PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dirt McGirk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lincoln Hayes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McGirk kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is This Is Who I Am . Hayes has chosen The Black Wings of Apocalypse as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Dirt McGirk had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 156.4lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

McGirk
vs
Hayes

178 cm
28
172 lbs
16 - 18 - 0

175 cm
30
158 lbs
19 - 11 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dirt McGirk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Lincoln Hayes!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Paul Gruel and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McGirk walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
McGirk slips under a jab.
Hayes scores with a nice strike.
McGirk throws a big shot that misses.
McGirk ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
McGirk throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hayes tries to clinch but McGirk is having none of it.
McGirk misses with a hook.
Hayes doesn't manage to clinch there - McGirk circles away.
McGirk uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hayes.
McGirk avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hayes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hayes jabs McGirk to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Danga de danga de dang - McGirk scores with a four punch combination!

It looks like Lincoln Hayes has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A right-left combo lands from McGirk.
McGirk misses with the combination.

Hayes closes the distance and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hayes creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
McGirk tries to break the clinch but Hayes is controlling the position.
Hayes lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt McGirk or not.
McGirk digs a right hand underneath Hayes's ribcage. Hayes let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hayes lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Hayes breaks the clinch.
McGirk catches Hayes with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
McGirk looks to land a left hand but Hayes moved out of range nicely.
Hayes throws a jab but it's blocked by McGirk.
Hayes throws a shot from downtown. McGirk moves away and avoids it.

McGirk rushes Hayes and presses him up against the cage.

McGirk breaks the clinch.
Hayes avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
McGirk lands a two punch combo.
Hayes tries to clinch but McGirk is having none of it.
Hayes with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling McGirk to score with a decent uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from McGirk. Hayes does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGirk throws a hook but Hayes blocks it.
McGirk looks to score with a jab to the body but Hayes is just out of range.
Nice cross by McGirk.
Hayes misses with a head kick.
Hayes thows a left - swing and a miss!
McGirk throws an overhand right that lands on Hayes's shoulder, as Hayes tries to avoid the shot.

McGirk closes the distance and clinches.

Hayes manages to break the clinch.
McGirk connects with a nice looking jab.
McGirk pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
McGirk dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
McGirk scores with a decent looking hook.
Hayes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McGirk.
Hayes wants to clinch but McGirk slips to the side
enabling McGirk to counter with a crisp jab.

Hayes gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hayes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hayes has McGirk pressed against the cage, preventing McGirk from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hayes lands an uppercut.

McGirk breaks from the clinch.
McGirk throws a lazy right hand but Hayes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
McGirk is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hayes.
Hayes looks to score with a jab to the body but McGirk is just out of range.
Hayes fails in his attempt to clinch.
McGirk misses with a straight left.
Hayes slips a straight right by McGirk.
Hayes misses the jab.
McGirk jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dirt McGirk seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McGirk waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hayes.
McGirk lands a jab to the nose.
McGirk keeps the fight on the outside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGirk throws a jab but it's blocked by Hayes.
McGirk pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hayes blocks a jab.
Hayes looks to throw the jab but McGirk is out of range.
McGirk misses with a series of wild punches.
Hayes slips a jab and a cross from McGirk.
Hayes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McGirk sees it coming and avoids it easily.
McGirk misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hayes throws a sloppy head kick and McGirk moves out of range easily.
McGirk throws an off balance right hand
and McGirk takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hayes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McGirk paws at him with a jab and circles away.
McGirk scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hayes takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Good standup being displayed there by McGirk as he connects with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dirt McGirk dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lincoln Hayes's cut.
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.

Hayes wants to clinch up but McGirk keeps it at a distance.
Hayes avoids the body shot from McGirk.
McGirk bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hayes's head backwards.
Hayes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McGirk misses with a straight left.

Hayes moves into the clinch.
Hayes tries to work over McGirk's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
McGirk cracks Hayes with a nice body shot.
Hayes gets through McGirk's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Hayes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
McGirk scores with a sloppy right hand. Hayes should have avoided that one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McGirk scores with a nice strike.
McGirk bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hayes's head.
Hayes ducks under a wild hook from McGirk.
McGirk is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hayes.

Hayes tries to keep at a distance but McGirk has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hayes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
McGirk with a nice cross.
Hayes fails to land with a series of punches.
McGirk lands with a nice body punch.
McGirk misses with a combination
and Hayes counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Hayes fails with an attempt to clinch.
McGirk tries to bum rush Hayes with a series of wild strikes but Hayes uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
McGirk lands with a nice combination. Hayes backs away looking to recover.
McGirk swinging wildly here.
Hayes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McGirk throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hayes stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Hayes wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from McGirk finds it's way through Hayes's defenses.
McGirk misses with a left hand
and Hayes counters with a two punch combo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hayes swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by McGirk.

