PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Crostly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diggin Sack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sack is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by TUF Theme. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Crostly
vs
Sack

185 cm
18
170 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

177 cm
19
183 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marcus Crostly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Diggin Sack!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Sergei Dronov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sack throws a hook but Crostly avoids it easily.
Sack jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sack ducks under a wild hook from Crostly.
Sack throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sack uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Crostly.

Sack drops Crostly with a nice combination! Sack dives into Crostly's guard, looking to finish!

It looks like Marcus Crostly has been cut.
Crostly is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Sack throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sack trying to control but Crostly is working from the bottom.
Crostly preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sack stopping the sweep attempt from Crostly.
Sack postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sack advances position into side control!
Sack working the ground and pound.
Crostly is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Crostly tries to get back to half guard but can't.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Sack lands an elbow.
Crostly taking punishment in the form of punches.
Crostly takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crostly wants to control but Sack postures up.
Sack has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sack looks up at the clock and then as Crostly takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Sack smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sack just content to control the position.
Crostly looks to move to half guard but instead Sack has passed into mount! Damn!
Crostly is breathing heavily.
Sack content just to control the position here.
Sack landing punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sack lands a nice shot to the head.
Sack raining down shots from the mount!
Sack fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Crostly is rocked!
Sack postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Crostly in real trouble here! The ref calls for Crostly to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Diggin Sack!