PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Landon McGuire (ranked 204 p4p, 295 weight class) and Jack Spratt (ranked 25 p4p, 40 weight class). McGuire comes to the cage accompanied by Godsmack - When Legends Rise. Spratt is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Fit But You Know It. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

McGuire
vs
Spratt

186 cm
32
186
21 - 12 - 1

189 cm
36
189
26 - 11 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 12 - 1, fighting out of New York, Landon McGuire!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Jack Spratt!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Ackerman and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McGuire slips under a jab from Spratt.
Spratt swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
McGuire dives in for a single leg takedown but Spratt sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.

McGuire breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
McGuire ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Spratt moves away.
Spratt lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Nice shot by Spratt.
McGuire takes one to the side of the head.
Spratt throws a hook to the side of McGuire's head but McGuire sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A slow jab from McGuire misses its intended target.
McGuire misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Spratt throws a quick inside leg kick.
Spratt avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
McGuire takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
McGuire throws a hook but Spratt avoids it easily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A swing and a miss from Spratt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McGuire lands a nice looking body kick.
McGuire keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Spratt.
Spratt lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Spratt tries to clinch up but McGuire circles away and keeps his distance.
The fighters circling - Spratt throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The fight stays on the outside here - McGuire looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Spratt feints a counter leg kick.
Jack Spratt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spratt dips to his left and cracks McGuire with an uppercut!
A nice inside leg kick there by McGuire. That's going to slow Spratt down.
McGuire dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Spratt. That did some damage!
McGuire throws a body shot but no joy.
McGuire will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
We've been informed that Spratt has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Spratt connects with a good right hand that stumbles McGuire. McGuire circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Spratt scores with a decent looking hook.
Spratt lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Spratt misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McGuire.
Spratt misses with a wild combination.
Spratt circles away from the clinch attempt
enabling Spratt to counter with a crisp jab.
Spratt lands a leg kick that knocks McGuire off balance momentarily.
Spratt throws a hook but McGuire blocks it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

McGuire closes the distance and pushes Spratt back into the cage.
McGuire prevents a body shot from Spratt.
I was talking to McGuire's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGuire tries to work over Spratt's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
McGuire lands a body punch in the clinch.
McGuire misses with a punch to the body.
McGuire tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Spratt scores with a shot to the side of McGuire's head.

Spratt breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A nice leg kick from Spratt, right into the meat of the thigh.
McGuire lands the left hand.
McGuire staying out of range there.
McGuire throws a hook but Spratt blocks it.
Spratt throws a low kick, looking for McGuire's leg but McGuire calmly moves out of range.
McGuire misses with a low kick.
Spratt doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Spratt throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McGuire sees it coming and avoids it easily.
McGuire tries to close the distance and clinch up but Spratt swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Spratt misses with a low kick.
Spratt misses with a wild body shot.
Spratt thows a left - swing and a miss!
McGuire misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Spratt scores with a nice head shot.
McGuire takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Spratt checks a leg kick.
Spratt is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! McGuire had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spratt fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Jack Spratt is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McGuire keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McGuire fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Spratt.
McGuire takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Spratt throws a front kick aimed at McGuire's knee but McGuire avoids it well.
Nice uppercut lands for McGuire. That snapped Spratt's head back.
McGuire lunges at Spratt with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Spratt's hand.
Spratt scoring well with a low kick there.
Spratt missing with a left hand there. McGuire was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Donk. McGuire catches Spratt right on the button with a cross.
McGuire throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nice shot lands for McGuire.
Spratt scores with a leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McGuire needs to keep his hands up - Spratt had a free shot at his head there.
Spratt misses with a straight right.
McGuire jabbing away but nothing is landing.
McGuire blocks a low kick nicely.
Spratt takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Spratt takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGuire scores with a hook to the body. Spratt takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Spratt takes a swing at McGuire's ribcage but misses.
Spratt tests McGuire's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Spratt pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces McGuire back to the cage. Spratt follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
McGuire fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Landon McGuire. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Good leg kick by McGuire.
McGuire throws a hook but Spratt avoids it easily.
Sloppy strikes from McGuire. Those never looked like landing.
McGuire keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Good shot there by Spratt.
McGuire misses with a wild body shot.
Spratt throws a sloppy head kick and McGuire moves out of range easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McGuire tries to close the distance and clinch but Spratt swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
McGuire wants to land a leg kick but Spratt is out of range.
Spratt scores with a crisp jab that stopped McGuire in his tracks.
McGuire checks a leg kick.
A combination from McGuire does no damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Spratt dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Spratt takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
McGuire slips a jab from Spratt.
Spratt takes a shot to the body in his stride.
McGuire misses with a wild body shot.
McGuire looks to score with a jab to the body but Spratt is just out of range.
Spratt has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from McGuire.
McGuire uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Spratt.
Spratt connects with a right hand. McGuire shakes it off.
McGuire uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Spratt.
McGuire throws a quick counter kick to the body but Spratt avoids it.
Spratt connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between McGuire's hands.
Spratt throws a chopping leg kick but McGuire manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
McGuire is looking to score with low kicks.
McGuire steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Spratt.
McGuire throws a body shot but no joy.
Spratt has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
McGuire misses the shot to the body.

