PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dax Crumper (ranked 3477 p4p, 6635 weight class) and Guy Neer (ranked 191 p4p, 291 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Crumper
vs
Neer

165 cm
26
140
2 - 3 - 1

175 cm
17
142
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 1, fighting out of The Island, Dax Crumper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Guy Neer!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Bart Greer and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crumper on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Neer displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Crumper.

Crumper fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Neer to the ground. Crumper is now in Neer's guard.
Crumper passes Neer's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Crumper definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Crumper lands strikes from half guard.
Crumper not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Crumper lands a nice short elbow.
Crumper lands strikes from half guard.
Crumper is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Neer is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Crumper scores with a couple of nice shots.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Neer is defending against the submission attempts here by Crumper.
Crumper looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Crumper winds up and cracks Neer with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Neer has hold of Crumper's hands but Crumper slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crumper lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Neer is trying to stand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Crumper looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Neer with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Ground and pound from Crumper.
Crumper landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Crumper seems to be looking for submissions.
Neer is trying to stand.
Crumper lands strikes from half guard.
Crumper looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Neer looks like he's trying to stand up.
Crumper scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Crumper slips a nice elbow through Neer's hands, connecting with Neer's forehead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Crumper wants to work for an arm triangle but Neer is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Crumper landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Crumper is trying for a kimura here. Neer looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Crumper wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Dax Crumper!