PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Methodios McIntyre (ranked 1076 p4p, 2522 weight class) and Marcel Thibodeaux (ranked 134 p4p, 312 weight class). McIntyre comes to the cage accompanied by Gallantry. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

McIntyre
vs
Thibodeaux

190 cm
26
232
11 - 7 - 1

194 cm
28
284
11 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Methodios McIntyre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marcel Thibodeaux!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, William Peck and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thibodeaux throws a sloppy head kick and McIntyre moves out of range easily.
Thibodeaux lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Thibodeaux is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McIntyre.
Thibodeaux misses with an uppercut.
McIntyre seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Thibodeaux tries to clinch there but McIntyre circles away.
Thibodeaux dips to his left and cracks McIntyre with an uppercut!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McIntyre throws a low kick but it's checked well by Thibodeaux.
Thibodeaux looks to land a left hand but McIntyre moved out of range nicely.
McIntyre is looking to counter the offense by Thibodeaux and move into the clinch.
McIntyre throws a jab but it's blocked by Thibodeaux.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thibodeaux misses with a body shot.
Thibodeaux throws a head kick but McIntyre moves out of range.
McIntyre seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
McIntyre throws a jab when Thibodeaux was well out of range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Thibodeaux darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

Thibodeaux clinches up against the cage.
Thibodeaux misses with a punch to the body.
A short left from McIntyre.
Thibodeaux is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
McIntyre digs a right hand into Thibodeaux's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Thibodeaux's gas tank.
Thibodeaux prevents a body shot from McIntyre.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thibodeaux working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Thibodeaux missing with knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thibodeaux.
McIntyre avoiding damage as Thibodeaux throws knees to the body.
Thibodeaux misses with a shot to the kidneys.
McIntyre unloads a knee to the mid-section. Thibodeaux lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
McIntyre tries to land a knee to the head but Thibodeaux blocks with his arms.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, McIntyre creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Thibodeaux blocks an uppercut.
McIntyre lands with a short shot to the head.
McIntyre trying to land knees to the body.
Thibodeaux lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of McIntyre backwards.
McIntyre throws a head punch that misses.
McIntyre swings wildly with an uppercut but Thibodeaux uses good head movement to avoid it.
McIntyre blocking some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, McIntyre creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
McIntyre blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Thibodeaux fails to land.
McIntyre works on Thibodeaux's body with a couple of short punches.
McIntyre is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Thibodeaux is defending well for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thibodeaux.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McIntyre.
McIntyre tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
McIntyre tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thibodeaux's elbow.
Knees in the clinch landing for McIntyre.
Thibodeaux looks winded!
McIntyre lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
McIntyre lands a left hand that snaps the head of Thibodeaux backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from McIntyre.
McIntyre lands an uppercut.
McIntyre works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
McIntyre landing knees to the head.
McIntyre works on Thibodeaux's body with a couple of short punches.
Thibodeaux blocks a body shot from McIntyre.
McIntyre lands a left hand.
McIntyre lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thibodeaux takes a shot to the head.
McIntyre landing knees to the head.
McIntyre lands with a short head shot on the inside.
McIntyre digs a right hand into Thibodeaux's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Thibodeaux's gas tank.
Nice body punch from McIntyre - that landed with a thud.
A shot in the inside from McIntyre.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from McIntyre.
McIntyre lands a right hand that snaps the head of Thibodeaux backwards.
McIntyre scores with a knee to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from McIntyre.
McIntyre tries a body shot but Thibodeaux blocks it.
McIntyre scores with a hook to the body.
McIntyre lands a right hand.
A short left from McIntyre.
McIntyre utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
McIntyre lands a shot to the body.
McIntyre goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from McIntyre.
McIntyre lands a hook to the side of the head.
McIntyre makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McIntyre blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from McIntyre.
A body shot lands from McIntyre.
A knee to the head by McIntyre.
McIntyre tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Methodios McIntyre dominated that round.
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.

McIntyre thuds a left hand into Thibodeaux's body.
McIntyre lands with a shot to the body.
A low kick lands for McIntyre.
Thibodeaux doesn't manage to clinch there - McIntyre circles away.
McIntyre is looking to counter the offense by Thibodeaux and move into the clinch.
Thibodeaux missing with a left hand there. McIntyre was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McIntyre lands a really nice looking cross but Thibodeaux seems unphased.
McIntyre throws a powerful right kick. Thibodeaux tried to block low but the kick was high! Thibodeaux was taken right off of his feet! McIntyre jumps in to finish the job and the ref tackles him! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Methodios McIntyre!
Methodios McIntyre seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.