PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mickey MacNamara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vinson Workman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). MacNamara comes to the cage accompanied by Johnny Cash - Ain't No Grave. Workman has chosen Godsmack-Time Bomb as his entrance music. Vinson Workman struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 206.7lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Vinson Workman has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

MacNamara
vs
Workman

156 cm
27
154 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

192 cm
30
220 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
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 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mickey MacNamara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vinson Workman!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Yves DeLean and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Workman swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
MacNamara feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Workman's calf.

MacNamara closes the distance and clinches.
MacNamara stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Workman lands a left hand that snaps the head of MacNamara backwards.
MacNamara lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

MacNamara pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Workman misses with a leg kick
and MacNamara counters with a nice leg kick.
Workman looks winded!
MacNamara takes a swing at Workman's ribcage but misses.

MacNamara moves into range and clinches up with Workman.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
MacNamara lands with a short head shot on the inside.
MacNamara wants to break free but Workman has control.
MacNamara looking to throw knees to the head but Workman is blocking nicely.
Workman swings away with an uppercut that misses.
MacNamara cracks Workman with a nice body shot.
MacNamara tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Workman avoiding damage as MacNamara throws knees to the body.
Workman scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Workman tries a body shot but MacNamara blocks it.
MacNamara is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
MacNamara using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Workman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
MacNamara blocks a body shot from Workman.
MacNamara scores with a hook to the body.
Workman prevents the takedown attempt.
Workman fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
MacNamara lands a right hand that snaps the head of Workman backwards.
MacNamara wants to get back to striking at distance but Workman won't allow it.

MacNamara's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
MacNamara connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Workman momentarily.
Workman dodges the punch combination from MacNamara.

Workman fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with MacNamara, pushing him back against the cage.
Workman managing to block the knees to the body from MacNamara.
Workman misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
MacNamara throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Workman blocks it with crossed arms.
MacNamara taking a breather.
Workman pushes MacNamara back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
MacNamara can't find room to land a body shot as Workman controls the action.
Workman fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Workman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
MacNamara lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Workman misses with a hook from the clinch.
Workman fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Workman working aggressively here.
MacNamara with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
MacNamara lands a left hand that snaps the head of Workman backwards.
MacNamara blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
MacNamara tries to land knees in the clinch but Workman avoids the damage to the body.
MacNamara is trying to break free.

MacNamara breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Workman looking to land some kicks to the body here.

MacNamara takes the fight into the clinch.
MacNamara lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
MacNamara lands a body shot in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from MacNamara.
Workman misses with a hook to the ribs.
MacNamara trying to land knees to the body.
Workman lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Workman's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Workman tried to land a shot to the body but connects with MacNamara's elbow.
MacNamara trying to land knees to the body.
MacNamara dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Workman throws a head punch that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
MacNamara lands a left hand.
Workman lands with a light punch inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
MacNamara wants to get back to striking at distance but Workman won't allow it.
MacNamara lands a left hand that snaps the head of Workman backwards.

MacNamara breaks from the clinch.
MacNamara misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
MacNamara with a body punch. A glancing blow.
MacNamara scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Workman with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling MacNamara to score with a decent uppercut.
Workman cracks MacNamara with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

Workman fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with MacNamara, pushing him back against the cage.
Workman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

MacNamara's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Workman on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Workman on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
MacNamara scores with a decent looking hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mickey MacNamara dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

MacNamara gets a clinch.
MacNamara blocks a body shot from Workman.
Workman keeps the fight in the clinch, despite MacNamara's efforts to push away.
A frustrated look appears on MacNamara's face as he tries to break the clinch.
MacNamara blocks a body shot from Workman.
MacNamara lands with a short shot to the head.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Workman throws a punch but it's blocked by MacNamara.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting MacNamara here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
MacNamara scores with a shot to the side of Workman's head.
Workman throws a head punch that misses.
Workman tried to land a shot to the body but connects with MacNamara's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by MacNamara.
Workman is breathing heavily.
A head punch on the inside from Workman fails to land.
A nice right hand lands inside from MacNamara.
MacNamara blocks a body shot from Workman.
MacNamara tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Workman avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
MacNamara looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
MacNamara blocks an uppercut.

