PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Zac Crawford (ranked 24292 p4p, 5803 weight class) and Wolfgang Von Wild (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wolfgang Von Wild has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Crawford
vs
Von Wild

183 cm
24
145
12 - 18 - 0

179 cm
19
154
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Experienced

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Good gas tank

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 12 - 18 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Zac Crawford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Wolfgang Von Wild!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Fedor Mirinova and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crawford is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Crawford looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Von Wild shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Crawford as he jumps to the side.
Von Wild shoots in and drives through. Crawford sprawls well.
Zac Crawford seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Crawford keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Zac Crawford has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wolfgang Von Wild.

Von Wild bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Von Wild looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Von Wild is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Crawford is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Von Wild has hold of Crawford's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Crawford tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Von Wild cranks the arm and Crawford screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Crawford, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Wolfgang Von Wild!
Our winner, Wolfgang Von Wild, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.