PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ghengis Congo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Drew Mcnichol (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Congo might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to After the Smoke is Clear. Mcnichol has chosen AC/DC - Back in Black as his entrance music. Drew Mcnichol has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Congo
vs
Mcnichol

196 cm
23
287 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

196 cm
22
240 lbs
8 - 9 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ghengis Congo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Drew Mcnichol!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Dillan Fox and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Congo instigates a clinch.
Mcnichol with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mcnichol lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Congo lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Drew Mcnichol has been cut.
Congo avoids the elbow strike from Mcnichol, against the cage.
Congo pressing his opponent against the cage.
Congo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Mcnichol is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Congo is defending well for now.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Congo avoiding damage as Mcnichol throws knees to the body.
Mcnichol looking to throw knees to the head but Congo is blocking nicely.
Congo working Mcnichol over with knees to the body.
Mcnichol misses with a knee to the head.
Mcnichol looks gassed!
Congo misses with a knee strike.
Mcnichol misses with a knee to the head.
Congo avoiding damage as Mcnichol throws knees to the body.
Congo crunches a lovely knee into Mcnichol's ribcage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Congo has Mcnichol pressed against the cage.
Congo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Congo landing knees to the body.
Congo scores a nice knee to the body.
Congo effectively controlling the action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Congo obliges.
Congo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mcnichol in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Congo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Congo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Congo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Mcnichol takes an elbow to the temple.
Congo lands a knee to the body.
Congo landing knees to the head.
Congo landing knees to the head.
Mcnichol on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mcnichol misses with an elbow over the top.
Mcnichol lands a knee to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Congo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mcnichol.
Mcnichol is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Congo taking a breather.
Congo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Mcnichol tries to land knees in the clinch but Congo avoids the damage to the body.
Mcnichol using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Congo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Congo avoiding damage.
Mcnichol using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Congo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Congo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Mcnichol misses with an elbow over the top.
Congo connects with a knee to the head.
Congo tries a knee to the head but Mcnichol blocks it.
Congo is trying to stall.
Mcnichol managing to block the knees to the body from Congo.
Congo misses with a knee strike.
Mcnichol throws an elbow that misses.
Congo tries to land a knee to the head but Mcnichol blocks with his arms.
Mcnichol landing knees to the head.
Congo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mcnichol has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mcnichol with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Congo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Congo avoiding damage as Mcnichol throws knees to the body.
Congo landing knees to the body.
Mcnichol misses with a knee strike.
Mcnichol on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Congo wants to stall.
Mcnichol lands an elbow just above Congo 's eye.
Congo landing knees to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mcnichol throws an elbow that misses.
Congo misses with an elbow over the top.
Mcnichol trying to land knees to the body.
Congo misses with a knee strike.
Mcnichol tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Congo avoids it.
Congo avoids a wild elbow strike from Mcnichol.
Congo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mcnichol has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mcnichol lands a knee to the body.
Congo tries a knee to the head but Mcnichol blocks it.
Mcnichol connects with a knee to the head.
Mcnichol takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mcnichol avoids the elbow strike from Congo, against the cage.
Congo avoids a wild elbow strike from Mcnichol.
Mcnichol misses with an elbow over the top.
Mcnichol tries a knee to the head but Congo blocks it.
Congo misses with a knee to the head.
Mcnichol tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Congo avoids it.
Congo misses with an elbow over the top.
Mcnichol misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Congo.
Congo lands a damaging elbow.
Congo wants to stall.
Mcnichol tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mcnichol throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Congo is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Mcnichol throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Congo blocks it with crossed arms.
Congo misses with a knee to the head.
Congo throws an elbow but it misses.
Congo avoiding damage as Mcnichol throws knees to the body.
Mcnichol scores with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Congo.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mcnichol just misses with a elbow thrown towards Congo's brow.
Congo connects with a knee to the head.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Mcnichol throws a knee to the head but misses.
Congo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Congo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Congo avoiding damage as Mcnichol throws knees to the body.
Congo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mcnichol.
Mcnichol misses with a knee strike.
Congo misses with a knee strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Congo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Mcnichol misses with an elbow strike.
Mcnichol misses with an elbow over the top.
Mcnichol tries a knee to the head but Congo blocks it.
