PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Idi Ota (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Crabtree (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crabtree has chosen Going the Distance as his entrance music. Richard Crabtree told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Ota
vs
Crabtree

184 cm
24
287 lbs
12 - 9 - 0

200 cm
25
294 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Heisenberg

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Idi Ota!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Richard Crabtree!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Damien Edna and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ota wants to clinch.
Ota slips a jab from Crabtree.
Ota tries to close the distance and clinch up but Crabtree swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ota avoids a punch combination nicely.
Crabtree throws a right hand that misses
and Ota counters with a nice body shot.

Ota gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A right hand to the body from Ota.
Our sources have told us that Ota has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Crabtree looks winded!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ota using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ota crunches a lovely knee into Crabtree's ribcage.
Ota works on Crabtree's body with a couple of short punches.
Ota comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ota unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ota lands a knee to the head.
Ota unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ota is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Ota.
Ota lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Richard Crabtree has been cut.
Ota scores with a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ota lands a knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Ota.
Ota crunches a lovely knee into Crabtree's ribcage.
A right handed body shot lands from Ota.
Ota landing knees to the body.
Ota crunches a lovely knee into Crabtree's ribcage.
Ota lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ota lands a knee to the body.
Ota lands a left hand that snaps the head of Crabtree backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Ota.
Ota softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ota lands a body punch in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ota.
Ota scores with a knee to the head.
Ota lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Crabtree or not.
Ota lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Crabtree or not.
Ota putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Crabtree in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ota works on Crabtree's body with a couple of short punches.
Ota lands an elbow inside that Crabtree shrugs off.
Ota scores a nice knee to the body.
A short left from Ota.
Crabtree takes a shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ota creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Crabtree's defenses.
Ota lands a body punch.
Ota cracks Crabtree with a nice body shot.
Ota lands a nice elbow.
Ota lands a body shot.
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!
Ota utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ota unloads a knee to the mid-section. Crabtree lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ota lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A short left from Ota.
Ota landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ota lands an elbow that stopped Crabtree in his tracks for a moment.
Ota works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ota lands a nice elbow.
Ota digs a right hand underneath Crabtree's ribcage. Crabtree let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ota lands an elbow just above Crabtree 's eye.
Ota comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ota putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Crabtree in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ota works on Crabtree's body with a couple of short punches.
Ota lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ota lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Ota.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ota lands an elbow inside.

That has opened up Richard Crabtree's cut even more.
Ota working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ota.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Idi Ota dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Richard Crabtree's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Ota moves into the clinch.
Crabtree takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ota lands an elbow inside that Crabtree shrugs off.
Ota lands a good knee to the midsection. Crabtree won't want to take too many of those.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ota unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A right hand to the body from Ota.
Ota unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ota lands a hook to the side of the head.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Ota working Crabtree over with knees to the body.
Ota putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Crabtree in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ota lands an elbow just above Crabtree 's eye.
Crabtree is breathing heavily.
Ota putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Crabtree in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ota lands a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ota working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ota lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Ota scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ota unloads a knee to the mid-section. Crabtree lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ota landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ota cracks Crabtree with a nice body shot.
Nice body punch from Ota - that landed with a thud.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ota lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Crabtree takes an elbow to the temple.

Ota drops Crabtree with a big knee straight up the middle! Crabtree is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Crabtree is rocked!

Ota clinches up against the cage.
Crabtree is still on wobbly legs! Can Ota finish him?
Ota lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ota creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Crabtree with a big uppercut! Crabtree tries to clinch up but Ota pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Crabtree to the mat! Crabtree covers up and Ota unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Idi Ota!