PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hafeez Waqar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray McCreesh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Waqar
vs
McCreesh

180 cm
18
218 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hafeez Waqar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ray McCreesh!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, William Peck and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good exchange - McCreesh coming out on top.

It looks like Hafeez Waqar has been cut.

McCreesh gets a clinch.

McCreesh manages to break the clinch.
Waqar throws a left and a right that both miss
and McCreesh counters with a good, hard body kick but Waqar shrugs it off.
Waqar is breathing heavily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Waqar tries to clinch

and McCreesh counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

McCreesh's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Waqar takes a head kick and keeps coming.

McCreesh drives through and clinches with Waqar against the cage.

McCreesh pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

McCreesh closes the distance and clinches.

McCreesh breaks the clinch.
Waqar takes one on the button.
McCreesh is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Oooooh!!! McCreesh has knocked Waqar down with a huge combo! McCreesh steps away and waves a wobbly Waqar back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Waqar is rocked!
McCreesh throws a right and a left that Waqar avoids nicely.
McCreesh dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

McCreesh gets a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

McCreesh breaks the clinch.
Waqar walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

Hafeez Waqar's cut is getting worse.

McCreesh has Waqar up against the cage in a clinch.
Waqar will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning McCreesh up against the cage.
Waqar is trying to force a seperation but McCreesh has the dominant position.
Waqar could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

McCreesh breaks the clinch.
Waqar has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by McCreesh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

McCreesh clinches up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

McCreesh breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

McCreesh rushes Waqar and presses him up against the cage.
Waqar wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Waqar letting McCreesh take a breather here.
McCreesh creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Waqar's defenses.

McCreesh's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Waqar throws an off balance right hand
and McCreesh counters with an outside leg kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for McCreesh.

McCreesh takes the fight into the clinch.
Waqar is trying to break the clinch but McCreesh has him pressed against the cage.

McCreesh breaks from the clinch.

McCreesh moves into the clinch successfully.

Waqar breaks from the clinch.
Waqar wants to clinch

and McCreesh counters by clinching up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from McCreesh.

McCreesh manages to break the clinch.

Waqar gets tackled into the cage by McCreesh. McCreesh maintains the clinch.
McCreesh's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

McCreesh pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Waqar closes the distance but McCreesh moves to the side
and McCreesh counters with an inside leg kick.
McCreesh tries to clinch there but Waqar circles away.

McCreesh moves into the clinch successfully.

McCreesh breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
McCreesh fails to land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCreesh tries to clinch up but Waqar circles away and keeps his distance.

McCreesh drives through and clinches with Waqar against the cage.
McCreesh lands a damaging elbow.
A knee to the head by McCreesh.
McCreesh tries a knee to the head but Waqar blocks it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as McCreesh takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Waqar wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Waqar keeps control of McCreesh as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McCreesh is pushing Waqar up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Come on Waqar - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ray McCreesh dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hafeez Waqar's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Waqar scores with a punch to the head.
Waqar tries to clinch up
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Waqar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McCreesh was well out of range. Poor timing from Waqar.
Waqar scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

McCreesh instigates a clinch.
Waqar wants to get back to striking at distance but McCreesh won't allow it.
McCreesh lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Waqar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and McCreesh avoids it.

McCreesh escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McCreesh has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
McCreesh is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
McCreesh avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Waqar misses with a straight right.
McCreesh cracks Waqar with an open hand slap.
McCreesh moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
McCreesh paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Waqar tries to clinch

and McCreesh moves into the clinch.

McCreesh breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
McCreesh lands with a slapping head kick.
McCreesh is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Waqar scores with a head kick. McCreesh tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Waqar moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCreesh swings for the body but Waqar moves out of range.
Waqar tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and McCreesh counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Waqar looks to clinch
and McCreesh counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
McCreesh is looking to clinch.

McCreesh fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Waqar, pushing him back against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McCreesh dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Waqar has had enough of the clinch but McCreesh keeps him there for the moment.
With the fighters up against the cage, Waqar throws an elbow but misses.
Waqar looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
McCreesh is trying to break the clinch but Waqar has him pressed against the cage.
McCreesh wants to break free but Waqar has control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Waqar wants to break the clinch but can't.

McCreesh escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Waqar fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with McCreesh, pushing him back against the cage.

Waqar breaks from the clinch.

Waqar moves into the clinch.
Waqar dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
McCreesh lands a nice shot to the body.
McCreesh tries to land knees in the clinch but Waqar avoids the damage to the body.

Waqar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Waqar goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Waqar misses the shot to the body.
Waqar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
McCreesh wants to clinch up but Waqar keeps it at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Waqar wants to clinch up but McCreesh keeps it at a distance.
Waqar moves in looking to clinch but McCreesh pushes him off.
Waqar tries to clinch but McCreesh is having none of it.

McCreesh has closed the distance and engaged Waqar in a clinch.
McCreesh is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Waqar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and McCreesh avoids it.
Waqar swings away with an uppercut that misses.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Waqar breaks from the clinch.
McCreesh showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Waqar.
Waqar stalks McCreesh and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into McCreesh's face. McCreesh staggers backwards, shaken.
McCreesh closes the distance but Waqar moves to the side
and Waqar counters with a low kick, right behind McCreesh 's knee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ray McCreesh showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Hafeez Waqar's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Waqar avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

McCreesh instigates a clinch.
Waqar taking a breather.

McCreesh pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Waqar tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and McCreesh counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A kick lands to the mid section there for McCreesh.
Waqar misses the jab.
McCreesh scores with a head kick. Waqar tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
McCreesh throws a lazy head kick

and Waqar counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Waqar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Waqar throws a left and a right that both miss
and McCreesh counters with a good low kick that Waqar was not able to check.

That's one minute gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Waqar crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from McCreesh - the referee stops the clock and Waqar gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says McCreesh. Waqar manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
McCreesh throws a series of punches but Waqar moves out of range.
McCreesh tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Waqar will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Waqar tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and McCreesh counters with an inside leg kick.

McCreesh rushes Waqar and presses him up against the cage.

McCreesh breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Waqar is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Waqar fails with an attempt to clinch.
McCreesh scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Waqar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Waqar moves into the clinch.
Waqar is trying to push McCreesh away but McCreesh has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Waqar has McCreesh pushed against the cage.

McCreesh pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
McCreesh is looking to clinch but Waqar is avoiding it.

Waqar moves into the clinch.
Waqar can't break the clinch.

Waqar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
McCreesh wants to clinch.
Waqar scoring well with a low kick there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Waqar moves to clinch but McCreesh breaks away
and McCreesh counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Waqar thinking.
Waqar fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Waqar connects with a high kick.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Waqar!
McCreesh tries to clinch up.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Waqar.
Waqar chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Danga de danga de dang - Waqar scores with a four punch combination!

McCreesh closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Waqar can't break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCreesh lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Waqar.
Waqar is trying to force a seperation but McCreesh has the dominant position.
Waqar looking to slow down the pace here.
Come on McCreesh - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
McCreesh is trying to break the clinch but Waqar is controlling him.
McCreesh is looking to control Waqar's arms but Waqar gets an underhook and turns him. Now McCreesh has his back to the cage.
McCreesh being controlled against the cage.

Waqar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
McCreesh throws a lazy head kick
and Waqar counters with a left to the body.
Hafeez Waqar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ray McCreesh is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Waqar throws a predictable looking body shot

and McCreesh moves into the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ray McCreesh comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well McCreesh has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 26:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 26:30
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ray McCreesh!