PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Billy Crawley (ranked 4689 p4p, 4765 weight class) and Bobby Cruz (ranked 539 p4p, 549 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.

Crawley
vs
Cruz

191 cm
25
205
0 - 0 - 0

193 cm
25
218
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Billy Crawley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bobby Cruz!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Dirk Anderson and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A shot to the liver by Crawley. Beautiful body shot.
Crawley lands with an overhand left.
Cruz takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Cruz takes the fight into the clinch.
Cruz is trying to break free.

Crawley manages to break the clinch.
Cruz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Crawley was well out of range. Poor timing from Cruz.
Crawley smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

It looks like Bobby Cruz has been cut.
A jab from Cruz misses.
Crawley with a hook.

Cruz pushes Crawley up against the cage in a clinch.

Crawley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Crawley catches Cruz with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crawley throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Crawley lands with a right hand.
Cruz misses with a straight right.
Cruz wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz thows a left - swing and a miss!

Cruz has Crawley up against the cage in a clinch.

Crawley's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cruz lands a right hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cruz. Crawley does a little dance to reset his feet.
Crawley swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
The fighters circle momentarily. Crawley darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Crawley defending well as Cruz loads up on a big left hand.
A combination from Cruz does no damage.
Crawley displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Cruz.
Cruz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Billy Crawley is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Crawley lunges at Cruz with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Cruz's hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Crawley. Beautiful body shot.

Cruz moves into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Crawley breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cruz doesn't manage to clinch there - Crawley circles away.
Cruz defending well as Crawley loads up on a big left hand.
Cruz tries to counter with a clinch but Crawley shakes him off and moves away.
Crawley moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Crawley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cruz is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Crawley with a body shot.
Cruz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Crawley lands with an uppercut that bounces Cruz off the cage and back into range.
Cruz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Crawley lands with a straight right. Cruz didn't see that one coming.
Crawley scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Cruz tries to clinch but Crawley moves out of range.

Cruz closes the distance and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crawley pushes Cruz back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Crawley breaks from the clinch.
Crawley cracks Cruz with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Cruz tries to clinch up but Crawley circles away and keeps his distance.
Crawley misses with a body shot.
Cruz tries to close the distance and clinch but Crawley swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Crawley circles away from the clinch attempt
and Crawley counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Good exchange - Crawley coming out on top.
Cruz defending well as Crawley loads up on a big left hand.
Crawley connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Cruz displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Crawley throws out the jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Crawley misses the target.
Cruz throws a series of punches but Crawley moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz wants to clinch
and Crawley counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cruz shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Crawley sprawls well. Crawley wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Cruz gets slowly back to his feet.
Crawley thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice body punch from Crawley.
Cruz drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Cruz tries to clinch there but Crawley circles away.
Cruz ducks under a wild hook from Crawley.
Cruz slips a straight right by Crawley.
Crawley swings for the body but Cruz moves out of range.

Cruz moves into the clinch successfully.

Crawley breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Billy Crawley dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bobby Cruz's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Cruz lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Crawley circles away quickly and effectively.
Cruz misses with a takedown attempt - Crawley sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Cruz drops his hands momentarily and Crawley takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Crawley is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cruz can do to turn this around?
Crawley misses the jab.
Crawley lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cruz at a distance.
Crawley swings for the body but Cruz moves out of range.
Cruz misses with a combination
and Crawley counters with a lovely shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crawley throws a hook but Cruz blocks it.
Cruz tries to counter by closing the distance.
Crawley throws a body shot but no joy.
Crawley scores with a jab to the body.
Crawley stuffs the takedown attempt from Cruz. Cruz gets slowly back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crawley throws a hook but Cruz blocks it.
A big right from Crawley misses.
A little jabbing left from Cruz on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Cruz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Crawley.
Cruz misses with a hook
and Crawley counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Crawley showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cruz.
Crawley was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Crawley fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Crawley connects with a body shot.
Billy Crawley is winning the standup battle so far.
Crawley digs a good hook to Cruz's body.
Crawley throws a lazy right hand but Cruz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Crawley scores with a nice strike.
Cruz throws a combination. Crawley tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crawley looks to score with a jab to the body but Cruz is just out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crawley looks to score with a jab to the body but Cruz is just out of range.
Nice defenses there by Cruz.
Cruz looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Cruz bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cruz slips a jab from Crawley.
Cruz throws a counter combo.

