PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Truman Brady (ranked 24594 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zachary Crawford (ranked 24938 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Brady
vs
Crawford

161 cm
25
151 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

183 cm
19
150 lbs
1 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Truman Brady!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Zachary Crawford!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksandr Martynov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brady tries for a takedown but Crawford circles away easily
and Crawford counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Brady throws a body punch but Crawford moves out of range.
Crawford misses the shot to the body.

Brady shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Brady was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Brady could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Brady staying calm.
Brady seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Crawford for as long as he can get away with.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crawford is working to avoid the ground and pound but Brady connects with a decent elbow.
Brady lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Brady has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Crawford looking for a sweep but Brady has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Crawford keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Crawford is in a horrible position here. Brady smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brady lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Brady moves to the back.
I would not like to be Crawford right now.
Crawford is trapped and Brady is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Brady lands a shot to the head.
Brady lands punches and elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brady has good solid back control here.
Brady cracks Crawford with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Crawford from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Brady controlling well, preventing Crawford from escaping the position.
Crawford trying to control the position but Brady manages to sink in the hooks.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Brady controlling the positon.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Brady scores with punches and elbows.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Brady is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Brady missing with strikes from the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Truman Brady dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

No luck with that takedown attempt from Brady.
Crawford fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Brady closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Brady - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Crawford is defending well against a takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Crawford breaks the clinch.
Crawford takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

Brady darts in and clinches Crawford up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Brady gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Brady slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Crawford controls Brady momentarily but Brady frees himself.

Crawford working for a triangle but Brady defends it easily.

Crawford has his feet on Brady's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Brady has closed the distance and engaged Crawford in a clinch.
Crawford stops a takedown attempt from Brady.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Truman Brady. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Crawford tries to pull guard but Brady won't allow it.

Crawford pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Brady ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Brady is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Crawford can do to turn this around?

Crawford moves into the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Crawford.

It looks like Truman Brady has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brady is looking to take this one to the mat.
Crawford is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Brady pulls Crawford into guard.
Brady utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crawford wants to pass the guard but Brady is keeping the position.
Crawford throwing strikes but missing.
Brady trying to control the position.
Crawford wants to pass the guard but Brady is keeping the position.
Brady is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Brady looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Crawford avoids the body shot from Brady.
Brady misses with a wild body shot.
Crawford unleashes a big counter combination but Brady bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Crawford is looking to clinch but Brady is avoiding it.
Brady tries to clinch up.
Crawford rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Brady moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Brady feinted with a counter takedown.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A combination from Brady does no damage.
A lazy left from Brady finds it's target.
Crawford drops his hands momentarily and Brady takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Truman Brady dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Truman Brady'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. This is the final round!

Sloppy strikes from Brady. Those never looked like landing.
Brady misses with a hook.
Zachary Crawford is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Crawford shoots and misses
and Brady counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Brady with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Brady lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Crawford at a distance.
Brady tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Brady slaps away a takedown attempt from Crawford, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Brady half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brady misses the shot to the body.

Brady has managed to clinch.
Brady tries for a takedown. No joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crawford drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Brady gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Truman Brady has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Zachary Crawford.
Crawford takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Crawford breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Crawford moves into range and clinches up with Brady.
Brady is looking for a takedown.
Brady can't get the takedown.
Brady is looking for a takedown.
Brady is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Crawford gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Crawford.
Brady stalling.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

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

Crawford uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Brady tries to clinch but Crawford moves out of range.
Truman Brady is winning the standup battle so far.
Crawford shoots in but no luck this time.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brady connects with a good right hand that stumbles Crawford. Crawford circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Brady misses with a head kick.
Brady misses with a hook to the body
and Crawford connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crawford fails with an attempt to clinch.
Brady throws a body shot but no joy.
Brady lands with a slapping head kick.

Crawford has closed the distance and engaged Brady in a clinch.
Crawford prevents a takedown attempt there.

Crawford drags the fight down to the ground.
Crawford controls Brady momentarily but Brady frees himself.
Brady with a nice head shot there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brady trying to control but Crawford is working from the bottom.
Brady controls from within his opponent's guard.
Brady landing some decent shots from guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Crawford looking to control.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Truman Brady.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Brady, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Truman Brady!