PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chris Crocker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Blasko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crocker comes to the cage accompanied by Britney Spears - Gimme More. This should be fireworks!

Crocker
vs
Blasko

188 cm
25
190 lbs
9 - 3 - 1

180 cm
29
195 lbs
16 - 18 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chris Crocker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Blasko!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Daniel Franklin and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crocker's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Blasko connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Crocker scrambles back to his feet.
Nice sprawl there from Blasko as Crocker shoots in.

Crocker has Blasko up against the cage in a clinch.
Blasko tries to work over Crocker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Blasko jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Crocker walks away with a smile on his face. Blasko gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Blasko leaves Crocker with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Blasko keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chris Crocker. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Blasko gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Crocker to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Crocker preventing the sweep.
Crocker controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Crocker trying to control but Blasko is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crocker postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Crocker postures up in Blasko's guard and throws a big left but Blasko blocks it.
Blasko working a defensive guard here.
Blasko keeping moving, preventing Crocker from controlling successfully.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Chris Crocker wasn't doing enough on the ground.

Crocker closes the distance and pushes Blasko back into the cage.
Crocker tries to land knees in the clinch but Blasko avoids the damage to the body.
Crocker is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Blasko pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Blasko lands an uppercut.
Blasko prevents a body shot from Crocker.
Blasko throws a head punch that misses.
Blasko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Crocker.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Blasko lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Crocker pushes Blasko off and gets back to his feet.
Crocker leaves Blasko with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Crocker.
Crocker fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Blasko is looking to clinch.
Crocker fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Blasko tries to clinch up

and Crocker counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Blasko!
Crocker throws some wild stikes that Blasko manages to avoid easily.
Crocker looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blasko is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Crocker unloading with bombs!
Blasko is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Blasko regains half guard.
Blasko has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Crocker is working away from the top position though.
Crocker trying to control the action but Blasko is working from the bottom.
Crocker keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crocker trying to control from half guard but Blasko is working away.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Nice strikes from Crocker there.

Crocker is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Blasko is looking to escape.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Crocker trying to control from Blasko's half guard. Blasko has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crocker throws a big right hand that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Crocker fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Chris Crocker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blasko moves in looking to clinch but Crocker pushes him off.
Blasko tries to clinch up but Crocker circles away and keeps his distance.
Blasko lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Crocker circles away quickly and effectively.
Crocker fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Crocker shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Blasko defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chris Crocker. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Crocker shoots in and gets a takedown into Blasko's guard.
Blasko utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Blasko looking to control.
Crocker is looking to advance position but Blasko has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Blasko pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crocker squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Crocker is wriggling around trying to escape.
Crocker squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Blasko lands a nice shot to the head.
Crocker is trying to stand.
Blasko is landing with some decent strikes but Crocker is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Crocker can't escape the position.
Blasko punishing his opponent with strikes.
Crocker tries to buck Blasko off but he can't manage it.
Blasko working Crocker over with strikes here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Blasko scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Crocker?
Crocker keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Blasko landing strikes from the mount.
Blasko won't let Crocker get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Crocker 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.
Blasko scoring with strikes but Crocker is staying in there.
Blasko putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Blasko trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Crocker is wriggling around trying to escape.
Blasko lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

Crocker is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crocker is looking to get to half guard.
Crocker in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Blasko can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Crocker is looking to escape.
Crocker slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Crocker is trying to stand.
Crocker wants to get back to full guard.
Crocker keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crocker wants to get back to his feet.
Crocker is looking for a sweep. Blasko is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Blasko working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Blasko lands strikes from half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crocker controlling the position well.
Crocker blocking the ground and pound attempt from Blasko.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Crocker kicks Blasko off and gets back to his feet.
Jab by Blasko.
Crocker with a lazy takedown attempt

and Blasko counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Blasko showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Blasko tries to clinch up but Crocker circles away and keeps his distance.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A frustrated look appears on Blasko's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Crocker looking to throw knees to the head but Blasko is blocking nicely.
Crocker scores with a knee to the head.

Crocker breaks from the clinch.
Blasko displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Crocker.
Crocker shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Blasko but Blasko pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Crocker fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chris Crocker. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Blasko moves into the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Blasko tries to work over Crocker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blasko is trying to push Crocker away but Crocker has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Blasko misses with a punch on the inside.
Crocker tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Blasko tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Crocker's elbow.
Crocker fails to pull guard.
Crocker with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Blasko breaks the clinch.
Blasko moves in looking to clinch but Crocker pushes him off.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Crocker.
Blasko fails in his attempt to clinch.
Blasko changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Crocker tries to avoid it but Blasko manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Crocker to the ground. Crocker escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Crocker shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Crocker fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Blasko avoids it really well and circles away.
Crocker fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blasko scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Blasko is looking to clinch.
Blasko tries to bum rush Crocker with a series of wild strikes but Crocker uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Blasko scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Crocker walks into a left hand.
Blasko shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Crocker pinned against the cage. Crocker gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Blasko looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Blasko fails with a takedown attempt.
That kick from Blasko tenderised Crocker's leg. Crocker is trying to keep his angry face on.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crocker shoots for a double leg takedown but Blasko sprawls well. He's pushed Crocker's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Blasko looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
John Blasko seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Blasko looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Blasko shoots in looking for a takedown but Crocker manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Blasko's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Crocker fails to land the takedown.
Blasko is looking to clinch.
The crowd cheers as Blasko lands an impressive looking overhand right. Crocker doesn't seem phased though.
Blasko defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Crocker.

Blasko shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Crocker napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Blasko lands some shots froms side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blasko trying to control the action but Crocker is working from the bottom.
Crocker sneaks back into half guard.
Blasko stops Crocker from getting back to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Blasko looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Crocker is looking to improve his position.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Blasko comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Blasko has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Blasko!