PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bud Macintosh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ron Damon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Damon comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Dies Irae kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Ron Damon acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Macintosh
vs
Damon

192 cm
37
212 lbs
25 - 17 - 1

190 cm
37
222 lbs
23 - 15 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

TWGC Champion
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 25 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bud Macintosh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ron Damon!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Luis Engracia and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Macintosh is defended easily by Damon.
Damon walks into a left hand.
Damon misses with a body shot.
Damon scoring well with a low kick there.
Macintosh misses with a takedown attempt - Damon sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Damon throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

It looks like Bud Macintosh has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Macintosh misses with a straight left.
Macintosh lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Macintosh swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Damon takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Damon slips under a jab from Macintosh.
Macintosh throws a jab but it's blocked by Damon.
Damon throws a nice looking combination but Macintosh bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Macintosh fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Damon manages to avoid it.
Macintosh shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Damon pinned against the cage. Damon gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bud Macintosh. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Macintosh fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Macintosh displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Damon throws out the jab.
Bud Macintosh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Macintosh looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Damon throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Macintosh on the side of the head.
Macintosh takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Damon scores with a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Damon swinging wildly here.
Damon scores with a shot to the body.
Damon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Macintosh was well out of range. Poor timing from Damon.
Macintosh 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.
Macintosh misses with a straight left.
Macintosh throws a jab when Damon was well out of range.
Damon is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Macintosh.
Macintosh looks to throw the jab but Damon is out of range.
Macintosh takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

Macintosh closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Macintosh trying to control from half guard but Damon is working away.
Damon has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Damon pushes Macintosh off looking to stand but Macintosh dives back in and keeps control.
Damon is trying to control but Macintosh manages to pass to mount!
Damon tries to hold on but Macintosh postures up.
We've been hearing good reports from Macintosh's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Damon is squirming around, avoiding Macintosh's attempts to control the action.
Damon is desperately trying to improve his position but Macintosh has a good base and remains in mount.
Macintosh can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Damon is looking to escape.
Damon wants to hold on but Macintosh pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Macintosh has control of Damon's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Damon regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Damon tries to lock up and control but Macintosh gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Macintosh raining down hammerfists from mount.
Damon tries to reverse the position but Macintosh maintains control.
Macintosh lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Macintosh trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Damon is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damon taking shots to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Macintosh avoids the attempt from Damon to control.
Damon is trying desperately to improve position.
Damon is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Macintosh thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Macintosh is stalling here but it's allowed Damon to get half guard.
Damon is trying to get back to full guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Damon trying to control but Macintosh postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ron Damon dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bud Macintosh's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Damon ducks right into an uppercut from Macintosh.
Damon throws a looping overhand right but Macintosh ducks down to avoid it.
Macintosh blocks a head kick by Damon.
A big left from Macintosh misses.
Damon takes one to the chin there.
Nice defenses there by Damon.

Macintosh drives through with a takedown into Damon's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Macintosh trying to control but Damon is working from the bottom.
Damon pulls Macintosh in close to prevent any damage.
Damon is looking to stand back up but Macintosh counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Damon.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Damon keeping hold of Macintosh's head, controlling as best he can.
Damon is refusing to be controlled, as Macintosh sits in half guard.
Damon trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Macintosh manages to pass to mount!
Macintosh misses with a head shot.
Damon in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Macintosh fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Macintosh 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.
Damon regains half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Macintosh looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damon is looking to control Macintosh's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Damon avoid being mounted?
Damon avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Macintosh.
Macintosh trying to mount his opponent but Damon defends it.
Macintosh is looking to take a break and control but Damon is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Macintosh trying to pass the guard but Damon defending well.
Bud Macintosh overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Damon is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Macintosh trying to control the action but Damon is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Macintosh looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Damon manages to get to full guard.
Damon keeping moving, preventing Macintosh from controlling successfully.
Damon looking to hit a scissor sweep but Macintosh is one step ahead there.
Damon preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Macintosh looking to pass the guard.
Damon tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Macintosh wants to control from the top but Damon keeps moving.
Damon is trying to hold Macintosh in close to prevent damage but Macintosh has managed to pass into half guard.

Damon is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Macintosh pulls his head out easily.
Macintosh lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Macintosh is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Damon doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Macintosh.
Macintosh wants to lay and pray for a moment but Damon keeps working.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bud Macintosh dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bud Macintosh's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Damon keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Macintosh.
Damon keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Macintosh.
Macintosh shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Damon as he avoids it easily.
Macintosh scores with a nice head shot.
Macintosh takes a jab right on the kisser.
Macintosh blocks a head kick by Damon.
Damon throws a leg kick that misses.
Macintosh fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Damon avoids it really well and circles away.
Damon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Damon throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Macintosh.
Macintosh throws out a loose jab but Damon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Macintosh shoots in for a takedown but Damon shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bud Macintosh. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Macintosh is defended easily by Damon.
Some wild striking there from Macintosh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Damon lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Macintosh swings for the body but Damon moves out of range.
A big left from Damon misses.
Good leg kick by Damon there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Damon tries to score with a low kick but Macintosh moves his leg out of the way.
A head kick misses from Damon.
Macintosh loads up on a big right hand but Damon slips the punch.
Damon is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Macintosh.
A good leg kick by Damon.
Damon connects with a body shot.
Macintosh shoots in but no luck this time.
Damon scores with a head kick. Macintosh tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Macintosh takes one on the button.
Macintosh is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Macintosh throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Damon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Damon throws a nice inside leg kick.
Macintosh steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Damon.
Macintosh tries for a takedown but Damon sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Nice sprawl there from Damon as Macintosh shoots in.
Damon fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Macintosh thows a left - swing and a miss!
Damon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ron Damon seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Damon swings for the body but Macintosh moves out of range.
Macintosh fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Damon looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Macintosh blocks the body kick.
Damon throws out a loose jab but Macintosh uses good head movement to avoid it.
Damon takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Ron Damon is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A slow jab from Damon misses its intended target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Macintosh moves forwards but Damon connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Damon throws the left hand but Macintosh avoids the punch easily.
Macintosh swings away with a body shot that misses
and Damon counters with a straight right hand.
Macintosh 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.
Macintosh misses with an uppercut.
Macintosh misses with an uppercut.
Damon throws a nice looking combination but Macintosh bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Damon misses with an uppercut.
Damon lands an overhand right.
Damon takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Good work by Macintosh as he checks the leg kick.
Macintosh paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Macintosh has a takedown stuffed.
Macintosh takes one on the chin but seems OK.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Damon tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Macintosh takes a jab right on the kisser.
Macintosh closes this distance looking for a takedown but Damon circles away.
Macintosh rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Damon moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Damon waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Macintosh.
Macintosh walks into a jab.
Damon pushes Macintosh away with a front kick.
Macintosh lands a nice shot that snaps Damon's head back.
A chopping leg kick lands by Damon.
Damon throws a shot to the body.
Damon darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Macintosh shoots in and drives through. Damon sprawls well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Macintosh throws out a loose jab but Damon uses good head movement to avoid it.

Macintosh drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Damon tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Macintosh wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ron Damon comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Damon has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ron Damon!
Ron Damon bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.