PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Da Silva Jr (ranked 1138 p4p, 1295 weight class) and Bob Crawley (ranked 150 p4p, 176 weight class). Crawley comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Barbarian Overlords - The Ambassador kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Da Silva Jr
vs
Crawley

190 cm
26
220
6 - 1 - 0

195 cm
26
205
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ricardo Da Silva Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bob Crawley!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, David Hoff and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crawley lands with a cross.
Crawley lands the left hand.
Crawley takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Da Silva Jr definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A shot to the body from Crawley misses
enabling Da Silva Jr to counter with a crisp jab.
Da Silva Jr ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Da Silva Jr throwing a counter right hand but Crawley manages to avoid it.
Da Silva Jr misses with a body shot
and Crawley counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Da Silva Jr throws a poor cross that misses
and Crawley connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Crawley missing with a left hand there. Da Silva Jr was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Crawley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Da Silva Jr.
Bob Crawley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Crawley throws a lazy head kick
and Da Silva Jr cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
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!
Crawley throws a leg kick but Da Silva Jr sees it coming and moves out of range.
Crawley fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Da Silva Jr manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crawley throws a sloppy head kick and Da Silva Jr moves out of range easily.
Da Silva Jr is looking to counter punch.
Crawley changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Crawley lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Crawley scores with a nice head shot.
Crawley throws out a leg kick but Da Silva Jr moves out of range and Crawley only half commits.
Da Silva Jr swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Crawley throws a poor cross that misses
letting Da Silva Jr counter with a right hand.
Da Silva Jr bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Crawley's head.
Crawley throws a head kick but Da Silva Jr moves out of range.
Crawley tries to work over Da Silva Jr's front leg with a kick but Da Silva Jr checks it.
Da Silva Jr appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva Jr tries to close the distance and clinch up but Crawley swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Crawley connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Da Silva Jr momentarily.
Crawley misses with a wild body shot.
Crawley takes a swing at Da Silva Jr's ribcage but misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Da Silva Jr is looking to clinch but Crawley is avoiding it.
Da Silva Jr tries to clinch up but Crawley circles away and keeps his distance.
Da Silva Jr avoids the head kick by Crawley.
Crawley moves away from the strike by Da Silva Jr.
Crawley listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Da Silva Jr will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A little jabbing left from Crawley on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Crawley is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Da Silva Jr had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva Jr takes a swing at Crawley's ribcage but misses.
Da Silva Jr displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Crawley throws out the jab.
Crawley pivots, looking for a leg kick but Da Silva Jr is out of range and Crawley settles back down.
Crawley misses with a body shot.
Crawley misses the shot to the body.
Crawley lands a nice shot that snaps Da Silva Jr's head back.
Crawley throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A quick step to the side and Da Silva Jr tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Crawley throws a hook but Da Silva Jr blocks it.
A quick step to the side and Da Silva Jr tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Da Silva Jr moves to clinch but Crawley breaks away
and Crawley counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva Jr moves away from the strike by Crawley.
Da Silva Jr swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Crawley throws a jab when Da Silva Jr was well out of range.
Da Silva Jr was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Da Silva Jr misses with a body shot.
Crawley keeps the fight on the outside.
Da Silva Jr misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Crawley.
Da Silva Jr falls off balance throwing a combination
and Crawley connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Crawley throws a poor cross that misses
letting Da Silva Jr counter with a right hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Bob Crawley dominated that round.
That's time! Da Silva Jr's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Da Silva Jr throws a nice looking combination but Crawley bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Crawley in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Good leg kick by Crawley.
Crawley keeps the fight on the outside.
A head kick misses from Crawley.
Crawley swings for the body but Da Silva Jr moves out of range.
Da Silva Jr tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Crawley counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Da Silva Jr keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Da Silva Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Crawley moves away.
A little jabbing left from Crawley on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A jab lands there for Da Silva Jr.
Crawley throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Da Silva Jr counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crawley swings widly with a right hand

and Da Silva Jr counters with a crisp one two that drops Crawley! Da Silva Jr thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Crawley to his feet! Crawley is in big trouble!
Da Silva Jr walks into a straight right hand from Crawley.
Crawley swings widly with a right hand
and Da Silva Jr counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Da Silva Jr looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Da Silva Jr tries to close the distance and clinch but Crawley swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Da Silva Jr with a nice cross.
Crawley throws a body punch but Da Silva Jr moves out of range.
Da Silva Jr swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Da Silva Jr ducks right into an uppercut from Crawley.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crawley connects with a single shot there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crawley throws an overhand right that lands on Da Silva Jr's shoulder, as Da Silva Jr tries to avoid the shot.
Crawley looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Da Silva Jr keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Crawley.
Da Silva Jr lands a jab to the nose.
Da Silva Jr moves out of range as Crawley strikes.
A punch lands to the side of Crawley 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Crawley looks to throw the jab but Da Silva Jr is out of range.
Crawley scores with a crisp jab that stopped Da Silva Jr in his tracks.
Crawley swings for the body but Da Silva Jr moves out of range.
Da Silva Jr swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.

Da Silva Jr clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Da Silva Jr.
Da Silva Jr throws a head punch that misses.
Da Silva Jr misses with some punches.
Da Silva Jr lands a knee to the body.
Crawley is breathing heavily.
Knees to the body from Da Silva Jr.
Crawley on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Da Silva Jr trying to land knees to the body.
Da Silva Jr utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Da Silva Jr works on Crawley's body with a couple of short punches.
Da Silva Jr misses with a body punch.
A short body shot lands from Da Silva Jr as the two fighters clinch.
Da Silva Jr struggles to land a body shot inside as Crawley controls his hands.
Da Silva Jr misses with a hook to the ribs.
Da Silva Jr missing with knees to the body.
Da Silva Jr lands a shot to the body.
Da Silva Jr lands with a left to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crawley misses with a hook from the clinch.
Da Silva Jr gets through Crawley's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Da Silva Jr lands a good knee to the midsection. Crawley won't want to take too many of those.
Da Silva Jr tries to land knees in the clinch but Crawley avoids the damage to the body.
Da Silva Jr with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Bob Crawley has been cut.
Ricardo Da Silva Jr has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Da Silva Jr lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Crawley.
Da Silva Jr trying to land knees to the body.
Da Silva Jr landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Da Silva Jr tries to work over Crawley's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Da Silva Jr lands a hook to the side of the head.
Da Silva Jr scores with a shot to the side of Crawley's head.
Da Silva Jr can't find room to land a body shot as Crawley controls the action.

Da Silva Jr drops Crawley with a big knee straight up the middle! Crawley is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Crawley is rocked!
Da Silva Jr moves in close and cracks Crawley with a massive right hand! Crawley, frozen momentarily in time, tumbles to the canvas, already out cold! A brutal knockout by Da Silva Jr!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ricardo Da Silva Jr!