PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eddie McDonald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Andrews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McDonald kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is March of Cambreadth. Alex Andrews has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

McDonald
vs
Andrews

185 cm
28
185 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

189 cm
25
197 lbs
17 - 9 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

Hell's Balls Recovery

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 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eddie McDonald!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Alex Andrews!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Chad Campbell and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Andrews takes a swing at McDonald's ribcage but misses.
McDonald looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Andrews throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent McDonald stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
McDonald takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Andrews tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McDonald was well out of range. Poor timing from Andrews.
McDonald shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Andrews sprawls well. Andrews wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. McDonald gets slowly back to his feet.
Andrews cracks McDonald with an open hand slap.
McDonald tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Andrews was well out of range. Poor timing from McDonald.
McDonald misses with a hook. Andrews ducked under it nicely.
McDonald avoids a punch combination nicely.
McDonald takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Andrews misses with a series of wild punches.
Andrews throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andrews scores with a jab to the body.
Andrews misses with a two punch combination.
McDonald throws a head kick but Andrews moves out of range.
McDonald tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Andrews paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Andrews throws a looping overhand right but McDonald ducks down to avoid it.
Andrews connects with a body shot.
Andrews throws a body kick that misses.
Andrews misses the shot to the body.
McDonald tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Andrews misses with a telegraphed body shot

and McDonald counters by clinching up.
McDonald with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
McDonald looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Andrews wants to break free but McDonald has control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McDonald misses with a knee to the head.
Andrews tries to break free but McDonald pushes him back against the cage.
Andrews wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
McDonald misses with an elbow strike.
McDonald wants a takedown.
McDonald changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Andrews fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eddie McDonald. That's going to take a lot out of him.
McDonald misses with a head kick.
Andrews slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Andrews connects with a nice looking jab.
Andrews throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Andrews scores with a takedown into McDonald's guard.
Andrews advances to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andrews is trying to control. McDonald wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Nice strikes from Andrews there.
Andrews sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. McDonald defending well though.

Andrews is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Andrews is working for a submission of some sort.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Andrews throws a strike but McDonald avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Andrews wants to pass the guard but McDonald is keeping the position.
Andrews trying to stand up but can't free himself from McDonald's guard.
Andrews prevents McDonald from getting back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Andrews 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.

Andrews misses with a takedown attempt - McDonald sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Andrews misses with an uppercut.
McDonald fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Andrews misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McDonald.
Andrews shoots in but no luck this time.
Andrews misses with a straight right.
The fighters circling - Andrews throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Andrews is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down McDonald rather than just go for the knockout.
Andrews swings for the body but McDonald moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Andrews misses with a double jab.
Andrews is looking to land body kicks.
Andrews throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Andrews slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Andrews loads up on a big right hand but McDonald slips the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andrews is looking to land body kicks.
Andrews takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Andrews lands a body shot.
Andrews jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
McDonald shoots for a takedown but Andrews saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
McDonald tries to clinch but Andrews moves out of range.
Andrews scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. McDonald doesn't seem bothered though.
McDonald throws a sloppy head kick and Andrews moves out of range easily.
Andrews throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McDonald tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Andrews is able to avoid easily.
A head kick misses from McDonald.
Andrews tries a head kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Andrews throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
McDonald uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Andrews.
Left hook, right uppercut from Andrews.
Andrews shoots for a takedown but McDonald saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Eddie McDonald has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex Andrews.

McDonald closes the distance and clinches.
McDonald tries to land a knee to the head but Andrews blocks with his arms.

Andrews breaks the clinch.
A cross from McDonald lands.
Andrews lands a slapping body shot.
Andrews throws a body punch but McDonald moves out of range.
Alex Andrews seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick by McDonald misses
and Andrews counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Andrews comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Andrews lands a right hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

A momentary lapse in concentration from McDonald enables Andrews to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. McDonald manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Andrews trying to control the position from guard on top but McDonald is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

McDonald manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Andrews just misses with a punch to the body.
Andrews cracks a nice hook into McDonald's ribs.
A jab from Andrews does it's job there.
Andrews fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
McDonald gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Andrews counters with a two punch combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Andrews.
Andrews lands with a shot to the body.
McDonald lands a head kick. Andrews smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
McDonald misses with a double jab.
Andrews lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Andrews ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Andrews misses with a jab, cross combination.
McDonald looks for the body kick but Andrews saw that one coming.
McDonald avoids the head kick by Andrews.
Andrews avoids the head kick by McDonald.
Andrews steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McDonald.
McDonald uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Andrews.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Andrews showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Andrews ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McDonald moves away.
Alex Andrews seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Andrews gets a takedown into half guard.
Andrews lands with a punch from half guard.
Andrews wants to take a breather but McDonald is having none of it.
Andrews missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
McDonald pushes Andrews off looking to stand but Andrews dives back in and keeps control.
Andrews has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Andrews not doing much here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McDonald keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Andrews passes the guard and advances to mount!
McDonald is trying to stand up.
Andrews wants to control the pace but McDonald is squirming around nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Andrews jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… McDonald is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by McDonald and Andrews has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
McDonald is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

Andrews tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andrews trying to control the position but McDonald is working away.
Andrews looking to control but instead McDonald has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
McDonald is not content to let Andrews control the position.

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.
McDonald is trying to stand up here but Andrews is controlling him well.

Andrews is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. McDonald doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Andrews.
McDonald taking some punishment here, with Andrews in his half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alex Andrews comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Andrews winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight for Alex Andrews!
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight for Alex Andrews!
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight for Alex Andrews!

Alex Andrews wins by unanimous decision!