PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jay Read (ranked 2403 p4p, 5151 weight class) and David McDonald (ranked 316 p4p, 571 weight class). Read comes to the cage accompanied by Fight Music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Read
vs
McDonald

190 cm
20
170
4 - 0 - 0

180 cm
20
182
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

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Nutritional Shaved Ice

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jay Read!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, David McDonald!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Anni Minnemäki and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McDonald dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Read connects with a right hand. McDonald shakes it off.
Read tries to clinch but McDonald is having none of it.
McDonald flicks out a counter leg kick but Read steps away.

Read has taken the fight to the clinch.
McDonald avoiding damage as Read throws knees to the body.
Read with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Read slowing the pace effectively.
Read is looking to control McDonald's arms but McDonald gets an underhook and turns him. Now Read has his back to the cage.
McDonald with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Read with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
McDonald letting Read take a breather here.

McDonald pulls guard effortlessly.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

McDonald working for a triangle but Read defends it easily.

McDonald escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Read gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McDonald is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Read tries to stand but McDonald is controlling from the bottom.

Read got a little sloppy there for a moment and McDonald has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Read has managed to get both his arms back between McDonald's legs - danger averted.

McDonald escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Read gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Read tries to stand but McDonald is controlling from the bottom.

McDonald has his foot on Read's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Read works his way back into a safe position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Read wanted to stand there but McDonald had control of the position.

McDonald throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

McDonald is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Read tries to stand but McDonald is controlling from the bottom.

McDonald working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Read doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Read manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

McDonald looking for a guillotine here but Read defends easily.
Read has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

McDonald is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Read defends well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Read wanted to stand there but McDonald had control of the position.
McDonald is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Read is trying to stand back up but McDonald is controlling him
McDonald wants to take a breather but Read is having none of it.
Read knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for McDonald on the ground.

McDonald is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Read has managed to free his arm - good work.
McDonald prevents Read from standing back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Read trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
McDonald passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Read!
McDonald wants to control the pace but Read is squirming around nicely.
Read is trying to stand.
McDonald can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Read is looking to escape.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
McDonald seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Read is holding on tight.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

David McDonald dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Read tries to close the distance and clinch but McDonald swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jay Read is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A nice inside leg kick there by McDonald. That's going to slow Read down.
McDonald throws a low kick but it's checked well by Read.
Read went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Read tries to clinch but McDonald moves out of range.
McDonald listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

It looks like Jay Read has been cut.

Read pushes McDonald up against the cage in a clinch.
Read throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but McDonald blocks it with crossed arms.
McDonald jumps guard but Read stands there with McDonald around his waist. McDonald gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Read tries to land a knee to the head but McDonald blocks with his arms.
Read trying to control the position but instead, McDonald has worked for underhooks and has pushed Read into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McDonald tries to pull guard but Read holds him up against the cage and eventually McDonald drops back down to his feet.
McDonald stalling against the cage.
McDonald tries to pull guard but Read forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Jay Read has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David McDonald.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Read lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Read tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
McDonald avoiding damage as Read throws knees to the body.
McDonald missing with knees to the body.
Read crunches a lovely knee into McDonald's ribcage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Read using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McDonald has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

McDonald pulls guard effortlessly.
David McDonald has got the better of the ground game so far.

McDonald is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
McDonald has a closed guard, preventing Read from standing up.
McDonald is trying to control the position but Read postures up.
Read really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

McDonald is looking for a triangle but Read pushes his legs off easily.
McDonald is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Read trying to stand up but can't free himself from McDonald's guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Read wants to clinch.
McDonald looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Read tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Read has taken the fight to the clinch.
McDonald tries to land knees in the clinch but Read avoids the damage to the body.
A knee to the head by Read.
Read lands a knee to the body.
McDonald blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
McDonald avoiding damage as Read throws knees to the body.
McDonald jumps guard but Read turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
McDonald tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Read just stands there and leans against the cage.
Read is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but McDonald is keeping busy.
McDonald leaning against his opponent.
Read is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Stalling in the clinch from Read.
McDonald tries to land knees in the clinch but Read avoids the damage to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McDonald with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Read managing to block the knees to the body from McDonald.
Read throws a knee to the head but misses.
Read tries to land knees in the clinch but McDonald avoids the damage to the body.
McDonald avoiding damage as Read throws knees to the body.
McDonald is trying to pull guard but Read turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Read misses with a knee strike.
Read missing with knees to the body.
McDonald avoiding damage as Read throws knees to the body.
McDonald trying to land knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Read.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Read as McDonald tries to tie him up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
McDonald is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Read is defending well for now.
Read misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McDonald.
Read tries a knee to the head but McDonald blocks it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jay Read dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jay Read's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Read fails with an attempt to clinch.
Read tries to close the distance and clinch but McDonald swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
McDonald is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Read with a body shot.
Read fails in his attempt to clinch.
Read is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Read doesn't manage to clinch there - McDonald circles away.
A nice leg kick from McDonald, right into the meat of the thigh.
Read tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. McDonald manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from McDonald! But no joy.

Read gets in close and instigates a clinch.
McDonald is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Read is defending well for now.
Read missing with knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McDonald missing with knees to the body.
Jay Read has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Read using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McDonald has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
McDonald misses with a knee strike.
McDonald stalling against the cage.
McDonald blocks an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Read tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Read tries to land a knee to the head but McDonald blocks with his arms.
McDonald misses with a knee strike.
Read stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
McDonald missing with knees to the body.
Read with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Read tries to land a knee to the head but McDonald blocks with his arms.
Read lands a knee to the head.
Read blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Read throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but McDonald blocks it with crossed arms.
McDonald connects with a nasty looking knee right to Read's face.
Read misses with a knee strike.
McDonald throws a knee to the head but misses.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Read trying to land knees to the body.
McDonald trying to land knees to the body.
Read throws a knee to the head but misses.
McDonald is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
McDonald misses with a knee to the head.
Read has McDonald pushed against the cage.
McDonald missing with knees to the body.
McDonald is trying to pull guard but Read turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Read avoiding damage as McDonald throws knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Read landing knees to the head.
McDonald tries to pull guard but Read won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Read landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
McDonald content to slow the pace in the clinch.
McDonald tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Jay Read has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David McDonald.
McDonald tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Read smiles and moves away.
McDonald stuns Read with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
McDonald avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
It seemed like McDonald was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

Read darts in and clinches McDonald up against the cage.
Read avoiding damage as McDonald throws knees to the body.
McDonald with an attempt at a knee that misses.
McDonald effectively controlling the action here.
McDonald has Read pressed against the cage.
Read scores a nice knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Read.
McDonald fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Read doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
McDonald is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Read to keep the fight standing.
Read scores with a knee to the head.
McDonald trying to land knees to the body.
McDonald is trying to pull guard but Read has him pressed against the cage.
McDonald takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Read avoiding damage as McDonald throws knees to the body.
McDonald tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Read avoids it.
Read with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Read managing to block the knees to the body from McDonald.
McDonald missing with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Read.
Read avoiding damage as McDonald throws knees to the body.
Read tries a knee to the head but McDonald blocks it.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jay Read.
I think Read has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 29:28
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jay Read!