PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vince Crosby (ranked 24054 p4p, 5132 weight class) and Luke Valentine (ranked 759 p4p, 568 weight class). Crosby comes to the cage accompanied by BROKEN DREAMS. Valentine is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Kennedy - Karate. Luke Valentine will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Crosby
vs
Valentine

186 cm
21
183
0 - 1 - 0

186 cm
22
178
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Convicted Trap House
Conviction

Conviction
MKFC

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vince Crosby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Luke Valentine!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Anthony Taglia and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valentine throws a poor cross that misses

and Crosby moves into the clinch.
Crosby tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Crosby keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Valentine's efforts to push away.

Valentine breaks the clinch.
Crosby tries to clinch but Valentine is having none of it.
Valentine looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

Crosby closes the distance and pushes Valentine back into the cage.
Crosby misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Valentine fails to land.
Valentine lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Crosby backwards.
Valentine scores with a shoulder strike.
Crosby has a couple of punches blocked by Valentine.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Valentine working aggressively here.
Crosby misses with a hook from the clinch.
Crosby throws a punch but it's blocked by Valentine.
Valentine blocks a body shot from Crosby.
Crosby throws a punch but it's blocked by Valentine.
Valentine tries to work over Crosby's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Valentine lands with a light punch inside.
Valentine misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crosby goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Crosby doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Crosby lands a shoulder strike.
Crosby definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A head punch on the inside from Valentine fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Crosby.

Valentine escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Valentine throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Crosby tries to clinch up
and Valentine counters with a straight right hand.
Crosby tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Valentine counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Crosby moves to clinch but Valentine breaks away
and Valentine counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Crosby is rocked!
A swing and a miss from Valentine.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crosby is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Crosby drives through and clinches with Valentine against the cage.
Crosby scores with a shoulder strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Crosby fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Crosby misses with a punch on the inside.

Valentine breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Crosby tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A nice side step and Valentine releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.

Crosby rushes Valentine and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Crosby throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Valentines head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Valentine.
Valentine swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short uppercut from Valentine.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Valentine.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valentine blocks a body shot from Crosby.
Valentine lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short right from Valentine on the inside.
Crosby struggles to land a body shot inside as Valentine controls his hands.
Valentine can't break the clinch.
Crosby lands a body punch in the clinch.
Valentine fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Valentine breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Crosby has managed to clinch.
Valentine wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Valentine softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Valentine manages to break the clinch.
Crosby fails in his attempt to clinch.
Crosby wants to clinch
and Valentine connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Crosby forces Valentine back against the cage and clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crosby throws a head punch that misses.
Valentine lands a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Crosby misses with some punches.
Crosby lands a body shot.
Crosby prevents Valentine from breaking the clinch.
Valentine working hard to break the clinch.
Crosby lands a shot to the body.
Valentine has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Crosby seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Valentine can turn it around.
Valentine misses with some punches.
Crosby gets through Valentine's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Crosby blocking some punches.
Crosby tries to work over Valentine's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Valentine tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Crosby tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Crosby has a couple of punches blocked by Valentine.

Valentine breaks the clinch.
Crosby tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Crosby needs to keep his hands up - Valentine had a free shot at his head there.
Valentine circles away from the clinch attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Luke Valentine will probably get the nod.
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.

Valentine circles away from the clinch attempt
and Valentine makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

Crosby gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Crosby.
Crosby tries to throw a body punch but Valentine avoids it by throwing Crosby back against the cage.
A short right from Crosby on the inside.
Crosby lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Valentine backwards.
Valentine wants to get back to striking at distance but Crosby won't allow it.
Crosby prevents Valentine from breaking the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crosby tries a body shot but Valentine blocks it.
Crosby swings wildly with an uppercut but Valentine uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vince Crosby has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Valentine lands a right hand that snaps the head of Crosby backwards.
Crosby lands a hook to the side of the head.
Valentine blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Valentine is trying to break free.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Valentine manages to break the clinch.
Valentine scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Valentine throws a lazy right hand but Crosby sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Crosby wants to clinch but Valentine slips to the side
and Valentine counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Crosby moves in looking to clinch but Valentine pushes him off.
Valentine let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Vince Crosby seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Valentine avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A countering left hand to the body from Valentine misses.
Valentine throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Valentine takes a swing at Crosby's ribcage but misses.
As Valentine tries to get set, Crosby tries to push him back and clinch up but Valentine manages to avoid the attempt.
Valentine circles away from the clinch attempt
and Crosby takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crosby tries to clinch up
and Valentine counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Crosby tries to clinch but Valentine moves away

and Valentine counters with a nice right hand that sends Crosby toppling to the canvas! Crosby scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Valentine finish him?!
Oh Crosby is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Crosby moves to clinch but Valentine breaks away
and Valentine scores with a counter punch that sends Crosby to the canvas! Valentine smells blood - he's punishing Crosby with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Crosby has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luke Valentine!
Luke Valentine bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.