PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mickey MacNamara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Duke Justice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). MacNamara comes to the cage accompanied by Ain't no grave by Johnny Cash. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

MacNamara
vs
Justice

156 cm
21
153 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

167 cm
28
152 lbs
20 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mickey MacNamara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Duke Justice!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Leandro Rodrigues and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Justice is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A combination from MacNamara does no damage.
MacNamara falls off balance throwing a combination
and Justice counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Justice's corner calls for a 1-2. Justice obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
MacNamara takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Justice will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
MacNamara throws an off balance right hand
and Justice cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
MacNamara throws a sloppy body shot
and Justice counters with a lovely shot to the body.
MacNamara misses with a straight right.
Justice misses with a shot to the body
and MacNamara counters with a nice uppercut.
MacNamara lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Justice loads up on a big right hand but MacNamara slips the punch.
Justice lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
MacNamara avoids the body shot from Justice.
Justice misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
MacNamara pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Justice throws an off balance right hand
and Justice takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Justice scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. MacNamara doesn't seem bothered though.
A looping hook to the body misses from Justice. MacNamara does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
MacNamara swings widly with a right hand
and Justice counters with a nice uppercut.
Mickey MacNamara is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Justice missing with a left hand there. MacNamara was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Justice has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Justice lands a jab to the nose.
A looping hook to the body misses from Justice. MacNamara does a little dance to reset his feet.
MacNamara misses the shot to the body.
Justice is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Justice walks into a stiff left hand from MacNamara.
Justice clobbers MacNamara with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Justice blocks a leg kick.
MacNamara attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Justice slips under a jab from MacNamara.
Justice keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
MacNamara misses with a shot to the body
and Justice counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Justice fails with the takedown.
Mickey MacNamara has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Duke Justice.
Justice misses with a telegraphed body shot
and MacNamara counters with a straight right hand.
Justice has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
MacNamara misses with a lunging right hand
and Justice counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Justice shoots in looking for a takedown. MacNamara tries to sprawl out of it but Justice keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. MacNamara manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
A lazy left from MacNamara finds it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
MacNamara takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Justice takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
MacNamara misses with a body shot
and Justice counters with a nice uppercut.
MacNamara misses with a hook
and Justice counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps MacNamara thinking.
MacNamara walks into a stiff left hand from Justice.
Justice throws a poor cross that misses
and MacNamara counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Justice misses with a telegraphed body shot
and MacNamara counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Justice on the wrong end of a nice hook.
MacNamara throws a poor cross that misses
and Justice counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
MacNamara throws a leg kick
and Justice counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
MacNamara scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Justice doesn't seem bothered though.
Justice throws a hook but MacNamara avoids it easily.
MacNamara misses the jab.
MacNamara misses with a lunging right hand

and Justice counters with a takedown into side control.
Justice working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Justice trying to control the action but MacNamara is working from the bottom.
MacNamara is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Justice throwing shots but missing, from side control.

That's four 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.
Justice wants to control but MacNamara is keeping him busy.
Justice tries to advance to mount but MacNamara denies him.
Justice scoring with punches from side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
MacNamara tries to buck Justice off but Justice is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Justice throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Duke Justice will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Justice lands a slapping body shot.
MacNamara misses with a jab to the body
and Justice counters with a straight right hand.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
MacNamara tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Justice was well out of range. Poor timing from MacNamara.
Justice drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A big left from MacNamara misses.
The fighters circle momentarily. Justice darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
MacNamara ducks right into an uppercut from Justice.
Justice throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Justice looks to score with a jab to the body but MacNamara is just out of range.
MacNamara looks to throw the jab but Justice is out of range.
MacNamara stuffs the takedown.
MacNamara loads up on a big right hand but Justice slips the punch.
Justice misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from MacNamara.
Justice keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Decent striking displayed by MacNamara there.
Justice tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but MacNamara was well out of range. Poor timing from Justice.
Justice throws a shot to the body.
Justice slips under a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
MacNamara scores with a decent looking hook.
MacNamara throws an off balance right hand
and Justice counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Justice moves into range and connects with a jab.
Justice slips a jab from MacNamara.
MacNamara takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
MacNamara throws a hook but Justice blocks it.
Justice moves away from the strike by MacNamara.
Justice punishes MacNamara's body with a nice straight punch.
MacNamara throws a combination that misses
and Justice counters with a right hand to the body.
MacNamara misses with a body punch
and MacNamara takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Justice lands with a cross.
MacNamara walks into a stiff left hand from Justice.
MacNamara slips a jab from Justice.
Justice misses with a body punch
and MacNamara cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
MacNamara lands an overhand right.
Justice throws a sloppy body shot
and MacNamara counters with a lovely shot to the body.
MacNamara uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Justice.
Justice lands a right hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
MacNamara misses with a right hand
and Justice counters with a nice body shot.
Justice wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
MacNamara throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
MacNamara misses the shot to the body.
Justice moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
MacNamara takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Justice. MacNamara does a little dance to reset his feet.
MacNamara throws a sloppy body shot

