PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Zander McGuire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Doc Holliday (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McGuire comes into the arena with Hall of Fame ft. will.i.am blaring out of the sound system. Doc Holliday acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

McGuire
vs
Holliday

178 cm
26
165 lbs
14 - 3 - 0

175 cm
34
165 lbs
26 - 15 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Zander McGuire!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Doc Holliday!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Saam Ante and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McGuire scores with a punch to the head.

Holliday closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. McGuire quickly recovers to half guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Holliday looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
McGuire manages to get to full guard.
McGuire trying to control the position here.
Holliday landing with the ground and pound.
McGuire is adopting a defensive guard.
Holliday throws a strike but McGuire rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGuire pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Holliday is keeping the position for now.
McGuire trying to control but Holliday is working from the bottom.

Holliday is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. McGuire is aware though and is defending well.
Holliday wants to control but McGuire passes easily into half guard.
McGuire is figuring out what he wants to do next.
McGuire has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holliday tries to get to full guard but McGuire has control of the leg.
McGuire trying to control the pace.

We're going to have a standup here because Zander McGuire wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Holliday throws a hook but McGuire blocks it.
Nice cross by McGuire.
Holliday dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
McGuire fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holliday lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
McGuire tries to land a front kick but Holliday steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
McGuire misses with a body kick.
Holliday scores with a hook to the body. McGuire takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Holliday connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
McGuire drops his hands momentarily and Holliday takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
McGuire connects with a solid leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from McGuire, right into the meat.
Holliday moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Zander McGuire is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Holliday shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Holliday misses with a low kick.
Holliday connects with a nice looking jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Holliday throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Holliday throws a lazy head kick
and McGuire counters with a low kick, right behind Holliday 's knee.
Holliday checks the leg kick.
McGuire scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Holliday throws a half hearted mid kick.
Holliday keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts McGuire, as that shot connected.
Holliday thows a body shot but no joy.
A big left from McGuire misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Holliday throws a lazy right hand but McGuire sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
McGuire avoids the head kick by Holliday.
McGuire feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Holliday's calf.
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 Zander McGuire will probably get the nod.
That's time! McGuire's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

McGuire moves into range and clinches up with Holliday.
Holliday misses with the head strike.
McGuire tries to throw a body punch but Holliday avoids it by throwing McGuire back against the cage.
McGuire misses with a punch to the body.
Holliday avoiding damage as McGuire throws knees to the body.
McGuire scores with a knee to the head.
McGuire tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Holliday's elbow.
Holliday misses with a hook to the ribs.
Holliday blocks a body shot from McGuire.
McGuire lands on the inside with an uppercut.
McGuire tries to land a knee to the head but Holliday blocks with his arms.
McGuire working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
McGuire misses with a shot to the kidneys.
McGuire throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Holliday blocks it with crossed arms.
McGuire lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch on the inside from Holliday fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGuire trying to land knees to the body.
McGuire tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Holliday lands a body shot in the clinch.
McGuire looking to stall.
McGuire is defending well against a takedown attempt.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Holliday lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt McGuire or not.
Holliday misses with a punch on the inside.
Holliday softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
McGuire missing with knees to the body.
McGuire swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Holliday blocks the elbow strike.
Holliday tries to work over McGuire's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Holliday makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Holliday scores with a shot to the side of McGuire's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGuire blocks an uppercut.
Holliday misses with a punch to the body.
Holliday tries to work over McGuire's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
McGuire misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Holliday.
McGuire with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Holliday is trying to maintain a safe position but McGuire gets an underhook and turns Holliday into the cage.
Holliday tries to circle away but McGuire has him pinned against the cage.
Holliday misses with some punches.
McGuire blocking some punches.
Holliday misses with a punch on the inside.
McGuire taking a breather.
Holliday misses with some punches.
McGuire takes a shot to the head.
Holliday goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
McGuire goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGuire stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
McGuire crunches a lovely knee into Holliday's ribcage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McGuire.
McGuire scores a nice knee to the body.
McGuire lands with a left to the head.
Holliday misses with some punches.
McGuire is looking to control Holliday's arms but Holliday gets an underhook and turns him. Now McGuire has his back to the cage.
Our sources have told us that McGuire has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
McGuire will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Holliday up against the cage.
Holliday stalls.

McGuire breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A big left from McGuire misses.
Zander McGuire is winning the standup battle so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGuire pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Holliday shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts McGuire as he jumps to the side.
A jab from Holliday misses.
Holliday lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Holliday takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McGuire uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Holliday.
Holliday shoots in for a takedown but McGuire shows good takedown defense.
Zander McGuire has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Doc Holliday.
McGuire lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McGuire tests Holliday's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Holliday lands a nice looking body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zander McGuire dominated that second 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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

McGuire throws a leg kick but Holliday moved away.
McGuire is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
McGuire avoids the body shot from Holliday.
Holliday scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from McGuire 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 Holliday has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Holliday and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Holliday connects with a body shot that sends McGuire's belly button to the back.
Holliday throws a hook but McGuire blocks it.
Holliday lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
McGuire connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Holliday's hands.
McGuire lands a head kick. Holliday smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
McGuire looks to land a right hand but Holliday moved out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGuire walks into a left hand.
Holliday attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Holliday swats away the attempt to clinch by McGuire.
McGuire misses with a body shot.
Holliday tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McGuire was well out of range. Poor timing from Holliday.
Holliday lands with a nice body punch.
Holliday takes a swing at McGuire's ribcage but misses.

McGuire clinches up with Holliday and pushes him back against the cage.
McGuire is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
McGuire scores with a shot to the side of Holliday's head.
Holliday scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

McGuire manages to break the clinch.
Holliday swings and misses with a shot to the body
and McGuire counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
McGuire lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Holliday keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jab from McGuire.
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!
McGuire throws the left hand but Holliday avoids the punch easily.
Holliday scores with a body shot.
McGuire scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Holliday jabbing away but nothing is landing.
McGuire takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
McGuire uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Holliday.
McGuire buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holliday throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent McGuire stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Holliday throws a sloppy head kick
and McGuire counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
McGuire lands with a nice body kick.
Doc Holliday has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
McGuire throws a chopping leg kick but Holliday manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Nice shot by McGuire.
McGuire takes a swing at Holliday's ribcage but misses.
Holliday avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Holliday tries a head kick but it misses.
Holliday is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down McGuire rather than just go for the knockout.
Holliday cracks McGuire with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd cheers as McGuire lands an impressive looking overhand right. Holliday doesn't seem phased though.
Holliday misses with a looping left.
Zander McGuire is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holliday throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McGuire sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by McGuire.
Holliday on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Holliday swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Holliday throws a leg kick but McGuire sees it coming and moves out of range.
McGuire misses with a leg kick

and Holliday counters with a single leg into guard. McGuire didn't expect that.
McGuire looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
My spies in Tenement of Conviction inform me that Holliday has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Holliday trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Zander McGuire.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for McGuire, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zander McGuire!
After the big win, Zander McGuire made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors //buriedALIVE// Fight Gear and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.