PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harvey Crawford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dick Ding (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 Dick Ding was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Crawford
vs
Ding

196 cm
26
274 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

212 cm
23
270 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Good gas tank

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Harvey Crawford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dick Ding!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Elvis Blanc and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crawford throws a combination that misses

and Ding holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Crawford being controlled against the cage.
Ding with a knee to the head.

It looks like Harvey Crawford has been cut.
Ding utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Crawford is breathing heavily.
Ding lands a knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ding landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ding just leaning against Crawford, taking a breather.
Ding comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ding lands a good knee to the midsection. Crawford won't want to take too many of those.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ding lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ding lands an elbow inside.
Ding lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Harvey Crawford's cut is getting worse.
Ding unloads a knee to the mid-section. Crawford lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees to the body from Ding.
Ding is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Ding crunches a lovely knee into Crawford's ribcage.
Crawford takes an elbow to the temple.

Harvey Crawford's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Ding using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Ding is stalling here.
Ding lands a knee to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ding.

Jeez, Harvey Crawford's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Harvey Crawford's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Dick Ding!