PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Boyd Crowder (ranked 24392 p4p, 2395 weight class) and Tetsuo Shima (ranked 0 p4p, 306 weight class). Shima has chosen The HU - Yuve Yuve Yu as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Crowder
vs
Shima

180 cm
22
180
0 - 1 - 0

167 cm
27
182
27 - 14 - 1

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Boyd Crowder!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Tetsuo Shima!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Ian Loll and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shima throws a head kick but Crowder moves out of range.
Shima dips to his left and cracks Crowder with an uppercut!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Shima is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Shima blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Shima blocks an uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Shima.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Shima tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Crowder's elbow.
Shima lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Crowder softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shima blocking some punches.
Crowder being controlled against the cage.
Crowder tries to throw a body punch but Shima avoids it by throwing Crowder back against the cage.
Crowder has a couple of punches blocked by Shima.
Shima blocks an uppercut.

Crowder escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Shima rushes Crowder and presses him up against the cage.
Shima prevents the takedown attempt.
Shima prevents a takedown attempt there.
Crowder looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Shima works on Crowder's body with a couple of short punches.
Crowder misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crowder pushes Shima back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Shima lands with a light punch inside.
Shima lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Shima is pressed up against the cage. Crowder has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Shima down to the mat. Shima avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Boyd Crowder. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Shima forces Crowder back against the cage and clinches.

Crowder is trying to trip Shima. He has hold of a leg but Shima is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Crowder persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shima seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Shima keeping moving, preventing Crowder from controlling successfully.
Shima lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Crowder is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crowder lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Shima wants to get back to his feet but Crowder is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Shima is trying to control the position but Crowder postures up.
Crowder won't allow Shima to get back to his feet.
Crowder postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Crowder trying to move into half guard but instead Shima has managed to sweep!

Crowder tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shima would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Shima stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Crowder swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Crowder looking to hit a scissor sweep but Shima is one step ahead there.
Shima forces his way into half guard.
Crowder is staying active underneath Shima, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Shima tries to stand and escape but Crowder is controlling the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tetsuo Shima dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Shima clinches with his opponent.
Shima tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Shima takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Tetsuo Shima seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Crowder works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Crowder trying to control but Shima is working from the bottom.
Shima wants to get back to his feet but Crowder is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Crowder lands a couple of elbows.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crowder postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Crowder advances position into side control!
Crowder trying to control the position but Shima is working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Crowder is trying to get an arm triangle but Shima is defending well.
Sloppy strikes there by Crowder.
Crowder wants to control but Shima is keeping him busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Shima is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Crowder has just dragged him back down to the mat.

Shima bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Shima throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Crowder.
It looked like Crowder wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Crowder gets tackled into the cage by Shima. Shima maintains the clinch.
Shima slows down the pace here.
Shima blocks an uppercut.
Shima is looking to control Crowder's arms but Crowder gets an underhook and turns him. Now Shima has his back to the cage.
Crowder lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Crowder is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Shima can't fight it off and eventually Crowder manages to take the fight to the floor. Shima looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Crowder passes Shima's left leg - he's now in half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Crowder wants to advance to full mount but Shima doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crowder is stalling in the full guard.
Crowder loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Crowder in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Crowder trying to control the position from guard on top but Shima is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Crowder with a flurry of punches that miss.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shima wants to improve his position but instead Crowder has moved into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Shima is trying to control but can't.
Crowder not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Crowder is working for a submission of some sort.
Crowder not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Shima regains full guard. Nicely done.
Crowder connects with a couple of short punches.
Shima pulls Crowder in to control the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Boyd Crowder dominated that second round.
That's time! Crowder's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Crowder misses with a kick to the body
and Shima counters with a stiff right hand.

Shima moves into the clinch.
Shima misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Crowder will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Shima up against the cage.
Shima blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Crowder misses with a body punch.
Shima letting Crowder take a breather here.
Shima just leaning against Crowder, taking a breather.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Shima looking to slow down the pace here.
Crowder lands a nice shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crowder is looking to take this one to the mat.
Shima trying to control the position but instead, Crowder has worked for underhooks and has pushed Shima into the cage.
Shima has Crowder pushed against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Tetsuo Shima.

Crowder gets tackled into the cage by Shima. Shima maintains the clinch.
Crowder slowing the pace effectively.
Shima lands a right hand that snaps the head of Crowder backwards.
Crowder fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Crowder misses with a punch to the body.
A short uppercut from Shima.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shima lands a left hand.

Crowder breaks the clinch.
A slow jab from Shima misses its intended target.
Good shot there by Crowder.
Tetsuo Shima is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Crowder slips a jab from Shima.
Crowder appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Crowder keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Shima.
Crowder looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Tetsuo Shima seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Horrible takedown attempt by Crowder or perhaps it was just good defense by Shima, which made it look bad.
Shima misses with a jab to the body
and Shima takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shima tries to clinch but Crowder is having none of it.
Shima misses with a left hand
and Crowder counters with a nice body shot.
Donk. Shima catches Crowder right on the button with a cross.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Crowder.
Shima tries to clinch but Crowder is having none of it.
Shima misses with a right hand
and Crowder counters with a stiff right hand.
Shima tries to clinch there but Crowder circles away.
Crowder swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Crowder connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A cross from Shima lands.

Shima instigates a clinch.
Shima digs a right hand into Crowder's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Crowder's gas tank.
Shima stalling against the cage.
Crowder fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Shima blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Crowder as Shima tries to tie him up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shima is pressed up against the cage. Crowder has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Shima down to the mat. Shima avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Boyd Crowder. That's going to take a lot out of him.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Crowder lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Shima tries a body shot but Crowder blocks it.
Crowder fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shima misses with a punch to the body.
Shima taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Crowder tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Shima's elbow.
Crowder misses with a hook from the clinch.
Shima displaying some good clinch control by pressing Crowder up against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Tetsuo Shima.
I think Shima has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 28:29
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tetsuo Shima!
A very excited looking Tetsuo Shima made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.