PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sonny Corleone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kearney McGarrity (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McGarrity has chosen Payback-Slayer as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Sonny Corleone has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Corleone
vs
McGarrity

189 cm
24
225 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

197 cm
23
224 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sonny Corleone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Kearney McGarrity!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Jonathan Paton and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A low kick from McGarrity misses
and Corleone counters with a big head kick but McGarrity shrugs it off.
McGarrity fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
McGarrity throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Corleone on the side of the head.
Corleone throws a shot from downtown. McGarrity moves away and avoids it.
Corleone takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Corleone throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
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!
A big right from Corleone misses.
Corleone throws a body punch but McGarrity moves out of range.
Corleone changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
McGarrity defending well as Corleone loads up on a big left hand.
McGarrity defending well as Corleone loads up on a big left hand.
McGarrity throws a solid leg kick but Corleone takes the impact on his shin and smiles at McGarrity.
Corleone jabs at McGarrity's body.
McGarrity walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Corleone lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
McGarrity pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Corleone rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and McGarrity counters with a lovely shot to the body.
McGarrity takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
McGarrity lands a nice hook to Corleone's body. Corleone takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
McGarrity throws out a loose jab but Corleone uses good head movement to avoid it.
Corleone lands with an overhand left.
A big left from McGarrity misses.
McGarrity avoids the body shot from Corleone.
Nice straight punches there by Corleone. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Corleone.
Corleone misses with a straight left.
That kick from McGarrity tenderised Corleone's leg. Corleone is trying to keep his angry face on.
Corleone scores with a jab to the head.
Kearney McGarrity seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McGarrity throws a jab but it's blocked by Corleone.
Corleone avoids a kick to the body.
Corleone throws the left hand but McGarrity avoids the punch easily.
Corleone swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corleone's corner calls for a 1-2. Corleone obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Corleone. McGarrity does a little dance to reset his feet.
A head kick misses from Corleone.
McGarrity jabs at Corleone's body.
McGarrity tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Corleone was well out of range. Poor timing from McGarrity.
McGarrity lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Corleone missing with a left hand there. McGarrity was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Corleone swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Corleone jabs McGarrity to the body, keeping him at a distance.
McGarrity misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Corleone.
McGarrity looking to land some kicks to the body here.
McGarrity throws a nice outside leg kick.
Corleone misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Corleone takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Corleone throws a sloppy head kick
and McGarrity counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Corleone is breathing heavily.
Corleone throws a head kick but McGarrity moves out of range.
Corleone throws a leg kick but McGarrity sees it coming and moves out of range.
McGarrity moves out of range as Corleone throws a body kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for McGarrity.
McGarrity throws a right and a left that both miss.
McGarrity misses with a looping left.
McGarrity blocks a head kick by Corleone.
McGarrity uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Corleone takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Corleone avoids the head kick by McGarrity.
Corleone avoids the body shot from McGarrity.
McGarrity tries to clinch up.
Corleone changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
McGarrity has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crunch! McGarrity slams his shin into Corleone's torso.
McGarrity lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McGarrity throws a good cross that connects.
A shot to the liver by McGarrity. Beautiful body shot.
Corleone thuds a left hand into McGarrity's body.
Corleone tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
McGarrity misses with a wild combination.
Corleone connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed McGarrity momentarily.
Danga de danga de dang - Corleone scores with a four punch combination!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McGarrity scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Crunch! McGarrity slams his shin into Corleone's torso.
McGarrity tries a head kick but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sonny Corleone dominated that 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.

Corleone pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Corleone fakes the leg kick and cracks McGarrity in the body.
Corleone defending well as McGarrity loads up on a big left hand.
McGarrity misses with a straight left.
Corleone throws a head kick but McGarrity moves out of range.
McGarrity misses with a leg kick
and Corleone counters with a body kick that stops McGarrity in his tracks momentarily.
Corleone works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Corleone throws a push kick but McGarrity slaps the foot to one side.
Sonny Corleone is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice uppercut there from McGarrity.
McGarrity fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Corleone manages to avoid it.
McGarrity takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
McGarrity throws a front kick aimed at Corleone's knee but Corleone avoids it well.
Corleone has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Corleone there as he acknowledges the shot.
McGarrity throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGarrity throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McGarrity is breathing heavily.
Corleone throws the left hand but McGarrity avoids the punch easily.
Corleone tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
McGarrity lands with an uppercut that bounces Corleone off the cage and back into range.
Corleone tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McGarrity was well out of range. Poor timing from Corleone.
McGarrity throws a leg kick that is checked
and Corleone counters with a stiff right hand.
Corleone just misses with a punch to the body.
Corleone throws an overhand right that lands on McGarrity's shoulder, as McGarrity tries to avoid the shot.
McGarrity swings away with a leg kick that misses.
McGarrity misses the shot to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from McGarrity.
McGarrity tries to work over Corleone's front leg with a kick but Corleone checks it.
McGarrity looks to score with a jab to the body but Corleone is just out of range.
McGarrity tries to land a leg kick but Corleone saw it coming and moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corleone lands a really nice looking cross but McGarrity seems unphased.
A big left from Corleone misses.
A head kick misses from McGarrity.
A big right from McGarrity misses.
Corleone misses with a low kick.
McGarrity throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Corleone counters with a big head kick but McGarrity shrugs it off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Corleone takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The fighters circling - Corleone throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Corleone misses with a body kick.
McGarrity bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Decent striking displayed by McGarrity there.
Corleone looks to land a body kick but McGarrity moved away.
McGarrity throws a body kick that misses.
A swing and a miss from McGarrity.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGarrity works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
McGarrity takes a swing at Corleone's ribcage but misses.
Corleone walks into a left hand.
McGarrity is looking to clinch but Corleone is avoiding it.
Corleone thows a body kick. McGarrity tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Corleone misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
McGarrity takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
McGarrity throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Corleone to counter with a crisp jab.
Corleone cracks a nice hook into McGarrity's ribs.
Corleone uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

McGarrity is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Corleone walks forward and throws a big overhand right! McGarrity drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Corleone swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from McGarrity's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sonny Corleone!