PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Puppy Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bang McGee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Love comes to the cage accompanied by Otherside by Mackemore X Ryan Lewis. McGee has chosen Metallica - All Nightmare Long as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Love
vs
McGee

187 cm
33
217 lbs
22 - 13 - 0

188 cm
34
212 lbs
26 - 17 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 22 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Puppy Love!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bang McGee!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Love.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Love tries to move into full mount but can't pass McGee's legs.
McGee parries the strikes from Love easily there. Love is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable McGee to escape.
Love working away.
The ground and pound from Love seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
The strikes coming from Love are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
McGee tries to buck Love off but Love is having none of it.
McGee takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Love creates some space and throws a big elbow, but McGee sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Love fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Love misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Love throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
McGee managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Love.
McGee taking punishment in the form of punches.
Love working the head with strikes.
Love misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Love lands a nice forearm strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love controls the position from side control.
Love creates some space and throws a big elbow, but McGee sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Love has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
McGee defending against the ground and pound.
McGee avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Love.

Love working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGee pushes Love away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Love gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Love landing a few strikes.
Love tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Love throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and McGee works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Love seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Love trying to control from half guard but McGee is working away.
Love is looking to advance position but McGee won't allow it.
Love throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Love throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Love drops an elbow to the side of McGee's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Puppy Love dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Love lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as McGee backs up against the cage.
Love misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
McGee throws a right hand that misses
and Love connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Love uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McGee.
Love swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McGee ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The fighters circling - McGee throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
McGee throws a leg kick which misses Love's front leg but catches the back leg as Love tries to avoid it.
Love displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

It looks like Bang McGee has been cut.
McGee defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Love.
Love swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Love moves out of range of the strikes.
Love checks the leg kick.
Love cracks McGee with an open hand slap.
A swing and a miss from McGee.
Love swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by McGee.
Bang McGee is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McGee uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Love.
Love slips a straight right by McGee.
Love fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Puppy Love. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Love uses good head movement to avoid the hook from McGee.
Good work by Love as he checks the leg kick.
Love shoots for a double leg takedown but McGee sprawls well. He's pushed Love's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGee thows a body shot but no joy.
Love lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
McGee throws a sloppy body shot
and Love counters with a series of strikes. McGee will be more careful next time no doubt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Love scores with a jab to the body.
McGee takes a swing at Love's ribcage but misses.
McGee throws a lazy right hand but Love sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Love lunges at McGee with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by McGee's hand.
McGee throws the left hand but Love avoids the punch easily.
A jab from McGee misses.
McGee takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love just misses with a punch to the body.
Love showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from McGee.
Love blocks a leg kick.
Love looks to land a right hand but McGee moved out of range.
McGee lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Love moves away from the strike by McGee.
Love takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
McGee throws the left hand but Love avoids the punch easily.
Love fails to land the takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGee stuns Love with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Love lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nice straight punches there by McGee. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of McGee.
A swing and a miss from Love.
No joy there for Love, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Love scores with the left hand. McGee knows he should have avoided that one.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Love misses with a telegraphed body shot
and McGee counters with a good low kick that Love was not able to check.
McGee jabbing away but nothing is landing.
McGee just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Puppy Love will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bang McGee's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. 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.

A big left from McGee misses.
McGee cracks Love with a right hand to the side of the head.
Love misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McGee.
Love throws a jab but it's blocked by McGee.
Love slips a straight right by McGee.
Puppy Love is winning the standup battle so far.
McGee looks to land a right hand but Love moved out of range.
Love just misses with a punch to the body.
Puppy Love seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McGee throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A nice combination there by McGee.
McGee throws a nice looking combination but Love bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Love waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract McGee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Love lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as McGee backs up against the cage.
McGee misses the jab.
McGee misses with an uppercut. Love saw that one coming.
McGee moves out of range as Love strikes.
McGee throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Love sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Love feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits McGees jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Love bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
McGee scores with a nice right hand.
McGee fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
McGee throws a hook to the side of Love's head but Love sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bang McGee has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love slips a jab from McGee.
McGee works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

Love is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A jab from McGee misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Love. McGee does a little dance to reset his feet.
McGee misses with a wild combination.
McGee misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Love.
Puppy Love is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
McGee throws an overhand right that lands on Love's shoulder, as Love tries to avoid the shot.
McGee takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
McGee swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGee blocks a jab.
McGee takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Love lands a straight punch to the body, keeping McGee at a distance.
Love lands a nice looking body shot.
Love looks to score with a jab to the body but McGee is just out of range.
Love misses with the combination.
Nice straight punches there by Love. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Love.
Love moves out of range of the strikes.
Love works the jab nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Love shoots in looking for a takedown. McGee tries to sprawl out of it but Love keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. McGee manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Love keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Love fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McGee manages to avoid it.
Good exchange - Love coming out on top.
Nice jab there from McGee.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Love uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McGee.
McGee missing with a left hand there. Love was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
McGee misses with a hook.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bang McGee comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Love has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Puppy Love!
A victorious Puppy Love thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.