PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mek Ju (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy MacKenzie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying MacKenzie's choice of entrance music: Kettel - My Dogan . Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Ju
vs
MacKenzie

183 cm
34
190 lbs
21 - 11 - 0

180 cm
26
202 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

TWGC Champion
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Backyard Fighting

The Dark Side
Cold Blooded Kemists ↑ 5x160Q

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mek Ju!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tommy MacKenzie!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Alec Ball and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ju lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Mek Ju seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ju tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nice body kick there by Ju.
MacKenzie stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ju.
MacKenzie looks to land a right hand but Ju moved out of range.
MacKenzie tries for a takedown but Ju sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
MacKenzie misses the jab.
Ju ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
MacKenzie misses with a takedown attempt
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Ju connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
MacKenzie looks for a takedown but Ju sprawls well.
Mek Ju has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tommy MacKenzie.

Ju clinches.
MacKenzie wants a takedown.
MacKenzie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ju pushes MacKenzie back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
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!
MacKenzie takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Tommy MacKenzie has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
MacKenzie trying to control the position but instead, Ju has worked for underhooks and has pushed MacKenzie into the cage.
MacKenzie pressing his opponent against the cage.
Ju lands with a left to the head.
Ju misses with a knee to the head.
MacKenzie is looking to take this one to the mat.
MacKenzie tries to work over Ju's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ju misses with a knee strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by MacKenzie.
MacKenzie drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Ju gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Ju has MacKenzie pressed against the cage, preventing MacKenzie from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ju prevents MacKenzie from breaking the clinch.
Ju looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ju lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
MacKenzie lands a shoulder strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from MacKenzie.
Ju tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and MacKenzie avoids it.
Ju throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ju creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ju tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and MacKenzie avoids it.
Ju tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
MacKenzie is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ju is keeping busy.
Ju throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ju throws a head punch that misses.
Ju with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ju lands a right hand that snaps the head of MacKenzie backwards.

MacKenzie's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
MacKenzie on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A decent looking cross lands there for MacKenzie.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ju on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by MacKenzie. MacKenzie obviously looking to wear him down.
MacKenzie takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ju misses with a looping right.
Ju displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as MacKenzie throws out the jab.
Ju tries to score with a low kick but MacKenzie moves his leg out of the way.
Ju looking to land some kicks to the body here.
MacKenzie connects with a nice looking jab.
MacKenzie shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Ju as he jumps to the side.
A leg kick checked by MacKenzie.
Ju throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
MacKenzie lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
MacKenzie shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Ju as he jumps to the side.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on MacKenzie's face as he tries to break the clinch.
MacKenzie throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
MacKenzie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
MacKenzie avoiding damage as Ju throws knees to the body.
Ju pushes off an throws an elbow but MacKenzie leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
MacKenzie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
MacKenzie blocks an elbow strike.
MacKenzie lands a right hand.
Ju tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and MacKenzie avoids it.
Ju tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
MacKenzie goes for a takedown in the clinch but Ju prevents it.
Ju connects with a knee to the head.
MacKenzie swings wildly with an uppercut but Ju uses good head movement to avoid it.
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 Mek Ju will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Tommy MacKenzie's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

MacKenzie swings widly with a right hand

and Ju counters with a single leg into guard. MacKenzie didn't expect that.
MacKenzie keeping moving, preventing Ju from controlling successfully.

MacKenzie is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Ju defends well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
MacKenzie utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ju preventing the sweep.
Ju works over MacKenzie with some ground and pound from guard.
Ju looking to pass the guard.
MacKenzie utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

MacKenzie is looking for a triangle but Ju pushes his legs off easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ju scoring with some ground and pound.
MacKenzie looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ju is one step ahead there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ju is looking to work some ground and pound but MacKenzie has wrist control.
MacKenzie doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Ju trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ju with a nice head shot there.
Ju trying to control the position from guard on top but MacKenzie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
MacKenzie is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Ju throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ju with a nice head shot there.
Ju working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
MacKenzie looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ju postures up in MacKenzie's guard and throws a big left but MacKenzie blocks it.
MacKenzie has Ju pulled in close to control his posture.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
MacKenzie not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Ju wants to control from the top but MacKenzie keeps moving.
MacKenzie avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
MacKenzie wants to sweep but no luck.
MacKenzie is still trying to improve position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mek Ju overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
MacKenzie takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Mek Ju is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
MacKenzie tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ju throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice takedown defense from Ju. No joy for MacKenzie on that attempt.