and Justice counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Justice.
Justice in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Justice loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
MacNamara might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Justice throws a big right hand that misses.
Justice loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Justice trying to control but MacNamara is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Justice is looking to work some ground and pound but MacNamara has wrist control.
Justice trying to control but MacNamara is working from the bottom.
Justice throws a strike but MacNamara rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Justice is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's four 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.
MacNamara trying to control but Justice is working from the bottom.
Justice looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Justice manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. MacNamara manages to get himself to full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Justice postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Duke Justice showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!

No luck for Justice with that takedown attempt.
A big left from MacNamara misses.
MacNamara lands a nice looking body shot.
MacNamara swings and misses with a shot to the body
and MacNamara takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Justice lands the left hand.
Justice ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Justice throws a hook but MacNamara blocks it.
MacNamara on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Justice fakes high and swings low for a body shot but MacNamara manages to avoid it.
Justice avoids a punch combination nicely.
MacNamara keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Justice works the jab nicely.
MacNamara lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
MacNamara just misses with a punch to the body.
MacNamara rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Justice connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
MacNamara lands with a good body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Justice slips a straight right by MacNamara.
MacNamara throws a lazy uppercut
and Justice makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Justice throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A shot to the body from Justice misses
and MacNamara counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Justice shoots in for a takedown but MacNamara shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Justice digs a good hook to MacNamara's body.
Jab, jab by MacNamara - just one landing.
MacNamara tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Justice manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
MacNamara tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Justice was well out of range. Poor timing from MacNamara.
Justice throws a predictable looking body shot
and MacNamara counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Justice swats away the attempt to clinch by MacNamara.
A punch lands to the side of MacNamara 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Duke Justice seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Justice throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
MacNamara throws the left hand but Justice avoids the punch easily.
Justice misses with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Justice avoids the body shot from MacNamara.
MacNamara thows a left - swing and a miss!
MacNamara scores with a decent looking hook.
That kick from MacNamara tenderised Justice's leg. Justice is trying to keep his angry face on.
Justice throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
MacNamara misses with a hook
and Justice counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Justice is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down MacNamara rather than just go for the knockout.
Justice thuds his right hand into MacNamara's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Justice misses with a wild body shot.
MacNamara slips a straight right by Justice.
Justice misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from MacNamara.
Mickey MacNamara has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Justice swings away with a body shot that misses
and MacNamara cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Justice moves out of range of the strikes.
Justice scores with a shot to the body.
MacNamara avoids the body shot from Justice.
Justice takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
MacNamara looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
MacNamara throws an ugly left hook that misses
and MacNamara takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Justice falls off balance throwing a combination
and MacNamara counters with a nice body shot.
Justice takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Justice drops his hands momentarily and MacNamara takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Justice misses the body punch
and MacNamara counters with a straight right hand.
Justice keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
MacNamara takes a swing at Justice's ribcage but misses.
MacNamara digs a good hook to Justice's body.
MacNamara keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Justice takes a jab right on the kisser.
A left lands for MacNamara.
Justice ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
MacNamara connects with the punch.
MacNamara misses with a wild body shot.
MacNamara works the jab nicely.
MacNamara misses with a looping right.
Justice lands with a right hand.
MacNamara drops his hands momentarily and Justice takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
MacNamara misses with a hook.
MacNamara misses with a leg kick.
MacNamara throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Justice on the side of the head.
Justice takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Justice takes a jab right on the kisser.
A shot to the liver by Justice. Beautiful body shot.
Justice takes a shot to the body in his stride.
MacNamara misses with a body punch
letting Justice counter with a right hand.
MacNamara misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Justice.
Justice pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
MacNamara looks to land a right hand but Justice moved out of range.
Duke Justice is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
MacNamara throws a hook but Justice blocks it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A jab from MacNamara misses.
Justice fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Mickey MacNamara has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Duke Justice.
Justice throws a looping overhand right but MacNamara ducks down to avoid it.
MacNamara throws a sloppy body shot
and Justice counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mickey MacNamara showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Justice has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 28:29
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 28:29
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Duke Justice!