PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jonathan Crowley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Soichi Nishida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Crowley
vs
Nishida

190 cm
25
135 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

166 cm
21
132 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jonathan Crowley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Soichi Nishida!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Alexandre Firmino and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nishida throws a lazy head kick

and Crowley counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Crowley.
Nishida trying to keep a closed guard but Crowley is proving a slippery customer.
Our spies down at at Tenacity Elite - 17 Coaches inform us that Nishida has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Crowley stops Nishida from standing up.
Nishida looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Nishida is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nishida is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Nishida looking to control.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nishida tries to score with a low kick but Crowley moves his leg out of the way.
Nishida cracks Crowley with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

Crowley is rocked!
Crowley misses with a double jab.
Crowley misses with a takedown attempt
and Nishida counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Oh Crowley is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nishida lands hard precision jab right on the jaw that stiffens Crowley up and sends him tumbling to the mat! The ref grabs Nishida from behind before he can pounce. Some folks in the crowd didn't like that stoppage, but I saw Crowley's eyes roll way back in his head, he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Soichi Nishida!