PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michael Crocopski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Philip McCoy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Crocopski
vs
McCoy

187 cm
21
240 lbs
3 - 0 - 1

200 cm
20
265 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Michael Crocopski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Philip McCoy!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Emerson Jorge and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCoy slips under a jab.
Crocopski throws a head kick that misses.
Crocopski fails with an attempt to clinch.
Crocopski throws a head kick that misses.
Crocopski throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Crocopski tries to clinch but McCoy is having none of it.
Crocopski is looking to clinch.
Crocopski tries to clinch there but McCoy circles away.
McCoy has a takedown stuffed.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Crocopski looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Crocopski tries to clinch there but McCoy circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crocopski is looking to clinch but McCoy is avoiding it.
McCoy swats away the attempt to clinch by Crocopski.
Crocopski tries to clinch but McCoy moves out of range.
McCoy changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Crocopski tries to avoid it but McCoy manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Crocopski to the ground. Crocopski escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Michael Crocopski is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Crocopski tries to close the distance and clinch but McCoy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
McCoy fails with a takedown attempt.
Michael Crocopski has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Philip McCoy.
McCoy takes one to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crocopski tries to clinch up.

McCoy darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Crocopski has one foot on McCoy's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Crocopski wants to clinch.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from McCoy is defended easily by Crocopski.
Crocopski looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crocopski tries to close the distance and clinch up but McCoy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
McCoy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Crocopski gets a clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Crocopski.
Crocopski throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but McCoy blocks it with crossed arms.
Crocopski using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McCoy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
McCoy takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Philip McCoy has been cut.
Crocopski misses with a knee to the head.
McCoy tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Crocopski just stands there and leans against the cage.
Crocopski scores a nice knee to the body.
Crocopski comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
McCoy fails to pull guard.
McCoy takes an elbow to the temple.
Crocopski lands an elbow inside that McCoy shrugs off.
Crocopski landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
McCoy looks gassed!
Crocopski lands an elbow inside.
Crocopski lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crocopski with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Crocopski lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
McCoy takes a knee right on the jaw!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crocopski unloads a knee to the mid-section. McCoy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Crocopski lands an elbow inside.
Crocopski crunches a lovely knee into McCoy's ribcage.
Crocopski with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Crocopski working McCoy over with knees to the body.
Crocopski lands an elbow that stopped McCoy in his tracks for a moment.
Nice elbow from Crocopski.
Crocopski lands an elbow inside that McCoy shrugs off.
Crocopski gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
McCoy takes a knee to the side of the body.
Crocopski lands a nice elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Crocopski lands an elbow inside.
Knees to the body from Crocopski.
Crocopski lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Crocopski connects with a nasty looking knee right to McCoy's face.
Crocopski lands a nice knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Crocopski dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Philip McCoy's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

The fight stays on the outside here - Crocopski looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
McCoy shoots for a double leg takedown but Crocopski sprawls well. He's pushed McCoy's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Crocopski. McCoy shrugs it off though.
Crocopski is looking to clinch but McCoy is avoiding it.
Crocopski tries to close the distance and clinch but McCoy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Crocopski throws a hook but McCoy avoids it easily.
Crocopski throws a body punch but McCoy moves out of range.
No joy there for Crocopski, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
McCoy is breathing heavily.
Nice takedown defense from Crocopski. No joy for McCoy on that attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCoy avoids the head kick by Crocopski.
Crocopski throws a head kick but McCoy moves out of range.
Crocopski tries to close the distance and clinch up but McCoy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Crocopski wants to clinch.
Crocopski fails with an attempt to clinch.
Crocopski tries to clinch up but McCoy circles away and keeps his distance.
McCoy keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
McCoy avoids a kick to the body.
Crocopski moves in looking to clinch but McCoy pushes him off.

McCoy looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Crocopski!
McCoy thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Crocopski is wriggling around trying to escape.
Crocopski tries to hold on but McCoy pushes him away.
Crocopski tries to reverse the position but McCoy maintains control.
McCoy working Crocopski over with strikes here.
Crocopski wants to control but McCoy is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crocopski is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
McCoy lands a heavy elbow.
Crocopski is in a horrible position here. McCoy smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Crocopski on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Crocopski tries to get out of the position.
McCoy sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
McCoy has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Crocopski's face.
The referee warns Crocopski that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
McCoy landing strikes from the mount and Crocopski is in trouble!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
McCoy looking to ground and pound but Crocopski is blocking nicely.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
McCoy landing strikes from the mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McCoy throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Crocopski sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
McCoy throwing shots but Crocopski is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crocopski is trying to maintain the position but McCoy is very close to passing his half guard.
McCoy winds up and cracks Crocopski with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Crocopski is looking for a sweep. McCoy is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Crocopski might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Crocopski keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Crocopski wants to improve his position but McCoy is controlling well.
Crocopski is trying is best to control the position here.
McCoy working the head and body with strikes.
Crocopski is looking to improve his position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McCoy not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
McCoy not landing any meaningful shots this time.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Crocopski gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Philip McCoy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Philip McCoy's cut.
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!

Crocopski tries to clinch up.
McCoy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Crocopski looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Crocopski tries to clinch up but McCoy circles away and keeps his distance.
Crocopski scores with a nice body kick.
McCoy fails to land the takedown.
Crocopski tries to close the distance and clinch but McCoy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Crocopski is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
McCoy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCoy swats away the attempt to clinch by Crocopski.
McCoy takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Crocopski is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Crocopski tries to close the distance and clinch but McCoy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Crocopski tries to clinch but McCoy is having none of it.
McCoy slips a jab and a cross from Crocopski.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCoy shoots in but Crocopski avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Crocopski tries to close the distance and clinch but McCoy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Crocopski tries to close the distance and clinch but McCoy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
McCoy looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Crocopski is fending him off so far but McCoy persists. Nope, Crocopski circles away and we're back to standing.
Michael Crocopski has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Philip McCoy.
Nice uppercut lands for Crocopski. That snapped McCoy's head back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McCoy blocks a head kick by Crocopski.
McCoy avoids the head kick by Crocopski.
McCoy keeps the fight on the outside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crocopski tries to close the distance and clinch up but McCoy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
McCoy tries for a takedown but Crocopski sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Crocopski tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McCoy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
McCoy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Crocopski.
Crocopski tries to bum rush McCoy with a series of wild strikes but McCoy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Crocopski goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Crocopski tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McCoy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Crocopski throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCoy walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
McCoy fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Crocopski tries to clinch there but McCoy circles away.
Crocopski throws a series of punches but McCoy moves out of range.
Crocopski tries to clinch but McCoy is having none of it.
McCoy is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Crocopski.
Crocopski throws a right hand that McCoy ducks under and follows up with a left that McCoy also avoids with ease.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Crocopski tries to close the distance and clinch but McCoy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
McCoy fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

And that's the end of the fight!
Michael Crocopski showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Crocopski 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 29:27
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 29:27
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michael Crocopski!