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SFC 7 Christmas Special PBP Commentary |
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crow throws a sloppy head kick and Johns moves out of range easily.
Crow circles away from the clinch attempt.
Johns is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Crow walks into a left hand.
Johns takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Crow avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johns misses with a straight left.
Nice body punch from Johns.
Johns doesn't manage to clinch there - Crow circles away.
Johns moves into the clinch.
Crow working hard to break the clinch.
Johns escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johns looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Crow uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Johns.
Crow misses with a head kick.
Crow's jab looks to have found its range, popping Johns under the eye.
Crow keeps the fight on the outside.
Crow steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Johns.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crow fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Crow misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Despite the aggression on Johns's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Crow feints a jab promting Johns to slip. Crow then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Johns slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Crow throws a jab but it's blocked by Johns.
Crow keeps the fight on the outside.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johns looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Crow looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Crow throws a right and a left that both miss.
Johns avoids a punch combination nicely.
A left lands for Crow.
Johns looks to land a right hand but Crow moved out of range.
Johns clinches up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Johns fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Crow.
Johns makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johns misses with some punches.
Johns breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Johns moves into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crow tries to break free but Johns pushes him back against the cage.
Johns keeps control of Crow as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Johns working aggressively here.
Johns breaks from the clinch.
Crow throws a right and a left that both miss.
Crow misses with a series of wild punches.
A little jabbing left from Johns on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Crow's jab looks to have found its range, popping Johns under the eye.
Johns wants to clinch up but Crow keeps it at a distance.
Johns is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Johns tries to clinch up.
A head kick misses from Crow.
Crow throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A nice side step and Johns releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Crow misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Johns doesn't manage to clinch there - Crow circles away.
Johns wants to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crow tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Johns moves in looking to clinch but Crow pushes him off.
Crow misses with a double jab.
Johns lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Crow avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Crow avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Crow throws a sloppy head kick and Johns moves out of range easily.
Crow throws a right and a left that both miss.
Johns closes the distance and clinches.
Johns escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Crow scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Crow misses with an attempted mid kick.
Johns misses with a two punch combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johns closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Crow tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Johns just stands there and leans against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johns.
Crow breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Johns moves in looking to clinch but Crow pushes him off.
Crow pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crow misses with a kick to the body.
Johns is looking to clinch.
As Johns looks to move away, Crow throws a big counter combo but Johns just gets out of the way.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johns looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Johns is looking to clinch.
Johns has taken the fight to the clinch.
Johns lands a right hand that snaps the head of Crow backwards.
Johns tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Crow goes for a takedown in the clinch but Johns prevents it.
Crow is trying to pull guard but Johns has him pressed against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sam Crow. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Crow has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Johns avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Crow is trying to break the clinch but Johns is controlling him.
Crow's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Johns gets a clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Johns creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Johns throws a head punch that misses.
Crow goes for a takedown in the clinch but Johns prevents it.
Crow manages to break the clinch.
Johns tries to clinch there but Crow circles away.
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 Sam Crow will probably get the nod.
That's time! Crow's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Johns pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Johns wants to clinch but Crow slips to the side
and Johns takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Johns wants to clinch.
Johns moves in looking to clinch but Crow pushes him off.
Crow throws a right hand that Johns ducks under and follows up with a left that Johns also avoids with ease.
Crow misses with a jab, cross combination.
Johns moves out of range of the body kick.
Johns will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Johns scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johns has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Crow.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johns looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Crow throws a one two combo.
Johns fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crow takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Johns moves into the clinch.
Crow's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Johns avoids the head kick by Crow.
Johns is looking for the big counter here.
Johns takes a jab right on the kisser.
Crow throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Sam Crow is winning the standup battle so far.
Johns closes the distance and clinches.
La'Von Johns seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Crow breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Crow throws a head kick that misses.
Johns tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A punch combination from Johns misses.
Johns looks to score with a jab to the body but Crow is just out of range.
Crow misses with a wild combination.
Crow scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johns throws a series of punches but Crow avoids them all with ease.
Johns misses with a wild body shot.
Johns takes the fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crow jumps guard but Johns stands there with Crow around his waist. Crow gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johns.
Johns lands a shoulder strike.
Crow blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Crow is trying to break the clinch but Johns is controlling him.
Crow blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Crow breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice body punch from Crow.
Johns throws a body shot but no joy.
A head kick misses from Crow.
Crow displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Johns clinches with his opponent.
Crow tries to pull guard but Johns won't allow it.
A head punch on the inside from Johns fails to land.
Crow breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Crow cracks Johns with a right hand to the side of the head.
Crow takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Johns moves in looking to clinch but Crow pushes him off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crow throws a sloppy head kick and Johns moves out of range easily.
Sam Crow is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Crow misses with a kick to the body.
Crow misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Johns.
Crow throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Johns tries to clinch up but Crow circles away and keeps his distance.
Johns swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Crow throws a sloppy head kick and Johns moves out of range easily.
