PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eli Crowe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gegard Mousasi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crowe comes into the arena with Angry Johnny & The Killbillies - Kill Again blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Crowe
vs
Mousasi

181 cm
33
215 lbs
28 - 15 - 0

191 cm
39
208 lbs
32 - 12 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Conviction
V-Mask Clothing (10%)

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 28 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eli Crowe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gegard Mousasi!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Ackerman and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab lands there for Crowe.

It looks like Gegard Mousasi has been cut.
Nice shot lands for Mousasi.
Crowe misses with a leg kick.
Donk. Crowe catches Mousasi right on the button with a cross.
Crowe lands a front kick.
Crowe fails in his attempt to clinch.
Crowe pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Crowe moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Mousasi sizes up Crowe with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Mousasi misses with an uppercut.
Crowe seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Crowe scores with a nice body kick.
Crowe looking to land some kicks to the body here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Crowe throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
An inside leg kick lands from Crowe.
A big right from Crowe misses.
Mousasi changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Crowe lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Mousasi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Crowe moves into the clinch successfully.
Mousasi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crowe pushes off an throws an elbow but Mousasi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Mousasi avoids the elbow strike from Crowe, against the cage.
Mousasi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mousasi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A body shot lands from Mousasi.
Mousasi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Crowe missing with knees to the body.
A short left from Mousasi.
Mousasi leaning against his opponent.
Mousasi misses with the head strike.
Mousasi lands with a left to the head.
Mousasi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Crowe avoids it.
Mousasi stalling the fight.
Crowe scores with a shot to the side of Mousasi's head.
Mousasi wants to stall.
Mousasi blocks an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crowe blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mousasi lands a hook that snaps the head of Crowe backwards.
Mousasi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mousasi's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crowe tries a knee to the head but Mousasi blocks it.
Mousasi throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Crowes head.
Mousasi lands with a light punch inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Crowe.
Crowe stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Mousasi avoids the elbow strike from Crowe, against the cage.

Mousasi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Crowe missing with a left hand there. Mousasi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Crowe misses with a right hand
and Mousasi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mousasi misses with a straight left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mousasi slips a jab from Crowe.
Nice uppercut lands for Mousasi. That snapped Crowe's head back.
A big left from Crowe misses.
Crowe misses with a straight right.
Mousasi connects with the punch.

Mousasi drives through with a takedown into guard.

Crowe pushes Mousasi off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Crowe throws a front kick aimed at Mousasi's knee but Mousasi avoids it well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mousasi lands with a nice body kick.
Crowe digs a good hook to Mousasi's body.
Mousasi scores with the left hand. Crowe knows he should have avoided that one.
A jab from Crowe misses.
Mousasi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Crowe throws a push kick but Mousasi slaps the foot to one side.
Crowe uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mousasi.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crowe lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Mousasi moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Eli Crowe is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mousasi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Crowe.
Crowe lands a head shot.
Nice shot lands for Crowe.

That has opened up Gegard Mousasi's cut even more.
Mousasi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Crowe tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Mousasi manages to circle out of the way.
Mousasi cracks Crowe with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Mousasi moves away from the strike by Crowe.
Crowe looks to land a left hand but Mousasi moved out of range nicely.
Mousasi moves out of range of the body kick.
Mousasi might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Crowe throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Mousasi.
Mousasi scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Crowe connects with a right hand. Mousasi shakes it off.

Mousasi shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

Crowe manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.

Mousasi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
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 Eli Crowe will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Gegard Mousasi's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

That kick from Crowe tenderised Mousasi's leg. Mousasi is trying to keep his angry face on.
Mousasi lands a really nice looking cross but Crowe seems unphased.
Mousasi lands with an uppercut that bounces Crowe off the cage and back into range.
Mousasi defending well as Crowe loads up on a big left hand.
Crowe moves in looking to clinch but Mousasi pushes him off.
Crowe misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mousasi.
Crowe misses with a wild body shot.
Mousasi tests Crowe's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Crowe pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Crowe shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Mousasi eats them both and turns towards Crowe to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Crowe connects with the punch.
Mousasi ducks under a wild hook from Crowe.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crowe throws a body shot but no joy.
Crowe on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Crowe connects with a body shot that sends Mousasi's belly button to the back.
A bone on bone clash there as Mousasi blocks the leg kick.
Mousasi tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Mousasi slips under a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crowe goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Crowe ducks right into an uppercut from Mousasi.
Decent striking displayed by Mousasi there.
Mousasi avoids a punch combination nicely.
Crowe thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mousasi connects with a good right hand that stumbles Crowe. Crowe circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Crowe misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mousasi has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Crowe cracks Mousasi with an open hand slap.

The cut above Gegard Mousasi's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Mousasi misses with a hook.
Crowe seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Crowe misses with a hook. Mousasi ducked under it nicely.
Mousasi is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Mousasi jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Mousasi avoids a kick to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crowe misses with a straight right.
Mousasi scores with a jab. Crowe acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Nice straight punches there by Mousasi. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Mousasi.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mousasi lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

Crowe is rocked!
Mousasi throws a right and a left that both miss.
Crowe tries to counter by clinching up but Mousasi breaks away and moves out of range.
Oh Crowe is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Crowe misses the jab.
Crowe seems to have got his legs back now.
Mousasi throws out a loose jab but Crowe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Crowe walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Mousasi shoots for a double leg takedown but Crowe sprawls well. He's pushed Mousasi's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Crowe misses with a looping right.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Mousasi! But no joy.
Mousasi takes a swing at Crowe's ribcage but misses.
Crowe takes a jab right on the kisser.

Mousasi closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Crowe prevents Mousasi from improving position.
Crowe is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Crowe tries to improve position but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crowe wants to get back to his feet but Mousasi drags him back down.

Mousasi thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Mousasi working the ground and pound.
An elbow from Mousasi crashes against the mat.
Crowe takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Crowe is trying to get back to his feet.
Mousasi sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Crowe is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The ground and pound from Mousasi seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crowe is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Mousasi has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Crowe managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Mousasi.
Crowe sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Mousasi trying to pass the guard but Crowe defending well.
Crowe is not content to let Mousasi control the position.
Crowe is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gegard Mousasi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Gegard Mousasi's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

A kick lands to the mid section there for Mousasi.
Eli Crowe is winning the standup battle so far.
Crowe scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Mousasi ducks under a wild hook from Crowe.
Crowe closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Mousasi scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Crowe misses with a kick to the body.
Mousasi changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Crowe swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mousasi moves out of range of the body kick.
Mousasi drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Crowe defends it well.
Mousasi throws a hook but Crowe avoids it easily.
Crowe lands an overhand right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crowe moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Crowe throws a hook but Mousasi blocks it.
Mousasi cracks the inside of Crowe's front leg.
Crowe thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice body punch from Crowe.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crowe jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mousasi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mousasi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Crowe missing with a left hand there. Mousasi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Crowe throws the left hand but Mousasi avoids the punch easily.
Crowe takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Mousasi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Crowe.
Crowe scores with a nice strike.
Mousasi darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Nice uppercut lands for Mousasi. That snapped Crowe's head back.
Crowe throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Crowe needs to keep his hands up - Mousasi had a free shot at his head there.
Mousasi lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Mousasi fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Crowe to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Crowe looks to clinch but Mousasi throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Crowe taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Gegard Mousasi!
Eli Crowe spoke after the fight, saying 'Goldurnit...'.