PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Corvi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jackson McFly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Corvi
vs
McFly

187 cm
25
195 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

195 cm
23
195 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marcus Corvi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jackson McFly!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McFly scores with a one two! Corvi had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Corvi has McFly up against the cage in a clinch.

Corvi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Corvi scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if McFly can do anything to dispel that myth.
Corvi sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but McFly is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Corvi postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Corvi working the ground and pound but McFly is defending the strikes.

Corvi is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but McFly is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Corvi misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Corvi throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
The ground and pound from Corvi seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Corvi sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but McFly is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Corvi 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.

Corvi working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Corvi wants to lay and pray for a moment but McFly keeps working.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McFly wants to get back to his feet but Corvi drags him back down.

Corvi decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Corvi slips a jab and a cross from McFly.
Good standup being displayed there by Corvi as he connects with a hook.

Corvi pushes McFly up against the cage in a clinch.

Corvi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Corvi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from McFly.
Corvi avoids the body shot from McFly.
McFly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Corvi was well out of range. Poor timing from McFly.
We've been told by Corvi's head coaches at Cylon Training Academy that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.

Corvi takes the fight into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Corvi breaks from the clinch.
McFly's coach down at Extreme MMA (5 Elites $250/week) was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on McFly's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Corvi moves in looking to clinch but McFly pushes him off.
Corvi moves in looking to clinch but McFly pushes him off.
McFly slaps away a takedown attempt from Corvi, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Corvi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
McFly catches Corvi with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
McFly bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
McFly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Corvi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McFly throws a nice looking combination but Corvi bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
McFly misses with a double jab.
McFly misses with a body shot.
Corvi doesn't manage to clinch there - McFly circles away.
McFly misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Some wild striking there from Corvi.
McFly throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Corvi.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McFly throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Corvi.
Corvi tries to bum rush McFly with a series of wild strikes but McFly uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Corvi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McFly.
McFly avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
McFly cracks a nice hook into Corvi's ribs.
McFly pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Corvi back to the cage. McFly follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McFly cracks Corvi with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
McFly lands with an overhand left.
Corvi throws a big shot that misses.
Corvi looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Corvi tries to clinch up.
McFly lands a jab to Corvi's midsection.
McFly is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Corvi rather than just go for the knockout.

Corvi rushes McFly and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Corvi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Corvi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
McFly circles away from the clinch attempt.
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 Marcus Corvi will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

No joy there for McFly, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
McFly misses with a two punch combination.
Corvi throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

It looks like Jackson McFly has been cut.
Corvi buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

McFly lands a left and a right that sends Corvi crashing to the canvas! McFly dives into mount looking to finish!

Corvi is rocked!

It looks like Marcus Corvi has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Corvi is trying to escape the mount.
Oh Corvi is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Corvi tries to lock up and control but McFly gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

McFly stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Corvi get stunned by a cross and takes another one on the button. Corvi stumbles backwards and tries to bounce back off the cage but McFly runs in and jumps on him with a leaping lead hook that puts him out! Wow, that was highlight reel stuff! Awesome finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jackson McFly!
In his post fight interview, Jackson McFly started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.