PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Georges Bataille (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nate MacRally (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bataille comes to the cage accompanied by Dance Hall Days. MacRally has chosen Sick Puppies - You're Going Down as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Bataille
vs
MacRally

195 cm
24
220 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

191 cm
25
220 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Very quick

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Georges Bataille!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nate MacRally!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Elvis Blanc and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
MacRally misses with a double jab
and Bataille counters with a nice low kick that buckles MacRally's knee momentarily.
MacRally circles away from the clinch attempt.
A big right from MacRally misses.
MacRally misses with an uppercut
and Bataille counters with a nice low kick that buckles MacRally's knee momentarily.
MacRally has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from MacRally there as he acknowledges the shot.
Bataille moves in looking to clinch but MacRally pushes him off.
MacRally throws a left and a right that both miss
and Bataille counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Bataille scores with a leg kick.
MacRally drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
MacRally on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Good exchange - Bataille coming out on top.
This has been an exciting period of action!
MacRally misses with a double jab
and Bataille makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
MacRally looks gassed!
Bataille lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Bataille scores with a nice right hand.
Bataille tries to clinch there but MacRally circles away.
MacRally tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
MacRally shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Bataille makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Bataille throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bataille lands a slapping body shot.
Georges Bataille is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
MacRally drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Bataille connects with a leg kick. MacRally looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Bataille connects with an inside leg kick.
Bataille lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bataille throws a good cross that connects.
MacRally takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bataille thumps MacRally with a low kick.
Bataille dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on MacRally. That did some damage!
MacRally ducks right into an uppercut from Bataille.

Bataille has managed to clinch.
Bataille lands an elbow inside that MacRally shrugs off.
Bataille scores a nice knee to the body.
Bataille lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Nate MacRally has been cut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bataille.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
MacRally takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bataille lands a knee to the head.
Bataille lands an elbow just above MacRally 's eye.
Bataille looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bataille scores a nice knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Bataille.
Bataille unloads a knee to the mid-section. MacRally lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bataille crunches a lovely knee into MacRally's ribcage.
Bataille comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
MacRally takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bataille looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bataille avoiding damage.
Bataille throws an elbow but it's blocked.
MacRally blocks an elbow strike.
Bataille stalling in the clinch but MacRally improves position.
MacRally takes an elbow to the forehead.
MacRally avoids a wild elbow strike from Bataille.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bataille content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Bataille looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bataille creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through MacRally's defenses.
MacRally's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Bataille tries to land knees in the clinch but MacRally avoids the damage to the body.
MacRally wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
MacRally can't get the takedown.
Bataille looks to throw an elbow but misses.
MacRally wants a takedown.
Georges Bataille has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nate MacRally.
Bataille lands an elbow just above MacRally 's eye.
Bataille gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bataille connects with a nasty looking knee right to MacRally's face.
Bataille lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
MacRally takes an elbow to the temple.
Bataille pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
MacRally has a couple of punches blocked by Bataille.
Bataille tries to land a knee to the head but MacRally blocks with his arms.
Bataille lands an elbow inside that MacRally shrugs off.
Bataille blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from MacRally.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bataille lands an elbow just above MacRally 's eye.
Bataille pushes off an throws an elbow but MacRally leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bataille throws an elbow that misses.
MacRally changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Bataille fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Bataille lands with a right hand.

