|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bruce McGoose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Dudley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
 |
|
 |
| 185 cm
21
185 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
|
180 cm
23
200 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily |
|
Good wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin |
|
| |
|
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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bruce McGoose!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Joe Dudley!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, John Mangel and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McGoose lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Dudley backs up against the cage.
It looks like Joe Dudley has been cut.
McGoose lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A big left from Dudley misses.
McGoose lands a head kick!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Horrible takedown by Dudley or perhaps it was just good defense by McGoose which made him look bad.
Dudley tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but McGoose swivels and escapes.
McGoose lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dudley circles away quickly and effectively.
McGoose ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
McGoose lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Dudley sprawling to the canvas. McGoose follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Dudley hang on?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dudley is looking to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dudley is not content to let McGoose control the position.
Dudley pushes McGoose off but McGoose dives into side control.
Dudley looks gassed!
McGoose tries for a kimura but Dudley is defending well.
McGoose advances to mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGoose postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Dudley looks a forlorn figure.
That has opened up Joe Dudley's cut even more.
McGoose breaks from Dudley's wrist control and lands an elbow.
McGoose blocks Dudley's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
McGoose can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Dudley is looking to escape.
The referee warns Dudley that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
McGoose pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The cut above Joe Dudley's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
McGoose 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.
Dudley is looking to get to half guard.
Dudley wants to hold on but McGoose pushes him away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGoose controlling his opponent.
Dudley is in all sorts of trouble here.
McGoose content just to control the position here.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Dudley can do anything to dispel that myth.
McGoose looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
McGoose won't let Dudley get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
McGoose forces the positional change into back control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McGoose is working the ground and pound. Can Dudley escape?
McGoose wants to control but Dudley is keeping busy.
McGoose scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Dudley is looking for a way out.
McGoose is working the ground and pound. Can Dudley escape?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGoose scores with punches to the body.
McGoose lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Dudley staying busy and making it hard for McGoose to control.
Dudley avoids the strikes from McGoose.
McGoose is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Dudley defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
McGoose trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
McGoose looking to break Dudley's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Dudley remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise McGoose will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
McGoose is not going to allow Dudley to sit and survive in this position.
McGoose wants to control but Dudley is keeping busy.
McGoose lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by McGoose.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dudley wants to control his opponent's hands but McGoose gets his hands free.
Dudley covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
McGoose wants to control but Dudley is keeping busy.
Dudley tries to escape the position.
Dudley avoids the strikes from McGoose.
McGoose gets his hands free as Dudley looks to control.
Dudley can't escape the position.
Dudley defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of McGoose's arms.
McGoose missing with strikes from the back.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McGoose wants to control but Dudley manages to buck him off and is now in McGoose's guard! Nice work there by Dudley!
Dudley tries to free his leg and advance position but McGoose is retaining full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bruce McGoose dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joe Dudley's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Dudley closes this distance looking for a takedown but McGoose circles away.
Dudley shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
McGoose is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Dudley swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and McGoose is now in Dudley's guard. A big mistake from Dudley there, giving up the dominant position!
McGoose lands a couple of digs.
McGoose slips nicely into half guard.
McGoose looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
McGoose decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
McGoose tries for a takedown but Dudley circles away easily
and Dudley counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McGoose moves into full guard.
Dudley must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGoose manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Dudley manages to get himself to full guard.
McGoose trying to control the position from guard on top but Dudley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as McGoose accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Dudley working a defensive guard here.
McGoose trying to control the position from guard on top but Dudley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
McGoose throwing strikes from guard but Dudley blocks nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
McGoose trying to control but Dudley is working from the bottom.
Dudley throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jab by McGoose.
McGoose goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
McGoose misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dudley misses with a takedown
and McGoose counters with a nice uppercut.
McGoose shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
McGoose moves to the back.
I really don't envy Dudley right now.
Dudley is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Dudley trying to control the action but McGoose just sinks the hooks in.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGoose lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Dudley.
Can Dudley hold on?! McGoose is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Dudley wants to control his opponent's hands but McGoose gets his hands free.
Dudley staying busy and making it hard for McGoose to control.
Good control from McGoose.
Dudley tries to roll but McGoose sticks to his back.
McGoose avoiding Dudley 's attempts to control his hands.
Oooh a big shot gets through from McGoose. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Dudley holding both McGoose 's hands and preventing any damage.
McGoose trying to control momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGoose is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dudley can do to turn this around?
McGoose has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Dudley's body.
McGoose has the hooks in. Dudley is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
McGoose trying to control momentarily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dudley controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
McGoose is working the ground and pound. Can Dudley escape?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bruce McGoose dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Joe Dudley's cut.
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. This is the final round!
McGoose closes the distance and lands a one-two.
McGoose misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
McGoose fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Dudley avoids it really well and circles away.
McGoose lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Dudley fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
McGoose lands with a nice combination. Dudley backs away looking to recover.
McGoose throws a combination. Dudley tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
McGoose scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dudley looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? McGoose is fending him off so far but Dudley persists. Nope, McGoose circles away and we're back to standing.
McGoose throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Joe Dudley's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Excellent takedown into side control there by McGoose.
McGoose wants to control but Dudley is keeping him busy.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dudley is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
McGoose remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
McGoose is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Dudley knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Dudley tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Bruce McGoose is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Dudley is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
McGoose wants to control but Dudley is keeping him busy.
Dudley tries to improve position but can't.
McGoose scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Dudley to see if he's OK.
A lull in the action here as McGoose stalls from top position.
Bruce McGoose overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
McGoose wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Dudley, who protects the arm well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dudley looking for a sweep but McGoose has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Dudley keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
McGoose sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
McGoose working for a submission but Dudley is keeping him at bay.
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.
McGoose controlling the pace for now.
Dudley tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Dudley is squirming around, avoiding McGoose's attempts to control the action.
McGoose looking to control and managing it successfully.
Joe Dudley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The referee stands the fighters back up. Bruce McGoose just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Nice cross by McGoose.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bruce McGoose showed his dominance in that final round.
Well McGoose has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:25
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:25
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruce McGoose!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
79% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
