PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Raylan Crowder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stem Cell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Raylan Crowder could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Stem Cell's chin.

Crowder
vs
Cell

167 cm
30
149 lbs
22 - 10 - 2

170 cm
40
141 lbs
41 - 18 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Sin City Allstars

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Raylan Crowder!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 41 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Stem Cell!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Alan Glass and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crowder throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cell throws out a loose jab but Crowder uses good head movement to avoid it.
A quick step to the side and Crowder tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Crowder looks to score with a jab to the body but Cell is just out of range.
Cell looks for a takedown but Crowder sprawls well.
Crowder misses with a leg kick
and Cell counters with a leg kick.
Crowder tries to clinch there but Cell circles away.
Raylan Crowder seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cell looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Crowder throws a good cross that connects.
Crowder throws the left hand but Cell avoids the punch easily.
Cell feints the counter takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crowder walks into a jab.
Crowder works Cell's body with a nice hook.
Crowder lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Good standup being displayed there by Crowder as he connects with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cell avoids the body shot from Crowder.
Cell wants to counter with a clinch but Crowder pushes him away.
Crowder showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cell.
Crowder missing with a left hand there. Cell was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Cell.
Crowder uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cell.
Cell tries to score with a low kick but Crowder moves his leg out of the way.
Cell throws a head kick that misses.
Cell misses with a series of wild punches.
Crowder stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crowder uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Crowder lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Crowder looks to score with a jab to the body but Cell is just out of range.
It seemed like Cell was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Cell lunges at Crowder with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Crowder's hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Crowder. Cell does a little dance to reset his feet.
Crowder fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Cell looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cell dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cell ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Crowder moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Crowder. Cell does a little dance to reset his feet.
Crowder misses with a right hand
and Cell counters with a left to the body.
Crowder misses with a body kick.
Cell takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Cell takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crowder throws a leg kick which misses Cell's front leg but catches the back leg as Cell tries to avoid it.
Cell throws out a loose jab but Crowder uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice straight punches there by Crowder. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Crowder.
Crowder throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Crowder swinging wildly here.
Cell dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Crowder misses with a straight right.
Crowder misses with an uppercut. Cell saw that one coming.
Crowder lands a slapping body shot.
Cell bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Crowder throws a body shot but no joy.
Cell is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Crowder with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crowder misses with a shot to the body
and Cell counters with a nice uppercut.
Crowder misses with a hook.
Crowder is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Cell fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Crowder is looking to counter with a body kick.
Raylan Crowder has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Stem Cell.
Crowder throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Crowder bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cell looks to throw the jab but Crowder is out of range.
Cell misses the shot to the body.
Crowder connects with a looping right hand.
Crowder throws a leg kick but Cell checks it.
Cell looks to score with a jab to the body but Crowder is just out of range.
Crowder takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raylan Crowder dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Cell sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Crowder connects with a solid leg kick.
Raylan Crowder is winning the standup battle so far.
A jab from Crowder does it's job there.
Cell avoids the body shot from Crowder.
Crowder misses with a looping right.
Cell now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Cell misses with a head kick.
Cell stuns Crowder with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

Cell drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Crowder is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Cell's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cell throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cell working over Crowder with some ground and pound. Crowder looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Crowder blocking the ground and pound attempt from Cell.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crowder wants to control but Cell is keeping busy.
Cell slips a nice elbow through Crowder's hands, connecting with Crowder's forehead.
Cell seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Crowder does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Cell missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Crowder works his way to full guard. Good work.
Cell prevents Crowder from getting back to his feet.
Cell wants to control from the top but Crowder keeps moving.
Cell stops Crowder from standing up.
Cell with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Cell's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Crowder tries to strike from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Crowder is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Cell landing some decent shots from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cell postures up in Crowder's guard and throws a big left but Crowder blocks it.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Crowder wants to get back to his feet but Cell is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Crowder misses with an uppercut
letting Cell counter with a right hand.
Crowder scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Crowder waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cell.
Crowder jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Crowder swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cell tries a quick counter leg kick but Crowder is wise to it.
Cell motions for Crowder to come forward. Cell throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Crowder misses with a looping right.
Crowder throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Crowder throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crowder throws a body punch but Cell moves out of range.
Crowder is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cell can do to turn this around?
Cell looks to score with a jab to the body but Crowder is just out of range.
Cell misses with a wild body shot.
Crowder on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Crowder feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Cells jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Crowder is looking to score with low kicks.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Crowder.
Crowder works Cell's body with a nice hook.
Crowder just misses with a punch to the body.
Cell lands with a nice body kick.
Cell misses with a takedown attempt - Crowder sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crowder misses the jab.
Crowder pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Cell back to the cage. Crowder follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

