PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Crushman (ranked 556 p4p, 19 weight class) and Nick Fjera (ranked 634 p4p, 27 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Crushman
vs
Fjera

196 cm
36
262 lbs
20 - 11 - 1

188 cm
35
273 lbs
25 - 9 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Daniel Crushman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Nick Fjera!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crushman scores with a nice body kick.
Crushman moves out of range of the strikes.
Fjera throws a poor cross that misses
and Crushman makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Fjera misses with a looping right.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fjera. Crushman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Crushman scores with a nice right hand.

It looks like Nick Fjera has been cut.
Crushman throws a nice outside leg kick.
Crushman throws a nice inside leg kick.
Crushman blocks a jab.
Crushman cracks a nice hook into Fjera's ribs.
Crushman paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Crushman lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fjera moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

Crushman drops his shoulder and cracks Fjera with a huge uppercut! Fjera goes down! Can Crushman finish him?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Crushman drops back looking for a leg! Fjera is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Fjera manages to kick Crushman off! Crushman jumps back into Fjera's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Crushman controlling from the top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crushman advances position into side control!
Fjera regains half guard.
Crushman wants to take a breather but Fjera is having none of it.

Crushman is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Fjera is trying to control but can't.
Crushman is trying to control the action in half guard but Fjera is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Crushman is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Fjera is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Crushman pulls his head out easily.
Fjera trying to control from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fjera tries to get to full guard but Crushman has control of the leg.
Crushman works his way into side control.
Fjera is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Crushman off and has taken his back!

Fjera looking to break Crushman's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Crushman remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Fjera will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Crushman is really stuck here.

Fjera working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Crushman is trying to break free.

Crushman is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.

Fjera is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Crushman has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Fjera is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Crushman has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crushman manages to reverse the position and now he's in Fjera's guard. Nice work there by Crushman.
Crushman wants to pass the guard but Fjera is keeping the position.
Fjera looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Fjera throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Crushman stands and throws Fjera's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Crushman tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Crushman has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Fjera is looking for a sweep.

Crushman is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Fjera knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crushman wants to control but Fjera is keeping him busy.

Crushman is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Fjera has escaped the position, nice work there.
Fjera is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

Fjera looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Fjera is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Crushman pulls his head out easily.
Crushman is pressing down on Fjera's thigh, looking to free his foot. Fjera is holding on for now.
Fjera wants to get back to full guard.
Fjera wants to control but Crushman is keeping busy.
Crushman wants to control but Fjera is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Crushman dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nick Fjera's cut.
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.

Fjera misses with a wild body shot.
Fjera throws a poor cross that misses
and Crushman counters with a nice leg kick.
Fjera jabs at Crushman's body.
Crushman blocks a jab.
Fjera takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Fjera is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Crushman stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Fjera pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Crushman appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Crushman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fjera can do to turn this around?
Fjera misses the jab.
Crushman scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

That has opened up Nick Fjera's cut even more.
Crushman throws a nice inside leg kick.
Fjera misses with a wild body shot.
Crushman lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A decent looking cross lands there for Crushman.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fjera takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Crushman wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crushman works the jab nicely.
Fjera is breathing heavily.

Oh, that's a big right hand from Crushman and Fjera goes tumbling to the canvas! Crushman follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.
Fjera is looking to improve his position.
Fjera wants to control but Crushman is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Crushman is trying to work for a kimura but Fjera is defending well.

Crushman is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Fjera doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Crushman.

Crushman is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Fjera doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Crushman.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fjera is trying to maintain the position but Crushman is very close to passing his half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crushman wants to lay and pray for a moment but Fjera keeps working.

Crushman is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Fjera doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Crushman.
Fjera is looking for a sweep. Crushman is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Crushman looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Crushman is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Fjera defends it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fjera moves into full guard.
Crushman trying to control but Fjera is working from the bottom.

Fjera is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Crushman defends well.
Fjera has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Crushman has passed into side control.

Crushman thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Crushman trying to control the action but Fjera is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crushman tries to advance to mount but Fjera denies him.
Fjera manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Fjera trying to pass the guard but Crushman defending well.
Fjera seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Crushman does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Daniel Crushman overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Fjera content to control rather than advance.
Crushman has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Fjera is working away from the top position though.

Fjera is working for a submission of some sort.

Fjera is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Crushman defends it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Crushman dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nick Fjera's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Crushman moves away from the strike by Fjera.
Fjera scores with a decent looking hook.

It looks like Daniel Crushman has been cut.
Crushman scores with a decent looking hook.
Fjera misses with a wild body shot.
Crushman was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Fjera connects with a leg kick. Crushman looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Nice uppercut lands for Crushman. That snapped Fjera's head back.
Crushman takes a swing at Fjera's ribcage but misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fjera. Crushman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Crushman connects with a single shot there.
Daniel Crushman is winning the standup battle so far.
Fjera misses with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An inside leg kick lands from Crushman.
Fjera misses with a hook
and Fjera takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fjera throws a hook but Crushman avoids it easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crushman tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fjera throws a jab but it's blocked by Crushman.
Crushman tries to counter with a takedown but Fjera is quick to defend against it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Crushman.

The cut above Nick Fjera's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Crushman works Fjera's body with a nice hook.
Fjera takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Decent striking displayed by Crushman there.
Crushman takes a swing at Fjera's ribcage but misses.
Fjera gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Crushman gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Fjera is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Daniel Crushman!
Daniel Crushman spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.