PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brett Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Declan McCready (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Williams
vs
McCready

188 cm
33
197 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

180 cm
27
185 lbs
15 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Brett Williams!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Declan McCready!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Josh West and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCready tries a low kick but Williams avoids it.
McCready takes a swing at Williams's ribcage but misses.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McCready paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Williams tries to clinch but McCready is having none of it.
Williams throws a solid leg kick but McCready takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Williams.
Williams fails in his attempt to clinch.
Williams fakes a jab and throws a low kick but McCready checks it well.

McCready has taken the fight to the clinch.
Williams tries to throw a body punch but McCready avoids it by throwing Williams back against the cage.
McCready has had enough of the clinch but Williams keeps him there for the moment.
A frustrated look appears on McCready's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
McCready throws a punch but it's blocked by Williams.
McCready tries to break free but Williams pushes him back against the cage.
A knee to the head by Williams.

McCready pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Williams blocks a low kick nicely.
Williams wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Williams has McCready up against the cage in a clinch.
Williams tries a knee to the head but McCready blocks it.
Williams prevents McCready from breaking the clinch.
Williams lands with a right to the head.
A frustrated look appears on McCready's face as he tries to break the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McCready.
McCready blocks the elbow strike.
McCready is trying to force a seperation but Williams has the dominant position.
McCready managing to block the knees to the body from Williams.
A head punch on the inside from McCready fails to land.
McCready misses with a body punch.
McCready softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Williams with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCready misses with a punch to the body.
McCready throws a head punch that misses.

McCready breaks the clinch.
Williams tries to clinch up.
McCready tries to score with a low kick but Williams moves his leg out of the way.
McCready throws a solid leg kick but Williams takes the impact on his shin and smiles at McCready.
A slow jab from McCready misses its intended target.
McCready misses with a head kick.

McCready moves into range and clinches up with Williams.
A head punch on the inside from Williams fails to land.
Williams is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McCready goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Williams lands an elbow that stopped McCready in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Declan McCready has been cut.

McCready breaks the clinch.
McCready pulls out of a head kick attempt.
McCready swats away the attempt to clinch by Williams.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCready throws a low kick, looking for Williams's leg but Williams calmly moves out of range.
Williams tries to clinch up but McCready circles away and keeps his distance.
Williams scores with a one two! McCready had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Williams lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
McCready swats away the attempt to clinch by Williams.
Williams wants to clinch up but McCready keeps it at a distance.
Williams wants to clinch.
Williams tries to move into range but McCready moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
McCready misses with a body kick.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch up but McCready swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Williams fails with an attempt to clinch.
Williams fails with an attempt to clinch.
McCready lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams is looking to clinch but McCready is avoiding it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Williams wants to clinch up but McCready keeps it at a distance.
Williams tries to clinch but McCready moves out of range.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch up but McCready swats him away and circles back towards the center.
McCready misses with a leg kick.
Williams tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
No joy there for McCready, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
McCready misses with a low kick.

Williams has taken the fight to the clinch.
A short uppercut from McCready.
McCready misses with a body punch.
Williams is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. McCready is defending well for now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McCready is looking to break free of the clinch but Williams has double underhooks.
Williams tries to land knees in the clinch but McCready avoids the damage to the body.
McCready is looking to break free of the clinch but Williams has double underhooks.
McCready wants to get back to striking at distance but Williams won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Declan McCready will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Declan McCready'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.

Williams throws a series of punches but McCready moves out of range.
McCready lands a head kick!
Nice defenses there by Williams.
Williams throws a sloppy head kick
and McCready cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Williams scores with a head kick.
Williams pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Williams tries to clinch but McCready is having none of it.
McCready throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Williams avoids a punch combination nicely.
McCready avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Williams misses with a low kick.
McCready lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
McCready attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Williams is looking to score with low kicks.
McCready stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCready misses with the combination.
Williams keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Williams goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
McCready throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
McCready works Williams's body with a nice hook.
Declan McCready seems to be getting the better of the standup.
McCready scores with a shot to the body.
McCready pivots, looking for a leg kick but Williams is out of range and McCready settles back down.
Williams tries to clinch there but McCready circles away.
McCready tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Some wild striking there from Williams.
Brett Williams is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
McCready throws a sloppy head kick and Williams moves out of range easily.
McCready bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Williams's head backwards.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch but McCready swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Williams is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
McCready throws a lazy head kick
and Williams counters with a three punch combo that has McCready backing up. McCready nods at Williams to acknowledge the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McCready tries to score with a low kick but Williams moves his leg out of the way.
Williams tries to clinch up but McCready circles away and keeps his distance.
McCready scores with a leg kick.
McCready connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Williams's hands.
McCready fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Williams tries to clinch but McCready is having none of it.
Williams is looking to clinch.
McCready throws a sloppy head kick and Williams moves out of range easily.
Williams showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from McCready.
McCready fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Williams lands with a kick to the temple. McCready shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Williams will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
McCready misses with a few strikes there.
McCready circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