Congo tries to land a knee to the head but Mcnichol blocks with his arms.
Congo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mcnichol has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ghengis Congo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Drew Mcnichol's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Mcnichol shoots in for a takedown but Congo shows good takedown defense.
Congo keeps the fight on the outside.
Congo connects with an inside leg kick.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Mcnichol is defended easily by Congo.
Ghengis Congo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Congo throws a right and a left that Mcnichol avoids nicely.
Congo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mcnichol can do to turn this around?
Congo slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Mcnichol drops his hands momentarily and Congo takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Mcnichol misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Ghengis Congo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Drew Mcnichol.
Mcnichol showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Congo.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Congo stuns Mcnichol with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A combination from Congo does no damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Congo darts in and clinches Mcnichol up against the cage.
Congo scores with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Congo.
Mcnichol missing with knees to the body.
Congo scores with a knee to the head.
Congo lands an elbow inside.
Congo connects with a knee to the head.
Congo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Congo.
Congo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nice elbow from Mcnichol.
Congo dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Mcnichol throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Congo is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Mcnichol lands an elbow just above Congo 's eye.
Mcnichol misses with a knee strike.
Congo misses with a knee strike.
Congo blocks an elbow strike.
Congo misses with a knee to the head.
Mcnichol takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Congo lands a nice elbow.
Ghengis Congo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Mcnichol throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Mcnichol throws a knee to the head but misses.
Congo connects with a knee to the head.
Mcnichol unloads a knee to the mid-section. Congo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Congo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Congo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Congo tries a knee to the head but Mcnichol blocks it.
Mcnichol with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A knee to the head by Congo.
Congo landing knees to the head.
Nice elbow from Mcnichol.
Mcnichol missing with knees to the body.
Congo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mcnichol's face.
Mcnichol blocks an elbow strike from Congo.
Congo looking to throw knees to the head but Mcnichol is blocking nicely.
Congo looking to slow down the pace here.
A knee to the head by Mcnichol.
Congo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Mcnichol misses with a knee strike.
Congo lands an elbow just above Mcnichol 's eye.
Congo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mcnichol blocks it with crossed arms.
Mcnichol using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Congo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mcnichol on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mcnichol looking to throw knees to the head but Congo is blocking nicely.
Congo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Congo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mcnichol has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Congo missing with knees to the body.
Congo blocks the elbow strike.
Congo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mcnichol avoids it.
Congo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mcnichol is defending well for now.
Congo managing to block the knees to the body from Mcnichol.
Congo lands a nice elbow.
Mcnichol crunches a lovely knee into Congo's ribcage.
Mcnichol is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Congo is defending well for now.
Congo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Congo takes a knee to the side of the body.
Mcnichol tries a knee to the head but Congo blocks it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mcnichol just misses with a elbow thrown towards Congo's brow.
Mcnichol lands an elbow that stopped Congo in his tracks for a moment.
A knee to the head by Congo.
Congo tries a knee to the head but Mcnichol blocks it.
Congo tries to stall but Mcnichol uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Congo blocks an elbow strike.
Mcnichol looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Congo avoids the elbow strike from Mcnichol, against the cage.
Congo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mcnichol's defenses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Congo avoids the elbow strike from Mcnichol, against the cage.
Congo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Mcnichol looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Mcnichol throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Congo blocks it with crossed arms.
Congo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mcnichol in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Congo connects with a knee to the head.
Mcnichol blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mcnichol misses with a knee to the head.
Congo misses with a knee to the head.
Mcnichol creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Congo's defenses.
Mcnichol tries to land knees in the clinch but Congo avoids the damage to the body.
Congo lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Congo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Mcnichol lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Congo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mcnichol with a knee to the head.
Congo managing to block the knees to the body from Mcnichol.
Congo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Congo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Congo working Mcnichol over with knees to the body.
Mcnichol crunches a lovely knee into Congo's ribcage.
Congo misses with a knee strike.
Mcnichol misses with an elbow over the top.
Congo looking to slow down the pace here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ghengis Congo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Drew Mcnichol'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!

Mcnichol has closed the distance and engaged Congo in a clinch.
Congo misses with a knee strike.
Congo avoids the elbow strike from Mcnichol, against the cage.
