PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Peter Poirier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Krystof Mckay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Poirier kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is INTRO - DMX. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Poirier
vs
Mckay

190 cm
32
209 lbs
14 - 10 - 0

185 cm
31
221 lbs
18 - 20 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Peter Poirier!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Krystof Mckay!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Alec Ball and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mckay dodges the punch combination from Poirier.
Poirier bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Mckay's head backwards.

Mckay drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Mckay landing some decent shots from guard.
Mckay not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Mckay has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Poirier wants to get back to his feet but Mckay is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Poirier on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Poirier tries to get out of the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mckay trying to control the position from guard on top but Poirier is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mckay might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Poirier haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Mckay is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

Krystof Mckay has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Poirier lands the left hand.
Poirier misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poirier fails to land with a series of punches.

Mckay moves into the clinch.
Poirier can't break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Poirier's face as he tries to break the clinch.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Mckay has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Mckay is looking to control Poirier's arms but Poirier gets an underhook and turns him. Now Mckay has his back to the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Our sources have told us that Poirier has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Poirier tries to break the clinch but Mckay is controlling the position.
Mckay lands a hook that snaps the head of Poirier backwards.
Mckay is stalling here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Krystof Mckay.
Poirier throws a nice looking combination but Mckay bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Poirier throws a lazy right hand but Mckay sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Poirier rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Mckay counters with a big slam followed by a series of strikes - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Slam). Krystof Mckay!
Krystof Mckay looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'Loving this winning I'm doing. Watch out, I'm making yet another title run.'.