PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Con Waterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nate MacRally (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Waterson kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Oasis - Roll With It. MacRally has chosen Red Rider - Lunatic Fringe as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!

Waterson
vs
MacRally

198 cm
24
220 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

191 cm
31
224 lbs
14 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Con Waterson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nate MacRally!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Robert Douchet and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
MacRally ducks right into an uppercut from Waterson.
MacRally slips a jab and a cross from Waterson.
MacRally lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Waterson circles away quickly and effectively.
MacRally lands a lovely overhand right.
Waterson swinging wildly here.
A shot to the liver by Waterson. Beautiful body shot.
Waterson tries to clinch up but MacRally circles away and keeps his distance.
MacRally tries to score a power double leg takedown but Waterson sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten MacRally somewhat.
Con Waterson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
MacRally thows a left - swing and a miss!
Waterson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Waterson connects with a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Waterson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Waterson moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
MacRally has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from MacRally there as he acknowledges the shot.
MacRally fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Waterson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from MacRally.
Waterson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Waterson misses with an uppercut.
Waterson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but MacRally was well out of range. Poor timing from Waterson.
MacRally misses with a wild combination.
MacRally swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Waterson moves into range and clinches up with MacRally.
Waterson'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.
Waterson tries to work over MacRally's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
MacRally swings wildly with an uppercut but Waterson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Waterson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Waterson blocking some punches.
Waterson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
MacRally blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Waterson lands with a light punch inside.
Waterson working aggressively here.
Waterson pushes MacRally back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Waterson.
MacRally misses with some punches.
Waterson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
MacRally blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short left from Waterson.
MacRally misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Waterson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Waterson can't find room to land a body shot as MacRally controls the action.
Waterson has a couple of punches blocked by MacRally.
Waterson misses with the head strike.
Waterson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Waterson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Waterson throws a head punch that misses.
Waterson stalling the fight.
MacRally working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Waterson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Waterson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
MacRally misses with a hook from the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Waterson.
Waterson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Waterson gets through MacRally's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Waterson tries to throw a body punch but MacRally avoids it by throwing Waterson back against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Waterson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Waterson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Waterson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Waterson struggles to land a body shot inside as MacRally controls his hands.
MacRally has a couple of punches blocked by Waterson.
Waterson throws a punch but it's blocked by MacRally.
Waterson stalling.
Waterson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Waterson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Waterson is struggling to control the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Waterson is pressed up against the cage. MacRally has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Waterson down to the mat. Waterson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

MacRally darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Waterson is positioning himself well to prevent MacRally advancing to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Con Waterson dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Waterson looks to score with a jab to the body but MacRally is just out of range.
MacRally throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Waterson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
MacRally avoids the body shot from Waterson.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as MacRally checks a leg kick.
Waterson throws a series of punches but MacRally moves out of range.
MacRally throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Waterson.
Waterson misses with a hook. MacRally ducked under it nicely.
Nate MacRally is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Waterson looks to clinch
and MacRally counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

It looks like Con Waterson has been cut.
No joy there for MacRally, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Waterson cracks MacRally with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Waterson throws a looping overhand right but MacRally ducks down to avoid it.
MacRally doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Waterson throws a series of punches but MacRally avoids them all with ease.
Waterson looks to land a combination. MacRally sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Waterson is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Waterson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Waterson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
MacRally fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
MacRally slips a jab and a cross from Waterson.
MacRally lands with a shot to the body.
MacRally staying out of range there.
A punch lands to the side of MacRally 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Waterson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from MacRally.
Nice shot lands for Waterson.
Waterson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Waterson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
MacRally looks to land a combination but Waterson avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Waterson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Waterson throws out a loose jab but MacRally uses good head movement to avoid it.
Waterson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Waterson slips a jab and a cross from MacRally.
MacRally throws a jab but it's blocked by Waterson.
Waterson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but MacRally was well out of range. Poor timing from Waterson.
Waterson lands with an overhand left.
Waterson scores with a decent looking hook.
Waterson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
MacRally swinging wildly here.
Waterson misses with a series of wild punches.
MacRally lands with a hook. Waterson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

MacRally looking to score a takedown here. Waterson is defending well but MacRally drives through and ends up in Waterson's guard.
Waterson is controlling MacRally's posture.
Waterson on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Waterson tries to get out of the position.
MacRally controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

Con Waterson has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Waterson misses with a wild body shot.
MacRally throws a nice looking combination but Waterson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Waterson swings for the body but MacRally moves out of range.
Waterson lands a jab.
Waterson scores with a jab to the head.
A combination from MacRally does no damage.
Waterson misses with a double jab.
Waterson connects with a looping right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
MacRally swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
MacRally throws a low kick, looking for Waterson's leg but Waterson calmly moves out of range.
MacRally throws a series of punches but Waterson avoids them all with ease.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
MacRally connects with a single shot there.
Waterson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Waterson staying out of range there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Con Waterson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Con Waterson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

MacRally closes the distance and lands a one-two.
MacRally throws a right hand that Waterson ducks under and follows up with a left that Waterson also avoids with ease.
A jab from Waterson finds it's way through MacRally's defenses.
Waterson fails in his attempt to clinch.
MacRally tries to bum rush Waterson with a series of wild strikes but Waterson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Waterson thuds his right hand into MacRally's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Waterson takes a swing at MacRally's ribcage but misses.
Waterson tries to close the distance and clinch but MacRally swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
MacRally rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Waterson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Waterson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract MacRally.
Waterson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Decent striking displayed by Waterson there.
MacRally tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Waterson was well out of range. Poor timing from MacRally.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Waterson throws a jab when MacRally was well out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Waterson wants to clinch up but MacRally keeps it at a distance.
MacRally avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Waterson swinging wildly here.
MacRally catches Waterson with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Waterson scores with a hook.
A jab lands there for Waterson.
Waterson is looking to clinch.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by MacRally!
Waterson tries to clinch there but MacRally circles away.
MacRally throws a nice looking combination but Waterson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Waterson misses with a two punch combination.
A lazy left from Waterson finds it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Waterson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
MacRally ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Waterson moves away.
Con Waterson is winning the standup battle so far.
MacRally fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Waterson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Waterson is looking to clinch but MacRally is avoiding it.
Waterson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Waterson misses with a double jab
and MacRally counters with a stiff right hand.
Con Waterson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
MacRally misses with a body shot.
Waterson scores with a shot to the body.
MacRally scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Nate MacRally has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
MacRally pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
MacRally circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
MacRally swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Waterson counters with a stiff right hand.
MacRally takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
MacRally blocks a leg kick.
Waterson tests MacRally's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Waterson cracks MacRally with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
MacRally throws an off balance right hand
and Waterson counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Waterson lands a really nice looking cross but MacRally seems unphased.
Waterson throws a shot to the body.
Waterson tries to clinch up but MacRally circles away and keeps his distance.
Waterson misses with a hook. MacRally ducked under it nicely.
Con Waterson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Waterson scores with a jab to the body.
Waterson works the jab nicely.
MacRally avoids the body shot from Waterson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Waterson missing with a left hand there. MacRally was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Waterson bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Waterson misses with a series of wild punches.
MacRally connects with the punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
MacRally rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Waterson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

MacRally gets tackled into the cage by Waterson. Waterson maintains the clinch.
MacRally misses with the head strike.
Waterson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Waterson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
MacRally is looking to take this one to the mat.
MacRally throws a head punch that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Con Waterson.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Waterson, 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 30:28
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Con Waterson!
Con Waterson decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.