PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tony Croix (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jakob Tyler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tyler comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Throw the Heat - Mortician kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Croix
vs
Tyler

180 cm
25
180 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

184 cm
22
182 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tony Croix!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jakob Tyler!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Albert Achterberg and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tyler scores with a jab to the body.
Croix lands a nice shot that snaps Tyler's head back.
Croix punishes Tyler's body with a nice straight punch.
Croix throws a shot from downtown. Tyler moves away and avoids it.
Croix misses with a wild combination.
Croix lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tyler circles away quickly and effectively.
Croix misses with a jab, cross combination.
Croix throws a big shot that misses.
Tyler lands with a nice body punch.
Croix rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tyler moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tyler with a jab.
Croix goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tyler. Croix does a little dance to reset his feet.
Croix looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Croix darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Croix.
Croix misses with a wild combination.
Croix looks to score with a jab to the body but Tyler is just out of range.
A punch combination from Croix misses.
Some wild striking there from Croix.
Tyler's corner calls for a 1-2. Tyler obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A swing and a miss from Croix.
Croix swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Croix throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Croix throws a right and a left that both miss.
Croix loads up on a big right hand but Tyler slips the punch.
Tyler dodges the punch combination from Croix.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Tyler fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Croix sprawls well initially but Tyler persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Croix is trying to stand back up but Tyler is controlling him
Tyler is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Tyler throws a strike but Croix avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Tyler thows a big elbow that misses.
Tyler stops Croix from standing up.
Tyler trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Tyler prevents Croix from getting back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tyler controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyler throwing strikes from guard but Croix blocks nicely.
Tyler trying to control the position from guard on top but Croix is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tyler trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's four 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.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Croix misses with a body shot

and Tyler counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Croix utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Croix wants to stand and escape but Tyler is having none of it.
Croix utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Tyler throwing strikes but missing.
Croix is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Tyler is controlling him.
Tyler throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jakob Tyler dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Tyler throws the left hand but Croix avoids the punch easily.
Some wild striking there from Croix.
Croix swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Tyler counters with a stiff right hand.

Tyler shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Croix is trying to defend but Tyler finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Tyler wants to free his trapped foot but Croix is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Croix is trying to stand.
Tyler wants to pass to mount but Croix is defending the position.
Tyler not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyler lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Tyler misses with a head shot. Croix uses the momentum to regain guard.
Croix utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Tyler trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Tyler prevents Croix from getting back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Tyler lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Tyler trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Tyler is looking to work some ground and pound but Croix has wrist control.
Croix wants to stand and escape but Tyler is having none of it.
Croix keeping moving, preventing Tyler from controlling successfully.
Tyler throws a big right hand that misses.
Tyler thows a big elbow that misses.
Tyler works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyler scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Tyler missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Croix is trying to stand back up but Tyler is controlling him
Tyler throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Tyler lands a nice short elbow.
Croix pushes Tyler off looking to stand but Tyler dives back in and keeps control.
Croix keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Croix is trying to stand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's four 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.
Croix keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Tyler thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Croix's head.
Tyler thows a huge punch but Croix dodges it nicely.
Tyler working over Croix with some ground and pound. Croix looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Tyler sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Croix defending well though.
Tyler not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Croix looks like he's trying to stand up.
Tyler thows a huge punch but Croix dodges it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jakob Tyler showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - 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.

Croix misses with a double jab
and Tyler counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Croix falls off balance throwing a combination

and Tyler counters with a nice double leg into side control. Croix won't be happy with that.
Tyler working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Tyler fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Tyler working the ground and pound but Croix is defending the strikes.
Tyler working the strikes but Croix uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Tyler prevents Croix from standing back up.
Tyler missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Tyler sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Croix defending well though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyler throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Tyler missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Tyler prevents Croix from standing back up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tyler looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Tyler misses with a head shot. Croix uses the momentum to regain guard.
Tyler with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Tyler trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Tyler postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Tyler landing some decent shots from guard.
Tyler missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Croix preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Croix wants to stand but Tyler is controlling the position.
Tyler trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Tyler trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyler won't allow Croix to get back to his feet.
Tyler throws and elbow that misses. Croix uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Tyler's guard. Nice move by Croix!
Tyler controls Croix momentarily but Croix frees himself.
Tyler looking to control but Croix passes into half guard.
Tyler is trying to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Tyler trying to control but Croix postures up.

Croix gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Croix throws an overhand right that lands on Tyler's shoulder, as Tyler tries to avoid the shot.
Croix scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Croix walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Croix cracks Tyler with an open hand slap.
Croix misses with a looping left.
Croix misses with a double jab
and Tyler makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Tony Croix.
I think Tyler 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight for Jakob Tyler!
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight for Jakob Tyler!
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight for Jakob Tyler!

Jakob Tyler wins by unanimous decision!