PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tourney Champ (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clarence McGee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Champ
vs
McGee

183 cm
23
180 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

177 cm
22
187 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tourney Champ!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Clarence McGee!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Eddie Farnsworth and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Champ misses with an uppercut.
A slow jab from Champ misses its intended target.
McGee misses with an attempted mid kick.
Champ misses the jab.
McGee is looking to land body kicks.
Champ has been working on his boxing with his coaches at gym closing in the buildup to the fight.
Champ takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Champ misses with a straight left.
Champ throws a body punch but McGee moves out of range.
Champ lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Champ throws a big shot that misses.
McGee tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
McGee does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
It looked like Champ was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from McGee.
Tourney Champ seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Champ with a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Champ. McGee does a little dance to reset his feet.
A head kick from McGee lands but Champ takes it in his stride.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Champ scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Champ throws an ugly left hook that misses
and McGee counters with a good low kick that Champ was not able to check.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Champ misses with a left hand
and McGee counters with a nice low kick that buckles Champ's knee momentarily.
McGee ducks under a wild hook from Champ.
McGee slips under a jab from Champ.
Champ misses with a hook.
McGee steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Champ.
Champ ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McGee moves away.
McGee throws a head kick that misses.
McGee tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
McGee slips under a jab.
Champ cracks McGee with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A jab from Champ misses.
Champ misses the shot to the body.
McGee on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by McGee. That's going to slow Champ down.
Champ misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McGee.
Champ throws a lazy right hand but McGee sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Champ jabs at McGee's body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McGee's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Champ connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! McGee scrambles back to his feet.
Champ on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Champ throws a lazy uppercut
and McGee counters with an inside leg kick.
Champ throws a hook but McGee blocks it.
A swing and a miss from Champ.
McGee thinks about the counter body kick.
McGee tries a head kick but it misses.
Champ feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits McGees jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
McGee slips under a jab from Champ.
Champ moves out of range of the body kick.
McGee lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Tourney Champ has been cut.

McGee moves into the clinch.
Champ misses with the head strike.
McGee misses with an elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by McGee.
McGee lands a damaging elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGee landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
McGee looking to throw knees to the head but Champ is blocking nicely.
Champ swings wildly with an uppercut but McGee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Champ misses with a punch on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, McGee just misses with a elbow thrown towards Champ's brow.
Champ managing to block the knees to the body from McGee.
McGee tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Champ can't find room to land a body shot as McGee controls the action.
Champ is stalling here.
Champ avoids the elbow strike from McGee, against the cage.
McGee blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McGee blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McGee connects with a nasty looking knee right to Champ's face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Champ is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Champ managing to block the knees to the body from McGee.
Champ on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Champ on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
McGee throws a knee to the head but misses.
Champ on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Champ throws a punch but it's blocked by McGee.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Champ.
Champ takes an elbow to the temple.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McGee looking to throw knees to the head but Champ is blocking nicely.
McGee throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Champ blocks it with crossed arms.
Champ blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Champ throws a head punch that misses.
McGee throws an elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Clarence McGee will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Tourney Champ's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

McGee throws a nice inside leg kick.
A head kick misses from McGee.
Champ throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McGee sees it coming and avoids it easily.
McGee throws a nice inside leg kick.
McGee misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Champ ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
McGee uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Champ.
Champ cracks McGee with a right hand to the side of the head.
Champ throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Champ throws a hook but McGee blocks it.
Champ throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McGee sees it coming and avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McGee throws a leg kick but Champ sees it coming and moves out of range.
McGee fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Champ checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
The fighters circling - Champ throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
McGee flicks out a counter leg kick but Champ steps away.
McGee ducks under a wild hook from Champ.
McGee tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Champ looks to land a right hand but McGee moved out of range.
Champ missing with a left hand there. McGee was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Champ missing with a left hand there. McGee was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Champ loads up on a big right hand but McGee slips the punch.
A swing and a miss from Champ.
Champ thows a left - swing and a miss!
McGee uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Champ.
Champ is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
McGee scores with a head kick.
Champ blocks a head kick by McGee.
A looping hook to the body misses from Champ. McGee does a little dance to reset his feet.
Champ scores with a nice right hand.
McGee throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Champ misses with a right hand
and McGee makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
McGee tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Champ loads up on a big right hand but McGee slips the punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGee ducks under a wild hook from Champ.
A jab from Champ finds it's way through McGee's defenses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McGee lands with a kick to the temple. Champ shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Tourney Champ is winning the standup battle so far.
Champ tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McGee was well out of range. Poor timing from Champ.
A slapping leg kick lands for McGee.
Champ blocks a head kick by McGee.
A counter left hand to the body from Champ misses its target.
Champ cracks McGee with an open hand slap.
McGee tries to close the distance and clinch but Champ swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A head kick misses from McGee.
Champ avoids a kick to the body.
Champ keeps the fight on the outside.

