PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Only MacPherson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and RR Ryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). RR Ryan has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Only MacPherson's chin.

MacPherson
vs
Ryan

165 cm
22
135 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

167 cm
26
145 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Only MacPherson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, RR Ryan!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Jeff Smith and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
MacPherson throws a nice looking combination but Ryan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
RR Ryan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
MacPherson feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Ryan's calf.
Ryan attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Ryan takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
MacPherson swinging wildly here.

MacPherson changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Ryan looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

MacPherson stands up and we're back to a striking position.
MacPherson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ryan missing with a left hand there. MacPherson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
MacPherson dodges the punch combination from Ryan.
Ryan dives in and grabs MacPherson's left leg, looking for a takedown. MacPherson pushes down on Ryan's head and hops out.

Ryan drives through and clinches with MacPherson against the cage.
Ryan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ryan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
MacPherson can't break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryan tries to break the clinch but MacPherson is controlling the position.

MacPherson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ryan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but MacPherson circles away quickly and effectively.
MacPherson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
MacPherson lands a front kick.
Ryan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but MacPherson circles away quickly and effectively.
Ryan moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Ryan misses with a few strikes there.
MacPherson throws a series of punches but Ryan avoids them all with ease.
Ryan throws a body punch but MacPherson moves out of range.
MacPherson closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Ryan dodges the punch combination from MacPherson.
Ryan throws an off balance right hand
and MacPherson counters with a solid body kick.
Ryan shoots in for a takedown but MacPherson shows good takedown defense.
Ryan looks gassed!
Ryan misses with a series of wild punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ryan takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A left and a right from MacPherson both land. Nice combination.
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!
MacPherson lands a jab.
MacPherson lands with a kick to the ribs.
Ryan dodges the punch combination from MacPherson.
MacPherson looks to land a combination but Ryan avoids it well.
Ryan swinging wildly here.
Nice defenses there by MacPherson.
Ryan closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ryan needs to keep his hands up - MacPherson had a free shot at his head there.
Sloppy strikes from Ryan. Those never looked like landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ryan throws a hook but MacPherson blocks it.
MacPherson lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by MacPherson.
No luck with that takedown attempt from MacPherson.
MacPherson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
MacPherson scores with a jab.
A punch combination from Ryan misses.
Ryan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
MacPherson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A slow jab from Ryan misses its intended target.
MacPherson works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

Ryan gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows MacPherson to score an easy takedown into full guard.
MacPherson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
MacPherson is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
This has been an exciting period of action!
MacPherson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
MacPherson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ryan swivels though and keeps the full guard.
MacPherson trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Ryan manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!

MacPherson pushes Ryan off and gets back to his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from MacPherson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

MacPherson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Ryan is fending him off so far but MacPherson persists. Nope, Ryan circles away and we're back to standing.
MacPherson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ryan circles away quickly and effectively.
Nice straight punches there by MacPherson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of MacPherson.
Ryan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

MacPherson closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - MacPherson lands in his opponent's guard.
Ryan wants to stand but MacPherson is controlling the position.

Ryan wriggles free and stands up.
MacPherson pivots, looking for a leg kick but Ryan is out of range and MacPherson settles back down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
MacPherson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
MacPherson scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Ryan fails with the takedown.
Only MacPherson is winning the standup battle so far.
MacPherson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Ryan swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Only MacPherson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ryan throws a sloppy head kick and MacPherson moves out of range easily.
MacPherson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

MacPherson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ryan fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but MacPherson avoids it really well and circles away.
Ryan is breathing heavily.
MacPherson moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ryan throws a body kick that misses.
MacPherson jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Only MacPherson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
MacPherson clobbers Ryan with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
MacPherson throws a quick inside leg kick.
MacPherson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ryan.
Ryan looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
MacPherson fails with the takedown.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
MacPherson will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
MacPherson blocks the body kick.
MacPherson throws a hook to the side of Ryan's head but Ryan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
MacPherson moves out of range of the body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ryan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice defenses there by MacPherson.
MacPherson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
MacPherson lands an overhand right.
MacPherson lands with a straight right. Ryan didn't see that one coming.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ryan, as that shot connected.
MacPherson works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Ryan checks a low kick from MacPherson.
Ryan moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Ryan has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Ryan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
MacPherson cracks Ryan with a good jab.
Ryan defending well as MacPherson loads up on a big left hand.
Ryan misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Ryan moves into range and clinches up with MacPherson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Ryan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
MacPherson throws a leg kick which misses Ryan's front leg but catches the back leg as Ryan tries to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ryan shoots for a double leg takedown but MacPherson sprawls well. He's pushed Ryan's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
MacPherson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ryan stuffs the takedown attempt from MacPherson. MacPherson gets slowly back to his feet.
Ryan ducks right into an uppercut from MacPherson.
Ryan with a poor takedown
and Ryan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ryan throws a hook but MacPherson blocks it.

Ryan gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
MacPherson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Ryan's head.

MacPherson decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Only MacPherson dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

A slapping leg kick lands for MacPherson.
MacPherson displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Ryan is trying desperately to land a takedown but MacPherson is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Ryan.
MacPherson lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
MacPherson throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
MacPherson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A decent looking cross lands there for MacPherson.
Ryan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
MacPherson scores with a crisp jab that stopped Ryan in his tracks.
Ryan stalks MacPherson and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into MacPherson's face. MacPherson staggers backwards, shaken.
Ryan throws out a loose jab but MacPherson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ryan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
MacPherson lands the left hand.
A punch combination from MacPherson misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
MacPherson throws a lazy right hand but Ryan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A big right from MacPherson misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
MacPherson throws a series of punches but Ryan moves out of range.
Ryan throws a series of punches but MacPherson moves out of range.
No luck for MacPherson with that takedown attempt.
Ryan lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
MacPherson throws a nice looking combination but Ryan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sloppy strikes from MacPherson. Those never looked like landing.
Ryan moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
MacPherson throws out a loose jab but Ryan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ryan scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
MacPherson throws a lazy uppercut
and Ryan counters with a nice body shot.
Ryan leaves MacPherson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ryan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
MacPherson fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Only MacPherson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
MacPherson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ryan throws a right and a left that MacPherson avoids nicely.
Ryan shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with MacPherson but MacPherson pushes him off and we're back to square one.
MacPherson with a body punch. A glancing blow.

Ryan pushes MacPherson up against the cage in a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

MacPherson manages to break the clinch.
MacPherson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
MacPherson lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Ryan backs up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ryan has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
MacPherson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ryan's head.
MacPherson stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and MacPherson wants it to stay on the feet.
Ryan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Ryan on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
MacPherson's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and MacPherson duly obliges.
Only MacPherson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

MacPherson drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
MacPherson trying to control the position but Ryan is working away.
Ryan is trying to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
MacPherson taking a breather here.
MacPherson misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
MacPherson in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
RR Ryan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
MacPherson working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

MacPherson stands up and we're back to a striking position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A nice combination there by MacPherson.
MacPherson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Ryan has time to react.
MacPherson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Only MacPherson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for MacPherson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Only MacPherson!
Only MacPherson spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.