Bataille moves into range and clinches up with MacRally.
Bataille will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning MacRally up against the cage.
Bataille is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. MacRally is defending well for now.
MacRally blocks an elbow strike from Bataille.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
MacRally changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Bataille fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Bataille wants to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Georges Bataille dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nate MacRally's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Bataille scores with a leg kick.
Bataille throws a leg kick which misses MacRally's front leg but catches the back leg as MacRally tries to avoid it.
Georges Bataille is winning the standup battle so far.
MacRally takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bataille throws a leg kick which misses MacRally's front leg but catches the back leg as MacRally tries to avoid it.
MacRally misses with a double jab
and Bataille counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. MacRally is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Bataille lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Bataille tries to clinch but MacRally moves out of range.
Bataille tries to close the distance and clinch but MacRally swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bataille keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from MacRally.
Nate MacRally seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Bataille has managed to clinch.
MacRally dodges an elbow strike from Bataille.
MacRally is breathing heavily.
Bataille pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
MacRally is trying to force a seperation but Bataille has the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
MacRally is working Bataille over against the cage.
Bataille lands an elbow that stopped MacRally in his tracks for a moment.
Bataille putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has MacRally in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bataille is trying to stall.
MacRally takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bataille is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. MacRally is defending well for now.
Bataille lands an elbow inside that MacRally shrugs off.
Bataille lands an elbow inside that MacRally shrugs off.
Bataille throws an elbow but it misses.
Bataille comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bataille is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that MacRally can do to turn this around?
Bataille is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. MacRally is defending well for now.
Bataille is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but MacRally is keeping busy.
MacRally lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bataille backwards.
MacRally can't find room to land a body shot as Bataille controls the action.
Bataille throws an elbow but it misses.
MacRally blocks an elbow strike.
Bataille lands a nice elbow.
MacRally is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bataille is keeping busy.
MacRally avoids a wild elbow strike from Bataille.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bataille scores with a knee to the head.
MacRally avoiding damage as Bataille throws knees to the body.
MacRally blocks an elbow strike.
Bataille gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from MacRally.
Georges Bataille has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bataille gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
MacRally is trying to push Bataille away but Bataille has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
MacRally on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bataille manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Bataille lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
MacRally has Bataille pressed against the cage.
Bataille takes a shot to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bataille just misses with a elbow thrown towards MacRally's brow.
Bataille misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from MacRally.
Bataille throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
MacRally lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bataille or not.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by MacRally as Bataille tries to tie him up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for MacRally.
MacRally is trying to break the clinch but Bataille has him pressed against the cage.
MacRally changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Bataille fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Bataille throws a quick head kick that skims the top of MacRally's head.
Bataille throws a head kick that MacRally semi-blocks.
MacRally misses with a series of wild punches.
Bataille's corner calls for a 1-2. Bataille obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
MacRally closes the distance and clinches up with Bataille, looking for a takedown. MacRally pushes Bataille against the cage but Bataille circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Georges Bataille has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nate MacRally.
MacRally looks for a takedown but Bataille sprawls well.
Bataille fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
MacRally swats away the attempt to clinch by Bataille.

Bataille darts in and clinches MacRally up against the cage.
MacRally takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bataille lands a nice elbow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bataille throws an elbow but misses.
MacRally dodges an elbow strike from Bataille.
MacRally takes an elbow to the forehead.
MacRally is trying to push Bataille away but Bataille has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
MacRally tries to score a body lock takedown but Bataille shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Bataille landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bataille lands a good knee to the midsection. MacRally won't want to take too many of those.
Bataille trying to land knees to the body.
Bataille lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bataille trying to land knees to the body.
Bataille lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
MacRally changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Bataille fights it off and pushes away nicely.
MacRally takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Georges Bataille dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nate MacRally'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. This is the final round!

Bataille is looking to slow MacRally down with leg kicks.
A jab from MacRally misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bataille.
Bataille throws a head kick that misses.
Bataille ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Bataille lands with a straight right. MacRally didn't see that one coming.
Bataille lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
MacRally lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bataille circles away quickly and effectively.
MacRally on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Bataille ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
MacRally misses with a lunging right hand
and Bataille counters with a body kick.
Bataille scores with a leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bataille looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Bataille closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
MacRally tries for a takedown. No joy.
MacRally managing to block the knees to the body from Bataille.
MacRally wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bataille comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
MacRally avoids a wild elbow strike from Bataille.
Bataille lands an elbow inside.
Bataille lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bataille lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bataille lands an elbow inside that MacRally shrugs off.
Bataille gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bataille connects with a knee to the head.
Bataille throws an elbow but it misses.
MacRally looking to stall.
Bataille putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has MacRally in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
MacRally avoids a wild elbow strike from Bataille.
Bataille slows down the pace here.
Bataille lands an elbow inside that MacRally shrugs off.
Bataille is pushing MacRally up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
MacRally blocks an elbow strike from Bataille.
MacRally tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bataille's elbow.
Bataille trying to land knees to the body.
Bataille lands an elbow that stopped MacRally in his tracks for a moment.
MacRally misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bataille creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bataille takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
MacRally is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Bataille lands a knee to the body.
Bataille gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bataille lands an elbow just above MacRally 's eye.
MacRally avoids a wild elbow strike from Bataille.
Bataille lands a knee to the head.
Bataille prevents a body shot from MacRally.
MacRally goes for a takedown in the clinch but Bataille prevents it.
Georges Bataille has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nate MacRally.
Bataille throws an elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bataille misses with an elbow strike.
Bataille with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

MacRally gets a trip takedown into half guard.
MacRally perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Bataille is looking for a sweep. MacRally is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Well, if MacRally is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Nate MacRally has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
MacRally trying to control from half guard but Bataille is working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

Nate MacRally has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
MacRally misses with a combination
and Bataille counters with a low kick, right behind MacRally 's knee.
Bataille feints and then cracks MacRally's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow MacRally down.
MacRally avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Bataille. MacRally shrugs it off though.
Horrible takedown by MacRally or perhaps it was just good defense by Bataille which made him look bad.
Bataille is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Bataille forces MacRally back against the cage and clinches.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bataille obliges.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
MacRally takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bataille scores a nice knee to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Georges Bataille showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bataille, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 30:26
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:26
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Georges Bataille!