PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Simon MCdonald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dennis Kearns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kearns is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Paul Thorn "It's a Great Day to Whup Somebody's Ass". Dennis Kearns struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 157.0lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

MCdonald
vs
Kearns

174 cm
19
155 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

183 cm
18
160 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

The Adrenaline Matrix

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Simon MCdonald!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dennis Kearns!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Sam Margolis and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

MCdonald cracks Kearns with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. MCdonald has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Kearns to stand back up!

Kearns is rocked!
Kearns looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Kearns avoids the head kick by MCdonald.
Despite the aggression on Kearns's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Kearns is still on wobbly legs! Can MCdonald finish him?
MCdonald digs a good hook to Kearns's body.

MCdonald clinches with his opponent.
Kearns's coach down at Nordic Top Team was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Kearns's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
MCdonald throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kearns avoiding damage as MCdonald throws knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, MCdonald scores with a nice short uppercut.
MCdonald with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
MCdonald manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
MCdonald tries to land knees in the clinch but Kearns avoids the damage to the body.
MCdonald gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
MCdonald lands a big knee to the head and Kearns goes down! MCdonald pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Simon MCdonald!
The defeated Dennis Kearns had this to say: 'You wanna waste my time? Okay. I call my lawyer. He's the best lawyer in Miami. He's such a good lawyer, that by tomorrow morning, you gonna be working in Alaska. So dress warm.'.