PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pelle Hermano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Crowe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hermano comes to the cage accompanied by Driving Blind. Johnny Crowe will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Hermano
vs
Crowe

150 cm
28
148 lbs
17 - 5 - 0

170 cm
27
153 lbs
8 - 0 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Bullet Proof System

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pelle Hermano!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johnny Crowe!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Taro Takaoka and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crowe misses with a low kick.
Hermano walks into a jab.
Crowe lands a nice looking body shot.
Johnny Crowe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big right from Hermano misses.
Hermano lands with a good body shot.
We've been hearing reports that Hermano has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Hermano walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Crowe throws a shot from downtown. Hermano moves away and avoids it.
Hermano appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Hermano blocks a jab.
Hermano cracks a nice hook into Crowe's ribs.
Crowe throws a leg kick
and Hermano counters with a stiff right hand.

Crowe gets caught napping as Hermano dives in and scores a takedown. Crowe manages to retain guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crowe is adopting a defensive guard.
Hermano trying to control but Crowe is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crowe trying to control the position here.
Hermano sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Hermano throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Hermano working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Hermano throwing strikes from guard but Crowe blocks nicely.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Hermano lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Crowe tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hermano manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hermano checks a low kick from Crowe.
Nice defenses there by Hermano.
Hermano fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Crowe checks it well.
Hermano lands a jab to the head.
Crowe sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Hermano connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Crowe connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

Hermano throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Crowe was covering up waiting for the punch and Hermano finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Hermano trying to control the position from guard on top but Crowe is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hermano preventing the sweep.
Hermano is working Crowe over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Crowe is pulling down on Hermano's head to control his posture.
Crowe working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hermano.
Hermano wants to pass the guard but Crowe is keeping the position.
Hermano postures up in Crowe's guard and throws a big left but Crowe blocks it.
Crowe seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Hermano lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hermano wants to control from the top but Crowe keeps moving.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Crowe holds on and takes a little breather.
Hermano postures up in Crowe's guard and throws a big left but Crowe blocks it.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Crowe trying to control the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Hermano lands a jab to Crowe's midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pelle Hermano dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Hermano throws a chopping leg kick but Crowe manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Hermano slips under a jab.
Crowe throws a combination. Hermano tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Crowe misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hermano.
Hermano thows a left - swing and a miss!
Crowe lands with a slapping head kick.
Crowe gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Hermano misses with a hook. Crowe ducked under it nicely.
Crowe throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hermano stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Crowe misses with a leg kick
and Hermano counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Johnny Crowe seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Crowe looks to score with a jab to the body but Hermano is just out of range.
Hermano fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Crowe.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Crowe uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hermano.
Crowe on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Crowe avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Hermano misses with a low kick.
Hermano closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Crowe blocks a low kick nicely.
Nice shot lands for Hermano.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Horrible takedown attempt by Hermano or perhaps it was just good defense by Crowe, which made it look bad.

Hermano drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hermano looking to sit in guard and control but Crowe gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Hermano looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Hermano working for a triangle but Crowe defends it easily.
Crowe in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Crowe trying to control but Hermano is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hermano is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Crowe throws a big right hand that misses.
Hermano has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Hermano is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Crowe defends well.
Hermano wants to sweep here but Crowe controlling him for the moment.

Hermano is looking to cinch up a triangle. Crowe throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Hermano's body to avoid the submission. Hermano has instead reached around Crowe's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Hermano arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Pelle Hermano!
Pelle Hermano retains his featherweight title!
Pelle Hermano decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.