PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Crown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manuel Neuer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crown comes to the cage accompanied by Eminence Front. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Crown
vs
Neuer

193 cm
28
265 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

196 cm
28
270 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bobby Crown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Manuel Neuer!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, David Schapiro and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Neuer forces Crown back against the cage and clinches.
Neuer lands a body shot in the clinch.
Neuer throws an elbow but it misses.
Crown tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Crown misses with the head strike.
Crown has a couple of punches blocked by Neuer.
Crown trying to stall but Neuer improves his position.

Neuer turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

Neuer decides to stand back up.
Crown misses with a left hand
and Neuer counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crown looks to throw the jab but Neuer is out of range.
Crown avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Crown throws an overhand right that lands on Neuer's shoulder, as Neuer tries to avoid the shot.
Crown throws a lazy right hand but Neuer sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Neuer moves out of range of the strikes.
Neuer moves in looking to clinch but Crown pushes him off.
Neuer staying out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Neuer tries to clinch there but Crown circles away.
Neuer tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Crown paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Neuer takes the fight into the clinch.
Crown looking to stall.
Neuer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Neuer throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Crowns head.
Crown has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Crown is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Crown lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Neuer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Crown throws a hook but Neuer avoids it easily.
Crown avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Neuer closes the distance and pushes Crown back into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Neuer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Neuer tries to close the distance and clinch but Crown swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Crown listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

It looks like Manuel Neuer has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Neuer tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Crown paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A combination from Neuer does no damage.
Crown misses with a hook
and Neuer counters with a three punch combo that has Crown backing up. Crown nods at Neuer to acknowledge the strikes.
Neuer takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Neuer looks gassed!
Crown lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Bobby Crown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Crown circles away from the clinch attempt.
Crown looks to land a left hand but Neuer moved out of range nicely.
Crown misses with a straight right.
Crown swats away the attempt to clinch by Neuer.
Neuer uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Crown.
Crown lands with an overhand left.
Neuer tries to close the distance and clinch but Crown swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neuer moves in looking to clinch but Crown pushes him off.
Neuer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A punch lands to the side of Neuer 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Neuer takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Crown throws an overhand right that drops Neuer like a sack of potatoes! Crown dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bobby Crown!
After the fight, Bobby Crown was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.