PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between William McGuilicuty (ranked 2891 p4p, 5522 weight class) and Mickey Contreras (ranked 357 p4p, 543 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

McGuilicuty
vs
Contreras

187 cm
25
180
2 - 1 - 0

183 cm
25
173
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Island clothing lite

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, William McGuilicuty!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mickey Contreras!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Santiago Holmes and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A shot to the liver by Contreras. Beautiful body shot.
McGuilicuty misses with an uppercut.
McGuilicuty takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Contreras blocks a jab.
McGuilicuty throws a series of punches but Contreras avoids them all with ease.
Contreras let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
A shot to the liver by Contreras. Beautiful body shot.
Contreras changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
McGuilicuty looks to land a combination but Contreras avoids it well.
Contreras swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Contreras moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
McGuilicuty misses with a lunging right hand
and Contreras counters with a lovely straight right hand!
McGuilicuty throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Contreras uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McGuilicuty.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Contreras tries to close the distance and clinch up but McGuilicuty swats him away and circles back towards the center.
McGuilicuty throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A jab lands there for Contreras.
Nice defenses there by Contreras.
McGuilicuty thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Contreras thuds his right hand into McGuilicuty's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Contreras tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McGuilicuty paws at him with a jab and circles away.
McGuilicuty misses with a hook. Contreras ducked under it nicely.
McGuilicuty swings widly with a right hand
and Contreras counters with a straight right hand.
McGuilicuty throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
McGuilicuty throws a series of punches but Contreras moves out of range.
Contreras has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from McGuilicuty finds it's way round the side to connect with Contreras's head.

Contreras rushes McGuilicuty and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Contreras misses with a short punch on the inside.
McGuilicuty tries a knee to the head but Contreras blocks it.
Contreras looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Contreras lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Contreras swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Contreras misses with a shot to the kidneys.
McGuilicuty blocking some punches.
Contreras working aggressively here.
McGuilicuty lands with a right to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McGuilicuty misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGuilicuty pressing his opponent against the cage.
McGuilicuty blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McGuilicuty softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Contreras throws a punch but it's blocked by McGuilicuty.
Contreras misses with a hook to the ribs.

McGuilicuty breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
McGuilicuty misses with a straight right.
Contreras now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
McGuilicuty lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
McGuilicuty throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Contreras throws out a counter right but McGuilicuty avoids it with no problem.
William McGuilicuty seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Contreras moves out of range as McGuilicuty strikes.
McGuilicuty is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
A decent looking cross lands there for McGuilicuty.
A slow jab from McGuilicuty misses its intended target.
McGuilicuty bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
McGuilicuty takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
McGuilicuty throws the left hand but Contreras avoids the punch easily.
Contreras looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Contreras tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Contreras lands a jab to the nose.
Contreras ducks under a wild hook from McGuilicuty.
McGuilicuty walks into a straight right hand from Contreras.
Contreras throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
McGuilicuty misses with a double jab
and Contreras counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Contreras slips under a jab from McGuilicuty.
McGuilicuty misses with an uppercut
and Contreras cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Contreras is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! McGuilicuty had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
McGuilicuty throws a right hand that Contreras ducks under and follows up with a left that Contreras also avoids with ease.
Contreras paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
McGuilicuty looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
McGuilicuty throws a right hand that Contreras ducks under and follows up with a left that Contreras also avoids with ease.
Contreras now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Nice cross by Contreras.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McGuilicuty misses with a straight right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Contreras digs a good hook to McGuilicuty's body.
McGuilicuty throws a hook but Contreras blocks it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Contreras! But no joy.
Contreras lands with a good body shot.
Contreras throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McGuilicuty is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
McGuilicuty's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Contreras connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! McGuilicuty scrambles back to his feet.
McGuilicuty throws a lazy uppercut
and Contreras counters with a nice uppercut.
McGuilicuty throws a lazy right hand but Contreras sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Contreras slips under a jab from McGuilicuty.
McGuilicuty looks to throw the jab but Contreras is out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McGuilicuty takes a jab right on the kisser.
McGuilicuty fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Contreras staying out of range there.
Contreras connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed McGuilicuty momentarily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Mickey Contreras dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Contreras moves into the clinch.
Contreras tries to throw a body punch but McGuilicuty avoids it by throwing Contreras back against the cage.
Contreras throws a punch but it's blocked by McGuilicuty.
McGuilicuty with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Contreras misses with a hook from the clinch.
Contreras has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Contreras tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Contreras tries to work over McGuilicuty's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Contreras throws a head punch that misses.
Contreras takes a knee right on the jaw!
A head punch blocked on the inside by McGuilicuty.
McGuilicuty landing knees to the head.

It looks like Mickey Contreras has been cut.
McGuilicuty tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Contreras tries a body shot but McGuilicuty blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McGuilicuty using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

McGuilicuty pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A swing and a miss from McGuilicuty.
Contreras tries to clinch up but McGuilicuty circles away and keeps his distance.
Contreras with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Contreras takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
McGuilicuty lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Contreras circles away quickly and effectively.
McGuilicuty throws a hook to the side of Contreras's head but Contreras sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Contreras scores with a nice strike.
Contreras thuds a left hand into McGuilicuty's body.
Contreras scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
McGuilicuty jabbing away but nothing is landing.
McGuilicuty throws a right hand that misses
and Contreras connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Contreras lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Contreras bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Contreras with a hook.
Contreras keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McGuilicuty.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McGuilicuty throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Contreras.
Contreras let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Contreras sizes up McGuilicuty with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Contreras jabs McGuilicuty right on the nose. McGuilicuty blinks but takes it well.
A punch lands to the side of McGuilicuty 's head but he takes it in his stride.
McGuilicuty throws a hook but Contreras avoids it easily.
Contreras swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Contreras tries to close the distance and clinch but McGuilicuty swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Contreras jabs at McGuilicuty's body.
Contreras connects with the punch.
McGuilicuty rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Contreras counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps McGuilicuty thinking.
McGuilicuty throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
McGuilicuty misses with a combination
and Contreras counters with a nice uppercut.
McGuilicuty takes one to the side of the head.
McGuilicuty bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Contreras scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Contreras scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
McGuilicuty rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Contreras moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A telegraphed right hand from McGuilicuty misses the target.
McGuilicuty ducks right into an uppercut from Contreras.
Contreras scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
McGuilicuty circles away from the clinch attempt.
Contreras slips under a jab.
Contreras throws out a counter right but McGuilicuty avoids it with no problem.
McGuilicuty throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Contreras digs a good hook to McGuilicuty's body.
Mickey Contreras seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Contreras moves out of range of the strikes.
Contreras lands with a right hand.
Contreras connects with a nice looking jab.

McGuilicuty is rocked!
Contreras cracks McGuilicuty with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! McGuilicuty falls to his knees and Contreras doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mickey Contreras!