Ju forces MacKenzie back against the cage and clinches.
Ju with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
MacKenzie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ju trying to land knees to the body.
MacKenzie managing to block the knees to the body from Ju.
Ju misses with a knee to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ju.
Ju using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
MacKenzie goes for a takedown in the clinch but Ju prevents it.
Ju goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ju throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
MacKenzie lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
MacKenzie dodges an elbow strike from Ju.
Ju scores a nice knee to the body.
MacKenzie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ju with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ju gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from MacKenzie.
Mek Ju has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tommy MacKenzie.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ju misses with a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ju creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through MacKenzie's defenses.
MacKenzie is looking to control Ju's arms but Ju gets an underhook and turns him. Now MacKenzie has his back to the cage.
Ju landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
MacKenzie wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ju gets underhooks to prevent MacKenzie's takedown attempt.
MacKenzie tries to break free but Ju pushes him back against the cage.
Ju blocks an uppercut.

MacKenzie manages to break the clinch.
MacKenzie's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Ju connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! MacKenzie scrambles back to his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
MacKenzie shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Ju as he avoids it easily.
MacKenzie is breathing heavily.
Ju blocks a jab.
MacKenzie takes a body punch but keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mek Ju dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tommy MacKenzie's cut.
That's time! Ju's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

MacKenzie throws a leg kick
and Ju counters with a slapping leg kick.
MacKenzie throws a low kick but Ju avoids it.
Ju connects with a high kick.
Ju scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
MacKenzie swings and misses with a hook to the body.
MacKenzie shoots in looking for a takedown but Ju manages to keep the fight standing, pushing MacKenzie's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Ju tries to clinch but MacKenzie is having none of it.
Ju cracks the inside of MacKenzie's front leg.
MacKenzie throws a lazy body kick
and Ju counters with a good low kick that MacKenzie was not able to check.
Ju misses with a low kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ju.
Ju bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of MacKenzie's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fight stays on the outside here - Ju looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
MacKenzie throws a body punch but Ju moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ju tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but MacKenzie paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ju lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Ju throws a nice inside leg kick.
MacKenzie leaves Ju with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Ju slips under a jab from MacKenzie.
MacKenzie scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Ju lands a head kick. MacKenzie smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ju lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and MacKenzie has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from MacKenzie and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ju looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ju lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
MacKenzie will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ju tries to score with a low kick but MacKenzie moves his leg out of the way.
Ju shoots for a takedown but MacKenzie saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
MacKenzie ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ju throws a quick inside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
MacKenzie looks to land a right hand but Ju moved out of range.
Ju throws a low kick but it's checked well by MacKenzie.
Ju tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ju lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
MacKenzie misses with an uppercut.
Ju drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ju fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mek Ju. That's going to take a lot out of him.
MacKenzie fails to land with a series of punches.
Nice defenses there by Ju.
Ju doesn't manage to clinch there - MacKenzie circles away.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ju.
A bone on bone clash there as MacKenzie blocks the leg kick.
Ju ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tommy MacKenzie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
MacKenzie takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
MacKenzie is trying desperately to land a takedown but Ju is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for MacKenzie.
Ju uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by MacKenzie.
Ju tries to clinch there but MacKenzie circles away.
Ju tries to score with a low kick but MacKenzie moves his leg out of the way.
Ju tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. MacKenzie manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
MacKenzie's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
MacKenzie connects with an inside leg kick.
MacKenzie lands a jab to the head.
MacKenzie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ju moves away.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Knees to the body from Ju.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
MacKenzie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mek Ju is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ju using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
MacKenzie takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ju comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ju working aggressively here.
MacKenzie works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
MacKenzie doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
MacKenzie throws a head punch that misses.
MacKenzie misses with a short punch on the inside.
MacKenzie doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mek Ju showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ju has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mek Ju!
Mek Ju decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.