That’s Tipton. Common move. He just needed to get in the defender’s way as a precaution rather than actually block him.
It’s just a way to demonstrate that “Yes I am “blocking” him by just getting in his way, but don’t want to get a silly holding or block in the back penalty if I time this up wrong or if the defender falls while I am briefly behind him” or “I am holding him back but not actually holding him or blocking him in the back to accomplish this.”