PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Mcpeeny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyler Hendrix (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hendrix is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Riot- Three Days Grace. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Mcpeeny
vs
Hendrix

186 cm
24
250 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

200 cm
25
264 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

THE STEEL PENN NUTRITION

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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, James Mcpeeny!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tyler Hendrix!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hendrix tries a low kick but Mcpeeny avoids it.
No joy there for Hendrix, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mcpeeny wants to clinch.

Mcpeeny looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Mcpeeny with a flurry of punches that miss.
Mcpeeny tries to free his leg and advance position but Hendrix is retaining full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Mcpeeny accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Hendrix preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hendrix looking to control but Mcpeeny passes into half guard.
Hendrix keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcpeeny sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hendrix defending well though.
Hendrix is positioning himself well to prevent Mcpeeny advancing to mount.
Mcpeeny 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.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
The fighters circling - Hendrix throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hendrix throws the kick towards the body but Mcpeeny avoids it.
Mcpeeny defending well as Hendrix loads up on a big left hand.
Mcpeeny slips a jab from Hendrix.
Mcpeeny keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
No joy there for Hendrix, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hendrix throws a hook but Mcpeeny avoids it easily.

Mcpeeny closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Mcpeeny throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Mcpeeny is just content to waste time from the top position. Hendrix takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Mcpeeny in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mcpeeny missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hendrix avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hendrix tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Mcpeeny throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Mcpeeny postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Mcpeeny slips under a jab.
Hendrix throws a body punch but Mcpeeny moves out of range.
Mcpeeny tries to clinch but Hendrix is having none of it.
Hendrix throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hendrix throws a jab when Mcpeeny was well out of range.
Hendrix misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mcpeeny moves away from the strike by Hendrix.
Hendrix misses the shot to the body.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Mcpeeny.
Mcpeeny in side control, throwing shots but Hendrix defends.
Mcpeeny scores with punches from side control.
Hendrix avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Mcpeeny.
You can see the frustration on Hendrix's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Hendrix is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Mcpeeny is staying active.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
The ground and pound from Mcpeeny seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Mcpeeny misses with the ground and pound.
Mcpeeny working the body and head with strikes.
Hendrix tries to buck Mcpeeny off but Mcpeeny is having none of it.
Mcpeeny tries to score with some ground and pound. Hendrix controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Mcpeeny throwing strikes but Hendrix manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!

Mcpeeny throws Hendrix to one side and escapes!
Hendrix will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hendrix throws a hook to the side of Mcpeeny's head but Mcpeeny sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Mcpeeny dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Hendrix dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mcpeeny doesn't manage to clinch there - Hendrix circles away.
Mcpeeny moves in looking to clinch but Hendrix pushes him off.
Hendrix swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Mcpeeny clinches up with Hendrix and pushes him back against the ropes.
Mcpeeny throws an elbow but it misses.
Mcpeeny stalling.
Mcpeeny missing with knees to the body.
Mcpeeny gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Tyler Hendrix has been cut.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Mcpeeny just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hendrix's brow.
Mcpeeny blocks an uppercut.
Mcpeeny blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hendrix tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mcpeeny scores a nice knee to the body.
Mcpeeny misses with a knee to the head.
Mcpeeny throws an elbow but it misses.
Mcpeeny tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hendrix is breathing heavily.
Hendrix tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Hendrix just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mcpeeny's brow.
Hendrix tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mcpeeny pushes off an throws an elbow but Hendrix leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Hendrix avoids a wild elbow strike from Mcpeeny.
Mcpeeny lands a good knee to the midsection. Hendrix won't want to take too many of those.
Hendrix lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcpeeny throws an elbow but it misses.
Mcpeeny throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hendrix misses with an elbow over the top.
Hendrix on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hendrix tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hendrix dodges an elbow strike from Mcpeeny.
Hendrix blocks the elbow strike.
Mcpeeny misses with an elbow strike.
Hendrix blocks an elbow strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hendrix.
Mcpeeny using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Mcpeeny tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hendrix avoids it.
Mcpeeny gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Mcpeeny misses with an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Mcpeeny throws an elbow but misses.
Hendrix trying to stall but Mcpeeny improves his position.
Hendrix managing to block the knees to the body from Mcpeeny.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Hendrix just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mcpeeny's brow.
Mcpeeny lands a nice knee to the body.
Mcpeeny putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hendrix in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Mcpeeny creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hendrix's defenses.
Hendrix managing to block the knees to the body from Mcpeeny.
Hendrix gets through Mcpeeny's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Hendrix breaks from the clinch.
A big left from Hendrix misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hendrix defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Mcpeeny.