McGirk gets a clinch.
Hayes lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hayes lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt McGirk or not.
Hayes swings wildly with an uppercut but McGirk uses good head movement to avoid it.
McGirk pushes Hayes back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

Hayes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hayes misses with a looping left.
McGirk throws a series of punches but Hayes moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from McGirk. Hayes does a little dance to reset his feet.
McGirk misses with a lunging right hand
and Hayes counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

McGirk rushes Hayes and presses him up against the cage.
Hayes lands a right hand that snaps the head of McGirk backwards.
McGirk is trying to break free.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McGirk.
McGirk looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Hayes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A slow jab from McGirk misses its intended target.
McGirk scores with a jab to the head.
A telegraphed right hand from McGirk misses the target.
Hayes slips a jab and a cross from McGirk.
McGirk throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
McGirk displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hayes throws out the jab.
Hayes scores with a hook.
Good shot there by Hayes.
Hayes connects with a solid leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from McGirk.
Dirt McGirk is winning the standup battle so far.
McGirk misses with a straight left.
Hayes misses with a wild body shot.
Hayes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McGirk swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hayes counters with a stiff right hand.
Dirt McGirk is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Hayes gets tackled into the cage by McGirk. McGirk maintains the clinch.
McGirk misses with a hook to the ribs.
McGirk is trying to force a seperation but Hayes has the dominant position.

Hayes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McGirk is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
McGirk throws a shot from downtown. Hayes moves away and avoids it.
McGirk throws a hook but Hayes blocks it.
Hayes throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McGirk throws a shot from downtown. Hayes moves away and avoids it.
McGirk misses with a few strikes there.
Hayes scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dirt McGirk dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Lincoln Hayes's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

McGirk tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hayes was well out of range. Poor timing from McGirk.
McGirk scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Hayes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from McGirk.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hayes scores with a nice hook to the head.
McGirk tries a body shot but Hayes blocks it.
McGirk is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Hayes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hayes lands with a left to the head.

Hayes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McGirk connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
McGirk fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hayes looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hayes tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
McGirk steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hayes.

McGirk darts in and clinches Hayes up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hayes lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Hayes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McGirk throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McGirk cracks Hayes with an open hand slap.
Hayes waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract McGirk.
Jab by McGirk.
McGirk swats away the attempt to clinch by Hayes.
McGirk misses with a straight right.
McGirk ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
McGirk lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
McGirk takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
McGirk keeps the fight on the outside.

McGirk moves into the clinch.
Hayes lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hayes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!

McGirk clinches.
Lincoln Hayes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
McGirk tries to circle away but Hayes has him pinned against the cage.
Hayes struggles to land a body shot inside as McGirk controls his hands.
Hayes lands a right hand.
McGirk wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
McGirk is looking to break free of the clinch but Hayes has double underhooks.
Dirt McGirk has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hayes is trying to maintain a safe position but McGirk gets an underhook and turns Hayes into the cage.
A frustrated look appears on McGirk's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hayes tries a body shot but McGirk blocks it.
McGirk has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Hayes breaks the clinch.
Hayes missing with a left hand there. McGirk was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hayes wants to clinch.
McGirk tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hayes was well out of range. Poor timing from McGirk.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hayes connects with an inside leg kick.
McGirk throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
McGirk lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A head kick misses from Hayes.
Hayes tries to clinch there but McGirk circles away.

Hayes instigates a clinch.
McGirk wants to stall.
Hayes lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hayes lands with a light punch inside.
Hayes prevents a body shot from McGirk.

Hayes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fighters circle momentarily. McGirk darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
McGirk looks to land a right hand but Hayes moved out of range.
Hayes moves away from the strike by McGirk.
McGirk misses with a wild combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hayes has McGirk up against the cage in a clinch.
Hayes scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hayes scores with a shot to the side of McGirk's head.
McGirk can't break the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McGirk blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McGirk misses with a shot to the kidneys.
McGirk misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hayes scores with a shoulder strike.
McGirk working hard to break the clinch.
Nice body punch from Hayes.
McGirk blocks an uppercut.
McGirk lands a nice shot to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Hayes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Good shot there by McGirk.

Hayes drives through and clinches with McGirk against the cage.
Dirt McGirk is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hayes lands with a short shot to the head.

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 Dirt McGirk.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for McGirk, 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 Chris Saunders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dirt McGirk!