PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Connor McGuinness (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Tupper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McGuinness kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Foggy Dew / Hypnotize Remix . Connor McGuinness had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

McGuinness
vs
Tupper

183 cm
25
185 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

170 cm
27
186 lbs
5 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

GREEN!160
Spartan Nutrition

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 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Connor McGuinness!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bobby Tupper!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McGuinness misses with the combination.
Tupper avoids the body shot from McGuinness.
The crowd cheers as McGuinness lands an impressive looking overhand right. Tupper doesn't seem phased though.
McGuinness scores with a hook to the body. Tupper takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Tupper slips a straight right by McGuinness.
Sloppy strikes from McGuinness. Those never looked like landing.

Tupper has McGuinness up against the cage in a clinch.

Tupper pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Donk. McGuinness catches Tupper right on the button with a cross.
Tupper connects with a body shot.
McGuinness looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
McGuinness definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Connor McGuinness seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tupper moves in looking to clinch but McGuinness pushes him off.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McGuinness walks forward, straight into a front kick from Tupper.

Tupper darts in and clinches McGuinness up against the cage.

McGuinness breaks from the clinch.
McGuinness keeps the fight on the outside.
It looked like McGuinness wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

McGuinness tries to keep at a distance but Tupper has taken the fight into the clinch.
McGuinness fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

McGuinness escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McGuinness keeps the fight on the outside.
McGuinness swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Tupper.
McGuinness misses with a left hand
and Tupper counters with a straight right hand.
Tupper tries to clinch but McGuinness is having none of it.
Tupper lands a nice shot to the body.
Tupper tries a head kick but it misses.
McGuinness fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
McGuinness pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
McGuinness keeps the fight on the outside.
Tupper lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but McGuinness circles away quickly and effectively.
McGuinness misses with a straight right.

Tupper clinches up against the cage.

McGuinness breaks the clinch.
Tupper keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tupper unleashes a big counter combination but McGuinness bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.

Tupper closes the distance and pushes McGuinness back into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Tupper manages to break the clinch.
Tupper tried to score with a low kick but McGuinness checks it.
McGuinness lands with an uppercut that bounces Tupper off the cage and back into range.
McGuinness connects with a body shot.
McGuinness avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tupper has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Tupper uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McGuinness.
Tupper tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
An attempted straight right counter from McGuinness misses the target.
McGuinness scores with a one two! Tupper had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
McGuinness swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tupper throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tupper tries to clinch there but McGuinness circles away.
Tupper uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McGuinness.

Tupper closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
McGuinness on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

McGuinness breaks the clinch.

Tupper moves into the clinch.

McGuinness's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGuinness will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
McGuinness misses with a two punch combination.
Decent striking displayed by McGuinness there.
McGuinness throws a hook to the side of Tupper's head but Tupper sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
McGuinness lands a jab to the nose.
Some wild striking there from McGuinness.
A swing and a miss from McGuinness.
McGuinness throws an overhand right that lands on Tupper's shoulder, as Tupper tries to avoid the shot.
Tupper unleashes a big counter combination but McGuinness bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
McGuinness slips a jab and a cross from Tupper.
McGuinness circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tupper misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
McGuinness is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
A combination from McGuinness does no damage.
McGuinness misses with an uppercut. Tupper saw that one coming.
McGuinness swinging wildly here.
Tupper blocks a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGuinness takes a swing at Tupper's ribcage but misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McGuinness pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Tupper back to the cage. McGuinness follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

Tupper moves into the clinch.
McGuinness lands a right hand.

McGuinness manages to break the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tupper looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tupper takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Tupper takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

Tupper pushes McGuinness up against the cage in a clinch.

McGuinness breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tupper tries to close the distance and clinch up but McGuinness swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A punch combination from Tupper misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Tupper closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Tupper pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tupper uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McGuinness.
Left hook, right uppercut from Tupper.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Connor McGuinness dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Tupper on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
McGuinness is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tupper can do to turn this around?
McGuinness is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Tupper.
Tupper tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

McGuinness drags the fight down to the ground.

McGuinness working for a triangle but Tupper defends it easily.
Tupper would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
McGuinness wants to sweep here but Tupper controlling him for the moment.
Tupper wants to stand but McGuinness is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

McGuinness working for a triangle but Tupper defends it easily.
Tupper wants to get up but he can't break McGuinness's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

Tupper stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
McGuinness swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Tupper closes the distance and clinches.

Tupper breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
McGuinness stalks Tupper and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Tupper's face. Tupper staggers backwards, shaken.
McGuinness moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
McGuinness looks to land a left hand but Tupper moved out of range nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGuinness ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tupper moves away.
Tupper displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McGuinness throws out the jab.
McGuinness throws a right and a left that both miss.

Tupper closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Tupper escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tupper on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
McGuinness scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
McGuinness blocks a head kick by Tupper.
Tupper pulls out of a head kick attempt.
McGuinness avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
McGuinness lands a jab.
Nice body punch from McGuinness.
McGuinness throws a lazy right hand but Tupper sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
McGuinness takes a swing at Tupper's ribcage but misses.
Tupper slips under a jab.
McGuinness throws a hook but Tupper avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from McGuinness.
McGuinness cracks a nice hook into Tupper's ribs.
Tupper ducks under a wild hook from McGuinness.
Tupper takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Tupper throws a sloppy head kick and McGuinness moves out of range easily.
McGuinness throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McGuinness swings for the body but Tupper moves out of range.
Tupper is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
McGuinness looks to score with a jab to the body but Tupper is just out of range.
Tupper is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bobby Tupper is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tupper is looking to clinch but McGuinness is avoiding it.

Tupper moves into the clinch.

McGuinness breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
McGuinness lands a nice hook to Tupper's body. Tupper takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
McGuinness jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tupper lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
McGuinness connects with the punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tupper tries to clinch but McGuinness moves out of range.
Tupper moves out of range of the strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Tupper forces McGuinness back against the cage and clinches.

Tupper breaks from the clinch.
McGuinness throws out a powerful jab.
Tupper tries to close the distance and clinch up but McGuinness swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tupper misses with a head kick.
McGuinness throws a right and a left that Tupper avoids nicely.
McGuinness showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tupper.
Tupper avoids a punch combination nicely.
McGuinness throws an overhand right that lands on Tupper's shoulder, as Tupper tries to avoid the shot.
Tupper throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
McGuinness displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Tupper gets in close and instigates a clinch.
McGuinness avoids a wild elbow strike from Tupper.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Connor McGuinness dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Donk. McGuinness catches Tupper right on the button with a cross.
McGuinness scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Tupper is rocked!
McGuinness avoids the body shot from Tupper.
Tupper is still on wobbly legs! Can McGuinness finish him?
McGuinness drops Tupper with a straight right hand, right on the button! McGuinness follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:14 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Connor McGuinness!
In his post fight interview, Connor McGuinness started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.