PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Xander Coll (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phil Macaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Coll
vs
Macaw

187 cm
27
170 lbs
12 - 10 - 0

183 cm
26
177 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

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 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Xander Coll!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Phil Macaw!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Reed Andrews and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Coll ducks under a wild hook from Macaw.
Macaw leaves Coll with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Macaw showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Coll.
Coll keeps the fight on the outside.
Macaw fails with an attempt to clinch.
Coll throws a one two combo.
Coll misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Macaw misses with a two punch combination.
Coll misses with the combination.
Coll shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Macaw sprawls well. Macaw wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Coll gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Xander Coll. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Macaw gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Coll blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Macaw looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Macaw lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Macaw pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Xander Coll seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Macaw throws a body punch but Coll moves out of range.
Macaw stuffs the takedown.
Macaw wants to clinch.
Macaw keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Coll circles away from the clinch attempt.
Macaw lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Coll circles away quickly and effectively.
Coll swinging wildly here.
Coll is looking to clinch but Macaw is avoiding it.
Coll blocks a jab.
Macaw swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Coll dodges the punch combination from Macaw.
Coll showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Macaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coll will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Macaw rushes Coll and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Macaw is trying to break free.
Macaw is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Macaw is looking to break free of the clinch but Coll has double underhooks.

Coll tightens his grip and picks Macaw up, before dumping him to the ground. Macaw manages to land in guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Coll is in close to Macaw's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Macaw trying to keep a closed guard but Coll is proving a slippery customer.

Macaw has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Coll off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Coll fails to land the takedown.
Macaw looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Macaw as Coll shoots in.
Coll shoots in and drives through. Macaw sprawls well.
Macaw scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Coll avoids the head kick by Macaw.
Macaw leaves Coll with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Coll has Macaw up against the ropes in a clinch.
Coll keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Macaw's efforts to push away.
Coll tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Macaw just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Macaw is trying to break free.

Macaw pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Coll shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Macaw sprawls well. Macaw wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Coll gets slowly back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coll looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Macaw misses with a hook. Coll ducked under it nicely.
Macaw misses with a wild combination.
Macaw looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Coll darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Coll is thwarting Macaw's attempts to control the position.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Macaw slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Coll trying to stand up but can't free himself from Macaw's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Phil Macaw dominated that round.
That's time! Coll's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Coll shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Macaw pinned against the ropes. Macaw gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Coll shoots in and drives through. Macaw sprawls well.
Coll sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Macaw tries to clinch but Coll is having none of it.
Coll dodges the punch combination from Macaw.
Macaw defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Coll.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Xander Coll. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Coll.
Coll has a takedown stuffed.
Macaw swinging wildly here.
Xander Coll is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Coll throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Coll drives through with a takedown into guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coll preventing the sweep.
Macaw manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Coll manages to get himself to full guard.

Macaw gets to his feet - Coll follows without any prompting.
Coll shoots in for a takedown but Macaw shows good takedown defense.
Macaw slaps away a takedown attempt from Coll, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Macaw clinches up against the ropes.
A body shot lands from Macaw.
Coll can't get the takedown.

Macaw breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Macaw lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Xander Coll has been cut.
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!
Macaw lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Macaw.

Coll is rocked!
Macaw connects with a left and a right that sees a clearly hurt Coll covering up! Macaw comes in with a big uppercut and Coll goes doooown! He's slumped up against the ropes, eyes staring blankly into space.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Phil Macaw!