PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eric St Croix (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mauricio Milani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mauricio Milani is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

St Croix
vs
Milani

179 cm
18
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
26
205 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Eric St Croix!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mauricio Milani!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shigeki Sano and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Croix doesn't succeed with the takedown
enabling Milani to counter with a crisp jab.
Eric St Croix seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
St Croix will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Milani throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by St Croix.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from St Croix is defended easily by Milani.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eric St Croix. That's going to take a lot out of him.
St Croix has his takedown stuffed

and Milani counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for St Croix!
Milani wants to get back to his feet but St Croix is holding on tight.
Milani punching from mount but St Croix doing a good job of avoiding damage.
St Croix gets back to half guard.
Milani wants to lay and pray for a moment but St Croix keeps working.
Milani missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
St Croix is doing well to control the position and prevent Milani from advancing to side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Croix is not content to let Milani control the position.
The fighters are battling for position here. St Croix manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Milani trying to control but St Croix is working from the bottom.

St Croix had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Milani defends it easily.

St Croix is looking for a triangle but Milani pushes his legs off easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

St Croix working for a triangle but Milani defends it easily.
Milani trying to control the position from guard on top but St Croix is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

St Croix is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Milani defends well.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Milani stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. St Croix swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Milani drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but St Croix manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Milani has St Croix in his guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Milani wants to sweep here but St Croix controlling him for the moment.
St Croix is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
St Croix could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

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

The ref stands the fighters back up. Eric St Croix wasn't doing enough on the ground.
St Croix shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Milani pinned against the cage. Milani gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Milani gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
St Croix pushes down on Milani's leg and manages to get into half guard.
St Croix not doing much here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
St Croix frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Milani is looking to improve his position but St Croix isn't that keen on the idea.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eric St Croix dominated that 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.

St Croix throws a head kick that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
St Croix tries for a takedown but Milani circles away easily
and Milani counters with a series of strikes. St Croix will be more careful next time no doubt.
St Croix throws a lazy head kick
and Milani counters with a nice leg kick.
St Croix has his takedown stuffed
and Milani counters with a left and a right that stings St Croix.
A head kick by St Croix misses
and Milani counters with a body kick that stops St Croix in his tracks momentarily.
St Croix with a poor takedown
and Milani counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eric St Croix. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Milani lands a jab to the nose.
St Croix with a poor takedown
and Milani counters with a nice body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Milani throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by St Croix.
The fight stays on the outside here - Milani looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
St Croix gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Milani counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

Milani drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Milani wants to control but St Croix is keeping him busy.
St Croix tries to improve position but can't.
St Croix trying to control but Milani flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!

Milani is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. St Croix defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.

St Croix defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
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.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
St Croix turns into Milani and is now in his guard.
St Croix is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

St Croix is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Croix content to stall in guard here.
St Croix wants to pass the guard but Milani is keeping the position.
St Croix not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Eric St Croix overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
St Croix looking to pass the guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Eric St Croix.
St Croix misses with a takedown attempt
and Milani makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. St Croix really felt that one!
Milani fails to land with a series of punches.
St Croix throws a sloppy head kick
and Milani makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. St Croix really felt that one!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Milani. Those never looked like landing.

St Croix drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
St Croix controls the position from side control.

St Croix thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Milani is trying to buck St Croix off.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

St Croix is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Milani is trying to escape and St Croix transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Milani is forced to tap! Nice work there by St Croix! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Eric St Croix!