PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John McCall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeff Jeckyll (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jeff Jeckyll has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

McCall
vs
Jeckyll

183 cm
25
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

182 cm
23
176 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, John McCall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jeff Jeckyll!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Igor Prikhodko and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCall throws a sloppy head kick and Jeckyll moves out of range easily.
McCall misses with a body shot.
Jeckyll misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
McCall connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
McCall misses with a leg kick.
McCall displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Jeckyll.
A nice combination there by McCall.
McCall scores with a jab to the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jeckyll dodges the punch combination from McCall.
Jeckyll shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts McCall as he jumps to the side.
John McCall has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jeff Jeckyll.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jeckyll tries to clinch there but McCall circles away.
McCall misses with a double jab.
Jeckyll cracks McCall with an open hand slap.
McCall lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
McCall displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Jeckyll.
Jeckyll avoids a punch combination nicely.
A punch combination from McCall misses.
McCall misses with a few strikes there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCall fails to land with a series of punches.
Jeckyll will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
McCall connects with a looping right hand.
Jeckyll takes one on the chin but seems OK.

Jeckyll looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
McCall tries to get to full guard but Jeckyll has control of the leg.
McCall wants to get back to his feet.
McCall pushes Jeckyll off but Jeckyll dives into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jeckyll is looking to take a break and control but McCall is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
McCall is trying to work for a sweep but Jeckyll has mounted him!
Jeckyll looking to control but McCall is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Jeckyll is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but McCall is surviving well by controlling Jeckyll's body position as best he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCall is controlling an arm, preventing Jeckyll from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.
Jeckyll trying to control but McCall is having none of it.

Jeckyll is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But McCall has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from McCall!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McCall trying to control but Jeckyll is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John McCall 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.

Jeckyll shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts McCall as he jumps to the side.
Jeckyll takes a body punch but keeps moving.
McCall fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
McCall throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
McCall throws a low kick but Jeckyll moves out of range easily.
Jeckyll slips a jab and a cross from McCall.
McCall fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
McCall misses with a hook. Jeckyll ducked under it nicely.
McCall displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Jeckyll.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCall misses with the combination.
John McCall is winning the standup battle so far.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Jeckyll is defended easily by McCall.
John McCall has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jeff Jeckyll.
McCall looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
McCall throws a nice looking combination but Jeckyll bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jeckyll fails in his attempt to clinch.
McCall takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
John McCall is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
McCall throws a series of strikes that have Jeckyll backpedaling.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from McCall. No joy for Jeckyll on that attempt.
Jeckyll shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as McCall sprawls well. McCall wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Jeckyll gets slowly back to his feet.
McCall avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice jab there from McCall.
Jeckyll on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
McCall moves out of range of the strikes.
McCall throws a low kick but Jeckyll moves out of range easily.
McCall throws a nice looking combination but Jeckyll bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCall misses with an uppercut.
No joy there for McCall, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

McCall gets caught napping as Jeckyll dives in and scores a takedown. McCall manages to retain guard.
McCall is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Jeckyll is controlling him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Jeckyll drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but McCall manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Jeckyll has McCall in his guard.
McCall has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
McCall working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jeckyll had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. McCall defends it easily.
Jeckyll is trying to keep McCall in close.
McCall looking to sit in guard and control but Jeckyll gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Jeckyll looking to sit in guard and control but McCall gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jeckyll working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from McCall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John McCall dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

McCall throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jeckyll.
Jeckyll shoots for a takedown but McCall saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Jeckyll closes the distance and clinches up with McCall, looking for a takedown. Jeckyll pushes McCall against the cage but McCall circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Jeckyll shoots in but McCall avoids the takedown attempt easily.
John McCall has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jeff Jeckyll.
Jeckyll takes one to the chin there.
Jeckyll drops his hands momentarily and McCall takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Jeckyll misses with a takedown attempt - McCall sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
McCall clobbers Jeckyll with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Jeckyll takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
McCall with a nice cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCall throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
McCall jabs at Jeckyll's body.
McCall throws a good cross that connects.
McCall lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jeckyll circles away quickly and effectively.
A swing and a miss from Jeckyll.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Jeckyll.
McCall tries to bum rush Jeckyll with a series of wild strikes but Jeckyll uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
McCall misses with a few strikes there.
McCall throws a right and a left that Jeckyll avoids nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jeckyll shoots in for a takedown but McCall shows good takedown defense.
McCall moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
McCall misses with a series of wild punches.
Jeckyll is on the wrong end of a nice combination from McCall.
McCall lands a really nice looking cross but Jeckyll seems unphased.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McCall avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
McCall leaves Jeckyll with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Jeckyll is trying hard to land a takedown here. McCall sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from McCall does no damage.
Nice shot lands for McCall.
McCall throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jeckyll takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
McCall will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by McCall!
McCall feints a jab promting Jeckyll to slip. McCall then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Jeckyll slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jeckyll misses with a straight right.
McCall feints a jab promting Jeckyll to slip. McCall then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Jeckyll slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
McCall jabs Jeckyll right on the nose. Jeckyll blinks but takes it well.
Jeff Jeckyll has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
McCall listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Jeckyll has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Jeckyll shoots in looking for a takedown. McCall tries to sprawl out of it but Jeckyll keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. McCall manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
John McCall is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jeckyll shoots in for a takedown but McCall shows good takedown defense.

And that's the end of the fight!
John McCall showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for McCall, 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John McCall!