PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ronald Reagan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike McKinley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reagan kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Tribute to Ronald Reagan . Ronald Reagan could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Mike McKinley's chin.

Reagan
vs
McKinley

179 cm
21
200 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

194 cm
24
204 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ronald Reagan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mike McKinley!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Radbod Blank and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McKinley throws a right and a left that both miss.
Reagan lands a head shot.
Reagan throws a hook to the side of McKinley's head but McKinley sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Reagan misses with a double jab
and McKinley counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Reagan has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from McKinley finds it's way round the side to connect with Reagan's head.
McKinley looks for the body kick but Reagan saw that one coming.
McKinley throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

It looks like Ronald Reagan has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McKinley staying out of range there.
Reagan misses with a hook to the body
and McKinley counters with a nice low kick that buckles Reagan's knee momentarily.
McKinley takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Reagan throws a looping overhand right but McKinley ducks down to avoid it.
McKinley throws a sloppy head kick and Reagan moves out of range easily.
Reagan misses with a wild body shot.
Reagan digs a good hook to McKinley's body.
Reagan misses the shot to the body.
Ronald Reagan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McKinley tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Reagan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Reagan throws a predictable looking body shot
and McKinley counters with a good low kick that Reagan was not able to check.
McKinley displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Reagan throws out the jab.
McKinley fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Reagan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reagan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McKinley.
Reagan throws a predictable looking body shot
and McKinley counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
No joy there for McKinley, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Reagan throws an ugly left hook that misses
and McKinley counters with an outside leg kick.
Reagan misses with a left hand
and McKinley counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A looping hook to the body misses from Reagan. McKinley does a little dance to reset his feet.
No joy there for Reagan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
McKinley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Reagan.
Reagan throws a lazy uppercut
and McKinley counters with a big head kick but Reagan shrugs it off.
McKinley misses with a head kick.
Reagan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McKinley.
McKinley lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Reagan misses with a body shot
and McKinley counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McKinley looks to land a right hand but Reagan moved out of range.
A nice combination there by McKinley.
Reagan scores with a decent looking hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McKinley misses with a jab, cross combination.
McKinley misses with a straight left.
Reagan misses with a body punch
and McKinley counters with a slapping leg kick.
Reagan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McKinley manages to avoid it.
Reagan is looking to wear down McKinley with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A head kick misses from McKinley.
Nice defenses there by McKinley.
A jab from Reagan misses.
Reagan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from McKinley.
A big right from McKinley misses.
Reagan looks to score with a jab to the body but McKinley is just out of range.
A shot to the body from Reagan misses
and McKinley counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Reagan thows a body shot but no joy.
McKinley lands with a kick to the temple. Reagan shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Reagan is really struggling to find his range with his punches. McKinley's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
McKinley scores with a jab.

Ronald Reagan's cut is getting worse.
Reagan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McKinley manages to avoid it.
Reagan misses with a jab to the body
and McKinley makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McKinley bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Reagan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
McKinley scores with a decent looking hook.
Reagan looks to score with a jab to the body but McKinley is just out of range.
Reagan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McKinley was well out of range. Poor timing from Reagan.
Reagan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McKinley manages to avoid it.
McKinley lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Reagan circles away quickly and effectively.
Reagan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and McKinley counters with a stiff right hand.
A shot to the body from Reagan misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Reagan is breathing heavily.
McKinley misses with a few strikes there.
Reagan moves out of range as McKinley strikes.
McKinley is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Reagan blocks a jab.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by McKinley.
McKinley misses with a head kick.
Reagan swings widly with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
McKinley misses with a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McKinley throws the kick towards the body but Reagan avoids it.
Reagan takes a jab right on the kisser.
Reagan swings for the body but McKinley moves out of range.
McKinley throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McKinley is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Reagan had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
McKinley displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Reagan throws out the jab.
Reagan takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
McKinley lands a nice looking kick to the body. Reagan takes a step back to recover.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McKinley throws the left hand but Reagan avoids the punch easily.
McKinley uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Reagan.
McKinley throws a wild body kick that Reagan sees coming a mile off.
Reagan lands a body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jab, jab by Reagan - just one landing.
McKinley fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reagan manages to avoid it.
A jab from Reagan does it's job there.
Reagan misses with a wild body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike McKinley dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ronald Reagan's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Reagan misses with a lunging right hand
and McKinley counters with a solid body kick.
McKinley scoring well with a low kick there.
Reagan takes a swing at McKinley's ribcage but misses.
McKinley staying out of range there.
A left lands for Reagan.
McKinley throws a hook but Reagan avoids it easily.
Reagan throws a big shot that misses.
McKinley has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
McKinley keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Reagan.
McKinley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McKinley throws a jab but it's blocked by Reagan.
McKinley with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Reagan misses with a left hand
and McKinley cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
McKinley ducks under a wild hook from Reagan.
Reagan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McKinley.
A swing and a miss from Reagan.
Reagan swings and misses with a shot to the body
and McKinley counters with a slapping leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Reagan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and McKinley counters with a right hand to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McKinley throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Reagan throws a right hand that misses
letting McKinley counter with a right hand.
McKinley fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Reagan throws a lazy uppercut
and McKinley counters with a two punch combo.

Ronald Reagan's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
McKinley has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
McKinley explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reagan takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

Reagan is rocked!
McKinley lands with a kick to the temple. Reagan shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Oh Reagan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Jeez, Ronald Reagan's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The fighters circle, before McKinley throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Reagan's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! McKinley lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). Mike McKinley!