PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Barney Judge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Evander Mackenzie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Judge
vs
Mackenzie

169 cm
27
135 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

168 cm
21
146 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Barney Judge!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Evander Mackenzie!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Roger Salmon and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mackenzie tries to clinch but Judge moves out of range.
Mackenzie tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Judge paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Judge swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mackenzie is looking to clinch.
Mackenzie checks a leg kick nicely.
Mackenzie misses with a straight left.
Mackenzie wants to clinch.
Mackenzie wants to clinch up but Judge keeps it at a distance.
Judge tries to clinch but Mackenzie is having none of it.
Mackenzie tries to close the distance and clinch up but Judge swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sloppy strikes from Judge. Those never looked like landing.
A punch combination from Judge misses.

Mackenzie closes the distance and clinches.
Judge tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mackenzie's elbow.
Mackenzie lands an elbow just above Judge 's eye.
Judge is trying to force a seperation but Mackenzie has the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Judge takes an elbow to the temple.
Mackenzie lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Mackenzie lands a knee to the body.
Judge is trying to push Mackenzie away but Mackenzie has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Mackenzie landing some nice looking knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Mackenzie just misses with a elbow thrown towards Judge's brow.
Judge lands a hook that snaps the head of Mackenzie backwards.
Judge can't get the takedown.
Judge is trying to push Mackenzie away but Mackenzie has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Mackenzie throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Mackenzie lands a nice elbow.
Mackenzie gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A frustrated look appears on Judge's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Mackenzie comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Judge being controlled against the ropes.
Mackenzie gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Mackenzie is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Judge dodges an elbow strike from Mackenzie.
A frustrated look appears on Judge's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Judge blocks an elbow strike from Mackenzie.
Judge blocks an elbow strike from Mackenzie.
Mackenzie comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Mackenzie makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mackenzie lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Judge looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mackenzie lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Judge wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mackenzie stalling.
Judge misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mackenzie stalling.
Mackenzie is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Judge is keeping busy.
Judge blocks an elbow strike from Mackenzie.
Mackenzie stalling against the ropes.
Mackenzie pushes off an throws an elbow but Judge leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Mackenzie misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Judge blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mackenzie is trying to maintain a safe position but Judge gets an underhook and turns Mackenzie into the ropes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Evander Mackenzie.
Mackenzie dodges the punch combination from Judge.
Judge throws a head kick that misses.
Mackenzie tries to clinch up.

Mackenzie clinches up with Judge and pushes him back against the ropes.
Mackenzie throws an elbow but it misses.
Mackenzie throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Mackenzie throws an elbow that misses.

Judge breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mackenzie tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Judge paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Judge fails with a takedown attempt.
Mackenzie tries to clinch up but Judge circles away and keeps his distance.
Judge throws a leg kick
and Mackenzie makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Judge really felt that one!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Judge tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mackenzie swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Judge tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Mackenzie manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Judge will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Mackenzie tries to clinch there but Judge circles away.
Judge tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Barney Judge seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Judge swats away the attempt to clinch by Mackenzie.
Judge misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A big left from Judge misses.
Mackenzie wants to clinch.
Mackenzie moves in looking to clinch but Judge pushes him off.
Judge tries a low kick but Mackenzie avoids it.

Mackenzie takes the fight into the clinch.
Mackenzie trying to control the position but instead, Judge has worked for underhooks and has pushed Mackenzie into the ropes.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Mackenzie.
Mackenzie wants to stall.
Mackenzie lands a nice knee to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Mackenzie.
Mackenzie lands an elbow inside that Judge shrugs off.
Judge trying to control the position but instead, Mackenzie has worked for underhooks and has pushed Judge into the ropes.
Mackenzie comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Mackenzie lands a damaging elbow.
Mackenzie holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Judge lands a body shot.
Mackenzie tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Judge avoids it.
A frustrated look appears on Judge's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Judge takes an elbow to the temple.
Mackenzie putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Judge in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Mackenzie lands an elbow inside that Judge shrugs off.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Mackenzie.
Mackenzie stalling in the clinch but Judge improves position.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Mackenzie takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Judge fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Barney Judge. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Mackenzie throws an elbow but misses.
Judge missing with knees to the body.
Judge takes an elbow to the temple.
Mackenzie is trying to stall.
Mackenzie lands a damaging elbow.
The referee calls for Mackenzie to work.
Mackenzie lands a nice elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Mackenzie.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A shot in the inside from Mackenzie.
Judge is trying to pull guard but Mackenzie turns him against the ropes and we stay in the clinch.
Mackenzie lands an elbow inside.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Mackenzie using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Judge has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The referee is keeping an eye on Mackenzie - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Mackenzie scores a nice knee to the body.
Mackenzie lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Mackenzie is stalling here.
Judge blocks the elbow strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Judge is trying to break the clinch but Mackenzie is controlling him.
Mackenzie takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Evander Mackenzie has been cut.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Evander Mackenzie dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Evander Mackenzie's cut.
That's time! Judge's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. 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.