Williams has managed to clinch.
A frustrated look appears on McCready's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A short right from McCready.
McCready wants to break free but Williams has control.
McCready tries a body shot but Williams blocks it.
McCready has a couple of punches blocked by Williams.
McCready looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
McCready is looking to break free of the clinch but Williams has double underhooks.

McCready breaks from the clinch.
Williams tries to clinch up.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
The fight stays on the outside here - Williams looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
McCready misses with a looping left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams tries to clinch but McCready is having none of it.
McCready tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Williams was well out of range. Poor timing from McCready.
McCready fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Williams manages to avoid it.
McCready swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Williams.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McCready paws at him with a jab and circles away.
McCready ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Williams tries to clinch there but McCready circles away.
McCready misses with a series of wild punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Williams tries to clinch there but McCready circles away.
Williams doesn't manage to clinch there - McCready circles away.
Williams tries to clinch but McCready is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McCready takes a swing at Williams's ribcage but misses.
Williams tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. McCready manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Williams throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Williams is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Declan McCready showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Declan McCready'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.

McCready lands a nice hook to Williams's body. Williams takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Williams blocks a head kick by McCready.
McCready misses with a two punch combination.
McCready rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Williams moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
McCready is looking to land body kicks.
Williams tries to clinch but McCready moves out of range.
McCready misses with a head kick.
McCready throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
McCready looking to land some kicks to the body here.
McCready lets loose with a powerful body kick. Williams will feel that in the morning.
Williams tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
McCready moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Williams fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
McCready avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Williams blocks a head kick by McCready.
Williams misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Williams is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCready is looking to clinch.

Williams gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
McCready misses with some punches.
McCready is trying to break free.
Williams gets through McCready's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Williams landing knees to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Williams as McCready tries to tie him up.

McCready's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
McCready throws out a leg kick but Williams moves out of range and McCready only half commits.
McCready fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Williams throws a head kick but McCready moves out of range.
McCready lands with a nice body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCready misses with a wild body shot.
McCready throws a head kick that misses.
Williams tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Williams is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
McCready avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
McCready circles away from the clinch attempt.
McCready tries to score with a low kick but Williams moves his leg out of the way.
Williams wants to clinch up but McCready keeps it at a distance.
McCready is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Williams rather than just go for the knockout.
Williams fails with an attempt to clinch.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from McCready lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Williams has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Williams and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Williams blocks a leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

McCready moves into range and clinches up with Williams.
Williams misses with a knee strike.
McCready misses with a body punch.
McCready struggles to land a body shot inside as Williams controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCready is trying to break the clinch but Williams is controlling him.

McCready breaks from the clinch.

Williams closes the distance and clinches.
McCready is trying to break free.
Williams lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
McCready struggles to land a body shot inside as Williams controls his hands.
McCready stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Williams prevents McCready from breaking the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Williams.
McCready is trying to break the clinch but Williams has him pressed against the cage.
McCready throws a punch but it's blocked by Williams.
Williams with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
McCready is trying to break the clinch but Williams is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCready can't find room to land a body shot as Williams controls the action.
Williams gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
McCready is trying to break the clinch but Williams is controlling him.
McCready working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Williams.
McCready tries to work over Williams's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
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 knee to the head by Williams.
McCready wants to break the clinch but can't.
McCready lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

It looks like Brett Williams has been cut.
Williams blocks a punch to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A head punch on the inside from McCready fails to land.
McCready lands a body punch in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Williams.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Declan McCready really dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

McCready throws a head kick that misses.
McCready misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
McCready throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Williams misses with a looping left.

Williams has McCready up against the cage in a clinch.

McCready pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Williams tries to clinch
and McCready counters with a thumping low kick.
McCready lands a head kick. Williams smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Williams tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Williams tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Williams tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. McCready manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Williams fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fighters circling - McCready throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
McCready connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Williams swats away the attempt to clinch by McCready.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from McCready, right into the meat.
A leg kick checked by Williams.
Williams is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
McCready throws a leg kick which misses Williams's front leg but catches the back leg as Williams tries to avoid it.
McCready swats away the attempt to clinch by Williams.
Williams takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Williams doesn't manage to clinch there - McCready circles away.
McCready tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Williams paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Williams doesn't manage to clinch there - McCready circles away.
McCready misses with a leg kick.
Williams is looking to clinch.
Williams doesn't manage to clinch there - McCready circles away.
McCready misses with a low kick.

