PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jim Bob McDonald (ranked 198 p4p, 31 weight class) and Felix Inarritu (ranked 104 p4p, 16 weight class). McDonald comes to the cage accompanied by Ray Wylie Hubbard - Redneck Mother. Inarritu is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Vulcano. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bob McDonald
vs
Inarritu

196 cm
29
275 lbs
25 - 7 - 0

200 cm
27
250 lbs
16 - 5 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jim Bob McDonald!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Felix Inarritu!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Robert Twigg and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McDonald pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Inarritu looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
McDonald throws a big shot that misses.
McDonald lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
McDonald slips under a jab from Inarritu.
McDonald scores with the left hand. Inarritu knows he should have avoided that one.
Inarritu throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Inarritu slips a jab from McDonald.
Inarritu follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
McDonald scores with a body shot.
McDonald avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A slow jab from Inarritu misses its intended target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Inarritu looks to land a combination but McDonald avoids it well.
McDonald ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Inarritu moves away.
McDonald misses with a shot to the body
and Inarritu cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Inarritu steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McDonald.
McDonald throws a predictable looking body shot
and Inarritu counters with a good, hard body kick but McDonald shrugs it off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McDonald throws a shot from downtown. Inarritu moves away and avoids it.
McDonald misses with a hook. Inarritu ducked under it nicely.
McDonald throws a predictable looking body shot
and McDonald takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Inarritu lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Good standup being displayed there by McDonald as he connects with a hook.
McDonald throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McDonald swings widly with a right hand
letting Inarritu counter with a right hand.
McDonald takes a swing at Inarritu's ribcage but misses.
Inarritu is looking for the big counter here.
McDonald connects with a nice looking jab.
Inarritu uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McDonald.
Inarritu throws out a counter right but McDonald avoids it with no problem.
Inarritu uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McDonald.
Nice defenses there by McDonald.
McDonald was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Jim Bob McDonald seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Inarritu lunges at McDonald with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by McDonald's hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A punch lands to the side of Inarritu 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Inarritu misses with a jab, cross combination.
McDonald is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Inarritu.
Inarritu looks to throw the jab but McDonald is out of range.
McDonald throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Inarritu counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like Jim Bob McDonald has been cut.
McDonald lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Inarritu at a distance.
McDonald connects with a single shot there.
McDonald punishes Inarritu's body with a nice straight punch.
A jab from McDonald misses.
McDonald throws an overhand right that lands on Inarritu's shoulder, as Inarritu tries to avoid the shot.
Inarritu takes a shot to the body in his stride.
McDonald jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Inarritu throws a counter combo.
Inarritu lands the left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Inarritu swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
McDonald misses with an uppercut
and Inarritu counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
McDonald has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Inarritu finds it's way round the side to connect with McDonald's head.
McDonald scores with a jab.
Inarritu throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
McDonald ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Inarritu scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Inarritu tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
McDonald moves into range and connects with a jab.
Inarritu blocks a jab.
McDonald lands a right hook to the body.
McDonald is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McDonald connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
McDonald throws a lazy uppercut
and Inarritu cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McDonald misses with a lunging right hand

and Inarritu counters with a crisp one two that drops McDonald! Inarritu thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves McDonald to his feet! McDonald is in big trouble!
McDonald misses with a wild body shot.
Inarritu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Inarritu doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Inarritu throws a jab but it's blocked by McDonald.
McDonald fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
McDonald misses with a jab, cross combination.
Inarritu scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

McDonald drops Inarritu with a nice combination! McDonald dives into Inarritu's guard, looking to finish!

It looks like Felix Inarritu has been cut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McDonald missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
McDonald loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
McDonald in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jim Bob McDonald dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Inarritu slips a jab from McDonald.
Inarritu unleashes a big counter combination but McDonald bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
McDonald throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Inarritu counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
McDonald lunges at Inarritu with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Inarritu's hand.
McDonald throws a lazy right hand but Inarritu sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
McDonald thuds a left hand into Inarritu's body.
McDonald misses with a hook to the body
letting Inarritu counter with a right hand.
McDonald scores with a hook to the body. Inarritu takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
McDonald missing with a left hand there. Inarritu was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
McDonald looks to score with a jab to the body but Inarritu is just out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good exchange - Inarritu coming out on top.
Inarritu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McDonald connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
McDonald swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McDonald moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromInarritu.
Jim Bob McDonald is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Inarritu avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Inarritu swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

McDonald throws a big overhand right that connects, sending Inarritu tumbling to the canvas!