Cell is rocked!

Cell shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Crowder has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Cell is working away from the top position though.
Cell is trying to control. Crowder wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Crowder tries to kick Cell off but Cell keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Crowder controlling the position for now.
Cell looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Crowder with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Crowder on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raylan Crowder 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. This is the final round!

Cell misses with a looping left.
A left and a right from Cell both land. Nice combination.
Crowder missing with a left hand there. Cell was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
It seemed like Cell was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Crowder tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cell swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cell throws a leg kick that is checked
and Crowder counters with a right hand to the body.
Crowder lands with a shot to the body.
Crowder misses the shot to the body.
A low kick from Cell is predictable there
and Crowder counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Crowder takes a swing at Cell's ribcage but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crowder looks to score with a jab to the body but Cell is just out of range.
Cell is trying to counter with his kicks.
Cell avoids the body shot from Crowder.
Crowder jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cell misses with an attempted mid kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crowder lands a nice shot to the body.
Cell avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Crowder throws a body punch but Cell moves out of range.
Cell with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Crowder lands with a straight right. Cell didn't see that one coming.
Cell defending well as Crowder loads up on a big left hand.
Cell moves out of range as Crowder strikes.
Crowder misses with a right hand
and Cell counters with a three punch combo that has Crowder backing up. Crowder nods at Cell to acknowledge the strikes.
Crowder tries to work over Cell's front leg with a kick but Cell checks it.
Nice body punch from Crowder.
Crowder throws an overhand right that lands on Cell's shoulder, as Cell tries to avoid the shot.
Cell doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Good shot there by Cell.
Stem Cell has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crowder misses the body punch
and Cell counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Horrible takedown attempt by Cell or perhaps it was just good defense by Crowder, which made it look bad.
Crowder throws a looping overhand right but Cell ducks down to avoid it.
Cell goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Crowder misses the shot to the body.
Cell swats away the attempt to clinch by Crowder.
A solid leg kick lands there for Crowder.
Crowder swinging wildly here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crowder keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Cell throws a leg kick but Crowder sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Crowder scores with a body shot.
Crowder misses with a hook. Cell ducked under it nicely.
Cell digs a good hook to Crowder's body.
Cell throws a body shot but no joy.
Cell throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
An attempted straight right counter from Crowder misses the target.
Cell scores with a jab.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Crowder.
A big left from Crowder misses.
Cell is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Crowder with a body shot.
Cell throws a front kick aimed at Crowder's knee but Crowder avoids it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cell shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Crowder defends it nicely.
Crowder tried to counter with a leg kick but Cell avoided it.
Cell is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Crowder rather than just go for the knockout.
Cell missing with a left hand there. Crowder was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cell is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Cell takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Cell is still on wobbly legs! Can Crowder finish him?
Cell tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Crowder was well out of range. Poor timing from Cell.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Crowder uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cell.
Cell seems to have recovered his senses.
Crowder throws a nice outside leg kick.
Crowder lunges at Cell with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Cell's hand.
Crowder connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Raylan Crowder showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Crowder, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Raylan Crowder!
An out of breath Raylan Crowder thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
The defeated Stem Cell had this to say: 'Looks like its time for apoptosis.'.