PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between John Dodson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mannix McGuiness (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McGuiness comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Bare in the Basin - Gaelic Storm kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dodson
vs
McGuiness

167 cm
32
130 lbs
14 - 19 - 0

175 cm
26
145 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Dodson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Mannix McGuiness!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Dodson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

McGuiness shoots in and bounces Dodson off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
McGuiness with a nice head shot there.
McGuiness controls from within his opponent's guard.
McGuiness preventing the sweep.
McGuiness scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
McGuiness works over Dodson with some ground and pound from guard.
McGuiness scoring with some ground and pound.
McGuiness with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Dodson is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
McGuiness slips nicely into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

McGuiness is trying to work for a kimura but Dodson is defending well.
Dodson wants to improve his position but McGuiness is controlling well.
McGuiness looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Dodson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

McGuiness is working for a submission of some sort.
Dodson is concentrating on defense, preventing McGuiness from advancing position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGuiness throwing shots but Dodson is blocking nicely.
Ground and pound from McGuiness.
Ground and pound from McGuiness.

Dodson is rocked!
Dodson has hold of McGuiness's hands but McGuiness slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Oh Dodson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McGuiness slips a nice elbow through Dodson's hands, connecting with Dodson's forehead.
McGuiness is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Dodson is hurt! He's hurt bad - McGuiness fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Dodson from any more punishment! Congratulations to McGuiness! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mannix McGuiness!
A very excited looking Mannix McGuiness made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.