Inarritu is rocked!
Inarritu wants to improve his position but instead McDonald has moved into half guard.
McDonald is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Inarritu can do to turn this around?
Inarritu keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Inarritu avoiding damage under a succession of punches from McDonald.
McDonald is looking to stall here but Inarritu recovers full guard.
McDonald with a nice head shot there.
Inarritu is trying to keep McDonald in close.
Inarritu keeping moving, preventing McDonald from controlling successfully.
Inarritu has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Fist of Fury Training Center. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McDonald throwing strikes from guard but Inarritu blocks nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McDonald throwing strikes from guard but Inarritu blocks nicely.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
McDonald throws a big elbow that misses.
Inarritu preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
McDonald postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
McDonald trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
McDonald throwing strikes from guard but Inarritu blocks nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McDonald throws a big right hand that misses.
Inarritu trying to control the position here.
McDonald trying to control but Inarritu is working from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
McDonald waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Inarritu.
McDonald misses with a left hand
letting Inarritu counter with a right hand.
McDonald takes a swing at Inarritu's ribcage but misses.
Despite the aggression on Inarritu's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
McDonald walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
McDonald sizes up Inarritu with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
McDonald misses the shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McDonald scores with a decent looking hook.
McDonald clobbers Inarritu with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
McDonald misses with a looping right.
Inarritu misses with a few strikes there.
McDonald misses with an uppercut
and Inarritu counters with a straight right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Inarritu throws a hook but McDonald avoids it easily.
McDonald on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A swing and a miss from Inarritu.
A shot to the liver by McDonald. Beautiful body shot.
McDonald lands a jab to Inarritu's midsection.
Inarritu waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract McDonald.
McDonald looks to throw the jab but Inarritu is out of range.
Inarritu throws out a counter right but McDonald avoids it with no problem.
Inarritu moves out of range of the strikes.
Inarritu looks like he wants to counter punch here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jim Bob McDonald dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

McDonald misses with a looping left.
McDonald misses with a jab to the body
and McDonald takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Good standup being displayed there by McDonald as he connects with a hook.
Inarritu takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Inarritu moves out of range as McDonald strikes.
Inarritu swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
No joy there for McDonald, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Inarritu takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A slapping body kick lands there for Inarritu.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McDonald throws a combination that misses
and Inarritu counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Inarritu misses with an uppercut.
Inarritu fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches McDonald on the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Inarritu pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Inarritu scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. McDonald doesn't seem bothered though.
McDonald lands a glancing blow to the side of Inarritu's head.
McDonald swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and McDonald takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
McDonald moves out of range of the strikes.
McDonald looks to throw the jab but Inarritu is out of range.
McDonald misses with a wild body shot.
McDonald ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
McDonald looks to throw the jab but Inarritu is out of range.
McDonald takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
McDonald looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Inarritu misses with an uppercut. McDonald saw that one coming.
McDonald swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Inarritu counter with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McDonald scores with a jab. Inarritu acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Inarritu throws a hook but McDonald blocks it.
McDonald tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Inarritu was well out of range. Poor timing from McDonald.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McDonald throws a shot from downtown. Inarritu moves away and avoids it.
Inarritu moves away from the strike by McDonald.
Inarritu slips a jab from McDonald.
McDonald looks to land a left hand but Inarritu moved out of range nicely.
McDonald swings widly with a right hand
and Inarritu cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
McDonald misses with an uppercut

McDonald is rocked!
Inarritu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Oh McDonald is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Inarritu takes one to the chin there.
Inarritu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McDonald sees it coming and avoids it easily.
McDonald seems to have got his legs back now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McDonald swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Inarritu.
McDonald misses with an uppercut. Inarritu saw that one coming.
McDonald uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Inarritu moves away from the strike by McDonald.
McDonald throws an overhand right that lands on Inarritu's shoulder, as Inarritu tries to avoid the shot.
McDonald moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromInarritu.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Inarritu, as that shot connected.
Inarritu uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McDonald.
Inarritu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McDonald was well out of range. Poor timing from Inarritu.
McDonald drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
McDonald ducks under a wild hook from Inarritu.
McDonald misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Inarritu.
Inarritu misses with a telegraphed body shot
and McDonald counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McDonald throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Inarritu punishes McDonald's body with a nice straight punch.
McDonald blocks a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Inarritu takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
McDonald misses with an uppercut.
Inarritu is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
McDonald lands a nice shot that snaps Inarritu's head back.
Nice defenses there by Inarritu.
Inarritu avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Inarritu avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Inarritu slips a jab from McDonald.
McDonald takes a swing at Inarritu's ribcage but misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Inarritu! But no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Jim Bob McDonald did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Inarritu throws a sloppy head kick and McDonald moves out of range easily.
A telegraphed right hand from McDonald misses the target.
Inarritu looks like he wants to counter punch here.
McDonald ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Inarritu moves away.
Sloppy strikes from McDonald. Those never looked like landing.
McDonald ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Inarritu moves away.
McDonald getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
McDonald throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice shot by McDonald.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McDonald misses with a wild body shot.
McDonald looks to score with a jab to the body but Inarritu is just out of range.
Inarritu looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Inarritu takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A shot to the liver by McDonald. Beautiful body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from McDonald misses.
McDonald uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Inarritu.
Inarritu lands with a hook. McDonald tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
McDonald thuds a left hand into Inarritu's body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Inarritu. McDonald does a little dance to reset his feet.
Inarritu takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Nice uppercut lands for Inarritu. That snapped McDonald's head back.
McDonald lands with a good body shot.
McDonald throws a body punch but Inarritu moves out of range.
Inarritu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McDonald.
McDonald lands a slapping body shot.
Inarritu is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
McDonald lands a right hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McDonald misses with an uppercut
and McDonald takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Nice combo by McDonald! Oh, that's hurt him - Inarritu falls to the canvas and McDonald follows him into side control.
Inarritu is still in real trouble! Can McDonald finish him?
McDonald lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
McDonald cracks Inarritu with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! McDonald immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Inarritu is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by McDonald!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jim Bob McDonald!
Jim Bob McDonald retains his heavyweight title!
A victorious Jim Bob McDonald thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.