PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stanton Crowe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dutch Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dutch Johnson will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Crowe
vs
Johnson

175 cm
18
277 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

225 cm
25
269 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Stanton Crowe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dutch Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, John Roberts and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good shot there by Johnson.

It looks like Stanton Crowe has been cut.
Some wild striking there from Johnson.
Crowe throws a solid leg kick but Johnson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Crowe.
A head kick misses from Johnson.

Johnson clinches.
Crowe scores with a shot to the side of Johnson's head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Crowe blocking some punches.
Johnson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Johnson.
Crowe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Crowe lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Johnson has a couple of punches blocked by Crowe.
Johnson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson lands a nice uppercut.
Crowe lands a right hand.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Johnson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson tries to work over Crowe's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Johnson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Crowe blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Johnson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Crowe working aggressively here.
Crowe working aggressively here.
Johnson lands a shoulder strike.
Johnson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Johnson is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Johnson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnson.
Johnson tries to work over Crowe's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Crowe misses with some punches.
Johnson blocks a body shot from Crowe.
Johnson tries to work over Crowe's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson blocking some punches.
Crowe has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Johnson is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnson.
Johnson working aggressively here.
Johnson tries to throw a body punch but Crowe avoids it by throwing Johnson back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Crowe.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Crowe is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Johnson can't fight it off and eventually Crowe manages to take the fight to the floor. Johnson looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Crowe postures up and lands a big shot to Johnson's brow.
Crowe landing some decent shots from guard.
Crowe might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crowe controls from within his opponent's guard.
Crowe loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Johnson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Crowe throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Crowe throwing strikes from guard but Johnson blocks nicely.
Crowe works over Johnson with some ground and pound from guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crowe pushes down on Johnson's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Johnson looks gassed!
Crowe seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Crowe scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Crowe works his way into full mount!
Crowe has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Crowe landing shots from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Stanton Crowe will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Stanton Crowe's cut.
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.

Crowe changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Johnson looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Crowe prevents Johnson from escaping the position.
Johnson dodges the ground and pound from Crowe.
Johnson takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Johnson avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Crowe.
Crowe works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Crowe controls the position.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Crowe thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Crowe misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crowe is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Johnson will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Crowe has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
An elbow from Crowe crashes against the mat.
Crowe lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Johnson down.
Check out the look on Crowe's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crowe in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Johnson looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Crowe turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stanton Crowe!
After the fight, Stanton Crowe 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.