PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rufus McTearson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Charles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

McTearson
vs
Charles

193 cm
28
188 lbs
18 - 7 - 2

182 cm
32
185 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

Milwaukee's Best Nutrition

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 7 - 2, fighting out of New York, Rufus McTearson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Charles!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Paul Tew and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McTearson throws a chopping leg kick but Charles manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A shot to the liver by Charles. Beautiful body shot.
Charles throws a looping overhand right but McTearson ducks down to avoid it.
McTearson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Charles misses with a low kick as McTearson jumps back.
Charles misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McTearson.
A punch combination from Charles misses.
McTearson falls off balance throwing a combination

and Charles counters by clinching up.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, McTearson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Charles's brow.
McTearson lands a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McTearson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Charles throws a punch but it's blocked by McTearson.
Charles misses with a punch on the inside.
Charles tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
McTearson throws a head punch that misses.
McTearson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Charles backwards.
Charles tries a body shot but McTearson blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McTearson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
McTearson lands a nice elbow.

It looks like David Charles has been cut.
Charles swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Charles throws a blind hook that connects with the side of McTearsons head.
McTearson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Charless head.
Charles has a couple of punches blocked by McTearson.
McTearson tries a body shot but Charles blocks it.
Charles lands a right hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McTearson.
McTearson misses with a body punch.
McTearson swings wildly with an uppercut but Charles uses good head movement to avoid it.
McTearson misses with the head strike.
A short uppercut from Charles.
McTearson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Charles goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
McTearson blocks the elbow strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McTearson prevents a body shot from Charles.
McTearson scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McTearson pushes off an throws an elbow but Charles leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from McTearson fails to land.
A shot in the inside from McTearson.
McTearson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Charles working aggressively here.
Charles blocks the elbow strike.
McTearson misses with an elbow over the top.
Charles misses with some punches.
Charles takes an elbow to the temple.
McTearson has Charles pressed against the cage.
McTearson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Charles.
Charles throws a head punch that misses.
Charles blocks the elbow strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Charles.
Charles can't get the takedown.
Charles blocks an elbow strike from McTearson.
Charles managing to block the knees to the body from McTearson.
Charles tries a body shot but McTearson blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charles avoids a wild elbow strike from McTearson.
Charles swings wildly with an uppercut but McTearson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Charles creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
McTearson trying to land knees to the body.
Charles lands an elbow just above McTearson 's eye.
McTearson misses with a body punch.
Charles is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. McTearson is defending well for now.
McTearson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Charles backwards.
Charles has a couple of punches blocked by McTearson.
McTearson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
McTearson throws a head punch that misses.
Charles tries a body shot but McTearson blocks it.
McTearson tries to throw a body punch but Charles avoids it by throwing McTearson back against the cage.
McTearson tries to land knees in the clinch but Charles avoids the damage to the body.
Charles pushes McTearson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Charles tries to land knees in the clinch but McTearson avoids the damage to the body.
Charles lands a nice uppercut.
McTearson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Charles's elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Charles lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of McTearson backwards.
Charles blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A nice glancing elbow lands by McTearson.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McTearson blocks an uppercut.
McTearson scores with a shoulder strike.
Charles pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Charles lands an elbow inside that McTearson shrugs off.

It looks like Rufus McTearson has been cut.
McTearson scores with a nice hook to the head.
McTearson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Charles's elbow.
Charles swings wildly with an uppercut but McTearson uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Charles.
McTearson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Charles is keeping busy.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
McTearson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Charles misses with a punch to the body.
Nice body punch from McTearson.
A short body shot lands from Charles as the two fighters clinch.
Charles lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt McTearson or not.
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 Rufus McTearson will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

McTearson getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
McTearson attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
McTearson moves out of range of the strikes.
Charles paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Charles jabbing away but nothing is landing.
McTearson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Charles now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Rufus McTearson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Charles has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from McTearson.
Charles throws a body shot but no joy.
Charles checks the leg kick.
McTearson misses with a body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Charles gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
McTearson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A shot in the inside from McTearson.
Charles lands a body shot.
McTearson blocking some punches.
McTearson lands a left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Charles scores with a nice short uppercut.
McTearson blocks an elbow strike from Charles.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Charles.
McTearson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Charles working some nice short punches in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McTearson.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Charles.
McTearson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short right from Charles.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Charles.
McTearson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Charles misses with a punch on the inside.
McTearson throws a head punch that misses.
McTearson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Charles lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Charles lands with a short shot to the head.
Charles avoids the elbow strike from McTearson, against the cage.
Rufus McTearson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A right hook to the body lands for McTearson.
McTearson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Charles fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Charles blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McTearson gets through Charles's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
McTearson dodges an elbow strike from Charles.
Charles throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
McTearson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Charles throws a head punch that misses.
McTearson lands a shoulder strike.
Charles misses with a short punch on the inside.
Charles blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Charles tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Charles misses with a punch to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, McTearson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Charles's brow.
McTearson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Charles backwards.
McTearson throws an elbow but it misses.
Charles throws a blind hook that connects with the side of McTearsons head.
McTearson lands a nice uppercut.

Charles is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charles misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Charles is still on wobbly legs! Can McTearson finish him?
McTearson dips a shoulder and cracks Charles with a mighty uppercut! Charles falls back against the cage and McTearson unloads with a barrage of strikes! Charles is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - McTearson screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rufus McTearson!
During a confident post fight interview, Rufus McTearson thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.