PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aung San Suu Kyi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stanton Crowe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Suu Kyi might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Peace Prize Speech. Crowe has chosen The Builders & The Butchers - Bringing Home The Rain as his entrance music. Aung San Suu Kyi has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

San Suu Kyi
vs
Crowe

193 cm
30
220 lbs
23 - 11 - 0

175 cm
30
207 lbs
23 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Apex

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Aung San Suu Kyi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Stanton Crowe!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Crowe misses its intended target.
Crowe ducks under a wild hook from Suu Kyi.
Crowe feints the counter takedown.
Suu Kyi scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Suu Kyi lands with a straight right. Crowe didn't see that one coming.
Crowe misses with a straight left.
Suu Kyi looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

It looks like Aung San Suu Kyi has been cut.
Suu Kyi keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Crowe thuds a left hand into Suu Kyi's body.
Suu Kyi throws a hook but Crowe blocks it.
Donk. Suu Kyi catches Crowe right on the button with a cross.
Crowe misses the shot to the body.
Crowe fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Suu Kyi scores with a hook.

It looks like Stanton Crowe has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Suu Kyi defending well as Crowe loads up on a big left hand.
Crowe throws a solid leg kick but Suu Kyi takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Crowe.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crowe throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Suu Kyi uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Stanton Crowe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Crowe avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
And Crowe tries to counter it with a takedown but Suu Kyi pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Crowe throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Suu Kyi counters with a slapping leg kick.
Suu Kyi misses with a body kick.
Suu Kyi stuffs the takedown.
Crowe swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Suu Kyi ducks right into an uppercut from Crowe.
Crowe goes for a double leg but Suu Kyi avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Suu Kyi continues to drive forward.
Suu Kyi swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Aung San Suu Kyi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Stanton Crowe.

Crowe looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Suu Kyi!
Crowe sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Suu Kyi is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Suu Kyi is looking to reverse the position.
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!
Crowe working the head and body with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suu Kyi prevents Crowe from improving position.
Crowe wants to lay and pray for a moment but Suu Kyi keeps working.
Suu Kyi is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Crowe trying to control the action but Suu Kyi is working from the bottom.
Crowe is just content to waste time from the top position. Suu Kyi takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.

Crowe is posturing up here but Suu Kyi has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Crowe tries to roll out but it's too tight and Crowe has to tap! Slick submission there by Suu Kyi!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Aung San Suu Kyi!
A relieved looking Aung San Suu Kyi thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.