PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jay McCoy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Demon Cro Cop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cro Cop has chosen Kanye West - Stronger as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Demon Cro Cop will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

McCoy
vs
Cro Cop

163 cm
29
154 lbs
15 - 5 - 0

175 cm
27
145 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Jay McCoy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Demon Cro Cop!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Steven Brown and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Cro Cop does no damage.
A combination from Cro Cop does no damage.
Cro Cop lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

It looks like Jay McCoy has been cut.
Cro Cop moves out of range of the strikes.
Cro Cop throws a sloppy head kick and McCoy moves out of range easily.
Cro Cop tries to clinch but McCoy is having none of it.
Cro Cop walks into a stiff left hand from McCoy.
A swing and a miss from McCoy.
McCoy feints a jab promting Cro Cop to slip. McCoy then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Cro Cop slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Cro Cop throws a nice looking combination but McCoy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cro Cop is looking to clinch but McCoy is avoiding it.
Cro Cop throws a head kick that misses.
Cro Cop scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McCoy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cro Cop manages to avoid it.
McCoy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cro Cop fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cro Cop swings for the body but McCoy moves out of range.
A shot to the body from McCoy misses
and Cro Cop counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCoy throws out a loose jab but Cro Cop uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cro Cop takes a shot to the body in his stride.

McCoy is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Cro Cop's half guard.
Cro Cop tries to get to full guard but McCoy has control of the leg.
McCoy content to control rather than advance.
McCoy seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Cro Cop does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
McCoy is looking to advance position but Cro Cop won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCoy trying to control the action but Cro Cop is working from the bottom.
McCoy missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
McCoy missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

McCoy is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Cro Cop blocking the ground and pound attempt from McCoy.
McCoy 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCoy is keen to just control but Cro Cop is a slippery customer.

McCoy is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Cro Cop doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time McCoy.
McCoy thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Cro Cop's head.
McCoy thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCoy moves into full mount! Cro Cop won't be happy about that!
Cro Cop really doesn't want to stay on the ground with McCoy. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Cro Cop is working to get back to half guard.
McCoy lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
McCoy with good strikes from the mount here!

It looks like Demon Cro Cop has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

McCoy looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cro Cop avoids a series of strikes thrown by McCoy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jay McCoy dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.

McCoy throws a hook to the side of Cro Cop's head but Cro Cop sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cro Cop doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
McCoy connects with a jab.

McCoy shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Cro Cop is trying to defend but McCoy finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
McCoy is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
McCoy stalling away here and it's allowed Cro Cop to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Cro Cop utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
McCoy wants to control from the top but Cro Cop keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCoy looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
McCoy wants to control from the top but Cro Cop keeps moving.
McCoy throws a big right hand that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Jay McCoy wasn't doing enough on the ground.
McCoy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cro Cop manages to avoid it.
Cro Cop is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cro Cop fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cro Cop misses with a few strikes there.
McCoy shoots in for a double leg but Cro Cop sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Cro Cop is looking to clinch but McCoy is avoiding it.
Cro Cop swinging wildly here.
Cro Cop tries to bum rush McCoy with a series of wild strikes but McCoy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Excellent takedown into side control there by McCoy.
McCoy landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cro Cop tries to improve position but can't.
McCoy takes a little break here. Cro Cop wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.

McCoy is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Cro Cop knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
McCoy wants to control but Cro Cop is keeping him busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cro Cop is trying to control McCoy's posture but McCoy avoids it.
McCoy cracks Cro Cop with a big elbow.
A lull in the action here.
Jay McCoy overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
McCoy in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cro Cop dodges the ground and pound from McCoy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jay McCoy dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Cro Cop looks to land a combination but McCoy avoids it well.
Cro Cop takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
McCoy jabs Cro Cop to the body, keeping him at a distance.
McCoy swats away the attempt to clinch by Cro Cop.
McCoy scores with a body shot.
Cro Cop misses with a head kick.
Cro Cop misses with a head kick.
McCoy checks the leg kick.
McCoy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cro Cop.
McCoy is looking to wear down Cro Cop with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
McCoy slips a jab and a cross from Cro Cop.

McCoy gets the takedown into side control.
McCoy is trying to ground and pound but Cro Cop uses the momentary lack of control by McCoy to regain half guard.
McCoy thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCoy not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
McCoy throwing shots but Cro Cop is blocking nicely.
Cro Cop is looking for a sweep. McCoy is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
McCoy is trying to control. Cro Cop wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
McCoy not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Cro Cop on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
McCoy trying to control the action but Cro Cop is working from the bottom.
McCoy misses with a head shot. Cro Cop uses the momentum to regain guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCoy in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
McCoy throws a big right hand that misses.
McCoy wants to control from the top but Cro Cop keeps moving.
McCoy throws and elbow that misses. Cro Cop uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in McCoy's guard. Nice move by Cro Cop!

McCoy is looking for a triangle here but Cro Cop uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCoy is looking to reverse the position.
McCoy is not content to let Cro Cop control the position.
McCoy is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
McCoy gets back to half guard.
Cro Cop wants to stand up but McCoy has a hold of him and won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCoy regains full guard. Nicely done.
McCoy looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
McCoy trying to control the position.

McCoy is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Cro Cop defends well.
McCoy keeping moving, preventing Cro Cop from controlling successfully.
Demon Cro Cop has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cro Cop stopping the sweep attempt from McCoy.
McCoy not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jay McCoy showed his dominance in that final round.
Well McCoy has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jay McCoy!