Congo lands a knee to the head.
Congo misses with a knee strike.
Congo blocks an elbow strike.
Congo trying to stall but Mcnichol improves his position.
Knees to the body from Mcnichol.
Mcnichol lands a good knee to the midsection. Congo won't want to take too many of those.
Congo is trying to stall.
Mcnichol tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mcnichol landing knees to the head.
Congo working Mcnichol over with knees to the body.
Mcnichol misses with a knee to the head.
Mcnichol trying to land knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Congo scores a nice knee to the body.
Congo looking to throw knees to the head but Mcnichol is blocking nicely.
Congo wants to stall.
Mcnichol tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Congo avoids it.
Congo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Congo lands an elbow just above Mcnichol 's eye.
Mcnichol throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Congo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mcnichol tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Congo avoids it.
Congo avoids the elbow strike from Mcnichol, against the cage.
Mcnichol avoiding damage as Congo throws knees to the body.
Congo lands a nice knee to the body.
Mcnichol throws an elbow but it misses.
Mcnichol is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Congo is defending well for now.
Congo lands an elbow that stopped Mcnichol in his tracks for a moment.
Nice elbow from Congo.
Mcnichol throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Knees in the clinch landing for Congo.
Congo pressing his opponent against the cage.
Mcnichol throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Mcnichol trying to land knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Congo.
Congo taking a breather.
Mcnichol tries to land knees in the clinch but Congo avoids the damage to the body.
Congo connects with a knee to the head.
Congo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mcnichol tries to land a knee to the head but Congo blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Congo.
Congo wants to stall.
Congo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mcnichol is defending well for now.
Mcnichol with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mcnichol landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Congo has Mcnichol pushed against the cage.
Congo seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Mcnichol with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Congo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mcnichol has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Congo misses with an elbow over the top.
Mcnichol is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Congo is defending well for now.
Congo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mcnichol missing with knees to the body.
Mcnichol missing with knees to the body.
Congo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mcnichol lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Congo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mcnichol.
Mcnichol avoids a wild elbow strike from Congo.
Congo tries to land a knee to the head but Mcnichol blocks with his arms.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Congo blocks the elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mcnichol lands a nice knee to the body.
Mcnichol managing to block the knees to the body from Congo.
Congo is trying to stall.
Mcnichol on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Congo avoiding damage as Mcnichol throws knees to the body.
Congo looking to throw knees to the head but Mcnichol is blocking nicely.
Mcnichol unloads a knee to the mid-section. Congo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees in the clinch landing for Congo.
Congo avoids the elbow strike from Mcnichol, against the cage.
Mcnichol avoids the elbow strike from Congo, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Congo just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mcnichol's brow.
Congo throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Mcnichol throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Congo blocks it with crossed arms.
Congo lands a good knee to the midsection. Mcnichol won't want to take too many of those.
Congo blocks an elbow strike.
Congo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mcnichol using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Congo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Congo connects with a knee to the head.
Drew Mcnichol has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Congo looking to throw knees to the head but Mcnichol is blocking nicely.
Mcnichol managing to block the knees to the body from Congo.
Mcnichol tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Congo avoids it.
The referee is keeping an eye on Congo - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Mcnichol using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Congo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Congo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mcnichol blocks it with crossed arms.
Mcnichol takes an elbow to the forehead.
Congo tries a knee to the head but Mcnichol blocks it.
Mcnichol pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Mcnichol on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Congo lands a damaging elbow.
Mcnichol tries a knee to the head but Congo blocks it.
Congo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Congo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mcnichol using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Congo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mcnichol lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Congo lands an elbow just above Mcnichol 's eye.
Congo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Congo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mcnichol managing to block the knees to the body from Congo.
Mcnichol putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Congo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Mcnichol tries to land a knee to the head but Congo blocks with his arms.
Congo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mcnichol lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mcnichol just misses with a elbow thrown towards Congo's brow.
Congo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mcnichol throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Congo blocks it with crossed arms.
Congo tries a knee to the head but Mcnichol blocks it.
Congo tries to land knees in the clinch but Mcnichol avoids the damage to the body.
Mcnichol throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Congo blocks it with crossed arms.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ghengis Congo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Congo 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:26
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:26
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ghengis Congo!