McCready clinches up with Williams and pushes him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCready misses with a short punch on the inside.
McCready goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Williams just misses with a elbow thrown towards McCready's brow.
Williams lands with a light punch inside.
McCready misses with some punches.
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!
McCready misses with a hook to the ribs.
Williams keeps control of McCready as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
McCready is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

McCready manages to break the clinch.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch but McCready swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Williams misses with a straight right.
A slow jab from McCready misses its intended target.
Williams throws a head kick that half lands.
McCready attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams throws a right hand that McCready ducks under and follows up with a left that McCready also avoids with ease.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Williams checks a leg kick.
Williams doesn't manage to clinch there - McCready circles away.
Williams tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
McCready lands with a thumping leg kick.
Williams dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on McCready. That did some damage!
Williams wants to clinch.
McCready lands with a slapping head kick.
Williams has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from McCready.
McCready throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Williams blocks a head kick by McCready.
Williams will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
McCready misses with a two punch combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCready circles away from the clinch attempt.
Williams tries to clinch but McCready moves out of range.

Williams rushes McCready and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
McCready has had enough of the clinch but Williams keeps him there for the moment.
McCready wants to break free but Williams has control.
McCready lands with a short head shot on the inside.
McCready misses with a short punch on the inside.
McCready wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McCready tries to throw a body punch but Williams avoids it by throwing McCready back against the cage.
McCready swings wildly with an uppercut but Williams uses good head movement to avoid it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McCready is looking to break free of the clinch but Williams has double underhooks.
Williams tries to land knees in the clinch but McCready avoids the damage to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Declan McCready dominated that fourth round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Williams fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt McCready.
A slow jab from Williams misses its intended target.
Williams tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
McCready tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Williams is able to avoid easily.
Williams throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent McCready stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
McCready throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Williams feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to McCready's calf.
McCready misses with the combination.
Nice body punch from McCready.
McCready scores with a jab to the head.

McCready tries to keep at a distance but Williams has taken the fight into the clinch.
McCready is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams tries to clinch but McCready is having none of it.
Williams tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick misses from McCready.
Williams throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McCready tries a head kick but it misses.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch but McCready swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Williams tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
McCready throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

McCready moves into the clinch successfully.
McCready has had enough of the clinch but Williams keeps him there for the moment.
McCready can't find room to land a body shot as Williams controls the action.
Williams keeps control of McCready as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams has McCready pressed against the cage, preventing McCready from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Williams lands a good knee to the midsection. McCready won't want to take too many of those.
McCready throws a head punch that misses.
Williams trying to land knees to the body.
Williams working McCready over with knees to the body.
McCready wants to break the clinch but can't.
Declan McCready seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
McCready wants to get back to striking at distance but Williams won't allow it.

McCready breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
McCready misses with a straight left.
Williams tries to clinch but McCready moves out of range.
Williams blocks a head kick by McCready.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Williams wants to clinch up but McCready keeps it at a distance.
Williams tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
McCready misses with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCready tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Williams throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent McCready stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Williams is looking to clinch.
Williams throws a series of punches but McCready avoids them all with ease.
McCready avoids the head kick by Williams.
Williams wants to clinch up but McCready keeps it at a distance.
McCready scores with a three punch combo!
Williams keeps the fight on the outside.
Williams avoids a kick to the body.
Williams throws a sloppy head kick and McCready moves out of range easily.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McCready paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Williams tries to bum rush McCready with a series of wild strikes but McCready uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Declan McCready is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
The fight stays on the outside here - McCready looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
McCready scores with a hook to the body. Williams takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Brett Williams has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

McCready rushes Williams and presses him up against the cage.

McCready breaks from the clinch.

Williams gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
McCready has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
McCready is trying to force a seperation but Williams has the dominant position.

McCready breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Williams lands a leg kick that knocks McCready off balance momentarily.
Williams doesn't manage to clinch there - McCready circles away.
Williams is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Williams throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Williams crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from McCready - the referee stops the clock and Williams gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says McCready. Williams manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Williams swats away the attempt to clinch by McCready.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Declan McCready.
Well McCready has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 45:50
Judge Josh West scores the fight 45:50
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 46:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Declan McCready! Declan McCready retains his middleweight title!
A relieved looking Declan McCready thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.