PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cabbage Face (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark McDonald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Face comes to the cage accompanied by Monsta's Ball. McDonald is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by No Apologies. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Face
vs
McDonald

203 cm
25
265 lbs
8 - 12 - 0

197 cm
32
278 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power

DTK Designs (Laundry)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cabbage Face!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mark McDonald!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

McDonald gets caught napping as Face dives in and scores a takedown. McDonald manages to retain guard.
Face passes McDonald's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
McDonald is trying to control but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Face throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Face working McDonald over with strikes.
Face throwing shots but McDonald is blocking nicely.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Face lands a nice short elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Face not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Face trying to control from half guard but McDonald is working away.

McDonald is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Face pulls his head out easily.
Face missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Face content to control rather than advance.
Face trying to control from half guard but McDonald is working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Face tries to pass to full mount but McDonald defends it.
McDonald keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Face tries to pass the half guard into mount. McDonald knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Face is trying to control the action in half guard but McDonald is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Face looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Cabbage Face wasn't doing enough on the ground.
McDonald fails with the takedown

so Face counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Face throwing strikes but missing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Face trying to control but McDonald is working from the bottom.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McDonald working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Face.
McDonald keeping moving, preventing Face from controlling successfully.
Face loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
McDonald working a defensive guard here.
Face trying to control the position from guard on top but McDonald is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Face makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Face trying to control but McDonald is working from the bottom.
McDonald working a defensive guard here.
Face is working McDonald over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Face trying to control but McDonald is working from the bottom.
McDonald is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Face keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of McDonald's head.
Face works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Face is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Face throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Face throwing shots but McDonald is blocking nicely.
Face is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

Face is working for a submission of some sort.
Face trying to pass the guard but McDonald defending well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Face landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Face is nestled in close to McDonald, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
McDonald trying to control but Face postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cabbage Face dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

McDonald misses with a takedown

and Face counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in McDonald's guard now.
Face scoring with punches to the head and body.
McDonald is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Face landing with the ground and pound.
McDonald utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Face stands and throws McDonald's legs to the side, diving into side control.
McDonald struggling a bit here.
Face lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

Face tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Face wants to control but McDonald is keeping him busy.
Face throws a strike aimed at the side of McDonald's head but McDonald avoids it well.
McDonald takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

McDonald is rocked!
Face in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and McDonald looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Face turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cabbage Face!
After the fight, Cabbage Face was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.