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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Reynaldo Crawford (ranked 24867 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hi Beautiful (ranked 5118 p4p, 0 weight class). Hi Beautiful will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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214 lbs
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200 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Reynaldo Crawford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hi Beautiful!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, George Francis and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A momentary lapse in concentration from Crawford enables Beautiful to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Crawford manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Crawford is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Beautiful presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
Beautiful slowing the pace effectively.
Crawford is trying to break the clinch but Beautiful is controlling him.
Crawford escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Beautiful leaves Crawford with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Beautiful counters with a body kick.
Crawford takes the fight into the clinch.
Crawford swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Beautiful prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crawford can't break the clinch.
Crawford pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Crawford fails with the takedown
and Beautiful counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Reynaldo Crawford. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Crawford wants to clinch up but Beautiful keeps it at a distance.
Beautiful closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Crawford tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Beautiful manages to move to mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Beautiful takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Crawford wants to try and get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beautiful blocks Crawford's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Beautiful won't let Crawford get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Beautiful takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Crawford wants to try and get back to his feet.
Beautiful tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Crawford is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Beautiful controlling his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crawford trying desperately to get to his feet.
Crawford throwing hammer fists to the chest of Beautiful. What's that going to do exactly?
Crawford tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Beautiful looking to control but Crawford is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Crawford tries to reverse the position but Beautiful maintains control.
Beautiful looking to control but Crawford is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Crawford is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Crawford is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Beautiful trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crawford bucks up and throws Beautiful to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!
Beautiful shoots in and gets a takedown into Crawford's guard.
Beautiful really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Crawford. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Beautiful looks winded!
Beautiful postures up.
Beautiful decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Crawford, up you get!
Crawford forces Beautiful back against the cage and clinches.
Crawford tries for a takedown. No joy.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Beautiful tries to work over Crawford's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Crawford misses with a hook from the clinch.
Beautiful struggles to land a body shot inside as Crawford controls his hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Hi Beautiful will probably get the nod.
That's time! Crawford's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Crawford has closed the distance and engaged Beautiful in a clinch.
Crawford escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Beautiful gets the takedown into side control.
Crawford throws Beautiful to one side and escapes!
Beautiful darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Crawford pushes Beautiful off and gets back to his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crawford doesn't manage to clinch there - Beautiful circles away.
Crawford forces Beautiful back against the cage and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beautiful avoiding damage as Crawford throws knees to the body.
Crawford has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Beautiful after a bit of a struggle.
Beautiful gets underhooks to prevent Crawford's takedown attempt.
Crawford has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Beautiful has Crawford pressed against the cage, preventing Crawford from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Crawford wants to break free but Beautiful has control.
Crawford breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Crawford tries to close the distance and clinch but Beautiful swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Crawford doesn't manage to clinch there - Beautiful circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Beautiful shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Crawford manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Crawford pushes Beautiful off and scrambles back to his feet.
Beautiful gets the takedown into side control.
Crawford is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Beautiful trying to control the action but Crawford is working from the bottom.
Beautiful decides to stand back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crawford has closed the distance and engaged Beautiful in a clinch.
Beautiful taking a breather.
Beautiful tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Crawford blocks a body shot from Beautiful.
Beautiful goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Crawford is trying to break the clinch but Beautiful is controlling him.
Knees to the body from Beautiful.
Beautiful can't find room to land a body shot as Crawford controls the action.
Crawford is looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Reynaldo Crawford. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Crawford wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crawford is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Beautiful gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Beautiful manages to break the clinch.
Beautiful swats away the attempt to clinch by Crawford.
Beautiful appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Beautiful closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Crawford's guard.
Beautiful's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Beautiful trying to stand up but can't free himself from Crawford's guard.
Crawford is looking for a triangle but Beautiful pushes his legs off easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Reynaldo Crawford dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Crawford tries to clinch but Beautiful moves out of range.
A nice side step and Beautiful releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Beautiful shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Crawford manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Crawford is looking to stand back up but Beautiful counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Crawford.
Beautiful prevents Crawford from improving his position.
Crawford is looking to control Beautiful's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Crawford avoid being mounted?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crawford has one foot on Beautiful's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Crawford is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Beautiful is trying to counter with his kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crawford gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Beautiful to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Crawford throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Crawford looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Beautiful must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Beautiful slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Crawford.
Beautiful looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crawford pushes Beautiful off looking to stand but Beautiful dives back in and keeps control.
Crawford trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Beautiful stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Beautiful shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Crawford's guard.
Crawford has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Beautiful off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Beautiful takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Beautiful closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Crawford quickly recovers to half guard.
Crawford has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Beautiful is on him like a limpet, forcing Crawford back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crawford drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Beautiful gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Beautiful's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Crawford clinches with his opponent.
Beautiful breaks the clinch.
Crawford looks to clinch
and Beautiful counters with a right hand to the body.
Beautiful shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Crawford's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crawford is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Beautiful is controlling him.
Crawford has his foot on Beautiful's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Beautiful works his way back into a safe position though.
Crawford pushes a forearm under Beautiful's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Beautiful is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Reynaldo Crawford!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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