PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ben Law (ranked 6532 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lenny Crawford (ranked 4172 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Law
vs
Crawford

172 cm
18
162 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
155 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

JD's Island Shack

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ben Law!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Lenny Crawford!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Peter Branson and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Law takes one to the side of the head.
Lenny Crawford seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Crawford lands a right hook to the body.
Crawford lands with a hook. Law tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Law misses the shot to the body.
Crawford connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Crawford looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Crawford tests Law's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Law takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Crawford lands a body shot.
Crawford lands a nice shot that snaps Law's head back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Crawford works Law's body with a nice hook.
Crawford scores with a shot to the body.
Law takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crawford with a hook.
Law's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Crawford connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Law scrambles back to his feet.
Law rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Crawford counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Crawford punishes Law's body with a nice straight punch.
Law takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Crawford lands with an uppercut that bounces Law off the cage and back into range.
Law shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Crawford sprawls well. Crawford wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Law gets slowly back to his feet.
Law wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crawford lands a jab 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!
Crawford scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Law doesn't seem bothered though.
Crawford dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Crawford lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Crawford keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Crawford lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Law backs up against the cage.
Crawford lands a nice shot to the body.
Crawford moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Law has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Crawford finds it's way round the side to connect with Law's head.
Law tries to move into range but Crawford moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Crawford fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Law takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Crawford cracks Law with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

Crawford cracks Law with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Crawford has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Law to stand back up!

Law is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crawford cracks a nice hook into Law's ribs.
Oh Law is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Law is breathing heavily.
Crawford drops Law with a naaaaasty hook - Law is in real trouble here! Crawford dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lenny Crawford!
During a confident post fight interview, Lenny Crawford thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.