PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Shamus McDermid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Prinz Lilifee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McDermid comes to the ring accompanied by The Drunken Scotsman - The Irish Rovers. Lilifee is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Bleed It Out. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

McDermid
vs
Lilifee

195 cm
25
215 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

190 cm
24
200 lbs
6 - 9 - 0

Great elbows
Cardio machine

Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shamus McDermid!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Prinz Lilifee!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Sosuke Kotani and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lilifee fakes the leg kick and cracks McDermid in the body.
Lilifee stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from McDermid.
Lilifee throws a head kick but McDermid moves out of range.
Lilifee lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

McDermid gets a clinch.
McDermid blocking some punches.
Lilifee is trying to break free.
Lilifee is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
McDermid scores with a nice hook to the head.
Lilifee takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Prinz Lilifee has been cut.
Lilifee wants to break free but McDermid has control.
Lilifee is trying to force a seperation but McDermid has the dominant position.
Knees in the clinch landing for McDermid.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McDermid with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
McDermid tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lilifee avoids it.
McDermid lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Lilifee takes an elbow to the temple.

That has opened up Prinz Lilifee's cut even more.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lilifee tries a knee to the head but McDermid blocks it.
A nice right hand lands inside from McDermid.
McDermid comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

The cut above Prinz Lilifee's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
McDermid throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lilifee blocks it with crossed arms.
Lilifee is looking to control McDermid's arms but McDermid gets an underhook and turns him. Now Lilifee has his back to the ropes.
McDermid blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McDermid landing knees to the head.
A right hand to the body from McDermid.
McDermid unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lilifee lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
McDermid pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
McDermid's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
With the fighters up against the ropes, McDermid throws an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the ropes, McDermid throws an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McDermid gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McDermid creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lilifee's defenses.

Prinz Lilifee's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Prinz Lilifee's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Shamus McDermid!
A very excited looking Shamus McDermid made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.