PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mr Ak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Milka CroCow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ak comes to the cage accompanied by Immigrant Song. CroCow comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Ratatat - Loud Pipes kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ak
vs
CroCow

182 cm
26
203 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

186 cm
20
210 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

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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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mr Ak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Milka CroCow!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some bone on bone action there as CroCow checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
CroCow is looking to slow Ak down with leg kicks.
CroCow tries a head kick but it misses.
CroCow lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Ak walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. CroCow checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
CroCow looks to score with a jab to the body but Ak is just out of range.
CroCow throws a push kick but Ak slaps the foot to one side.
Ak throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A head kick misses from Ak.
CroCow throws a right and a left that both miss.
CroCow throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Ak counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in CroCow's guard now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
CroCow preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
CroCow tries to land a sweep but no joy.
CroCow is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Ak gets back to full guard.
CroCow passes into half guard.
CroCow is thwarting Ak's attempts to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ak is looking to improve his position.

Ak is defending against the submission attempts here by CroCow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ak is looking for a sweep. CroCow is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Ak looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Ak desperately trying to maintain half guard.

CroCow is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
CroCow works his foot free and advances to mount.

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.
Ak is trying to stand.
Ak is trying desperately to improve position.

CroCow goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Ak is on top in guard.
Ak stops CroCow from standing up.
CroCow tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ak postures up and lands a big shot to CroCow's brow.
Ak stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. CroCow swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Ak wants to control from the top but CroCow keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

CroCow looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now CroCow is on top in guard.
Ak keeping full guard, as CroCow tries to pass.
CroCow is looking to advance position but Ak has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Ak controlling the position easily from mount.
Ak is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. CroCow can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
CroCow working to try and regain half guard.
Ak lands a heavy elbow.
Ak scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish CroCow?
Ak sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

Ak jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… CroCow is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by CroCow and Ak has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Ak working the body and head with strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
CroCow is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Ak is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Ak controlling from the full mount.
Ak seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down CroCow for as long as he can get away with.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Milka CroCow will probably get the nod.
That's time! Ak's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

CroCow uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ak.
Ak moves out of range of the leg kick from CroCow.
CroCow tries to clinch

and Ak counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

CroCow has his foot on Ak's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Ak works his way back into a safe position though.
CroCow is looking to stand back up but Ak counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by CroCow.
Ak keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

Ak is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
CroCow is not content to let Ak control the position.
CroCow works his way to full guard. Good work.
CroCow looking for a sweep. Not yet CroCow, not yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ak wants to control from the top but CroCow keeps moving.
Mr Ak overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
CroCow keeping full guard, as Ak tries to pass.
Ak wants to control from the top but CroCow keeps moving.
CroCow is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

CroCow pushes Ak off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
CroCow wants to clinch but Ak slips to the side

and Ak counters with a shoot takedown. CroCow fights it but they end up in guard.
CroCow keeping full guard, as Ak tries to pass.
Ak's corner is telling him to maintain position.
CroCow wants to sweep here but Ak controlling him for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ak prevents CroCow from getting back to his feet.
Ak pushes down on CroCow's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Ak is looking to advance position but CroCow won't allow it.
Ak wants to lay and pray for a moment but CroCow keeps working.
Ak sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Ak working over CroCow with some ground and pound. CroCow looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ak stops CroCow from getting back to his feet.
Ground and pound from Ak.
Ak prevents CroCow from improving his position.
CroCow is trying to stand up here but Ak is controlling him well.
Ak is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Ak passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for CroCow!
Ak controlling the pace for now.
Ak trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
CroCow is looking to improve his position but Ak isn't that keen on the idea.
Ak sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Ak pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
CroCow is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
CroCow is looking to get to half guard.
CroCow regains half guard.
CroCow is trying to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mr Ak dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Ak shoots in and gets a takedown into CroCow's guard.
Ak stays in close to CroCow's body and controls the position.
CroCow looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ak is one step ahead there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ak trying to control but CroCow is working from the bottom.
Ak showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
CroCow looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Ak puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Well, if Ak is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

That's one minute gone in the round.
CroCow wants to get back to full guard but Ak has passed into side control.
Ak sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Ak connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Ak controlling the position easily from mount.
Ak looking to control but CroCow is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ak is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Ak controlling his opponent.
CroCow tries to reverse the position but Ak maintains control.
CroCow wants to hold on but Ak pushes him away.
Ak takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Ak scores with a couple of good head shots there.
CroCow is wriggling around trying to escape.
CroCow is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Ak looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ak dominating with strikes here.
Ak controlling from mount.
Ak is in the full mount, landing strikes.
CroCow is squirming around, avoiding Ak's attempts to control the action.
CroCow is in all sorts of trouble here.
Ak looking to control and managing it successfully.
Ak lands a big shot there that rocks CroCow but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
CroCow is trying to stand up.
Ak looking to control and managing it successfully.
CroCow is squirming around, avoiding Ak's attempts to control the action.
Ak controlling his opponent.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Mr Ak.

Ak closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming CroCow to the mat! CroCow manages to get full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mr Ak showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Ak 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:26
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:27
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mr Ak!