Cruz has Crawley up against the cage in a clinch.

Crawley escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cruz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Crawley.
Crawley throws a looping overhand right but Cruz ducks down to avoid it.
Cruz takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Cruz throws a right and a left that Crawley avoids nicely.
Cruz bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cruz misses with a two punch combination.
Crawley lands a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cruz on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Crawley as he connects with a hook.
Cruz takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Crawley thuds a left hand into Cruz's body.
Cruz throws a hook but Crawley avoids it easily.
Crawley scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Crawley misses with a hook.
Cruz looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Crawley lands with a cross.
Cruz blocks a jab.
Cruz avoids the body shot from Crawley.
Cruz doesn't manage to clinch there - Crawley circles away.
Crawley misses the jab.
Crawley throws a big shot that misses.
Cruz swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crawley lands a nice hook to Cruz's body. Cruz takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crawley scores with a sloppy right hand. Cruz should have avoided that one.
Bobby Cruz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Crawley swings for the body but Cruz moves out of range.
Crawley lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Crawley throws a jab but it's blocked by Cruz.
Cruz avoids the body shot from Crawley.
Crawley takes a swing at Cruz's ribcage but misses.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Cruz falls off balance throwing a combination
and Crawley counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Cruz loads up on a big right hand but Crawley slips the punch.
Good standup being displayed there by Crawley as he connects with a hook.
Crawley just misses with a punch to the body.
Crawley fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cruz manages to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Billy Crawley dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bobby Cruz's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Crawley scores with a shot to the body.
Cruz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cruz shoots in for a takedown but Crawley shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Cruz is looking to clinch but Crawley is avoiding it.
Cruz throws a hook to the side of Crawley's head but Crawley sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Crawley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cruz tries to clinch up
letting Crawley counter with a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crawley throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cruz sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cruz slips under a jab.
Crawley scores with a hook.
Cruz takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crawley connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Cruz momentarily.

Cruz closes the distance and clinches.

Crawley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Crawley, as that shot connected.
Cruz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Crawley scores with a decent looking hook.
Crawley throws a lazy right hand but Cruz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A big left from Crawley misses.
Crawley pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cruz tries to clinch there but Crawley circles away.
Cruz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Crawley throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Cruz stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Cruz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Crawley swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cruz shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Crawley eats them both and turns towards Cruz to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd cheers as Crawley lands an impressive looking overhand right. Cruz doesn't seem phased though.
Crawley looks to score with a jab to the body but Cruz is just out of range.
Crawley sets himself, and Cruz steps forward looking for the clinch! Crawley avoids it this time.
Crawley connects with a jab.
Crawley dodges the punch combination from Cruz.
Cruz tries to clinch but Crawley moves out of range.
Cruz moves out of range of the strikes.
Cruz ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Crawley throws a hook to the side of Cruz's head but Cruz sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Crawley is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Cruz moves in looking to clinch but Crawley pushes him off.
Cruz tries to clinch there but Crawley circles away.
Crawley listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Billy Crawley is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crawley swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cruz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cruz wants to clinch up but Crawley keeps it at a distance.
Cruz tries to clinch there but Crawley circles away.
Crawley appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Crawley comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Cruz cracks Crawley with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Cruz takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Crawley lands a body shot.
Cruz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Crawley scores with a nice strike.
Cruz takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Cruz moves into the clinch.
Cruz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crawley struggles to land a body shot inside as Cruz controls his hands.
Cruz tries to work over Crawley's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Crawley misses with a punch to the body.
Crawley tries a body shot but Cruz blocks it.
Bobby Cruz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cruz has a couple of punches blocked by Crawley.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cruz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Crawley manages to break the clinch.
Cruz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Crawley was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Cruz has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Cruz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cruz tries to bum rush Crawley with a series of wild strikes but Crawley uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cruz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nice jab there from Crawley.
Crawley jabs Cruz to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Crawley scores with a body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Billy Crawley showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Crawley, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Billy Crawley!
Our winner, Billy Crawley, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
In defeat, Bobby Cruz stepped up to the mic, saying 'Shame on me losing in my own home'.