PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dany Crosby (ranked 2124 p4p, 283 weight class) and Ed Landry (ranked 2679 p4p, 348 weight class). Landry has chosen Ride Wit Me - Nelly as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Crosby
vs
Landry

180 cm
24
200 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

185 cm
33
215 lbs
17 - 16 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dany Crosby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ed Landry!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Robert Douchet and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Landry dives in for a single leg takedown but Crosby sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Crosby is looking to counter punch.
Landry takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A slapping leg kick lands for Landry.
Landry on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Landry falls off balance throwing a combination
and Crosby counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Landry looks winded!
Landry lands a glancing blow to the side of Crosby's head.
Crosby tries to bum rush Landry with a series of wild strikes but Landry uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Crosby fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Landry, pushing him back against the cage.
Crosby cracks Landry with a nice body shot.
Crosby lands with a short punch from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Landry is trying to break the clinch but Crosby has him pressed against the cage.
Landry wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nice body punch from Crosby - that landed with a thud.
Crosby working aggressively here.
Landry looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Crosby struggles to land a body shot inside as Landry controls his hands.
Crosby lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Landry backwards.
Crosby tries to throw a body punch but Landry avoids it by throwing Crosby back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crosby swings wildly with an uppercut but Landry uses good head movement to avoid it.
Crosby lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Landry backwards.
Crosby tries to work over Landry's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Landry tries to break the clinch but Crosby is controlling the position.
Landry wants to break the clinch but can't.
Crosby gets through Landry's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Landry blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Crosby prevents the takedown attempt.
Crosby doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Crosby swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Landry is trying to push Crosby away but Crosby has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Crosby definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Landry is looking to break free of the clinch but Crosby has double underhooks.
Crosby keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Landry's efforts to push away.
Crosby tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Landry's elbow.
Nice body punch from Crosby - that landed with a thud.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crosby tries a body shot but Landry blocks it.
Crosby tries a body shot but Landry blocks it.
Landry working hard to break the clinch.
Crosby has Landry pressed against the cage, preventing Landry from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Crosby tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Landry's elbow.
Crosby lands a nice uppercut.
Crosby tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Crosby lands with a left to the head.
Crosby misses with a short punch on the inside.

Landry breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Landry lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Crosby at a distance.
Landry blocks a jab.
Landry scores with a one two! Crosby had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Landry misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Crosby throws a hook but Landry avoids it easily.
Some wild striking there from Landry.
Landry takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crosby throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Landry.
Landry throws a right and a left that Crosby avoids nicely.
Crosby misses with a series of wild punches.
Crosby lands a body shot.
Crosby avoids the body shot from Landry.
Crosby misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Landry slips a jab and a cross from Crosby.
Crosby digs a good hook to Landry's body.
A combination from Crosby does no damage.
Landry circles away from the clinch attempt.
Crosby misses with a double jab.
Landry throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Crosby throws a big counter combination but Landry scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Crosby will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Crosby pushes Landry up against the cage in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Landry breaks the clinch.
Crosby ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Landry moves away.
Crosby tries to clinch but Landry moves out of range.
Crosby takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Landry lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Dany Crosby is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Crosby gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Landry.
Landry lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Landry.
Crosby looks to land a left hand but Landry moved out of range nicely.
Landry feints a jab promting Crosby to slip. Landry then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Crosby slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

It looks like Dany Crosby has been cut.
Crosby tries to clinch up.
Crosby throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Landry takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Crosby lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Landry misses with the combination.

Crosby clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dany Crosby dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dany Crosby's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Landry scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Crosby.
Landry misses with a few strikes there.
Crosby throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Crosby throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Landry.
Crosby takes a swing at Landry's ribcage but misses.
Landry throws a counter combo.
The fighters circling - Crosby throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Crosby closes the distance and pushes Landry back into the cage.
Landry blocks a body shot from Crosby.
Crosby misses with a short punch on the inside.

Landry breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A big left from Crosby misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Crosby moves into range and clinches up with Landry.
A short left from Crosby.
Landry tries to circle away but Crosby has him pinned against the cage.
Crosby throws a punch but it's blocked by Landry.
Crosby is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Landry can do to turn this around?
Crosby misses with the head strike.
Landry tries to score a body lock takedown but Crosby shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Landry looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Crosby misses with some punches.
Crosby tries to work over Landry's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Crosby lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Crosby tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Landry blocks a body shot from Crosby.
Crosby lands a body punch.
Crosby lands with a short shot to the head.
Landry tries to break free but Crosby pushes him back against the cage.
Crosby fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Crosby cracks Landry with a nice body shot.
Crosby doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Crosby has a couple of punches blocked by Landry.

Landry breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Landry is looking to land body kicks.
Crosby on the wrong end of a nice jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crosby missing with a left hand there. Landry was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Crosby moves into range and clinches up with Landry.
Crosby lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Landry or not.
Crosby lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Landry backwards.
Landry is trying to break free.
Crosby misses with some punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Landry pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Landry throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Crosby swings widly with a right hand
and Landry makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Landry punishes Crosby's body with a nice straight punch.

Crosby fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Landry, pushing him back against the cage.
Landry blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Landry looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Crosby misses with a short punch on the inside.
Landry blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Crosby misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Landry breaks the clinch.
Crosby throws a right hand that Landry ducks under and follows up with a left that Landry also avoids with ease.
Landry connects with a body shot.
Crosby rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Landry moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Crosby is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Crosby misses with a two punch combination.
Dany Crosby is winning the standup battle so far.
Crosby slips a jab and a cross from Landry.
Landry misses with a few strikes there.
Landry throws a nice looking combination but Crosby bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Landry throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Crosby.
Crosby throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Some wild striking there from Crosby.
Crosby misses with a wild body shot.
Crosby swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Crosby stalks Landry and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Landry's face. Landry staggers backwards, shaken.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crosby tries to clinch there but Landry circles away.
Landry feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Crosby's calf.
Landry lands a body shot.
Landry throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Crosby.
Landry misses with a kick to the body.
Landry throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Crosby pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Landry feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Crosbys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Landry lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Crosby circles away quickly and effectively.
Landry is breathing heavily.
Crosby swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Landry counter with a right hand.
Landry swats away the attempt to clinch by Crosby.
Crosby misses with a double jab.
Landry dodges the punch combination from Crosby.
Crosby swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Landry throws a head kick that half lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dany Crosby dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dany Crosby's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Landry feints a jab promting Crosby to slip. Landry then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Crosby slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
That kick from Landry tenderised Crosby's leg. Crosby is trying to keep his angry face on.
Landry keeps the fight on the outside.
An inside leg kick lands from Landry.
Crosby throws the left hand but Landry avoids the punch easily.
Landry misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Crosby.
Crosby throws a right and a left that Landry avoids nicely.
Landry is looking for the big counter here.
Landry moves out of range as Crosby strikes.
Landry tries to counter with a clinch but Crosby shakes him off and moves away.
Landry uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Crosby.
Crosby scores with a one two! Landry had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Landry looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Crosby connects with a combination that backs up Landry into the cage. Crosby lands a flurry of punches that gets past Landry's guard. Landry is down and the referee has seen enough. It is all over! Crosby bursts into tears - this win obviously means a huge amount to him.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dany Crosby!