PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack McCullough (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Addison Deersworth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think McCullough might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Bodies by Drowning Pool. Deersworth comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Warrior's Call by Volbeat kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

McCullough
vs
Deersworth

193 cm
28
222 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

183 cm
21
223 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Good elbows
Powerful

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 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jack McCullough!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Addison Deersworth!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Damien Edna and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Deersworth keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
McCullough lands a glancing blow to the side of Deersworth's head.
McCullough misses with an uppercut.
McCullough throws a leg kick that is checked

and Deersworth holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Deersworth swings away with an uppercut that misses.

McCullough pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Deersworth dodges the punch combination from McCullough.
McCullough throws a sloppy head kick and Deersworth moves out of range easily.
McCullough throws a head kick that Deersworth semi-blocks.
McCullough pulls out of a head kick attempt.
McCullough misses with a series of wild punches.
McCullough misses with a body shot.
Deersworth throws a series of punches but McCullough moves out of range.
McCullough misses with a wild combination.
McCullough closes the distance and lands a one-two.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McCullough misses with a few strikes there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Deersworth avoids a kick to the body.
Deersworth tries to land a front kick but McCullough steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
McCullough looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Deersworth tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. McCullough manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A looping hook to the body misses from McCullough. Deersworth does a little dance to reset his feet.
Deersworth moves out of range of the leg kick from McCullough.
Deersworth tries to close the distance and clinch but McCullough swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Deersworth is looking to clinch.
Deersworth tries to close the distance and clinch but McCullough swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
McCullough showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Deersworth.
McCullough looks to land a combination. Deersworth sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
McCullough pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
McCullough misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Deersworth.
Deersworth tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McCullough paws at him with a jab and circles away.
McCullough keeps the fight on the outside.
McCullough throws a body kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCullough throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Deersworth.
Deersworth tries to clinch up but McCullough circles away and keeps his distance.
Jack McCullough is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Deersworth wants to clinch up but McCullough keeps it at a distance.
McCullough cracks a nice hook into Deersworth's ribs.
Deersworth fails in his attempt to clinch.
Deersworth tries to clinch up.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Deersworth tries to clinch up.
Deersworth on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Deersworth gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
McCullough wants to break the clinch but can't.
Deersworth throws a punch but it's blocked by McCullough.
McCullough stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
McCullough wants to break the clinch but can't.
Deersworth missing with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Deersworth tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and McCullough avoids it.
McCullough blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McCullough lands a right hand that snaps the head of Deersworth backwards.
Deersworth tries to throw a body punch but McCullough avoids it by throwing Deersworth back against the cage.
Deersworth is trying to stall.
McCullough is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
McCullough is trying to break the clinch but Deersworth is controlling him.
Deersworth lands with a short shot to the head.
Deersworth tries to land knees in the clinch but McCullough avoids the damage to the body.
Come on McCullough - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

Deersworth has clasped his hands together around McCullough's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Deersworth tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

Deersworth wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by McCullough, who protects the arm well.
McCullough is trying to control Deersworth's posture but Deersworth avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Deersworth with the ground and pound but McCullough regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Deersworth not doing much here.
Deersworth lands strikes from half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Deersworth thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Deersworth throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jack McCullough will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Sloppy strikes from McCullough. Those never looked like landing.
McCullough misses with a wild combination.
McCullough throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
McCullough tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jack McCullough is winning the standup battle so far.
McCullough misses with a two punch combination.
McCullough pulls out of a head kick attempt.
McCullough checks a low kick from Deersworth.
Jack McCullough seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McCullough swinging wildly here.
Deersworth tries to close the distance and clinch but McCullough swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Deersworth fails in his attempt to clinch.
Deersworth is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Deersworth tries to clinch up but McCullough circles away and keeps his distance.
Deersworth thows a body kick. McCullough tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Deersworth keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Deersworth shoots in for a takedown but McCullough shows good takedown defense.
McCullough circles away from the clinch attempt.
McCullough lands a nice looking body shot.
Deersworth is looking to clinch but McCullough is avoiding it.
McCullough is looking to wear down Deersworth with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Deersworth tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. McCullough manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
No joy there for McCullough, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Deersworth on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Deersworth blocks a head kick by McCullough.
Deersworth tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McCullough paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Deersworth tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McCullough paws at him with a jab and circles away.
McCullough throws a series of punches but Deersworth avoids them all with ease.

Deersworth takes the fight into the clinch.
McCullough is trying to break free.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
McCullough looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

McCullough breaks the clinch.
Deersworth tries to close the distance and clinch but McCullough swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
McCullough swings for the body but Deersworth moves out of range.
Deersworth wants to clinch.

Deersworth drives through with a takedown into guard.
McCullough on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if McCullough tries to get out of the position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McCullough keeping moving, preventing Deersworth from controlling successfully.
Deersworth looking to pass the guard.
Deersworth throws a strike but McCullough rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Deersworth is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCullough is not content to let Deersworth control the position.
McCullough trying to control here.
Deersworth throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Deersworth works his way into full mount!
Deersworth is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Deersworth with shots to the head and body - McCullough looks very uncomfortable down there.
Deersworth sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Deersworth lands a big shot there that rocks McCullough but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Deersworth punishing his opponent with strikes.
McCullough wants to hold on but Deersworth pushes him away.
Deersworth with good strikes from the mount here!
McCullough knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Deersworth on the ground.
Deersworth scoring with strikes but McCullough is staying in there.
A nice elbow there by Deersworth.

McCullough is rocked!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Deersworth is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But McCullough has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from McCullough!
Oh McCullough is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Deersworth is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! McCullough rolls with it to try and escape but Deersworth cranks on the arm and McCullough is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Addison Deersworth!
A less than humble Addison Deersworth misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.