PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ray Charles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike McKinley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Charles comes to the cage accompanied by Muddy Waters- Hoochie Coochie Man. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Charles
vs
McKinley

190 cm
31
215 lbs
26 - 14 - 0

194 cm
30
204 lbs
16 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Popeye’s Spinach - 159 + 158 Proof Supps

Brute

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 26 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ray Charles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mike McKinley!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, William Peck and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McKinley moves out of range of the strikes.
Charles changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Charles missing with a left hand there. McKinley was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Charles has closed the distance and engaged McKinley in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Charles fails to land.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Charles.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Charles misses with the head strike.
McKinley blocks an uppercut.

McKinley escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ray Charles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Charles takes a swing at McKinley's ribcage but misses.
The fighters circling - Charles throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
McKinley misses with a body kick.
Charles slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Charles uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Mike McKinley is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McKinley connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Sloppy strikes from Charles. Those never looked like landing.
Charles tries to clinch up but McKinley circles away and keeps his distance.
McKinley pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Charles fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
McKinley buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Charles.
McKinley misses with a straight right.
McKinley swats away the attempt to clinch by Charles.
Charles misses with an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Charles scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

Charles clinches with his opponent.
Charles misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Charles misses with a body punch.

McKinley escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McKinley slips a jab from Charles.
McKinley avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Charles. McKinley does a little dance to reset his feet.
A punch lands to the side of McKinley 's head but he takes it in his stride.
McKinley takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Charles scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. McKinley doesn't seem bothered though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charles misses with the combination.

McKinley gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Charles to score an easy takedown into full guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Charles trying to control but McKinley is working from the bottom.

McKinley scrambles and gets back to his feet.
A jab from Charles finds it's way through McKinley's defenses.
McKinley ducks under a wild hook from Charles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McKinley is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Charles on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Charles tries to clinch there but McKinley circles away.
Charles changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. McKinley tries to avoid it but Charles manages to keep hold of a leg and drag McKinley to the ground. McKinley escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Charles works McKinley's body with a nice hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McKinley pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Charles connects with a body shot.
Charles loads up on a big right hand but McKinley slips the punch.
McKinley closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Charles takes a swing at McKinley's ribcage but misses.
Charles cracks McKinley with an open hand slap.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ray Charles dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

McKinley swats away the attempt to clinch by Charles.
Charles keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McKinley.
Charles uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

Charles closes the distance and clinches.
Charles working aggressively here.
McKinley scores with a nice hook to the head.
Charles fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Charles misses with a punch on the inside.
Charles blocks a body shot from McKinley.
McKinley is looking to break free of the clinch but Charles has double underhooks.
Charles tries a body shot but McKinley blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Charles.
Charles misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Charles keeps the fight in the clinch, despite McKinley's efforts to push away.
McKinley tries to circle away but Charles has him pinned against the cage.
Charles working aggressively here.

McKinley breaks from the clinch.

Charles clinches with his opponent.
Charles scores with a shot to the side of McKinley's head.
Charles lands a right hand that snaps the head of McKinley backwards.
Charles prevents McKinley from breaking the clinch.
Charles tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McKinley is trying to force a seperation but Charles has the dominant position.
Charles tries to score a body lock takedown but McKinley shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Charles prevents McKinley from breaking the clinch.
McKinley blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Charles can't find room to land a body shot as McKinley controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Charles is stalling here.
Charles scores with a shot to the side of McKinley's head.
Charles managing to block the knees to the body from McKinley.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Charles.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McKinley.
McKinley wants to break free but Charles has control.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Charles.
Charles misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Charles.
Charles swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Charles doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
McKinley wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

McKinley escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McKinley swings for the body but Charles moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charles bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps McKinley's head backwards.
McKinley ducks under a wild hook from Charles.
Charles swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Charles looks to score with a jab to the body but McKinley is just out of range.
A solid body kick from McKinley.
Charles thows a body shot but no joy.
Charles throws a hook to the side of McKinley's head but McKinley sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
McKinley gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Charles.
Charles misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McKinley.
Charles shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as McKinley sprawls well. McKinley wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Charles gets slowly back to his feet.
A punch combination from McKinley misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McKinley throws a body kick that misses.
McKinley misses with a head kick.
McKinley loads up on a big right hand but Charles slips the punch.
Charles lands a jab.
McKinley lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Charles at a distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McKinley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McKinley works the jab nicely.
McKinley thumps Charles with a low kick.
Charles tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and McKinley counters with a good, hard body kick but Charles shrugs it off.
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 Ray Charles will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

McKinley takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

Charles closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Charles throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Charles misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Charles working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
McKinley tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Charles wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Charles lands some shots froms side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McKinley wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
A lull in the action here.
McKinley is not content to let Charles control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Charles works to advance to full mount. McKinley defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Ray Charles is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Charles looking to control but McKinley is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Charles controlling the position easily from mount.
Charles seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down McKinley for as long as he can get away with.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McKinley is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Ray Charles.
McKinley throws a low kick but Charles moves out of range easily.
McKinley uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Charles.
No luck for Charles with that takedown attempt.
Charles throws a nice looking combination but McKinley bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Charles blocks the body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by McKinley!
McKinley tries to score with a low kick but Charles moves his leg out of the way.
A head kick misses from McKinley.

Charles gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
McKinley tries to break the clinch but Charles is controlling the position.
Charles tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mike McKinley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
McKinley wants to break the clinch but can't.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McKinley is trying to break the clinch but Charles is controlling him.
McKinley tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
McKinley displaying some good clinch control by pressing Charles up against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ray Charles showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Charles has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ray Charles!
Ray Charles really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Popeye’s Spinach - 159 + 158 Proof Supps logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.