PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Billy Crawley (ranked 1361 p4p, 1282 weight class) and Diamond Hand (ranked 187 p4p, 176 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Crawley might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Jewelry - One More Time. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Crawley
vs
Hand

191 cm
30
205
10 - 7 - 2

190 cm
30
210
12 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

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 10 - 7 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Billy Crawley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Diamond Hand!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crawley misses with a looping left.
Hand stuns Crawley with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Hand tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Crawley changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Hand slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Hand on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Crawley connects with an inside leg kick.
Hand moves away from the strike by Crawley.
Hand swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Crawley scores with a body shot.
Hand misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hand misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Crawley.
Hand tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crawley's corner calls for a 1-2. Crawley obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Crawley lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Crawley misses the jab.
Billy Crawley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hand takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hand takes a jab right on the kisser.
Hand cracks Crawley with a good jab.
Crawley takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A jab from Hand misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Crawley.
Crawley misses with a hook
and Hand counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Crawley pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Crawley with the inside leg kick.
Crawley definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crawley just misses with a punch to the body.
Hand looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Crawley fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hand looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hand throws a big shot that misses.
Crawley feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Hand takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Crawley lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Hand blocks a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hand. Crawley does a little dance to reset his feet.
A swing and a miss from Hand.
Crawley connects with a solid leg kick.
Crawley throws a jab but it's blocked by Hand.
Hand loads up on a big right hand but Crawley slips the punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Crawley misses
and Hand counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A head kick misses from Crawley.
Hand avoids the head kick by Crawley.
Hand looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A head kick by Crawley misses
letting Hand counter with a right hand.
Crawley misses with a hook. Hand ducked under it nicely.
Crawley throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Crawley loads up on a big right hand but Hand slips the punch.

Hand lands a left and a right that send Crawley crashing to the mat, dazed. Hand thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hand takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Hand looks to land a right hand but Crawley moved out of range.
Hand tries to bum rush Crawley with a series of wild strikes but Crawley uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hand throws a shot from downtown. Crawley moves away and avoids it.
A little feinted left hand from Crawley on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Crawley throws a lazy uppercut
and Crawley takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Crawley throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Crawley staying out of range there.
Crawley throws a jab when Hand was well out of range.
Hand now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Hand looks to throw the jab but Crawley is out of range.
Crawley misses with a looping left.
Crawley is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hand.
Hand looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hand misses the jab.
Crawley scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hand on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Billy Crawley will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Crawley slips under a jab from Hand.
Hand might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Crawley lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Hand on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Crawley swings for the body but Hand moves out of range.
Crawley throws a lazy right hand but Hand sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hand takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hand throws an overhand right that lands on Crawley's shoulder, as Crawley tries to avoid the shot.
Hand checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hand will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A chopping leg kick lands by Crawley.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crawley throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Billy Crawley is winning the standup battle so far.
A big right from Hand misses.
Crawley lands a nice shot to the body.
Crawley throws a front kick aimed at Hand's knee but Hand avoids it well.
A jab from Hand misses.
Crawley fires out a quick counter leg kick but Hand just manages to avoid it.
Crawley misses with a hook
and Hand counters with a right hand to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Crawley. That's going to slow Hand down.
Hand's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A low kick from Crawley is predictable there
and Hand counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Crawley scores with a body shot.
Crawley uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hand.
Crawley looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Crawley. That's going to slow Hand down.
Hand throws out a loose jab but Crawley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hand throws a jab but it's blocked by Crawley.
Hand loads up on a big right hand but Crawley slips the punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hand throws an overhand right that lands on Crawley's shoulder, as Crawley tries to avoid the shot.
Crawley connects with a solid leg kick.
Crawley avoids the body shot from Hand.
Crawley moves out of range of the strikes.
Crawley looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Hand misses the shot to the body.
A low kick lands for Crawley.
Hand takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crawley misses with a hook. Hand ducked under it nicely.
Crawley lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Hand misses with an uppercut. Crawley saw that one coming.
Crawley lands with a kick to the temple. Hand shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Hand's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Crawley connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Hand scrambles back to his feet.
Crawley lands with a slapping head kick.

Hand is rocked!
Crawley and Hand are patiently standing in front of each other looking for an opening. Crawley throws a head kick. It's landed, knocking Hand into next week! Ooooh that was huge! Crawley knows it - he's on the cage flexing is biceps. That's a bit weird considering he won by kick but whatever.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Billy Crawley!
Billy Crawley decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.