PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vin Sear (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phil Macaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sear has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sear
vs
Macaw

178 cm
24
180 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

183 cm
29
175 lbs
13 - 8 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

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 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vin Sear!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Phil Macaw!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Franklyn Lucas and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Macaw shoots in but Sear avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Sear tries to clinch up but Macaw circles away and keeps his distance.
Sear pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sear circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sloppy strikes from Macaw. Those never looked like landing.
Macaw fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sear slips under a jab.
Sear misses with an attempted mid kick.
Macaw tries to score a power double leg takedown but Sear sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Macaw somewhat.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Macaw tries a head kick but it misses.
Sear fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Macaw looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

Sear pushes Macaw up against the cage in a clinch.
Macaw looking to throw knees to the head but Sear is blocking nicely.
Sear throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Macaw dodges an elbow strike from Sear.
Sear is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Macaw is defending well for now.
Macaw lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sear blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Macaw fails to pull guard.
Vin Sear has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Phil Macaw.
Sear has Macaw pressed against the cage, preventing Macaw from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Macaw goes for a takedown in the clinch but Sear prevents it.
Macaw tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sear lands an elbow inside that Macaw shrugs off.
Sear with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Macaw is looking for a takedown.
Macaw dodges an elbow strike from Sear.
Macaw blocks an elbow strike.
Macaw lands an elbow inside that Sear shrugs off.
Sear gets underhooks to prevent Macaw's takedown attempt.
Macaw blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Macaw wants a takedown but no success here.
Macaw jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Sear walks away with a smile on his face. Macaw gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Sear closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sear misses with an elbow strike.
Macaw drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Sear misses with an elbow over the top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Macaw tries for a takedown but Sear manages to get underhooks.
Sear tries a knee to the head but Macaw blocks it.
Sear is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Macaw missing with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sear.
Sear prevents the takedown attempt.
A head punch on the inside from Macaw fails to land.
Sear blocking some punches.
Macaw wants to break free but Sear has control.
Sear lands a damaging elbow.
Macaw wants a takedown.
Sear looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Macaw missing with knees to the body.
Sear lands a nice elbow.
Sear creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Macaw's defenses.
Sear scores a nice knee to the body.
Macaw has Sear pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Sear manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Macaw misses with a punch to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sear just misses with a elbow thrown towards Macaw's brow.
Sear gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Macaw blocks the elbow strike.
Sear throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Macaw blocks it with crossed arms.
Sear misses with an elbow over the top.
Macaw wants a takedown.

Macaw manages to break the clinch.
Macaw is looking to clinch.
Macaw misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Macaw tries to clinch
and Sear counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Sear.
Sear circles away from the clinch attempt.

Sear has Macaw up against the cage in a clinch.
A short uppercut from Macaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sear misses with an elbow strike.
Macaw tries for a takedown but Sear manages to get underhooks.
Macaw trying to land knees to the body.
Macaw lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Macaw is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sear is defending well for now.
Macaw is looking for a takedown.
Macaw blocks an elbow strike from Sear.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sear missing with knees to the body.
Sear tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Macaw avoids it.
Sear pushes off an throws an elbow but Macaw leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Macaw is trying to pull guard but Sear has him pressed against the cage.
Macaw wants a takedown but no success here.
Sear blocks an elbow strike from Macaw.
Sear throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sear pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Macaw throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Macaw blocks an elbow strike from Sear.
Sear takes an elbow to the temple.
Macaw throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vin Sear dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Sear instigates a clinch.
Sear landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Macaw blocks an elbow strike.
Macaw blocks an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sear throws an elbow but misses.
Macaw stalling against the cage.
Macaw avoids the elbow strike from Sear, against the cage.
Sear lands an elbow inside that Macaw shrugs off.
Macaw tries for a takedown but Sear manages to get underhooks.
Macaw trying to land knees to the body.
Macaw jumps guard but Sear turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Sear avoiding damage as Macaw throws knees to the body.
Sear misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Macaw.

Macaw breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sear misses with a hook. Macaw ducked under it nicely.
Macaw moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Sear defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Macaw.
Vin Sear has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Phil Macaw.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
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 is trying hard to land a takedown here. Sear sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Macaw tries to clinch up.

Macaw drives through and clinches with Sear against the cage.
Macaw struggles to land a body shot inside as Sear controls his hands.
Sear takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sear blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sear gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sear lands a good knee to the midsection. Macaw won't want to take too many of those.
Sear lands an elbow that stopped Macaw in his tracks for a moment.
Macaw unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sear lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nice elbow from Sear.
Sear keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Macaw's efforts to push away.
Sear lands a good knee to the midsection. Macaw won't want to take too many of those.
A body shot lands from Sear.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sear avoiding damage as Macaw throws knees to the body.
Macaw avoids a wild elbow strike from Sear.
Macaw blocks an elbow strike from Sear.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sear throws an elbow but misses.

