PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ewan Ridgeback (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maurice McDonald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maurice McDonald has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ridgeback
vs
McDonald

194 cm
19
185 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

180 cm
21
184 lbs
5 - 6 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ewan Ridgeback!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Maurice McDonald!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Winston Howard and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ridgeback connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Ridgeback tries to clinch up but McDonald circles away and keeps his distance.
Ridgeback lands a jab to the nose.

It looks like Maurice McDonald has been cut.
McDonald jabs Ridgeback to the body, keeping him at a distance.
McDonald throws a jab but it's blocked by Ridgeback.
Ridgeback takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Ridgeback looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A jab from McDonald misses.
Jab from McDonald.
A punch lands to the side of McDonald 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Ridgeback throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and McDonald counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Ridgeback connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Ridgeback throws a left and a right that both miss
and McDonald counters with a left and a right that stings Ridgeback.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McDonald tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ridgeback was well out of range. Poor timing from McDonald.
Ridgeback blocks a head kick by McDonald.
McDonald throws a nice looking combination but Ridgeback bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ridgeback thows a body shot but no joy.
McDonald throws a poor cross that misses
letting Ridgeback counter with a right hand.
Ridgeback throws a left and a right that both miss

and McDonald counters with a shoot takedown. Ridgeback fights it but they end up in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ridgeback pulls McDonald in close to his closed guard and prevents McDonald from doing any damage or advancing position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McDonald is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Ridgeback throws an ugly left hook that misses
and McDonald counters with a stiff right hand.
McDonald takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
McDonald will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
McDonald lands a right hook to the body.
McDonald fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
McDonald rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ridgeback counters with a straight right hand.
McDonald scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Ridgeback throws a combination that misses
letting McDonald counter with a right hand.
Ridgeback takes one to the chin there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McDonald misses the body punch
and Ridgeback connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ridgeback misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McDonald.
Ridgeback ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A right-left combo lands from Ridgeback.
McDonald takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
McDonald throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ridgeback stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ridgeback wants to clinch
and McDonald counters with a stiff right hand.
McDonald misses with a jab, cross combination.
McDonald looks to land a right hand but Ridgeback moved out of range.
McDonald avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A right-left combo lands from McDonald.
McDonald misses with a straight left.
McDonald throws a series of punches but Ridgeback avoids them all with ease.
McDonald takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Ridgeback misses with a double jab.
McDonald misses with a wild body shot.
Ridgeback is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ridgeback just misses with a punch to the body.
Ridgeback takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Ridgeback drops his hands momentarily and McDonald takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Ridgeback takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A jab from Ridgeback misses.
Ridgeback fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ridgeback avoids the body shot from McDonald.
Ridgeback throws a right hand that McDonald ducks under and follows up with a left that McDonald also avoids with ease.
McDonald scores with a crisp jab that stopped Ridgeback in his tracks.
Ridgeback throws a right and a left that both miss.
McDonald misses with a hook. Ridgeback ducked under it nicely.
McDonald throws an off balance right hand
and Ridgeback cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A slow jab from McDonald misses its intended target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McDonald showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ridgeback.
McDonald lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ridgeback at a distance.
Ridgeback is breathing heavily.
Ridgeback waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract McDonald.
Ridgeback slips a jab from McDonald.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Maurice McDonald dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Maurice McDonald'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.

McDonald tries to bum rush Ridgeback with a series of wild strikes but Ridgeback uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
McDonald takes a swing at Ridgeback's ribcage but misses.
McDonald misses with a wild body shot.
Ewan Ridgeback is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice defenses there by McDonald.
Ridgeback ducks under a wild hook from McDonald.
McDonald avoids a punch combination nicely.
McDonald takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
McDonald avoids a punch combination nicely.
McDonald throws a right and a left that Ridgeback avoids nicely.
McDonald misses with a right hand
and Ridgeback counters with a series of strikes. McDonald will be more careful next time no doubt.
Ridgeback lands a jab to the nose.
McDonald throws a lazy uppercut
and McDonald takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
McDonald clobbers Ridgeback with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
McDonald is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ridgeback.
McDonald scores with a decent looking hook.
Ridgeback falls off balance throwing a combination
and McDonald counters with a one-two to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Ridgeback.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ridgeback feints a jab promting McDonald to slip. Ridgeback then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. McDonald slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Ridgeback throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ridgeback swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and McDonald makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ridgeback throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
McDonald looks to score with a jab to the body but Ridgeback is just out of range.
Maurice McDonald seems to be getting the better of the standup.
McDonald connects with a crisp jab.
McDonald lands with a good body shot.

McDonald shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Ridgeback is in all sorts of trouble here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
McDonald controlling from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ridgeback is looking to improve his position but McDonald isn't that keen on the idea.
Ridgeback is working hard here to advance position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McDonald controlling from mount.
McDonald lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
McDonald looking to control and managing it successfully.
Ridgeback is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
McDonald with a couple of short strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Maurice McDonald showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Maurice McDonald's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

McDonald scores with a jab to the body.
McDonald misses with a hook. Ridgeback ducked under it nicely.
Ridgeback throws the left hand but McDonald avoids the punch easily.
McDonald throws a hook but Ridgeback blocks it.
McDonald cracks Ridgeback with a good jab.
Ridgeback throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and McDonald counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
McDonald dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
McDonald connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
McDonald slips under a jab from Ridgeback.
Ridgeback lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Ridgeback dodges the punch combination from McDonald.
McDonald throws a lazy uppercut
and Ridgeback counters with a two punch combo.
McDonald throws a lazy right hand but Ridgeback sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
McDonald tries a head kick but it misses.

McDonald closes the distance and clinches.
A right handed body shot lands from McDonald.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ridgeback tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ridgeback tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McDonald's elbow.
McDonald working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, McDonald creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McDonald lands on the inside with an uppercut.
McDonald pushes Ridgeback back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Ridgeback misses with a shot to the kidneys.
McDonald lands a shoulder strike.
McDonald lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Ridgeback is rocked!
McDonald pushes Ridgeback against the cage. McDonald is working some dirty boxing. McDonald pushes off with a quick right hook! Ridgeback goes down! Ridgeback tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! McDonald moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Maurice McDonald!