches.

Crow pulls guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Summer wants to control from the top but Crow keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Summer postures up in Crow's guard and throws a big left but Crow blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Summer throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Crow works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Summer postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Crow looking for a sweep. Not yet Crow, not yet.
Summer trying to control but Crow is working from the bottom.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Crow is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Crow seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Crow has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Summer is trying to get back to full guard.
Crow sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Summer wants to improve his position but Crow is controlling well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Herman Summer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Grayson Crow's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Summer closes the distance and pushes Crow back into the cage.
Crow blocks an uppercut.
Summer misses with a body punch.
Crow blocking some punches.
Crow blocks an uppercut.
Crow is looking for a takedown.
Crow has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Summer after a bit of a struggle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Summer misses with a hook to the ribs.
Crow prevents a body shot from Summer.
Summer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Crow taking a breather.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crow blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Summer throws a head punch that misses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Summer.
Crow keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Summer's efforts to push away.
Herman Summer seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Summer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Crow can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Grayson Crow. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Summer lands with a short shot to the head.
Summer looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Crow wants a takedown.
Crow is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Summer is defending well.
Summer lands a shoulder strike.
Summer is struggling to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Summer's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Summer lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Summer lands a hook to the side of the head.
Crow tries to pull guard but Summer holds him up against the cage and eventually Crow drops back down to his feet.
Summer misses with a hook from the clinch.
Summer lands a right hand.
Crow blocks an uppercut.
Summer lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Crow backwards.
Summer content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Summer working aggressively here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crow blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Summer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Summer stops a takedown attempt from Crow.
Summer softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Summer throws a punch but it's blocked by Crow.
Crow is trying to drag Summer to the mat but Summer just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Summer has a couple of punches blocked by Crow.
Summer misses with a short punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Summer.
Crow jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Summer walks away with a smile on his face. Crow gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Summer throws a hook to the side of Crow's head but Crow sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Summer circles away from the clinch attempt.
Summer throws a hook but Crow avoids it easily.
A big right from Summer misses.

Summer moves into the clinch.
Summer misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Summer misses with a punch to the body.
Crow is working for takedown but Summer is calmly controlling the position for now.
Grayson Crow has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Herman Summer is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Summer lands a body punch in the clinch.
Crow missing with knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Herman Summer comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Summer winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 26:30
Judge James Glass scores the fight 26:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Herman Summer!