PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jason The Dream (ranked 5725 p4p, 3871 weight class) and William MacQuoid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). MacQuoid has chosen Narcoleptic Squirrel Song as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

The Dream
vs
MacQuoid

185 cm
25
144
1 - 1 - 0

150 cm
25
130
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jason The Dream!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, William MacQuoid!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Phil Schofield and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
MacQuoid rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but The Dream moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
MacQuoid misses with a two punch combination.
MacQuoid throws a series of punches but The Dream avoids them all with ease.
MacQuoid throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
William MacQuoid seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Dream wants to clinch.
The Dream is looking to clinch.
MacQuoid misses with a series of wild punches.
MacQuoid keeps the fight on the outside.
MacQuoid drops down looking to force a counter takedown but The Dream defends it well.
MacQuoid throws a right and a left that The Dream avoids nicely.
The Dream tries to clinch up but MacQuoid circles away and keeps his distance.
MacQuoid throws a series of punches but The Dream avoids them all with ease.
The Dream tries to counter by clinching up but MacQuoid breaks away and moves out of range.
MacQuoid throws a nice looking combination but The Dream bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
MacQuoid looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Dream has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
MacQuoid throws a right and a left that both miss.
It looked like The Dream was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
MacQuoid swats away the attempt to clinch by The Dream.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
MacQuoid fails to land with a series of punches.
The Dream is looking to counter the offense by MacQuoid and move into the clinch.
MacQuoid swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The Dream tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for MacQuoid, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The Dream really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
The Dream has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The Dream fails with an attempt to clinch.
The Dream is looking to clinch but MacQuoid is avoiding it.
The Dream is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The Dream showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from MacQuoid.
The Dream is looking to counter the offense by MacQuoid and move into the clinch.
Sloppy strikes from MacQuoid. Those never looked like landing.
The Dream misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A nice combination there by MacQuoid.
The Dream tries to clinch up but MacQuoid circles away and keeps his distance.
The Dream doesn't manage to clinch there - MacQuoid circles away.
The Dream moves in looking to clinch but MacQuoid pushes him off.
MacQuoid rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but The Dream moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The Dream misses with a kick to the body.
MacQuoid swats away the attempt to clinch by The Dream.
MacQuoid tries to bum rush The Dream with a series of wild strikes but The Dream uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Dream is looking to clinch but MacQuoid is avoiding it.
The Dream throws a leg kick but MacQuoid checks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Dream doesn't manage to clinch there - MacQuoid circles away.
MacQuoid with the counter takedown but The Dream avoids it easily.
MacQuoid misses with a two punch combination.
The Dream throws a push kick but MacQuoid slaps the foot to one side.
MacQuoid with the counter takedown but The Dream avoids it easily.
The Dream tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. MacQuoid manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The Dream moves in looking to clinch but MacQuoid pushes him off.

The Dream clinches with his opponent.
MacQuoid misses with a body punch.

The Dream breaks from the clinch.
The Dream tries to clinch there but MacQuoid circles away.
And MacQuoid tries to counter it with a takedown but The Dream pushes his down on his head and steps out.
The Dream tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. MacQuoid manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
MacQuoid is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
The Dream tries to clinch but MacQuoid moves out of range.
MacQuoid with the counter takedown but The Dream avoids it easily.
MacQuoid circles away from the clinch attempt.
MacQuoid avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
MacQuoid tries to bum rush The Dream with a series of wild strikes but The Dream uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The Dream is looking to clinch.
The Dream fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
MacQuoid lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by MacQuoid.

The Dream closes the distance and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Dream wants to break the clinch but can't.
The Dream misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from MacQuoid.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
The Dream is trying to break free.
MacQuoid lands with a light punch inside.
The Dream stalls.
The Dream effectively controlling the action here.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with The Dream for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
The Dream stalls.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
The Dream trying to land knees to the body.
The Dream stalling.
MacQuoid has The Dream pressed against the cage, preventing The Dream from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The Dream misses with a punch on the inside.
The Dream is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. MacQuoid is defending well for now.
MacQuoid works on The Dream's body with a couple of short punches.
MacQuoid blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The Dream has a couple of punches blocked by MacQuoid.
The Dream blocks a body shot from MacQuoid.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William MacQuoid dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

The Dream showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from MacQuoid.
The Dream wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
The Dream tries to clinch up.
MacQuoid misses with a double jab.
MacQuoid tries to bum rush The Dream with a series of wild strikes but The Dream uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The Dream tries to clinch but MacQuoid moves out of range.
The Dream is looking to clinch but MacQuoid is avoiding it.
MacQuoid misses with a jab, cross combination.
A punch combination from MacQuoid misses.
The Dream moves in looking to clinch but MacQuoid pushes him off.
MacQuoid lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
The Dream misses with a straight left.
The Dream tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. MacQuoid manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
MacQuoid circles away from the clinch attempt.
MacQuoid has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
MacQuoid misses with a two punch combination.
MacQuoid swats away the attempt to clinch by The Dream.
MacQuoid throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Dream fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Dream wants to clinch up but MacQuoid keeps it at a distance.
The Dream has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The Dream doesn't manage to clinch there - MacQuoid circles away.
The Dream tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but MacQuoid paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The Dream tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
MacQuoid circles away from the clinch attempt.
The Dream avoids a punch combination nicely.
The Dream wants to clinch.
MacQuoid looks to land a combination but The Dream avoids it well.
The Dream throws a front kick that sends MacQuoid stumbling back into the cage.
William MacQuoid seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The Dream doesn't manage to clinch there - MacQuoid circles away.
MacQuoid rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but The Dream moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The Dream lands a really nice looking cross but MacQuoid seems unphased.
The Dream tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but MacQuoid paws at him with a jab and circles away.
MacQuoid lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by MacQuoid.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

