PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Crowder (ranked 3720 p4p, 5818 weight class) and Michael Pereira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Michael Pereira was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Crowder
vs
Pereira

185 cm
25
186
3 - 1 - 0

192 cm
19
194
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Powerful

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ryan Crowder!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Michael Pereira!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pereira is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Crowder dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Crowder paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Crowder avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Crowder scores with a jab to the jaw.
Pereira tries to close the distance and clinch up but Crowder swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Crowder closes the distance and clinches.
Crowder lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pereira backwards.
Crowder blocks an uppercut.
Crowder gets through Pereira's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Crowder stalling.
Crowder lands a body punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice body punch from Crowder - that landed with a thud.
Crowder lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Pereira's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Pereira misses with an elbow over the top.
Crowder taking a breather.
Crowder content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Pereira manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Crowder on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Crowder creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Crowder manages to break the clinch.
Crowder wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Crowder lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Crowder lands with a shot to the body.
Crowder ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Pereira tries to clinch up.
Pereira wants to land a leg kick but Crowder is out of range.
Ryan Crowder seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pereira tries to clinch up.
Crowder uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pereira.
Crowder keeps the fight on the outside.
Nice body punch from Crowder.
Nice body punch from Crowder.
Pereira looks winded!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crowder cracks Pereira with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

Crowder clinches up against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crowder pressing his opponent against the cage.
Crowder stalling against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Crowder.
Crowder blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pereira tries a body shot but Crowder blocks it.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Pereira tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Crowder's elbow.
A nice right hand lands inside from Crowder.
Crowder just leaning against Pereira, taking a breather.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ryan Crowder.
Pereira tries to close the distance and clinch but Crowder swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pereira takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Crowder lands a nice looking body shot.
Pereira tries to clinch but Crowder moves out of range.
Pereira misses with a looping right.
Pereira wants to clinch up but Crowder keeps it at a distance.
Pereira tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Crowder paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pereira wants to clinch up but Crowder keeps it at a distance.
Crowder takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Crowder fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Pereira looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Crowder lands a glancing blow to the side of Pereira's head.
Crowder circles away from the clinch attempt.
It looked like Crowder wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Pereira tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A cross from Crowder lands.
Crowder thuds his right hand into Pereira's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pereira takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Pereira is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Crowder cracks Pereira with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Crowder has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Pereira to stand back up!

Pereira is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crowder cracks a nice hook into Pereira's ribs.
Pereira is still on wobbly legs! Can Crowder finish him?
Crowder is looking to wear down Pereira with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Crowder drops Pereira with a big left hand! Pereira is injured, injured bad! Crowder jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ryan Crowder!