Judge takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Judge is looking to chop away at Mackenzie's legs.

Mackenzie has taken the fight to the clinch.
Mackenzie comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Mackenzie looking to stall.
Mackenzie throws a head punch that misses.
Mackenzie lands a nice elbow.
Mackenzie is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Judge is keeping busy.
Mackenzie stalling.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Evander Mackenzie.
Judge swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Judge is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Judge pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Judge swats away the attempt to clinch by Mackenzie.
Mackenzie scores with a spinning back kick!

Mackenzie moves into range and clinches up with Judge.
Judge wants to get back to striking at distance but Mackenzie won't allow it.
Judge letting Mackenzie take a breather here.
Judge takes an elbow to the forehead.
Judge takes an elbow to the forehead.
Mackenzie taking a breather.
Mackenzie lands an elbow that stopped Judge in his tracks for a moment.
Judge tries to throw a body punch but Mackenzie avoids it by throwing Judge back against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Judge wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mackenzie has him pressed against the ropes.
Judge letting Mackenzie take a breather here.
Mackenzie wants to stall.
Judge blocks an elbow strike.
Judge wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mackenzie gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Come on Mackenzie - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Mackenzie looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Judge wants a takedown but no success here.
Judge tries for a takedown. No joy.
Mackenzie blocks a body shot from Judge.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Mackenzie - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Judge tries to pull guard but Mackenzie won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Barney Judge. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mackenzie creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Judge's defenses.
Judge being controlled against the ropes.
Mackenzie comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Mackenzie looking to stall.
Mackenzie throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mackenzie lands a nice elbow.
Mackenzie leaning against his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Evander Mackenzie.
Judge circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mackenzie tries to clinch there but Judge circles away.
Mackenzie misses with a body kick.
Mackenzie checks the leg kick nicely there.
Mackenzie fails in his attempt to clinch.
Judge lands a jab to Mackenzie's midsection.
Judge moves in looking to clinch but Mackenzie pushes him off.
Judge throws a right hand that Mackenzie ducks under and follows up with a left that Mackenzie also avoids with ease.
The fight stays on the outside here - Judge looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Evander Mackenzie is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Judge misses with a few strikes there.
Judge keeps the fight on the outside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Judge throws a leg kick but Mackenzie sees it coming and moves out of range.

Mackenzie closes the distance and pushes Judge back into the ropes.
Mackenzie creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Judge's defenses.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Judge lands with a right to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Mackenzie.
Mackenzie continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Judge throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Mackenzie misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Judge.
Mackenzie pushes off an throws an elbow but Judge leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Mackenzie taking a breather.
Mackenzie throws a head punch that misses.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Judge is trying to force a seperation but Mackenzie has the dominant position.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Mackenzie.
Mackenzie looking to stall.
Mackenzie taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Evander Mackenzie.

Mackenzie moves into the clinch successfully.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Mackenzie.
Judge has had enough of the clinch but Mackenzie keeps him there for the moment.
Mackenzie has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Judge as Mackenzie tries to tie him up.
Mackenzie blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mackenzie just leaning against Judge, taking a breather.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mackenzie lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Evander Mackenzie is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Judge is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Mackenzie prevents Judge from breaking the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Judge.
Mackenzie looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Judge is looking to break free of the clinch but Mackenzie has double underhooks.
Judge can't break the clinch.
Judge wants to get back to striking at distance but Mackenzie won't allow it.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Mackenzie lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Mackenzie.
A head punch on the inside from Judge fails to land.
Judge wants to get back to striking at distance but Mackenzie won't allow it.
Judge blocks an elbow strike.
Evander Mackenzie seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Judge tries to pull guard but Mackenzie won't allow it.
Judge misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mackenzie.
Mackenzie tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Mackenzie lands an elbow inside.
Mackenzie is stalling here.
Judge missing with knees to the body.
Mackenzie with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mackenzie lands an elbow inside that Judge shrugs off.
Barney Judge has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mackenzie has Judge pressed against the ropes, preventing Judge from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Evander Mackenzie comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Mackenzie has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Colin Fray scores the fight for Evander Mackenzie!
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight for Evander Mackenzie!
Judge Josh West scores the fight for Evander Mackenzie!

Evander Mackenzie wins by unanimous decision!