PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bob Crawley (ranked 3194 p4p, 4591 weight class) and John Russo (ranked 403 p4p, 553 weight class). Crawley's entrance music is Barbarian Overlords - The Ambassador. A fine choice. Crawley has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Crawley
vs
Russo

195 cm
25
205
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
219
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bob 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, John Russo!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, David Hoff and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Russo shoots in for a takedown but Crawley shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Russo cracks a nice hook into Crawley's ribs.
John Russo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Crawley takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Russo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Crawley sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Crawley throws the left hand but Russo avoids the punch easily.
Russo lands a jab to Crawley's midsection.
Crawley is breathing heavily.
Russo uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Russo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Crawley.
Crawley displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Russo.
Crawley appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice shot by Russo.
Russo missing with a left hand there. Crawley was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Russo jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crawley drops his hands momentarily and Russo takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Russo scores with a punch to the head.
Russo throws a right hand that misses
and Crawley counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Russo misses with an uppercut.
Russo swings for the body but Crawley moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Russo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Russo with a nice cross.
Bob Crawley is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Russo misses with a hook.
Russo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Crawley.
Russo misses with a hook
and Crawley counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Russo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Crawley manages to avoid it.
Crawley is looking to counter punch.
A jab from Russo finds it's way through Crawley's defenses.
Russo shoots in for a double leg but Crawley sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Bob Crawley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Russo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Russo uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Crawley has time to react.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Russo misses with an uppercut
and Crawley counters with a straight right hand.
Crawley moves forwards but Russo connects with a nice, crisp jab.

Russo closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Russo looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Crawley is avoiding damage well.
Russo fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Crawley takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Russo advances to mount.
Russo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Russo is landing with some decent strikes but Crawley is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Russo takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Russo lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Russo sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Crawley is trying to stand up.
Russo with good strikes from the mount here!
Russo unloading with bombs!
Crawley taking shots to the head.
Russo postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Crawley bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Russo and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Russo!