PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Mikhail (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dillon Crawford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mikhail
vs
Crawford

183 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

200 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ivan Mikhail!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dillon Crawford!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Daniel Franklin and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Mikhail looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Crawford being controlled here, momentarily.

Crawford is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Crawford looking for a sweep. Not yet Crawford, not yet.
Mikhail distracts Crawford with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Crawford utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Mikhail stands up over Crawford, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Mikhail's corner is telling him to maintain position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mikhail has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

Crawford looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mikhail is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Mikhail tries to free his leg and advance position but Crawford is retaining full guard.
Mikhail might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Mikhail controls from within his opponent's guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Ivan Mikhail wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Crawford shoots in but Mikhail avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Crawford doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Mikhail counters with a nice double leg into side control. Crawford won't be happy with that.
Mikhail scoring with punches from side control.
Mikhail cracks Crawford with a big elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Crawford takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crawford takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Mikhail lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Crawford down.
Mikhail remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Mikhail 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.
Mikhail lands a nice forearm strike.
Crawford struggling a bit here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Crawford is looking for a sweep.
Crawford looks winded!
Mikhail scores with punches from side control.
Mikhail remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crawford prevents Mikhail from moving into mount.
Mikhail is putting a hurting on Crawford here, landing some big shots from side control.
Mikhail taking a breather here.
Mikhail scores with a couple of short elbows.
Mikhail remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Crawford takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

Crawford is rocked!

It looks like Dillon Crawford has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crawford seems a little lost for a moment, as Mikhail dominates the positioning.
Crawford takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Mikhail lands a decent elbow from side control.
Mikhail taking a breather here.
Crawford is trying to improve his position.
Mikhail scores with punches from side control.
Crawford is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mikhail scoring with punches from side control.
Crawford takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Mikhail grinds an elbow into Crawford's temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ivan Mikhail dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dillon Crawford's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Crawford bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

Mikhail throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Crawford tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Mikhail is in Crawford's guard.

Crawford has an active guard here but Mikhail has managed to pass into half guard.
Mikhail is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Crawford can do to turn this around?
Mikhail lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Mikhail drops an elbow to the side of Crawford's head.
Mikhail controlling the pace.
Mikhail winds up and cracks Crawford with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Crawford taking some punishment here, with Mikhail in his half guard.
Crawford is trying to stand up here but Mikhail is controlling him well.
Crawford is breathing heavily.
Mikhail seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mikhail landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Mikhail looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Crawford is still in real trouble! Can Mikhail finish him?
Mikhail controlling the pace.
Crawford seems to have recovered his senses.
Mikhail lands with a punch from half guard.
Mikhail drops an elbow to the side of Crawford's head.
Crawford trying to control from the bottom.
Ground and pound from Mikhail.
Mikhail landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mikhail scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Crawford tries to kick Mikhail off but Mikhail keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Mikhail keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Ivan Mikhail overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Mikhail looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mikhail is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Mikhail lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Crawford! More strikes land and this one is all over! Mikhail jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ivan Mikhail!