PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Roy Scott (ranked 6236 p4p, 5437 weight class) and Hummer Crawford (ranked 592 p4p, 620 weight class). Roy Scott has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Scott
vs
Crawford

190 cm
21
205
1 - 2 - 0

187 cm
25
195
1 - 1 - 0

Great elbows
Granite chin

Dangerous knees
Tends to cut

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Roy Scott!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Hummer Crawford!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Winston Alpacca and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crawford just misses with a punch to the body.
Crawford lands a jab to Scott's midsection.

Scott instigates a clinch.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Scott throws an elbow but misses.
Our sources have told us that Scott has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Scott tries to work over Crawford's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Scott takes a knee right on the jaw!
Crawford blocks an elbow strike from Scott.
Scott takes a shot to the head.
Scott can't find room to land a body shot as Crawford controls the action.
Scott throws an elbow but it misses.
Crawford slowing the pace effectively.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Crawford taking a breather.
Crawford working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Scott tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Crawford's elbow.
Scott is breathing heavily.
Crawford avoids a wild elbow strike from Scott.
Crawford throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Scott blocks it with crossed arms.
Crawford tries a knee to the head but Scott blocks it.
Crawford lands a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice left hand lands by Crawford.
Crawford lands a right hand that snaps the head of Scott backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crawford lands with a short shot to the head.
Scott struggles to land a body shot inside as Crawford controls his hands.
Scott stalling in the clinch but Crawford improves position.
Crawford lands with a light punch inside.
Stalling in the clinch from Crawford.
Scott swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Crawford as Scott tries to tie him up.
Crawford landing knees to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Crawford.
Crawford dodges an elbow strike from Scott.
A short left from Crawford.
Crawford lands a left hand that snaps the head of Scott backwards.
Scott is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Scott looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Crawford.
Crawford unloads a knee to the mid-section. Scott lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Still in the clinch, Crawford scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scott's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Crawford digs a right hand into Scott's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Scott's gas tank.
Crawford told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Crawford lands a left hand.
Crawford cracks Scott with a nice body shot.
Crawford scores with a nice hook to the head.

Scott is rocked!
Crawford connects with a nasty looking knee right to Scott's face.
Oh Scott is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Crawford softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Crawford breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Scott with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Scott looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Scott get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Hummer Crawford!
During a confident post fight interview, Hummer Crawford thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.