PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mirco Crokopovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Logan Sackett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sackett is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by She Hates Me. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Crokopovich
vs
Sackett

174 cm
23
210 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

190 cm
21
220 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

BHP's Shaolin Nutrition (Recovery-Stamina-Muscle)
Broken Halo Pride Nutrition

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mirco Crokopovich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Logan Sackett!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Chris Downing and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The crowd cheers as Sackett lands an impressive looking overhand right. Crokopovich doesn't seem phased though.
Sackett lands a leg kick that knocks Crokopovich off balance momentarily.
A punch combination from Crokopovich misses.
Sackett closes the distance and clinches up with Crokopovich, looking for a takedown. Sackett pushes Crokopovich against the cage but Crokopovich circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Crokopovich moves out of range of the body kick.
Sackett showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Crokopovich.
Sackett fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Crokopovich.
Sackett slips a jab and a cross from Crokopovich.
Crokopovich throws a nice looking combination but Sackett bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sackett throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crokopovich looks to land a combination but Sackett avoids it well.
Crokopovich throws a series of punches but Sackett moves out of range.
A slow jab from Sackett misses its intended target.
Crokopovich misses with a two punch combination.
Crokopovich defending well as Sackett loads up on a big left hand.
Sackett fails with the takedown.
Sackett wants to clinch.
Good shot there by Sackett.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Sackett lands a head shot.
Crokopovich misses with a double jab.
Sackett thows a body shot but no joy.
Sackett doesn't manage to clinch there - Crokopovich circles away.
Sackett tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Crokopovich paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sackett misses with a kick to the body.
Sackett throws the kick towards the body but Crokopovich avoids it.
Crokopovich throws a series of punches but Sackett avoids them all with ease.
Sackett scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sackett tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Crokopovich was well out of range. Poor timing from Sackett.
Sackett looks for the body kick but Crokopovich saw that one coming.
Sackett shoots in looking for a takedown. Crokopovich tries to sprawl out of it but Sackett keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Crokopovich manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Mirco Crokopovich has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Logan Sackett.
Crokopovich stalks Sackett and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Sackett's face. Sackett staggers backwards, shaken.
Logan Sackett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sackett loads up on a big right hand but Crokopovich slips the punch.
Sackett shoots for a takedown but Crokopovich saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Sackett tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Crokopovich was well out of range. Poor timing from Sackett.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Sackett thows a body shot but no joy.
Sackett wants to clinch.
Crokopovich has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Crokopovich there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sackett misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Crokopovich.
Crokopovich misses with a few strikes there.
Sackett throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sackett connects with a right hand. Crokopovich shakes it off.
Crokopovich swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Logan Sackett dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Crokopovich misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sackett shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Crokopovich pinned against the cage. Crokopovich gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Sackett dodges the punch combination from Crokopovich.
Sackett swings for the body but Crokopovich moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sackett tried to score with a low kick but Crokopovich checks it.
Sackett fails with an attempt to clinch.
Crokopovich throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sackett.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Sackett.
Sackett moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Crokopovich displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sackett throws out the jab.
Sackett throws a shot to the body.
Logan Sackett seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sackett closes this distance looking for a takedown but Crokopovich circles away.
Mirco Crokopovich has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Logan Sackett.
Sackett thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sackett misses with a combination
and Crokopovich counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Crokopovich fails to land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sackett throws the left hand but Crokopovich avoids the punch easily.
Sackett closes this distance looking for a takedown but Crokopovich circles away.
A shot to the body from Sackett misses
and Crokopovich counters with a three punch combo that has Sackett backing up. Sackett nods at Crokopovich to acknowledge the strikes.
Crokopovich falls off balance throwing a combination
and Crokopovich takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sackett tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Crokopovich is able to avoid easily.

Sackett shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.

Sackett jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Crokopovich is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Crokopovich and Sackett has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.

Sackett is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Crokopovich has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sackett wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Crokopovich, who protects the arm well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Sackett wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Crokopovich, who protects the arm well.

Sackett tries for a kimura but Crokopovich is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Sackett tries for a kimura but Crokopovich is defending well.

Sackett tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Sackett has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Sackett goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Crokopovich rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Sackett's guard! Nice work there by Crokopovich!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Logan Sackett showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!

Nice sprawl there from Crokopovich as Sackett shoots in.
Crokopovich takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Sackett throws the left hand but Crokopovich avoids the punch easily.
Sackett misses with a jab to the body
and Crokopovich counters with a series of strikes. Sackett will be more careful next time no doubt.
Mirco Crokopovich is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Crokopovich throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Sackett counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Crokopovich lands a jab-cross combination.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Sackett.
Sackett fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Crokopovich manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sackett misses with a combination
and Crokopovich counters with a two punch combo.
Sackett misses the shot to the body.
Crokopovich misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sackett fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Mirco Crokopovich has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Logan Sackett.
Sackett buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Crokopovich throws a combination that misses
and Sackett counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Crokopovich throws a nice looking combination but Sackett bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crokopovich throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sackett counters with a three punch combo that has Crokopovich backing up. Crokopovich nods at Sackett to acknowledge the strikes.
Crokopovich swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sackett counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sackett moves in looking to clinch but Crokopovich pushes him off.
Sackett has his takedown stuffed
and Crokopovich counters with a three punch combo that has Sackett backing up. Sackett nods at Crokopovich to acknowledge the strikes.
Crokopovich fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sackett misses with a hook to the body
and Crokopovich counters with a two punch combo.
Sackett moves in looking to clinch but Crokopovich pushes him off.
Sackett darts in trying to clinch
and Crokopovich counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crokopovich misses with a double jab
and Sackett counters with a nice uppercut.
Good leg kick by Sackett there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Sackett has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Sackett throws a jab when Crokopovich was well out of range.
Sackett tries to clinch up.
Sackett scores with a crisp jab that stopped Crokopovich in his tracks.
Crokopovich doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sackett thows a body shot but no joy.
Sackett jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sackett shoots in for a double leg but Crokopovich sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Sackett tests Crokopovich's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sackett is trying hard to land a takedown here. Crokopovich sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Crokopovich takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sackett misses with a jab to the body
and Crokopovich counters with a left and a right that stings Sackett.
Mirco Crokopovich has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Logan Sackett is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sackett connects with a crisp jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Logan Sackett comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sackett has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 George Francis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Logan Sackett!