PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tyron Crofton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Hamilton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Crofton
vs
Hamilton

180 cm
24
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

185 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Self confident

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Solid chin

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tyron Crofton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Matt Hamilton!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Winston Alpacca and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hamilton misses with a takedown attempt - Crofton sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Crofton tries a head kick but it misses.

Hamilton fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Crofton, pushing him back against the cage.
Hamilton is looking to take this one to the mat.
Hamilton gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Crofton.

Hamilton gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Crofton is trying to stand.
Hamilton is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Hamilton controlling from the full mount.
Hamilton looking to finish Crofton with some ground and pound. This is bad for Crofton!
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!
Hamilton lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Crofton hang on?
Crofton throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Hamilton controlling the position easily from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Crofton is looking to improve his position but Hamilton isn't that keen on the idea.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crofton tries to buck Hamilton off but he can't manage it.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Hamilton pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Hamilton trying to control but Crofton is having none of it.
Crofton flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Hamilton tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Hamilton wants to control the pace but Crofton is squirming around nicely.
Crofton flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.

Hamilton is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Crofton has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Crofton is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Hamilton lands a heavy elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crofton is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Crofton on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Crofton tries to get out of the position.
Hamilton blocks Crofton's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Crofton knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hamilton on the ground.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Crofton throwing hammer fists to the chest of Hamilton. What's that going to do exactly?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hamilton punishing his opponent with strikes.
Crofton taking shots to the head.
Hamilton in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

Crofton is rocked!
Hamilton dominating with strikes here.
Oh Crofton is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Crofton really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Hamilton fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Hamilton lands a big elbow - Crofton is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Crofton is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Matt Hamilton!
In defeat, Tyron Crofton stepped up to the mic, saying '...'.