PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chesterfield MacArthur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jim McAllister (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

MacArthur
vs
McAllister

190 cm
22
220 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

186 cm
22
280 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Very quick

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Chesterfield MacArthur!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jim McAllister!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Steven Brown and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
MacArthur walks into a straight right hand from McAllister.
MacArthur fails to land the takedown.

MacArthur closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Sloppy strikes there by MacArthur.
MacArthur in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
MacArthur in side control lands a decent elbow.
MacArthur throwing shots but missing, from side control.
MacArthur throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
McAllister is trying to control MacArthur's posture but MacArthur avoids it.
McAllister is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, MacArthur asserts his dominance and retains side control.
MacArthur fails to land a wild elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
MacArthur sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but McAllister is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
MacArthur lands an elbow.
MacArthur tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
MacArthur misses with the ground and pound.
MacArthur tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
MacArthur cracks McAllister with an elbow. That is naaassty.
MacArthur in side control lands a decent elbow.
McAllister avoids any damage from the ground and pound of MacArthur.
MacArthur works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
MacArthur lands a few punches from side control.
MacArthur 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.
McAllister dodges the ground and pound from MacArthur.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
MacArthur connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused McAllister some visible discomfort.
MacArthur throwing shots but missing, from side control.
MacArthur postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
The strikes coming from MacArthur are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
McAllister takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
MacArthur lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear McAllister down.
Sloppy strikes there by MacArthur.
McAllister is looking to regain half guard here but MacArthur keeps moving and retains side control.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
McAllister parries the strikes from MacArthur easily there. MacArthur is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable McAllister to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
MacArthur in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
MacArthur lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear McAllister down.
MacArthur lands an elbow.
McAllister looks gassed!
McAllister manages to work his way to half guard, despite MacArthur's best efforts.
MacArthur thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
MacArthur not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
McAllister is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
MacArthur uses his free foot to push down on McAllister's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for McAllister.
Poor strikes thrown by MacArthur there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
MacArthur throwing strikes here but McAllister is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
MacArthur lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
MacArthur misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Poor strikes thrown by MacArthur there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
McAllister really doesn't want to stay on the ground with MacArthur. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, MacArthur cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
McAllister is looking to get to half guard.
A nice elbow there by MacArthur.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if McAllister can do anything to dispel that myth.
MacArthur lands a nice shot to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
MacArthur fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's five minutes gone in the round.
MacArthur throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
MacArthur throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
MacArthur misses with a head shot.
MacArthur scores with a couple of good head shots there.
MacArthur punishing his opponent with strikes.
MacArthur lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
MacArthur punching from mount but McAllister doing a good job of avoiding damage.
McAllister is bucking up trying to escape but MacArthur cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
MacArthur is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The referee warns McAllister that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
MacArthur with the ground and pound from mount.

McAllister is rocked!

That's six minutes gone in the round.
MacArthur postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have McAllister in real trouble here! The ref calls for McAllister to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chesterfield MacArthur!