PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Terry Mcdonald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Murilo Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Mcdonald
vs
Rua

194 cm
19
300 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

205 cm
25
270 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Terry Mcdonald!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Murilo Rua!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Matheus Silva and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rua dodges the punch combination from Mcdonald.
Mcdonald fails to land with a series of punches.
Terry Mcdonald seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mcdonald misses with the combination.
Mcdonald misses with the combination.
Mcdonald drops his hands momentarily and Rua takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Rua fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Mcdonald looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Rua lands with a shot to the body.
Rua bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rua showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mcdonald.
Rua jabs Mcdonald to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Rua scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Mcdonald doesn't seem bothered though.
Rua lands with a hook. Mcdonald tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Rua slips a jab and a cross from Mcdonald.
Mcdonald misses with the combination.
Rua fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Mcdonald is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Rua lands a nice shot to the body.
Rua scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mcdonald takes a body punch but keeps moving.

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

Mcdonald is rocked!
Rua misses with the combination.
Oh Mcdonald is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rua pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rua throws the left hand but Mcdonald avoids the punch easily.
Mcdonald displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rua throws out the jab.
Rua looks to land a left hand but Mcdonald moved out of range nicely.
A punch combination from Rua misses.
Rua fails to land with a series of punches.
Mcdonald slips under a jab.
Rua is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mcdonald.
Rua swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sloppy strikes from Rua. Those never looked like landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua missing with a left hand there. Mcdonald was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rua lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mcdonald circles away quickly and effectively.
Rua looks to land a right hand but Mcdonald moved out of range.
A punch combination from Rua misses.
Mcdonald bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rua misses with an uppercut.
Rua fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rua misses with a hook.
Mcdonald displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rua throws out the jab.
Mcdonald ducks under a wild hook from Rua.
Rua jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A telegraphed right hand from Rua misses the target.
Rua misses with a wild combination.
Mcdonald moves out of range of the strikes.
Mcdonald ducks under a wild hook from Rua.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mcdonald dodges the punch combination from Rua.
Rua misses with a wild combination.
Rua misses with an uppercut.
A slow jab from Rua misses its intended target.
Rua thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rua throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rua throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mcdonald.
Rua throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rua throws a nice looking combination but Mcdonald bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mcdonald avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mcdonald showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rua.
Rua throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Rua swinging wildly here.
Rua swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rua throws a hook but Mcdonald avoids it easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Rua misses the target.
Rua fails to land with a series of punches.
The fighters circling - Rua throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rua loads up on a big right hand but Mcdonald slips the punch.
Mcdonald steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rua.
Rua throws a hook but Mcdonald blocks it.
Rua throws the left hand but Mcdonald avoids the punch easily.
Rua jabbing away but nothing is landing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rua looks to land a combination but Mcdonald avoids it well.
Mcdonald steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rua.
Rua jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A combination from Rua does no damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Murilo Rua 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.

Mcdonald with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Mcdonald lands a big head kick that sends Rua tumbling to the mat! Mcdonald takes a step backwards and waves Rua back to his feet - he wants the finish!

It looks like Murilo Rua has been cut.
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!
Mcdonald misses with a combination
enabling Rua to counter with a crisp jab.
Mcdonald rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rua moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mcdonald tries to bum rush Rua with a series of wild strikes but Rua uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Terry Mcdonald is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mcdonald falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Rua counter with a right hand.
Mcdonald throws a hook but Rua avoids it easily.
Mcdonald walks into a jab.
Mcdonald blocks a jab.
Rua tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mcdonald was well out of range. Poor timing from Rua.
Mcdonald throws a series of punches but Rua moves out of range.
Mcdonald throws a combination that misses
and Rua makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Rua is breathing heavily.
Mcdonald misses with an attempted mid kick.
Rua lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Mcdonald falls backwards - clearly groggy! Rua dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Murilo Rua!