Johns unleashes a big counter combination but Crow bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Crow looks for the body kick but Johns saw that one coming.
Crow is looking to land body kicks.
Crow tries to bum rush Johns with a series of wild strikes but Johns uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Crow avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johns on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Johns tries to clinch but Crow is having none of it.
Crow falls off balance throwing a combination
and Johns counters with a stiff right hand.
Crow takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Crow tries to pull guard but Johns holds him up against the cage and eventually Crow drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sam Crow. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johns throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Crows head.
Johns swings wildly with an uppercut but Crow uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johns swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Johns keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Crow's efforts to push away.
Crow breaks the clinch.
Johns fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nice jab there from Johns.
Crow ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Johns moves away.
Johns takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Johns misses the shot to the body.
Crow walks into a jab.
Johns tries to clinch up
and Crow counters with a two punch combo.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Crow throws a head kick but Johns moves out of range.
Johns throws a jab when Crow was well out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sam Crow dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Johns cracks Crow with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Johns tries to clinch up but Crow circles away and keeps his distance.
It looked like Crow was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Johns.
Crow throws a head kick but Johns moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Johns throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Johns fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Some wild striking there from Johns.
A shot to the liver by Crow. Beautiful body shot.
Johns takes the fight into the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johns.
Johns fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johns keeps control of Crow as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Crow breaks from the clinch.
Crow throws a half hearted mid kick.
Johns throws a shot from downtown. Crow moves away and avoids it.
Johns tries to clinch up but Crow circles away and keeps his distance.
Crow stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crow throws a sloppy head kick and Johns moves out of range easily.
A big left from Johns misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Crow misses its target.
Crow lands a head kick!
Johns fails with an attempt to clinch.
Crow throwing a counter right hand but Johns manages to avoid it.
Johns tries to clinch up but Crow circles away and keeps his distance.
Crow misses with a head kick.
Johns tries to close the distance and clinch but Crow swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Johns fails with an attempt to clinch.
Crow misses with a few strikes there.
Johns swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Johns gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Crow.
Crow will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Johns takes the fight into the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Johns creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Crow manages to break the clinch.
Johns avoids the head kick by Crow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johns has taken the fight to the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crow wants to get back to striking at distance but Johns won't allow it.
Johns tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Johns lands an uppercut.
Johns lands a left hand that snaps the head of Crow backwards.
Crow is trying to force a seperation but Johns has the dominant position.
A head punch on the inside from Johns fails to land.
Crow has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Johns is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Crow has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Johns prevents Crow from breaking the clinch.
Johns has Crow pressed against the cage, preventing Crow from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Crow has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Johns after a bit of a struggle.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Crow has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Johns breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Johns throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Crow sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Johns tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Crow paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Johns rushes Crow and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Crow wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Crow wants to break the clinch but can't.
Johns breaks the clinch.
Johns lands a head shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johns is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Johns tries to close the distance and clinch but Crow swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Johns wants to clinch up but Crow keeps it at a distance.
A thudding body kick lands there by Crow!
Johns fails with an attempt to clinch.
Johns fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Crow manages to avoid it.
An attempted straight right counter from Crow misses the target.
Johns wants to clinch up but Crow keeps it at a distance.
Crow lands with a nice combination. Johns backs away looking to recover.
Crow lands with a right hand.
Crow tries to keep at a distance but Johns has taken the fight into the clinch.
Johns has a couple of punches blocked by Crow.
Crow manages to break the clinch.
Johns tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Crow paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Johns doesn't manage to clinch there - Crow circles away.
It looked like Crow was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Johns wants to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johns swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Johns looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Johns takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crow throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Johns swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Crow throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Johns.
Crow works the jab nicely.
Johns tries to close the distance and clinch up but Crow swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Crow misses with an attempted mid kick.
Johns misses the shot to the body.
Johns is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Crow swats away the attempt to clinch by Johns.
Crow fails to land with a series of punches.
Johns tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Crow counters with a left and a right that stings Johns.
Crow tries a head kick but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sam Crow clearly takes that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Crow tries to bum rush Johns with a series of wild strikes but Johns uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Johns tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johns fails in his attempt to clinch.
Johns is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johns looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Johns fails with an attempt to clinch.
Crow dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Crow misses with a head kick.
Johns dips to his left and cracks Crow with an uppercut!
Johns fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johns tries to clinch but Crow moves out of range.
Johns moves in looking to clinch but Crow pushes him off.
Johns tries to clinch up.
Johns has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Johns tries to bum rush Crow with a series of wild strikes but Crow uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Crow avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Crow throws a head kick but Johns moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johns's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Crow connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Johns scrambles back to his feet.
Johns tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johns forces Crow back against the cage and clinches.
Crow tries to break the clinch but Johns is controlling the position.
Crow gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Crow pushing down on Johns's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Crow works his way into side control.
Crow in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Johns is tapping! That's the end of the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 4, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Sam Crow!
Sam Crow retains his super heavyweight title!
Sam Crow really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that M.O. Fight Wear logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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