PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vergil Blanco Rocha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maurice McDonald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Blanco Rocha
vs
McDonald

190 cm
29
179 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

180 cm
30
184 lbs
23 - 15 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

CEC Nutrition Q160

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 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Vergil Blanco Rocha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Maurice McDonald!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Anni Minnemäki and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McDonald moves away from the strike by Blanco Rocha.
McDonald lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Blanco Rocha gets in close and instigates a clinch.
McDonald lands with a short shot to the head.
Blanco Rocha lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Blanco Rocha.

It looks like Maurice McDonald has been cut.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Blanco Rocha looking to throw knees to the head but McDonald is blocking nicely.
Blanco Rocha looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Blanco Rocha throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Blanco Rocha lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Blanco Rocha misses with a knee to the head.
Blanco Rocha misses with an elbow strike.
McDonald throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Blanco Rochas head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blanco Rocha pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for McDonald.
McDonald fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for McDonald.
Blanco Rocha looking to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good body shot from McDonald.
Blanco Rocha is breathing heavily.
McDonald lands a hook that snaps the head of Blanco Rocha backwards.
A left hand lands to the body for McDonald.
McDonald lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Blanco Rocha or not.
McDonald softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
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!
McDonald pushes Blanco Rocha back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
McDonald controlling the action here for a moment.
McDonald lands with a light punch inside.
McDonald lands a right hand that snaps the head of Blanco Rocha backwards.
McDonald lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short left from McDonald.

Blanco Rocha is rocked!
McDonald lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Blanco Rocha to his knees! McDonald keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Maurice McDonald!