Mcpeeny moves into the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Mcpeeny just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hendrix's brow.
Mcpeeny tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hendrix avoids it.
Mcpeeny tries to land knees in the clinch but Hendrix avoids the damage to the body.
Hendrix avoids a wild elbow strike from Mcpeeny.
Hendrix trying to control the position but instead, Mcpeeny has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hendrix into the ropes.
Hendrix wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mcpeeny tries to land knees in the clinch but Hendrix avoids the damage to the body.
Mcpeeny is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hendrix is defending well for now.
Hendrix lands with a light punch inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hendrix takes an elbow to the forehead.
Mcpeeny throws an elbow but it misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Mcpeeny.
Mcpeeny missing with knees to the body.
Hendrix lands a nice uppercut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Mcpeeny as Hendrix tries to tie him up.
Mcpeeny tries to land knees in the clinch but Hendrix avoids the damage to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hendrix throws an elbow that misses.
Hendrix taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Mcpeeny takes a shot to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hendrix blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hendrix scores with a shoulder strike.
Hendrix utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Still in the clinch, Hendrix scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hendrix trying to control the position but instead, Mcpeeny has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hendrix into the ropes.
Mcpeeny lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Mcpeeny throws an elbow but it misses.
Mcpeeny lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hendrix blocks the elbow strike.
Hendrix trying to stall but Mcpeeny improves his position.
Hendrix blocks the elbow strike.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Hendrix dodges an elbow strike from Mcpeeny.
Mcpeeny creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hendrix's defenses.
Mcpeeny tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hendrix avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Mcpeeny missing with knees to the body.
Mcpeeny is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hendrix is defending well for now.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Mcpeeny throws an elbow but it misses.
Hendrix scores with a shot to the side of Mcpeeny's head.
Hendrix misses with a knee to the head.
Hendrix is looking to control Mcpeeny's arms but Mcpeeny gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hendrix has his back to the ropes.
Mcpeeny landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hendrix has Mcpeeny pushed against the ropes.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Tyler Hendrix.
Mcpeeny blocks a head kick by Hendrix.
Hendrix looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hendrix circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mcpeeny doesn't manage to clinch there - Hendrix circles away.
Hendrix connects with a right hand. Mcpeeny shakes it off.
Tyler Hendrix is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mcpeeny closes the distance and clinches up with Hendrix, looking for a takedown. Mcpeeny pushes Hendrix against the ropes but Hendrix circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hendrix swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Mcpeeny dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tyler Hendrix's cut.
That's time! Mcpeeny's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Hendrix misses the shot to the body.
Mcpeeny keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hendrix misses with the combination.
Hendrix throws a right hand that Mcpeeny ducks under and follows up with a left that Mcpeeny also avoids with ease.
Mcpeeny moves out of range as Hendrix throws a body kick.
Mcpeeny has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Mcpeeny moves away from the strike by Hendrix.
A leg kick checked by Mcpeeny.

Mcpeeny shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Hendrix is looking for a sweep. Mcpeeny is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Hendrix takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hendrix has hold of Mcpeeny's hands but Mcpeeny slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Mcpeeny thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hendrix's head.
Mcpeeny scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Mcpeeny looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Hendrix avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Mcpeeny.
Mcpeeny sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hendrix defending well though.
Mcpeeny missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Mcpeeny takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Mcpeeny looks to land a strike but Hendrix avoids it nicely and regains full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hendrix is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Mcpeeny keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Hendrix stops Mcpeeny from getting back to his feet.
Hendrix wants to control but Mcpeeny is keeping him busy.
Mcpeeny might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Hendrix stops Mcpeeny from getting back to his feet.
Mcpeeny blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hendrix.
Mcpeeny is trying to stand back up but Hendrix is controlling him
James Mcpeeny is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mcpeeny is staying active underneath Hendrix, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Hendrix decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Tyler Hendrix seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hendrix misses with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mcpeeny scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Hendrix tries to improve position but can't.
Mcpeeny looks up at the clock and then as Hendrix takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Mcpeeny smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Hendrix gets back to half guard.
Hendrix tries to roll over but Mcpeeny keeps him under control.
Mcpeeny takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hendrix is not content to let Mcpeeny control the position.
Mcpeeny is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Hendrix is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Tyler Hendrix has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hendrix is trying to maintain the position but Mcpeeny is very close to passing his half guard.
Hendrix is pressing down on Mcpeeny's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Hendrix pulls Mcpeeny in close to his closed guard and prevents Mcpeeny from doing any damage or advancing position.
Mcpeeny is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

And that's the end of the fight!
James Mcpeeny showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mcpeeny, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Mcpeeny!