PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Popeye Mcgrady (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Rosenthal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mcgrady comes to the cage accompanied by Johnny Cash - God's Gonna Cut You Down. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Mcgrady
vs
Rosenthal

195 cm
29
287 lbs
15 - 11 - 0

195 cm
21
270 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

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Crippler's Corner

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 15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Popeye Mcgrady!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Rosenthal !
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Daniel Franklin and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mcgrady misses with a right hand
and Mcgrady takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

It looks like Popeye Mcgrady has been cut.
Rosenthal tries to clinch there but Mcgrady circles away.
Rosenthal swinging wildly here.
Jab, jab by Rosenthal - just one landing.
Rosenthal tries to clinch up.
Mcgrady misses with a right hand
and Rosenthal counters with a left to the body.
Rosenthal connects with a jab.
Rosenthal with a hook.
Popeye Mcgrady seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mcgrady throws a predictable looking body shot
and Rosenthal counters with a one-two to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rosenthal connects with a nice looking jab.
Mcgrady swings away with a body shot that misses
and Mcgrady takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mcgrady walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Mcgrady takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Mcgrady misses with a punch on the inside.
Mcgrady swings wildly with an uppercut but Rosenthal uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Mcgrady - that landed with a thud.
Mcgrady tries a body shot but Rosenthal blocks it.
Rosenthal prevents a body shot from Mcgrady.
Rosenthal is working Mcgrady over against the cage.
Mcgrady misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rosenthal cracks Mcgrady with a nice body shot.
Mcgrady is breathing heavily.
Rosenthal softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mcgrady working aggressively here.
A short right from Rosenthal .
A body shot lands from Rosenthal .
Rosenthal presses Mcgrady against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Rosenthal lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rosenthal scores with a hook to the body.
Rosenthal digs a right hand underneath Mcgrady's ribcage. Mcgrady let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Rosenthal gets through Mcgrady's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mcgrady can't find room to land a body shot as Rosenthal controls the action.
A shot in the inside from Rosenthal .
Mcgrady takes a shot to the head.
Mcgrady's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Rosenthal digs a right hand into Mcgrady's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Mcgrady's gas tank.
Rosenthal lands a hook that snaps the head of Mcgrady backwards.

Popeye Mcgrady's cut is getting worse.
Rosenthal scores with a shot to the side of Mcgrady's head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rosenthal creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rosenthal is working Mcgrady over against the cage.
Rosenthal scores with a shoulder strike.

Mcgrady is rocked!
Rosenthal digs a right hand into Mcgrady's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Mcgrady's gas tank.
Rosenthal lands a shoulder strike.
Oh Mcgrady is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rosenthal lands a body punch in the clinch.
Mcgrady seems to have got his legs back now.
Mcgrady has a couple of punches blocked by Rosenthal .
Rosenthal digs a right hand into Mcgrady's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Mcgrady's gas tank.

Rosenthal drops Mcgrady onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Mcgrady is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Popeye Mcgrady's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
A shot in the inside from Rosenthal .
Rosenthal pushes Mcgrady against the cage. Rosenthal is working some dirty boxing. Rosenthal pushes off with a quick right hook! Mcgrady goes down! Mcgrady tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Rosenthal moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Frank Rosenthal !