PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Scotty Stewart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonathan Crusadero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Stewart
vs
Crusadero

185 cm
18
278 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

193 cm
18
265 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Scotty Stewart!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jonathan Crusadero!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crusadero throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Stewart avoids the head kick by Crusadero.
Crusadero tries to bum rush Stewart with a series of wild strikes but Stewart uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Crusadero throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

It looks like Scotty Stewart has been cut.

Stewart clinches with his opponent.
Crusadero gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Stewart.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crusadero looking for a takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crusadero is trying to break free.
Crusadero looking for a takedown.
Crusadero has had enough of the clinch but Stewart keeps him there for the moment.
Stewart wants a takedown.

Stewart has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Crusadero is trying to keep an underhook but Stewart manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Stewart looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Crusadero felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Stewart takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crusadero is looking for a sweep. Stewart is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Stewart thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Crusadero's head.
Crusadero is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Stewart scores with a couple of nice shots.
Stewart winds up and cracks Crusadero with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Crusadero really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Stewart. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Stewart lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Crusadero taking some punishment here, with Stewart in his half guard.
Stewart slips a nice elbow through Crusadero's hands, connecting with Crusadero's forehead.
Crusadero is trying to get back to full guard.

Stewart stands up from half guard.
Stewart really is a fat lump.

Crusadero gets tackled into the cage by Stewart. Stewart maintains the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crusadero working hard to break the clinch.

Stewart has Crusadero pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Stewart pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Crusadero tumbling to the mat - Stewart dives into Crusadero's guard.

Stewart stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Stewart tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Crusadero counters with a solid body kick.

Crusadero rushes Stewart and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A shot in the inside from Stewart.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crusadero is looking to break free of the clinch but Stewart has double underhooks.
Stewart has Crusadero pressed against the cage, preventing Crusadero from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Stewart breaks from the clinch.

Stewart instigates a clinch.
Stewart looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Crusadero is looking to break free of the clinch but Stewart has double underhooks.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Crusadero breaks the clinch.

Stewart clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Scotty Stewart dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Scotty Stewart's cut.
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.

Crusadero gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Stewart looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Stewart pulls guard.
Stewart wants to get back to his feet but Crusadero is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Stewart working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Crusadero doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Crusadero manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Crusadero stopping the sweep attempt from Stewart.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Stewart throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Stewart thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Crusadero got a little sloppy there for a moment and Stewart has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Crusadero has managed to get both his arms back between Stewart's legs - danger averted.
Stewart lands a decent punch to the body there.

Crusadero is sitting in close to Stewart's body. Stewart has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Crusadero is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Crusadero is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Stewart.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Scotty Stewart!