PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frankestein Mir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Duncan McAlister (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mir comes to the cage accompanied by SURF RIDER!!!. Duncan McAlister has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Mir
vs
McAlister

185 cm
30
277 lbs
28 - 11 - 0

210 cm
31
286 lbs
22 - 18 - 2

Abu Dhabi Champ
Great elbows
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Takeover

Damnfield clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frankestein Mir!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 18 - 2, fighting out of Hilo, Duncan McAlister!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Colin Fray and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McAlister takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Mir gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and McAlister counters by moving into the clinch.
Mir tries to land knees in the clinch but McAlister avoids the damage to the body.
Mir landing some nice looking knees to the body.
McAlister wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mir has him pressed against the cage.
Mir lands a knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mir struggles to land a body shot inside as McAlister controls his hands.
Mir stalling.
Mir lands a body shot.
Mir lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down McAlister.
McAlister looks winded!
McAlister takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Duncan McAlister has been cut.
Mir works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mir.
Mir throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
McAlister wants to break free but Mir has control.
McAlister goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mir lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt McAlister or not.
Mir lands a nice shot to the body.
Mir cracks McAlister with a nice body shot.
Still in the clinch, Mir scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mir putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has McAlister in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Mir misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McAlister.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mir lands a body punch in the clinch.
Mir working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
McAlister avoiding damage as Mir throws knees to the body.
Mir lands a good knee to the midsection. McAlister won't want to take too many of those.
Mir lands with a right to the head.
Mir digs a right hand underneath McAlister's ribcage. McAlister let out a lung full of air as it connected.
McAlister takes an elbow to the forehead.
McAlister takes a knee to the side of the body.
McAlister being controlled against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mir utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Nice body punch from Mir.
Mir misses with a knee strike.
McAlister takes an elbow to the temple.
Mir tries to score a body lock takedown but McAlister shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Mir misses with a punch to the body.
McAlister blocks an elbow strike.
Knees to the body from Mir.
Mir is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Mir missing with knees to the body.
Mir lands an elbow that stopped McAlister in his tracks for a moment.
Mir keeps control of McAlister as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McAlister takes a knee to the side of the body.
Mir is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mir misses with a knee to the head.
Mir lands an elbow inside that McAlister shrugs off.
Mir tries to land a knee to the head but McAlister blocks with his arms.
Mir avoiding damage.
Mir goes for a takedown attempt but McAlister pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frankestein Mir. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mir shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McAlister lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Mir is defended easily by McAlister.
Mir throws a hook but McAlister avoids it easily.
Mir changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. McAlister tries to avoid it but Mir manages to keep hold of a leg and drag McAlister to the ground. McAlister escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Mir throws a nice looking combination but McAlister bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mir tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mir throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mir tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. McAlister manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
McAlister swats away the attempt to clinch by Mir.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Mir is defended easily by McAlister.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frankestein Mir dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Duncan McAlister's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Mir scores with a nice body kick.
McAlister moves out of range of the body kick.
Mir lands a slapping body shot.
Frankestein Mir is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mir closes this distance looking for a takedown but McAlister circles away.
Mir tries to close the distance and clinch up but McAlister swats him away and circles back towards the center.
McAlister changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

McAlister tries to sprawl but Mir drives through with a takedown into half guard.

Mir is actively looking for submissions here but good counter grappling here from McAlister as he works his way to full guard.
McAlister keeping full guard, as Mir tries to pass.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as McAlister holds on and takes a little breather.
Mir pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. McAlister is keeping the position for now.
Mir is working hard here to advance position.
Mir throws a big right hand that misses.
Mir preventing the sweep.
Mir postures up in McAlister's guard and throws a big left but McAlister blocks it.
Mir tries to free his leg and advance position but McAlister is retaining full guard.
McAlister has his hands on Mir's head, controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mir advances position into side control!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mir tries to advance to mount but McAlister denies him.
McAlister is looking to reverse the position.
Mir tries to move to mount but McAlister blocks the move with his legs.
Mir trying to control the position but McAlister is working away.
Mir passes to full mount! That's big trouble for McAlister!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mir is working for a guillotine from mount but McAlister frees his head quite easily.

Mir goes for an armbar but McAlister turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from McAlister.

Mir is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and McAlister defends well.
Mir wants to sweep but no luck.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mir being controlled here, momentarily.
Mir looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Mir working a defensive guard but McAlister passes into half guard.
McAlister not doing much here.
Mir is positioning himself well to prevent McAlister advancing to mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mir wants to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frankestein Mir dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Duncan McAlister's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Mir looks to score with a jab to the body but McAlister is just out of range.
Mir goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Mir shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts McAlister as he jumps to the side.
Mir just misses with a punch to the body.
Mir will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
McAlister is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
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!
Mir goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Mir darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Mir is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McAlister can do to turn this around?
McAlister keeping hold of Mir's head, controlling as best he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McAlister is trying to maintain the position but Mir is very close to passing his half guard.
McAlister is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Mir landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
McAlister tries to roll over but Mir keeps him under control.
Mir is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!

Mir has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! McAlister is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Frankestein Mir!
Frankestein Mir retains his heavyweight title!
Frankestein Mir really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Takeover logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.