PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Connor MacLeod (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roy Palmer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). MacLeod comes to the cage accompanied by Machine Gun by Noisia. Palmer is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Not Now James,we're busy. Roy Palmer has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

MacLeod
vs
Palmer

187 cm
23
195 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

180 cm
26
188 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Determined

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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Connor MacLeod!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Roy Palmer!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Jorge Garcia and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Palmer takes a body punch but keeps moving.
MacLeod jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Palmer closes this distance looking for a takedown but MacLeod circles away.
Palmer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
MacLeod clobbers Palmer with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Palmer looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Palmer shoots in looking for a takedown but MacLeod manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Palmer's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Palmer fails with a takedown attempt.
Connor MacLeod has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roy Palmer.
MacLeod takes a swing at Palmer's ribcage but misses.
MacLeod feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Palmers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
MacLeod misses with a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
MacLeod lands a nice looking body shot.
Palmer looks for a takedown but MacLeod sprawls well.
Palmer misses with a double jab.
MacLeod throws a hook but Palmer avoids it easily.
Palmer shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as MacLeod sprawls well. MacLeod wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Palmer gets slowly back to his feet.
MacLeod thuds a left hand into Palmer's body.
MacLeod keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
MacLeod throws a jab but it's blocked by Palmer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from MacLeod. No joy for Palmer on that attempt.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from MacLeod - that will leave a mark!
Palmer shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and MacLeod counters with a straight right hand.
MacLeod scores with a jab to the body.
MacLeod swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Palmer pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Palmer takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Palmer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Palmer takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big left from MacLeod misses.
MacLeod scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Connor MacLeod seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
MacLeod slips a jab and a cross from Palmer.
MacLeod pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Palmer shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has MacLeod pinned against the cage. MacLeod gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Palmer with a poor takedown
letting MacLeod counter with a right hand.
MacLeod scores with a shot to the body.
Palmer shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and MacLeod counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Palmer on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by MacLeod. MacLeod obviously looking to wear him down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
MacLeod is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
MacLeod scores with a nice head shot.
A swing and a miss from MacLeod.
Palmer blocks a low kick nicely.
Palmer doesn't succeed with the takedown
and MacLeod counters with a lovely straight right hand!
MacLeod scores with a jab.
Palmer is trying desperately to land a takedown but MacLeod is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Palmer.
MacLeod throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
MacLeod works Palmer's body with a nice hook.
MacLeod swings and misses with a hook to the body.
MacLeod punishes Palmer's body with a nice straight punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Connor MacLeod dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

MacLeod gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Palmer to score an easy takedown into full guard.
MacLeod lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Palmer!
Palmer is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
MacLeod controlling the pace for now.
MacLeod lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
MacLeod takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palmer is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
MacLeod controlling the position easily from mount.
Palmer is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
MacLeod controlling from the full mount.
MacLeod looking to control but Palmer is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Palmer squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.

That's two 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.
MacLeod thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
MacLeod controlling the position easily from mount.
MacLeod thowing shots but they're missing.
Palmer is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Poor strikes thrown by MacLeod there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
MacLeod working the ground and pound effectively.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
MacLeod controlling the position easily from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
MacLeod trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Palmer is trying to stand.
Palmer is breathing heavily.

Palmer somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
MacLeod cracks Palmer with a good jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by MacLeod.
MacLeod misses with a wild body shot.
MacLeod misses with a head kick.
Palmer on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by MacLeod. MacLeod obviously looking to wear him down.
Palmer shoots for a double leg takedown but MacLeod sprawls well. He's pushed Palmer's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Palmer tries to score a power double leg takedown but MacLeod sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Palmer somewhat.
MacLeod fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Palmer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Connor MacLeod dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Palmer closes the distance and clinches up with MacLeod, looking for a takedown. Palmer pushes MacLeod against the cage but MacLeod circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Palmer dives in and grabs MacLeod's left leg, looking for a takedown. MacLeod pushes down on Palmer's head and hops out.
Palmer takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
MacLeod throws a hook but Palmer blocks it.
Donk. MacLeod catches Palmer right on the button with a cross.
Palmer takes a shot to the body in his stride.
MacLeod takes a swing at Palmer's ribcage but misses.
MacLeod ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
MacLeod scores with a sloppy right hand. Palmer should have avoided that one.
MacLeod is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Palmer avoids the body shot from MacLeod.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palmer avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Palmer looks to score with a jab to the body but MacLeod is just out of range.
Palmer with a poor takedown
and MacLeod counters with a solid body kick.
Connor MacLeod has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roy Palmer.
MacLeod throws a series of strikes that have Palmer backpedaling.
Palmer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Palmer throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around MacLeod's waist but MacLeod gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Palmer off to one side.
Palmer takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
MacLeod scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
MacLeod dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
MacLeod throws a low kick, looking for Palmer's leg but Palmer calmly moves out of range.
Palmer shoots in for a double leg but MacLeod sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
MacLeod thuds a left hand into Palmer's body.
MacLeod paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A head kick misses from MacLeod.
Palmer dives in and grabs MacLeod's left leg, looking for a takedown. MacLeod pushes down on Palmer's head and hops out.
Palmer displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as MacLeod throws out the jab.
MacLeod closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Palmer needs to keep his hands up - MacLeod had a free shot at his head there.
MacLeod lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Palmer has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Palmer there as he acknowledges the shot.
Palmer gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and MacLeod connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from MacLeod. No joy for Palmer on that attempt.
MacLeod just misses with a punch to the body.
Palmer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from MacLeod.
MacLeod lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Connor MacLeod is winning the standup battle so far.
Palmer shoots in and drives through. MacLeod sprawls well.
MacLeod lands a slapping body shot.
MacLeod misses with an uppercut. Palmer saw that one coming.
Palmer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
MacLeod dips to his left and cracks Palmer with an uppercut!
MacLeod throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Palmer stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Roy Palmer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
MacLeod scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Palmer doesn't seem bothered though.
Palmer misses with a takedown attempt
and MacLeod counters with a nice body shot.
MacLeod looks to throw a body kick

and Palmer counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
MacLeod is trying to maintain the position but Palmer is very close to passing his half guard.
Palmer landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Palmer throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

MacLeod makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!

And that's the end of the fight!
Connor MacLeod showed his dominance in that final round.
Well MacLeod 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:26
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:26
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Connor MacLeod!