PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Travis Reed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kearney McGarrity (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reed comes to the cage accompanied by Bitkit - Explode. McGarrity is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Payback-Slayer. Kearney McGarrity has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Reed
vs
McGarrity

195 cm
29
273 lbs
17 - 6 - 0

197 cm
27
275 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Popeye’s Spinach - 159 + 158 Proof Supps

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Travis Reed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Kearney McGarrity!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Gregory Folan and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McGarrity will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Reed throws a sloppy head kick and McGarrity moves out of range easily.
Reed throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent McGarrity stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
McGarrity keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Reed.
Reed is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McGarrity.
Reed connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
McGarrity avoids the body shot from Reed.
McGarrity throws a sloppy head kick and Reed moves out of range easily.
A telegraphed right hand from McGarrity misses the target.
Reed connects with a solid leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McGarrity tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Reed gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McGarrity.
Reed's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Reed misses with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGarrity softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Reed blocks an uppercut.
Reed lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of McGarrity backwards.
Reed blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McGarrity wants to stall.
McGarrity tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Reed scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McGarrity.
A short uppercut from McGarrity.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reed swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice left hand lands by McGarrity.
McGarrity misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McGarrity.
Reed misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
McGarrity swings wildly with an uppercut but Reed uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reed misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from McGarrity.
McGarrity blocks an uppercut.
McGarrity wants a takedown.
McGarrity can't find room to land a body shot as Reed controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McGarrity.
A head punch on the inside from Reed fails to land.
McGarrity wants to get back to striking at distance but Reed won't allow it.
Still in the clinch, Reed scores with a nice short uppercut.
McGarrity lands with a light punch inside.

McGarrity is trying to trip Reed. He has hold of a leg but Reed is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. McGarrity persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Reed utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Reed controlling the position.
McGarrity is looking to work some ground and pound but Reed has wrist control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reed utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
McGarrity throws a big elbow that misses.
McGarrity with a flurry of punches that miss.
McGarrity throws a big right hand that misses.
McGarrity throwing strikes but missing.
McGarrity has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
McGarrity is pushing down on Reed's leg trying to pass to half guard. Reed is fighting to maintain full guard but McGarrity has managed to sneak the leg through.
McGarrity thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGarrity throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
McGarrity thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Reed's head.
McGarrity wants to pass to mount but Reed is defending the position.
McGarrity thows a huge punch but Reed dodges it nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Reed is trying to defend against the ground and pound but McGarrity scores with a couple of nice shots.
McGarrity controlling the action here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

McGarrity's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Reed connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! McGarrity scrambles back to his feet.
McGarrity moves out of range of the body kick from Reed.
The fighters circling - Reed throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
McGarrity fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reed manages to avoid it.
Reed swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A swing and a miss from Reed.
Reed throws a lazy right hand but McGarrity sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Travis Reed seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McGarrity checks a low kick from Reed.
Reed lands the left hand.
McGarrity scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Reed doesn't seem bothered though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McGarrity misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGarrity keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Reed.
Reed tries to move into range but McGarrity moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
McGarrity misses with a hook.
Reed throws a lazy uppercut
and McGarrity counters with a good low kick that Reed was not able to check.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
McGarrity lands a nice leg kick that just misses Reed's sensitive parts.
Reed uses good head movement to avoid the hook from McGarrity.
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!
McGarrity misses with an uppercut.
Reed moves out of range as McGarrity strikes.
McGarrity throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Reed sees it coming and avoids it easily.
McGarrity uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Reed.
McGarrity cracks the inside of Reed's front leg.
Reed avoids the body shot from McGarrity.
McGarrity avoids the body shot from Reed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reed misses with a few strikes there.
Nice shot by Reed.
McGarrity throws a half hearted mid kick.

McGarrity drops his shoulder and cracks Reed with a huge uppercut! Reed goes down! Can McGarrity finish him?
Reed on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Reed tries to get out of the position.
McGarrity is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Reed is rocked!
McGarrity cracks Reed with a solid left hand.
Oh Reed is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
McGarrity in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
McGarrity postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
McGarrity is stalling in the full guard.
McGarrity content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGarrity sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Reed's guard.
Reed seems to have got his legs back now.
McGarrity looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
McGarrity missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
McGarrity slips a nice elbow through Reed's hands, connecting with Reed's forehead.
McGarrity scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Reed on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGarrity looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McGarrity seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Reed does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
McGarrity wants to pass the guard but Reed is defending well.
McGarrity thows a huge punch but Reed dodges it nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McGarrity stalling away here and it's allowed Reed to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kearney McGarrity showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

McGarrity throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
McGarrity swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Reed drops his hands momentarily and McGarrity takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Reed scoring well with a low kick there.
McGarrity jabbing away but nothing is landing.
McGarrity tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Reed was well out of range. Poor timing from McGarrity.
McGarrity staying out of range there.
Reed fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. McGarrity looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A slapping leg kick lands for Reed.
McGarrity uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Reed.

Reed gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reed is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reed utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Reed working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from McGarrity.
Reed is trying to keep McGarrity in close.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Travis Reed just wasn't active enough.
McGarrity misses with a hook. Reed ducked under it nicely.
Travis Reed has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two 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.
Reed throws out a loose jab but McGarrity uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reed moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
McGarrity throws a right and a left that Reed avoids nicely.
A thudding body kick lands there by McGarrity!
McGarrity lands a really nice looking cross but Reed seems unphased.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Reed dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on McGarrity. That did some damage!
McGarrity takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
McGarrity gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A slapping leg kick lands for McGarrity.
Reed takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Travis Reed is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reed misses with an uppercut
and McGarrity counters with a two punch combo.
Reed has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by McGarrity.
McGarrity shoots in but no luck this time.
McGarrity lands with a shot to the body.
McGarrity throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Reed.
Reed misses with a low kick.
McGarrity fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Crack! A monster head kick from McGarrity and Reed falls like a tree - timbeeeeeeeeeeerrrr! A highlight reel knockout by McGarrity!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Kearney McGarrity!
A victorious Kearney McGarrity thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.