PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Shawn Mcdonald (ranked 7457 p4p, 290 weight class) and Darryl Proffer (ranked 25503 p4p, 320 weight class). Proffer has chosen Butterfly (Come My Lady) as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mcdonald
vs
Proffer

173 cm
25
145 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

175 cm
25
135 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Shawn Mcdonald!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Darryl Proffer!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Tiny Johnson and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mcdonald misses with a wild body shot.
Mcdonald stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Mcdonald wants it to stay on the feet.
Mcdonald has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Nice shot lands for Mcdonald.

It looks like Darryl Proffer has been cut.
Mcdonald just misses with a punch to the body.
Mcdonald throws the left hand but Proffer avoids the punch easily.
Mcdonald throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Mcdonald lets loose with a powerful body kick. Proffer will feel that in the morning.
Proffer is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Proffer gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Mcdonald swings wildly with an uppercut but Proffer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Proffer has Mcdonald pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Mcdonald manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Still in the clinch, Mcdonald scores with a nice short uppercut.

Proffer has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Mcdonald uses from the top position.
Mcdonald trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Mcdonald knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Proffer on the ground.
Proffer keeping moving, preventing Mcdonald from controlling successfully.
Proffer is pulling down on Mcdonald's head. It's preventing any offense from Mcdonald, at least for the moment.
Mcdonald wanted to stand there but Proffer had control of the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Proffer looking to hit a scissor sweep but Mcdonald is one step ahead there.
Proffer thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Proffer is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Mcdonald trying to control but Proffer postures up.
Proffer sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Mcdonald defending well though.
Mcdonald tries to get to full guard but Proffer has control of the leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Proffer wants to pass the guard but Mcdonald is defending well.
Proffer is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Proffer seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Mcdonald wants to improve his position but Proffer is controlling well.
Proffer is keen to just control but Mcdonald is a slippery customer.
Proffer throwing shots but Mcdonald is blocking nicely.
Proffer frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Proffer sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Proffer in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mcdonald is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Proffer tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Proffer throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Proffer landing strikes from the mount and Mcdonald is in trouble!
Proffer throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Proffer sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Mcdonald is working to get back to half guard.
Mcdonald is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

Proffer looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Mcdonald takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Proffer has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mcdonald slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Proffer is looking to advance position but Mcdonald won't allow it.
Proffer controlling the action here.
Mcdonald is trying to get back to full guard.
Proffer missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Proffer moves nicely into side control.
Proffer throws an elbow but Mcdonald slips to the side and avoids it well.
Proffer fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Proffer controlling from side mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darryl Proffer dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Darryl Proffer's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Mcdonald scores with a head kick.

Proffer is rocked!
Mcdonald scores with a punch to the head.
Proffer is still on wobbly legs! Can Mcdonald finish him?
Proffer just misses with a punch to the body.
Crack! A monster head kick from Mcdonald and Proffer falls like a tree - timbeeeeeeeeeeerrrr! A highlight reel knockout by Mcdonald!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Shawn Mcdonald!