McGuire rushes Spratt and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Spratt prevents a body shot from McGuire.

Spratt's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Spratt lands a head shot.
McGuire on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGuire lands with a good body shot.

McGuire fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Spratt to the ground. McGuire is now in Spratt's guard.
McGuire trying to control the position from guard on top but Spratt is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Spratt wants to get back to his feet but McGuire is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Spratt wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and McGuire is now in half guard.
McGuire prevents Spratt from standing back up.
Spratt is trying to get back to full guard.

Spratt looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spratt blocking the ground and pound attempt from McGuire.
McGuire working over Spratt with some ground and pound. Spratt looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

McGuire is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Spratt still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Spratt has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
McGuire manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McGuire lands with a punch from half guard.
Spratt gets back to full guard.

Spratt is looking for a triangle but McGuire pushes his legs off easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spratt is looking to stand up but McGuire isn't so interested in that idea.
McGuire landing some decent shots from guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
McGuire is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
McGuire missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Spratt is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Spratt keeping moving, preventing McGuire from controlling successfully.
Spratt can't keep his opponent in guard - McGuire advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Spratt is holding on to half guard well.
McGuire prevents Spratt from improving his position.
Spratt is trying to stand up here but McGuire is controlling him well.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Landon McGuire dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Jab, jab by Spratt - just one landing.
A low kick from McGuire misses
and Spratt cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A lazy left from McGuire finds it's target.
Donk. Spratt catches McGuire right on the button with a cross.
Spratt missing with a left hand there. McGuire was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And McGuire counters with a quick kick to the body but Spratt blocks it.
McGuire steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Spratt.
McGuire tried to counter with a leg kick but Spratt avoided it.
McGuire takes a jab right on the kisser.
McGuire throws a leg kick but Spratt checks it.
McGuire moves away from the strike by Spratt.
Spratt loads up on a big right hand but McGuire slips the punch.
Spratt looks to land a right hand but McGuire moved out of range.
It looked like McGuire was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Spratt.
McGuire tries to clinch up but Spratt circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice jab there from Spratt.
Spratt looks to throw the jab but McGuire is out of range.
McGuire scores with a spinning back kick!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McGuire swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Spratt throws a hook but McGuire avoids it easily.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Spratt.
McGuire thuds his shin into the meat of Spratt's side.
McGuire darts in trying to clinch
enabling Spratt to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGuire scores with a shot to the body.
Jab, jab by Spratt - just one landing.
McGuire scores with a kick to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from McGuire.
Jab, jab by McGuire - just one landing.
McGuire looks for the body kick but Spratt saw that one coming.
Spratt counters with a body kick.
Donk. McGuire catches Spratt right on the button with a cross.

McGuire looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Spratt!

Spratt sneaks out the side door and pushes McGuire away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Spratt circles away from the clinch attempt.
Spratt throws a body punch but McGuire moves out of range.
McGuire looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
A slow jab from Spratt misses its intended target.
McGuire moves out of range of the strikes.

McGuire closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spratt misses with a body punch.
McGuire goes for a takedown attempt but Spratt pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

McGuire closes the distance and clinches.
Spratt is trying to stall.
Spratt blocks a body shot from McGuire.
McGuire scores with a hook to the body.
Spratt working aggressively here.
Spratt goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Spratt tries to throw a body punch but McGuire avoids it by throwing Spratt back against the cage.
Spratt swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Spratt has a couple of punches blocked by McGuire.

Spratt manages to break the clinch.
Spratt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Spratt comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Spratt misses with a wild body shot.
Spratt throws a front kick aimed at McGuire's knee but McGuire avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Spratt.
McGuire fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Spratt manages to avoid it.
Spratt throws a looping overhand right but McGuire ducks down to avoid it.
McGuire wants to clinch.

McGuire has managed to clinch.
Spratt throws a punch but it's blocked by McGuire.
McGuire lands with a left to the head.

McGuire has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Spratt uses from the top position.
Spratt tries to stand but McGuire is controlling from the bottom.

McGuire is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Spratt wants to stand but McGuire has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

McGuire working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Spratt has passed into half guard!
Spratt performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jack Spratt.
I think Spratt has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Spratt!
A relieved looking Jack Spratt thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.