The Dream moves into the clinch.
MacQuoid blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Dream manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
MacQuoid lands with a short head shot on the inside.

The Dream pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The Dream misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

The Dream pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
MacQuoid throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
MacQuoid misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The Dream fails with an attempt to clinch.
MacQuoid throws a right hand that The Dream ducks under and follows up with a left that The Dream also avoids with ease.
Jason The Dream is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The Dream throws a big shot that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
MacQuoid swats away the attempt to clinch by The Dream.

The Dream moves into the clinch.
The Dream is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
MacQuoid tries to work over The Dream's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The Dream leaning his opponent against the cage.
MacQuoid presses The Dream against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
MacQuoid tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The Dream is looking to control MacQuoid's arms but MacQuoid gets an underhook and turns him. Now The Dream has his back to the cage.

That's four 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.
The Dream trying to stall but MacQuoid improves his position.

The Dream breaks the clinch.
The Dream motions for MacQuoid to come forward. The Dream throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
MacQuoid moves out of range of the body kick.
MacQuoid dodges the punch combination from The Dream.
The Dream avoids a punch combination nicely.
MacQuoid lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
MacQuoid misses with a wild combination.
The Dream throws a body shot but no joy.
The Dream tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The Dream dodges the punch combination from MacQuoid.
The Dream tries to close the distance and clinch but MacQuoid swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

The Dream gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William MacQuoid showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. And we move into the final round!

A combination from MacQuoid does no damage.
The Dream moves in looking to clinch but MacQuoid pushes him off.
MacQuoid misses with a series of wild punches.

The Dream moves into range and clinches up with MacQuoid.
The Dream is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
The Dream takes a shot to the head.
The Dream blocks a body shot from MacQuoid.

The Dream breaks the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No joy there for MacQuoid, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The Dream avoids a punch combination nicely.
MacQuoid swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
MacQuoid misses with a few strikes there.
The Dream is looking to counter the offense by MacQuoid and move into the clinch.
The Dream is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Dream tries to clinch up but MacQuoid circles away and keeps his distance.
MacQuoid throws a nice looking combination but The Dream bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The Dream throws a leg kick that misses.
Some wild striking there from MacQuoid.
The Dream throws a right and a left that MacQuoid avoids nicely.
MacQuoid changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
The Dream tries to close the distance and clinch up but MacQuoid swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nice uppercut there from The Dream.
The Dream fails in his attempt to clinch.
The Dream moves in looking to clinch but MacQuoid pushes him off.
The Dream lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
MacQuoid lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but The Dream circles away quickly and effectively.
MacQuoid blocks the body kick.
A combination from MacQuoid does no damage.
MacQuoid tries to bum rush The Dream with a series of wild strikes but The Dream uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The Dream tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. MacQuoid manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
MacQuoid misses with a series of wild punches.
MacQuoid swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
MacQuoid takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Dream avoids a punch combination nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Dream tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. MacQuoid manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
MacQuoid circles away from the clinch attempt.
Some wild striking there from MacQuoid.
The Dream tries to close the distance and clinch but MacQuoid swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The Dream misses with a body kick.
MacQuoid throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and The Dream moves into the clinch.
The Dream is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
MacQuoid doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jason The Dream has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by MacQuoid as The Dream tries to tie him up.
The Dream avoiding damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Dream is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. MacQuoid is defending well for now.
The Dream has MacQuoid pushed against the cage.
The Dream taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jason The Dream.
The Dream tries a low kick but MacQuoid avoids it.
MacQuoid misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The Dream is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
MacQuoid throws a nice looking combination but The Dream bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

The Dream closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The Dream pressing his opponent against the cage.
MacQuoid keeps control of The Dream as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Dream is looking to control MacQuoid's arms but MacQuoid gets an underhook and turns him. Now The Dream has his back to the cage.
The Dream is trying to stall.
The Dream can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
The referee calls for The Dream to work.
MacQuoid has The Dream pressed against the cage, preventing The Dream from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
MacQuoid struggles to land a body shot inside as The Dream controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by MacQuoid.
The Dream leaning against his opponent.

The Dream breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jason The Dream has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
No joy there for MacQuoid, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

And that's the end of the fight!
William MacQuoid comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got MacQuoid winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 27:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... William MacQuoid!