MacNamara pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

MacNamara has managed to clinch.
A short right from MacNamara.
MacNamara blocks a punch to the side of the head.

MacNamara breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Workman needs to keep his hands up - MacNamara had a free shot at his head there.
Mickey MacNamara is winning the standup battle so far.
Workman on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A big right from MacNamara misses.
Workman just misses with a punch to the body.
Workman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Workman is looking to score with low kicks.
MacNamara lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
MacNamara misses with a head kick.
MacNamara throws a front kick aimed at Workman's knee but Workman avoids it well.
Vinson Workman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Workman clinches up with MacNamara and pushes him back against the cage.
MacNamara throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
MacNamara with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Workman fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
MacNamara lands with a short shot to the head.
Workman lands a hook that snaps the head of MacNamara backwards.
A hook to the body from MacNamara.
MacNamara leaning his opponent against the cage.
Workman takes an elbow to the forehead.
A short right hand to the side of the head by MacNamara.
MacNamara blocks a body shot from Workman.
A nice left hand lands by MacNamara.
Workman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
MacNamara lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
MacNamara lands a body shot.
MacNamara has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Workman is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

MacNamara breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Workman takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
MacNamara changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
MacNamara throws a body kick that misses.
Workman takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
MacNamara throws a jab but it's blocked by Workman.
MacNamara is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Workman can do to turn this around?
MacNamara throws a right hand that Workman ducks under and follows up with a left that Workman also avoids with ease.
Workman throws a wild body kick that MacNamara sees coming a mile off.
A punch combination from MacNamara misses.
MacNamara throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Workman on the side of the head.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from MacNamara, right into the meat.
Workman blocks a jab.

MacNamara clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Workman.

MacNamara breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A big left from MacNamara misses.
MacNamara gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A big right from Workman misses.
Workman throws a front kick aimed at MacNamara's knee but MacNamara avoids it well.
MacNamara ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Workman moves away.
MacNamara misses with a body shot.
Workman jabbing away but nothing is landing.
MacNamara comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
MacNamara lands a really nice looking cross but Workman seems unphased.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
MacNamara is looking to land body kicks.
MacNamara lands with a hook. Workman tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

MacNamara clinches.

MacNamara escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mickey MacNamara dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

MacNamara throws a body kick that misses.
Workman looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
MacNamara thows a body shot but no joy.
MacNamara loads up on a big right hand but Workman slips the punch.
MacNamara cracks Workman with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A head kick misses from Workman.
Workman takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

Workman ducks straight into an uppercut from MacNamara and tumbles to the canvas! It’s a flash knockdown though - Workman manages to regain guard straight away.

Workman is rocked!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
MacNamara pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Workman is keeping the position for now.
Workman is still in real trouble! Can MacNamara finish him?
Workman takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Workman wants to stand and escape but MacNamara is having none of it.
Workman seems to have recovered his senses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
MacNamara seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

We're going to have a standup here because Mickey MacNamara wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
MacNamara throws a low kick but Workman moves out of range easily.
MacNamara shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
MacNamara scoring well with a low kick there.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Workman crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from MacNamara - the referee stops the clock and Workman gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says MacNamara. Workman manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
MacNamara dips to his left and cracks Workman with an uppercut!
A jab from MacNamara does it's job there.
Vinson Workman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
MacNamara digs a good body shot into Workman's ribs.
MacNamara throws a right and a left that both miss.
Workman blocks a jab.
MacNamara misses with a jab, cross combination.
MacNamara swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Workman throws a leg kick

and MacNamara counters with a left and a right that hurts Workman! He wobbles and falls to the floor - he's in big trouble! MacNamara jumps into full mount!
MacNamara tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
MacNamara misses with a head shot.
MacNamara controlling his opponent.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

MacNamara is working for a guillotine from mount but Workman frees his head quite easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
MacNamara trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Workman keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Mickey MacNamara is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
MacNamara controlling the position easily from mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
MacNamara unloads with some shots from mount but Workman bucks and avoids them well.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mickey MacNamara showed his dominance in that final round.
Well MacNamara 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:26
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:26
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mickey MacNamara!
An out of breath Mickey MacNamara thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.