PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mirco Crokopovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Walton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tim Walton has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Mirco Crokopovich's chin.

Crokopovich
vs
Walton

174 cm
23
210 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

190 cm
18
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Dangerous GnP
Brawler
Solid chin

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mirco Crokopovich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tim Walton!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Wesley Smith and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walton tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Crokopovich swivels and escapes.
Crokopovich fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Walton showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Crokopovich.

Walton looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Crokopovich!
Walton wants to control the pace but Crokopovich is squirming around nicely.
Crokopovich is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Walton dominating with strikes here.
Walton working the ground and pound effectively.
Walton cracks Crokopovich with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walton controlling the position easily from mount.
Walton throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
A nice elbow there by Walton.
Crokopovich is squirming around, avoiding Walton's attempts to control the action.
Walton content just to control the position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walton trying to control but Crokopovich is having none of it.
Walton content just to control the position here.
Crokopovich holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Walton tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crokopovich wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Walton.
Walton throwing strikes but Crokopovich uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Walton trying to control from Crokopovich's half guard. Crokopovich has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Walton's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Walton wanted to stand there but Crokopovich had control of the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Walton throws a big right hand that misses.
Walton loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Walton wants to control from the top but Crokopovich keeps moving.
Walton throwing strikes from guard but Crokopovich blocks nicely.

Crokopovich uses the cage to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tim Walton dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Crokopovich throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Crokopovich throws a right and a left that both miss.
Walton misses with a takedown attempt - Crokopovich sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Walton shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Crokopovich as he avoids it easily.
Walton dodges the punch combination from Crokopovich.
Crokopovich misses with a series of wild punches.
Crokopovich lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Walton circles away quickly and effectively.

Walton decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Crokopovich is trying to stand back up but Walton is controlling him
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Walton is trying to control the action in half guard but Crokopovich is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Crokopovich is trying to stand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walton wants to get back to his feet.
Walton is looking to pass Crokopovich's guard but actually Crokopovich recovers to full guard.
Crokopovich might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Walton postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Walton accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's two 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.
Crokopovich wants to stand but Walton is controlling the position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Nice takedown defense from Crokopovich. No joy for Walton on that attempt.
Mirco Crokopovich has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tim Walton.
A punch combination from Crokopovich misses.
Crokopovich lands a two punch combo.
Crokopovich scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Crokopovich stuffs the takedown.
Walton is breathing heavily.
Crokopovich throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Crokopovich misses with a two punch combination.
Crokopovich throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Walton.
Walton tries a head kick but it misses.
A combination from Crokopovich does no damage.
Crokopovich moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A left and a right from Crokopovich both land. Nice combination.
Mirco Crokopovich seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Crokopovich looks to land a combination but Walton avoids it well.
Some wild striking there from Crokopovich.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Crokopovich, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Walton.
Crokopovich fails to land with a series of punches.
Crokopovich throws a combination. Walton tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Crokopovich throws a right hand that Walton ducks under and follows up with a left that Walton also avoids with ease.
Crokopovich throws a series of punches but Walton avoids them all with ease.
No luck for Walton with that takedown attempt.
Crokopovich stuffs the takedown.
Walton is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Crokopovich.
A punch combination from Crokopovich misses.
Crokopovich swinging wildly here.
Crokopovich misses with a series of wild punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walton slips a jab and a cross from Crokopovich.
Walton takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Crokopovich will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Crokopovich throws a series of punches but Walton avoids them all with ease.
Walton closes the distance and clinches up with Crokopovich, looking for a takedown. Walton pushes Crokopovich against the cage but Crokopovich circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
No joy there for Crokopovich, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Walton dodges the punch combination from Crokopovich.
Walton shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Crokopovich as he avoids it easily.
Crokopovich throws a series of strikes that have Walton backpedaling.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Crokopovich will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Crokopovich throws a series of punches but Walton moves out of range.
Mirco Crokopovich is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Crokopovich looks to land a combination. Walton sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Crokopovich throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mirco Crokopovich dominated that second round.
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!

Crokopovich throws a series of strikes that have Walton backpedaling.
Crokopovich misses with a series of wild punches.
Crokopovich misses with the combination.
Crokopovich rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Walton moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Crokopovich misses with a series of wild punches.
Walton shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Crokopovich pinned against the cage. Crokopovich gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Crokopovich lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Walton circles away quickly and effectively.
Walton takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Walton shoots in for a double leg but Crokopovich sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Crokopovich looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A nice combination there by Crokopovich.
Crokopovich stuffs the takedown attempt from Walton. Walton gets slowly back to his feet.
Mirco Crokopovich has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tim Walton.
Crokopovich throws a right hand that Walton ducks under and follows up with a left that Walton also avoids with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crokopovich throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Walton.
Crokopovich misses with a two punch combination.
Crokopovich misses with a double jab.
Walton shoots in for a takedown but Crokopovich shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Mirco Crokopovich is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Walton avoids a punch combination nicely.
Left hook, right uppercut from Crokopovich.
Walton showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Crokopovich.
Crokopovich fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Crokopovich throws a right and a left that Walton avoids nicely.
Crokopovich swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Walton misses with a takedown attempt - Crokopovich sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Crokopovich misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's two 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.
Walton is looking to clinch.
A combination from Crokopovich does no damage.
Crokopovich rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Walton moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Walton shoots in looking for a takedown. Crokopovich tries to sprawl out of it but Walton keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Crokopovich manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Mirco Crokopovich is winning the standup battle so far.
Crokopovich throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Crokopovich throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Crokopovich rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Walton moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Crokopovich tries to bum rush Walton with a series of wild strikes but Walton uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Crokopovich throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Crokopovich misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Crokopovich scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Crokopovich throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Walton.
Crokopovich swinging wildly here.
Crokopovich tries to bum rush Walton with a series of wild strikes but Walton uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walton dodges the punch combination from Crokopovich.
Crokopovich displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Walton.
Crokopovich misses with a two punch combination.
Nice sprawl there from Crokopovich as Walton shoots in.
Crokopovich will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Crokopovich throws a right and a left that both miss.
Crokopovich moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Crokopovich throws a combination. Walton tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Crokopovich works over Walton's head and body with a nice combination.
Crokopovich misses with a series of wild punches.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Walton.
Crokopovich is working the combinations to good effect here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crokopovich lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Crokopovich.
Walton dodges the punch combination from Crokopovich.
A nice combination there by Crokopovich.
Nice sprawl there from Crokopovich as Walton shoots in.
Crokopovich misses with a few strikes there.
Walton has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Crokopovich looks to land a combination. Walton sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A punch combination from Crokopovich misses.
A combination from Crokopovich does no damage.
Crokopovich throws a nice looking combination but Walton bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Crokopovich works over Walton's head and body with a nice combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Crokopovich misses with a few strikes there.
Some wild striking there from Crokopovich.
Walton shoots in for a takedown but Crokopovich shows good takedown defense.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mirco Crokopovich showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Crokopovich has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mirco Crokopovich!