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

Sear closes the distance and clinches.
Sear creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Vin Sear has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nice elbow from Sear.
Sear lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Macaw breaks from the clinch.
Macaw is looking to clinch.
Macaw cracks Sear with a good jab.
Macaw is looking to clinch but Sear is avoiding it.
Macaw scores with the left hand. Sear knows he should have avoided that one.
Sear circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nice shot by Macaw.

Sear moves into the clinch.
A short uppercut from Macaw.
Macaw on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sear looking to throw knees to the head but Macaw is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sear pushes off an throws an elbow but Macaw leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sear misses with an elbow over the top.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sear throws an elbow but misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Macaw.
Macaw is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Macaw lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Macaw tries to stall but Sear uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Macaw is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Sear pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Macaw is trying to pull guard but Sear turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Macaw blocks an elbow strike.
Sear misses with an elbow strike.
Macaw takes a knee to the side of the body.

Macaw escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Macaw gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Sear makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Macaw really felt that one!
Macaw blocks a jab.
Macaw fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Macaw ducks right into an uppercut from Sear.
Macaw misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Macaw shoots in but Sear avoids the takedown attempt easily.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sear using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sear has Macaw pressed against the cage, preventing Macaw from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Macaw is working for takedown but Sear is calmly controlling the position for now.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sear just misses with a elbow thrown towards Macaw's brow.
Sear blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sear has Macaw pressed against the cage, preventing Macaw from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sear pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sear pushes off an throws an elbow but Macaw leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sear pushes off an throws an elbow but Macaw leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sear misses with an elbow over the top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vin Sear dominated that second 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Sear tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Horrible takedown by Macaw or perhaps it was just good defense by Sear which made him look bad.
Macaw is looking to clinch but Sear is avoiding it.
Macaw tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Sear swivels and escapes.

Sear gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Macaw managing to block the knees to the body from Sear.
Macaw drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Sear gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Vin Sear has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Phil Macaw.
Sear misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Macaw.
Macaw makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Macaw takes an elbow to the temple.
Sear throws an elbow but it misses.
Sear tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Macaw avoids it.
Macaw is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Sear avoiding damage as Macaw throws knees to the body.
Macaw has had enough of the clinch but Sear keeps him there for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Macaw throws an elbow but misses.
Sear pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sear avoiding damage as Macaw throws knees to the body.
Macaw trying to control the position but instead, Sear has worked for underhooks and has pushed Macaw into the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sear obliges.
Sear unloads a knee to the mid-section. Macaw lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Macaw avoids a wild elbow strike from Sear.
Macaw blocks the elbow strike.
Macaw lands a nice shot to the body.
Sear tries to land knees in the clinch but Macaw avoids the damage to the body.
Sear tries to land a knee to the head but Macaw blocks with his arms.

Macaw breaks the clinch.
Macaw misses with a few strikes there.

Sear clinches.
Macaw throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Macaw blocks the elbow strike.
Sear looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sear tries a knee to the head but Macaw blocks it.
Macaw is working for takedown but Sear is calmly controlling the position for now.
Macaw has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Sear avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Sear pushes off an throws an elbow but Macaw leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sear is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Macaw is defending well for now.
Macaw throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Macaw successfully pulls guard.
Macaw wants to stand but Sear is controlling the position.
Sear wants to control from the top but Macaw keeps moving.

Macaw scrambles and gets back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sear throws a hook but Macaw avoids it easily.
Vin Sear is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Macaw is looking to clinch.
Sear is looking to clinch.
No luck for Macaw with that takedown attempt.
Sear throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Macaw misses with a head kick.
Phil Macaw is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sear tries to clinch there but Macaw circles away.
Macaw avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Macaw swinging wildly here.
Macaw has a takedown stuffed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Macaw throws a series of punches but Sear avoids them all with ease.
Macaw moves in looking to clinch but Sear pushes him off.
Macaw blocks a jab.
Sear changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Sear lands a jab.
Macaw tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Sear manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Macaw fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Sear sprawls well initially but Macaw persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Macaw trying to pass the guard but Sear defending well.
Macaw perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Phil Macaw has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Macaw looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Phil Macaw.
I think Sear has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Steve Montenegro scores the fight 29:28
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 29:28
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vin Sear!
Post fight, Vin Sear took to the microphone: 'Like to thank Milwaukkees Best energy supplements. My manager all my training partners at the Sweat Lodge best gym in New york'.