PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between James The Croc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oscar Navarro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Oscar Navarro is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

The Croc
vs
Navarro

196 cm
24
283 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

188 cm
27
245 lbs
9 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, James The Croc!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Oscar Navarro!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Daniel Bishop and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Navarro looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

The Croc fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Navarro to the ground. The Croc is now in Navarro's guard.
The Croc trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

The Croc 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.
The Croc throws a big right hand that misses.

Navarro wriggles free and stands up.

The Croc feints and as Navarro raises his hands in defense, The Croc changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Navarro seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Navarro trying to control the position.
Navarro wants to stand but The Croc is controlling the position.
The Croc with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Croc throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Navarro works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Navarro utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Navarro manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Navarro with a lazy takedown attempt

and The Croc counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The Croc not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The Croc lands with a punch from half guard.
The Croc sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Navarro defending well though.
The Croc is thwarting Navarro's attempts to control the position.
The Croc has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Ground and pound from The Croc.
The Croc passes to side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Navarro is pushing The Croc's head away, looking to escape. The Croc manages to hold on to the position though.
Navarro is looking for a sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Croc in side control lands a decent elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Croc cracks Navarro with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Navarro sneaks back into half guard.
The Croc is nestled in close to Navarro, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The Croc thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Navarro's head.
Navarro is looking for a sweep. The Croc is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The Croc missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The Croc wants to advance to full mount but Navarro doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Navarro is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The Croc throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Navarro works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The Croc throwing strikes from guard but Navarro blocks nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Navarro lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for The Croc!
The Croc can't escape the position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Navarro cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Navarro trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Navarro lands a nice shot to the head.
The Croc really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Navarro is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The Croc keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Navarro looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The Croc is trying to escape the mount.
Navarro breaks from The Croc's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Croc really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The Croc is breathing heavily.
Navarro punishing his opponent with strikes.
Navarro has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of The Croc's face.
Navarro cracks The Croc with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Navarro cracks The Croc with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Navarro landing shots from mount.
The Croc sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
The Croc is staying active underneath Navarro, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oscar Navarro dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Navarro gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and The Croc counters with a series of strikes. Navarro will be more careful next time no doubt.
Navarro pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Navarro throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Navarro misses with a takedown

and The Croc counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Navarro makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Navarro.
Navarro preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Navarro wants to sweep but no luck.
The Croc throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Navarro works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Navarro wants to stand up but The Croc is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Navarro is trying to control the position but The Croc postures up.
Navarro is breathing heavily.
The Croc lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Navarro is looking to stand up but The Croc isn't so interested in that idea.
Oscar Navarro has got the better of the ground game so far.
Navarro is looking to sweep but instead, The Croc has passed into half guard.
The Croc seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The Croc uses his free foot to push down on Navarro's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Navarro.
The Croc looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The Croc loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Navarro scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from The Croc land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. The Croc stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James The Croc!