PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ronald McDonald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Firas Qabbani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

McDonald
vs
Qabbani

200 cm
20
252 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

190 cm
20
280 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ronald McDonald!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Firas Qabbani!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Bruno Lombardi and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Qabbani tries a head kick but it misses.
McDonald misses with a body shot.
A countering left hand to the body from Qabbani misses.
McDonald is looking to clinch.
McDonald walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Qabbani checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
We've been told by McDonald's head coaches at Tenement of Conviction that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
McDonald takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
McDonald throws a low kick but Qabbani moves out of range easily.
McDonald throws a solid leg kick but Qabbani takes the impact on his shin and smiles at McDonald.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Qabbani on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
McDonald avoids the head kick by Qabbani.
McDonald misses with a body kick.
Qabbani throws a push kick but McDonald slaps the foot to one side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McDonald misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Qabbani.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from McDonald. Qabbani shrugs it off though.
McDonald connects with a leg kick. Qabbani looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
McDonald takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Qabbani throws a sloppy head kick and McDonald moves out of range easily.
McDonald lands a nice hook to Qabbani's body. Qabbani takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

McDonald gets a clinch.
McDonald throws a knee to the head but misses.
McDonald using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Qabbani has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Qabbani avoids a wild elbow strike from McDonald.
Qabbani wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Qabbani makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Qabbani pushes McDonald back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Qabbani is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by McDonald as Qabbani tries to tie him up.
McDonald lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Qabbani has McDonald pushed against the cage.
Qabbani stalling in the clinch but McDonald improves position.
Qabbani avoids the elbow strike from McDonald, against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Qabbani tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Qabbani struggles to land a body shot inside as McDonald controls his hands.
Qabbani misses with a punch on the inside.
Qabbani blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Qabbani has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. McDonald seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Qabbani can turn it around.
McDonald struggles to land a body shot inside as Qabbani controls his hands.
McDonald missing with knees to the body.
Qabbani avoiding damage as McDonald throws knees to the body.
McDonald lands a right hand.
McDonald landing knees to the head.

It looks like Firas Qabbani has been cut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, McDonald creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
McDonald with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
McDonald throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Qabbani blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Qabbani lands with a short shot to the head.
Qabbani wants to break the clinch but can't.
Qabbani blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A body shot lands from Qabbani.
Qabbani on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Qabbani blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
McDonald can't find room to land a body shot as Qabbani controls the action.
McDonald tries to throw a body punch but Qabbani avoids it by throwing McDonald back against the cage.
McDonald scores with a shoulder strike.
McDonald tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Qabbani avoids it.
McDonald landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Qabbani looks winded!
Qabbani blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
McDonald lands with a light punch inside.
McDonald lands a body punch.
Qabbani avoiding damage as McDonald throws knees to the body.
McDonald throws a knee to the head but misses.
Qabbani on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Qabbani tries a body shot but McDonald blocks it.
McDonald misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McDonald lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Qabbani backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Qabbani struggles to land a body shot inside as McDonald controls his hands.
McDonald tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Qabbani's elbow.
Qabbani works on McDonald's body with a couple of short punches.
McDonald lands a nice uppercut.
Qabbani avoiding damage as McDonald throws knees to the body.
Qabbani misses with some punches.
McDonald blocking some punches.
McDonald throws a knee to the head but misses.
Qabbani presses McDonald against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Qabbani escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McDonald avoids a kick to the body.
McDonald swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Qabbani swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A big left from McDonald misses.
Qabbani throws a fast counter high kick but McDonald manages to duck under it in time.
Ronald McDonald seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McDonald buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ronald McDonald dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Firas Qabbani's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A looping hook to the body misses from McDonald. Qabbani does a little dance to reset his feet.
McDonald comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

McDonald takes the fight into the clinch.
Qabbani tries to break the clinch but McDonald is controlling the position.
A short right from McDonald.
Qabbani makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Qabbani throws a punch but it's blocked by McDonald.
McDonald using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Qabbani has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Qabbani misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right from McDonald on the inside.
McDonald makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Qabbani.
Qabbani looking to slow down the pace here.
Qabbani cracks McDonald with a nice body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McDonald blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Qabbani misses with a hook to the ribs.
Qabbani doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
McDonald lands with a short head shot on the inside.
McDonald lands a good knee to the midsection. Qabbani won't want to take too many of those.
Qabbani stalling in the clinch but McDonald improves position.
Qabbani doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Qabbani avoiding damage as McDonald throws knees to the body.
Qabbani wants to break free but McDonald has control.
Qabbani blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nice body punch from McDonald - that landed with a thud.
Qabbani is breathing heavily.
Qabbani tries to throw a body punch but McDonald avoids it by throwing Qabbani back against the cage.
Qabbani wants to stall.
McDonald lands a right hand that snaps the head of Qabbani backwards.
McDonald goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Qabbani blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
McDonald utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
McDonald tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Qabbani's elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McDonald lands with a short shot to the head.
Qabbani avoiding damage as McDonald throws knees to the body.
Qabbani is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
McDonald lands with a light punch inside.
McDonald is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Qabbani is defending well for now.
McDonald throws a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McDonald stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
McDonald tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Qabbani's elbow.
McDonald lands on the inside with an uppercut.
McDonald lands with a right to the head.
McDonald lands with a left to the head.
McDonald using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Qabbani has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
McDonald lands a nice knee to the body.
McDonald has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
McDonald unloads a knee to the mid-section. Qabbani lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A short right from McDonald on the inside.
McDonald throws a knee to the head but misses.
Qabbani misses with a punch to the body.
McDonald is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Qabbani can do to turn this around?
McDonald scores with a shoulder strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McDonald utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
McDonald putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Qabbani in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
McDonald has Qabbani pressed up against the cage in a tight Thai clinch. Qabbani is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from McDonald - that's hurt Qabbani badly! Oh, another knee lands and Qabbani is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Qabbani doesn't seem to be complaining.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Ronald McDonald!