PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Phil Mcracken (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chev Chelios (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mcracken comes to the cage accompanied by DJ Hi-Tek Rulez [Die Antwoord]. Chelios has chosen In Waves as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Mcracken
vs
Chelios

187 cm
34
197 lbs
17 - 4 - 0

175 cm
31
202 lbs
32 - 14 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Project Mayhem
Tokyo United Fightwear

Fury Nutrition Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Phil Mcracken!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Chev Chelios!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Ben Watson and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mcracken swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mcracken has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Chelios throws a low kick but it's checked well by Mcracken.
Chelios scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Mcracken misses with a looping left.
Mcracken misses with an uppercut. Chelios saw that one coming.
Mcracken catches Chelios with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Chelios connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

Mcracken clinches up against the cage.
Chelios stalling in the clinch.

Mcracken pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Chelios uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mcracken.
Chelios walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chelios connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcracken jabs Chelios right on the nose. Chelios blinks but takes it well.
Chelios throws a sloppy head kick and Mcracken moves out of range easily.

Mcracken gets a clinch.
Mcracken looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Chelios tries to land a knee to the head but Mcracken blocks with his arms.
Mcracken takes a shot to the head.
Chelios is working Mcracken over against the cage.
Mcracken prevents a body shot from Chelios.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Chelios creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Chelios with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Chelios makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Chelios is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mcracken is defending well for now.
Mcracken tries a body shot but Chelios blocks it.
Mcracken working aggressively here.
Mcracken blocks a body shot from Chelios.
A head punch on the inside from Mcracken fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chelios lands a knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mcracken.
Chelios scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Mcracken just leaning against Chelios, taking a breather.
Mcracken misses with a knee strike.
Mcracken wants to stall.
Chelios with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Phil Mcracken has been cut.
Chelios content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Mcracken tries a knee to the head but Chelios blocks it.
Chelios lands a nice uppercut.
Mcracken looking to stall.
Chelios misses with a punch on the inside.
Mcracken throws a punch but it's blocked by Chelios.
Chelios lands a body punch.
Mcracken is breathing heavily.
Mcracken looking to stall.
Mcracken being controlled against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chelios lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Mcracken managing to block the knees to the body from Chelios.
Mcracken trying to control the position but instead, Chelios has worked for underhooks and has pushed Mcracken into the cage.
Chelios landing knees to the head.
Mcracken misses with a hook from the clinch.
Chelios is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Chelios is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Mcracken misses with a punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Chelios.
Chelios lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chelios throws a punch but it's blocked by Mcracken.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Mcracken escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Chelios throws a series of punches but Mcracken moves out of range.
Chelios feints and then cracks Mcracken's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mcracken down.
Chelios jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Chelios throws a sloppy head kick and Mcracken moves out of range easily.
Mcracken is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Mcracken takes one on the button.
Mcracken scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mcracken misses with a straight right.
Chelios throws a lazy right hand but Mcracken sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chev Chelios dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Phil Mcracken's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Mcracken scores with a sloppy right hand. Chelios should have avoided that one.
A nice inside leg kick there by Chelios. That's going to slow Mcracken down.
Chelios moves in looking to clinch but Mcracken pushes him off.
Mcracken walks into a left hand.
Chelios cracks Mcracken with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Mcracken falls to his knees and Chelios doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chev Chelios!
Chev Chelios is the new middleweight champion!
An out of breath Chev Chelios thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
The defeated Phil Mcracken had this to say: 'You were good in there... my butt hurts... and that's hard to do to a greek!'.