PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Clams Casino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jenson Crowder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Casino
vs
Crowder

175 cm
21
158 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

178 cm
18
154 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Clams Casino!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jenson Crowder!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Wesley Smith and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Casino lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

It looks like Jenson Crowder has been cut.
Casino scores with a nice right hand.
Crowder drops his hands momentarily and Casino takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Casino thows a body shot but no joy.
Casino fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Crowder shoots in looking for a takedown. Casino tries to sprawl out of it but Crowder keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Casino manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Nice uppercut lands for Casino. That snapped Crowder's head back.
Crowder shoots in for a takedown but Casino shows good takedown defense.
No luck for Crowder with that takedown attempt.
Clams Casino has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jenson Crowder.
Casino looks to score with a jab to the body but Crowder is just out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Crowder fails to land the takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crowder uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Casino.
Some bone on bone action there as Crowder checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Crowder shoots in but no luck this time.
Casino displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Crowder.
A combination from Casino does no damage.
Casino throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Crowder counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Casino's guard now.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Crowder won't allow Casino to sweep him here.
Casino wants to get back to his feet but Crowder passes into half guard.
Crowder is trying to control. Casino wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Casino is in trouble now - Crowder has advanced to mount!
Casino is squirming around, avoiding Crowder's attempts to control the action.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Crowder looking to secure an arm triangle but Casino defends it well.

Crowder is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Casino to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Casino shrugs it off.

Crowder looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

Crowder is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Crowder!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Jenson Crowder!