PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gregor Ivanisovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kas Crum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Ivanisovic
vs
Crum

190 cm
21
230 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
24
240 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Gregor Ivanisovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Kas Crum!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Daniel Bishop and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ivanisovic defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Crum.

Ivanisovic dives in and scores a takedown into Crum's guard.

Ivanisovic stands up from Crum's guard - Ivanisovic perhaps looking for a knockout.

Ivanisovic bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Crum takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Crum is looking to regain half guard here but Ivanisovic keeps moving and retains side control.
Crum dodges the ground and pound from Ivanisovic.
Ivanisovic in side control lands a decent elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ivanisovic swings around for an armbar but Crum sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Ivanisovic's guard.
Ivanisovic is adopting a defensive guard.
Ivanisovic wants to stand up but Crum is controlling him.
Crum trying to stand up but can't free himself from Ivanisovic's guard.

The fighters are working up against the cage. Ivanisovic manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Crum tries for a takedown but Ivanisovic manages to get underhooks.
Crum tries to pull guard but Ivanisovic won't allow it.
Gregor Ivanisovic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kas Crum.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crum tries to pull guard but Ivanisovic holds him up against the cage and eventually Crum drops back down to his feet.
Ivanisovic is stalling here.

Ivanisovic has Crum pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Ivanisovic pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Crum tumbling to the mat - Ivanisovic dives into Crum's guard.
Ivanisovic working some strikes from top position.
Crum wants to sweep but no luck.
Crum should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Ivanisovic stands up over Crum, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Ivanisovic showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Ivanisovic trying to control but Crum is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ivanisovic won't allow Crum to sweep him here.
Ivanisovic keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Crum's head.
Crum wants to sweep here but Ivanisovic controlling him for the moment.
Ivanisovic postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Ivanisovic is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Crum escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Ivanisovic gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Ivanisovic controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Crum looking for a guillotine here but Ivanisovic defends easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gregor Ivanisovic 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.

Crum misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Ivanisovic scores with a takedown into Crum's guard.
Ivanisovic won't allow Crum to sweep him here.
Ivanisovic stands up over Crum, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Crum wants to stand but Ivanisovic is controlling the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crum can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Ivanisovic controls the pace.

Ivanisovic has gone for a leg lock! Crum slips out almost immediately though and dives into Ivanisovic's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ivanisovic keeping moving, preventing Crum from controlling successfully.
Ivanisovic is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Crum can do to turn this around?

Ivanisovic had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Crum defends it easily.
Ivanisovic on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Ivanisovic tries to get out of the position.
Ivanisovic seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Ivanisovic keeping moving, preventing Crum from controlling successfully.
Crum preventing the sweep.

That's two 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.

Crum 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.

Crum thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Crum is breathing heavily.

Ivanisovic uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Crum misses with a takedown attempt - Ivanisovic sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Ivanisovic throws an overhand right that lands on Crum's shoulder, as Crum tries to avoid the shot.
Crum appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Crum shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Ivanisovic as he avoids it easily.
Gregor Ivanisovic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kas Crum.
Crum fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Ivanisovic avoids it really well and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crum shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Ivanisovic sprawls well. Ivanisovic wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Crum gets slowly back to his feet.
Ivanisovic stuffs the takedown.
Ivanisovic displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Crum throws out the jab.

Ivanisovic changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Crum looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

Ivanisovic is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Crum has escaped the position, nice work there.
Crum tries to improve position but can't.
Gregor Ivanisovic overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ivanisovic content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Crum tries to improve position but can't.
Crum stops Ivanisovic from passing to mount.

Ivanisovic stands up and beckons Crum to his feet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Crum misses with a takedown

and Ivanisovic counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gregor Ivanisovic dominated that second round.
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!

Ivanisovic gets a double leg takedown into Crum's guard.
Crum is trying to control the position but Ivanisovic postures up.
Ivanisovic postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Ivanisovic postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Crum is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Ivanisovic, into his guard.

Crum trying to control the position from guard on top but Ivanisovic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crum working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Crum scoring with punches to the head and body.
Ivanisovic has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Ivanisovic knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Crum on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ivanisovic looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Crum passes into side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Crum throws an elbow but Ivanisovic slips to the side and avoids it well.
Ivanisovic is looking to regain half guard here but Crum keeps moving and retains side control.

Crum looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Ivanisovic struggling a bit here.

Crum is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Ivanisovic knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ivanisovic can't do much from the bottom here.
Crum misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Ivanisovic is trying to control Crum's posture but Crum avoids it.

Crum is trying to get an arm triangle but Ivanisovic is defending well.
Crum is looking to take a break and control but Ivanisovic is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Crum goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Ivanisovic rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Crum's guard! Nice work there by Ivanisovic!
Crum is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Ivanisovic with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Ivanisovic is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Crum is trying to keep Ivanisovic in close.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ivanisovic slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Ivanisovic postures up and lands a big shot to Crum's brow.

Ivanisovic drops back, looking for a kneebar! Crum looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Crum looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Crum!

Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ivanisovic can't do much from the bottom here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kas Crum comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ivanisovic 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gregor Ivanisovic!