PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Bob Joe (ranked 3968 p4p, 5341 weight class) and Swinzey Mckinney (ranked 247 p4p, 289 weight class). Swinzey Mckinney has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Bob Joe's chin.

Joe
vs
Mckinney

150 cm
25
130
5 - 4 - 0

177 cm
19
141
3 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bob Joe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Swinzey Mckinney!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Daniel Franklin and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Joe closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Mckinney did well to prevent Joe getting side control.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Joe lands a nice short elbow.
Mckinney is looking to improve his position.
Mckinney really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Joe. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Mckinney has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Joe is working away from the top position though.
Joe takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Mckinney is trying to control but can't.
Mckinney looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Ground and pound from Joe.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mckinney avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Joe.
Joe landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Mckinney wants to get back to full guard.
Mckinney is looking to control Joe's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Mckinney avoid being mounted?
Joe sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Mckinney defending well though.
Joe thows a huge punch but Mckinney dodges it nicely.
Joe working over Mckinney with some ground and pound. Mckinney looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Joe missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Mckinney keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mckinney is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Joe is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Joe looks to land a strike but Mckinney avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Joe could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Mckinney utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Joe might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Joe missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Joe preventing the sweep.
Joe has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Mckinney can do anything to dispel that myth.
Joe stands up over Mckinney, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Joe postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Joe throwing strikes but missing.
Mckinney is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Joe lands a couple of elbows.
Joe postures up.
Mckinney controlling Joe's posture.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joe throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Mckinney works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Joe is working Mckinney over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Joe throws a big elbow that misses.
Joe throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Joe working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Mckinney utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Joe throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Mckinney works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Joe throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Mckinney works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Mckinney tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Joe with a flurry of punches that miss.
Joe postures up in Mckinney's guard and throws a big left but Mckinney blocks it.
Joe content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Joe throws a big right hand that misses.
Mckinney is trying to control the position but Joe postures up.
Joe throwing strikes from guard but Mckinney blocks nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joe postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Mckinney not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Joe won't allow Mckinney to sweep him here.
Joe with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Mckinney preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Joe trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Joe missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Mckinney pulls Joe in close to prevent any damage.
Joe trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Mckinney is trying to control the position but Joe postures up.
Joe throws a strike but Mckinney rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Joe has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Joe throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Mckinney wants to stand but Joe is controlling his posture from full guard.
Mckinney preventing the sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joe lands some strikes from the bottom.
Joe lands a good elbow from the bottom.
Mckinney stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Joe swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Mckinney trying to control but Joe is working from the bottom.
Joe trying to strike off his back.
Mckinney trying to control the position from guard on top but Joe is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Mckinney is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mckinney throws a right and a left that both miss.
Joe shoots in and drives through. Mckinney sprawls well.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Bob Joe dominated that round.
That's time! Joe's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Mckinney lands a head shot.

Mckinney drops Joe with a beautiful combination! Joe stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Mckinney is looking for the KO!

Joe is rocked!

It looks like Bob Joe has been cut.

Mckinney gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Oh Joe is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bob Joe overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Joe content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Joe with a flurry of punches that miss.
Mckinney looking to hit a scissor sweep but Joe is one step ahead there.
Joe in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Mckinney working a defensive guard here.
Joe connects with a couple of short punches.
Mckinney looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Joe seems to have got his legs back now.
Joe in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Mckinney looking to hit a scissor sweep but Joe is one step ahead there.
Joe working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Mckinney's head.
Mckinney looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Mckinney utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mckinney utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Mckinney wants to sweep here but Joe controlling him for the moment.
Joe is looking to work some ground and pound but Mckinney has wrist control.
Joe is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Joe throwing strikes but missing.
Mckinney is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Joe postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Mckinney is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Joe postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Mckinney controls Joe momentarily but Joe frees himself.
Joe stands up over Mckinney, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mckinney wants to sweep but no luck.
Mckinney looking to control.
Joe throwing strikes but missing.
Joe with a flurry of punches that miss.
Joe throwing strikes from guard but Mckinney blocks nicely.
Joe postures up in Mckinney's guard and throws a big left but Mckinney blocks it.
Mckinney keeping full guard, as Joe tries to pass.
Mckinney is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Mckinney connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Joe's hands.
Mckinney stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Mckinney wants it to stay on the feet.
A countering left hand to the body from Mckinney misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joe changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Mckinney tries to avoid it but Joe manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Mckinney to the ground. Mckinney escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Mckinney is looking to clinch.
Bob Joe is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Joe with a lazy takedown attempt
and Mckinney counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bob Joe. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Joe moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Joe moves forwards but Mckinney connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Mckinney is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
A cross from Mckinney lands.

Mckinney clinches.
Mckinney lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A right handed body shot lands from Mckinney.
Mckinney scores with a shoulder strike.
Mckinney lands with a short head shot on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Joe stalling in the clinch but Mckinney improves position.
Mckinney lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mckinney lands an uppercut.
Joe is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mckinney is defending well for now.
Mckinney lands a shot to the body.
A body shot lands from Mckinney.
Nice body punch from Mckinney.
Mckinney lands a body punch.
Mckinney cracks Joe with a nice body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for Mckinney.
Mckinney working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Mckinney softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mckinney.
Nice body punch from Mckinney.
Mckinney throws a big uppercut that drops Joe! More strikes from Mckinney and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Joe lies dazed against the cage as Mckinney celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Swinzey Mckinney!