McGee rushes Champ and presses him up against the cage.
Champ wants to get back to striking at distance but McGee won't allow it.
McGee using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Champ takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Champ.
McGee with an attempt at a knee that misses.
McGee putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Champ in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
McGee keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Champ's efforts to push away.
Champ misses with a hook from the clinch.

Champ breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Champ looks to land a left hand but McGee moved out of range nicely.
Champ throws the left hand but McGee avoids the punch easily.
Champ moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Champ throws out a loose jab but McGee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Champ throws the left hand but McGee avoids the punch easily.
McGee counters with a body kick.
Champ missing with a left hand there. McGee was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
McGee tries a head kick but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGee misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
McGee pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
McGee steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Champ.
Champ thows a left - swing and a miss!
McGee moves away from the strike by Champ.
McGee is looking to clinch.
McGee keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Champ.
McGee throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Champ.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Champ throws a looping overhand right but McGee ducks down to avoid it.
McGee throws a half hearted mid kick.
Champ blocks a head kick by McGee.
McGee throws a body kick that misses.
McGee lands a nice looking body kick.
McGee scores with a kick to the body.
Champ loads up on a big right hand but McGee slips the punch.
McGee slips a straight right by Champ.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Clarence McGee will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Tourney Champ's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Champ fails to land with a series of punches.
McGee misses with a head kick.
McGee throws the kick towards the body but Champ avoids it.
McGee uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Champ.
McGee tries to land a front kick but Champ steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Champ misses with an uppercut
and McGee counters with an outside leg kick.
McGee lands a front kick.
Champ with a nice cross.
McGee moves out of range as Champ strikes.
Champ throws a hook to the side of McGee's head but McGee sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
McGee pulls out of a head kick attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Champ misses with a straight right.
Champ throws an overhand right that lands on McGee's shoulder, as McGee tries to avoid the shot.
Champ lands a glancing blow to the side of McGee's head.
McGee throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Champ jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Champ misses with a hook. McGee ducked under it nicely.
Champ throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McGee sees it coming and avoids it easily.
McGee moves away from the strike by Champ.
McGee explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Champ will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
McGee wants to land a leg kick but Champ is out of range.
Nice defenses there by McGee.
McGee tries a quick counter leg kick but Champ is wise to it.
Champ throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

McGee pushes Champ up against the cage in a clinch.
McGee looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Champ working aggressively here.
McGee blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McGee misses with a knee strike.

Champ escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Champ lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Champ throws a lazy uppercut
and McGee counters with a good, hard body kick but Champ shrugs it off.
Champ misses with the combination.
McGee looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
McGee bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Champ throws a lazy uppercut

and McGee holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Champ just leaning against McGee, taking a breather.
McGee connects with a knee to the head.
McGee throws a knee to the head but misses.
Champ on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Champ throws a head punch that misses.
Champ is trying to break the clinch but McGee is controlling him.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McGee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGee throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Champ pushes McGee back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
McGee blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Champ avoiding damage as McGee throws knees to the body.

Champ pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
McGee fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
McGee throws a nice head kick!
Champ throws a jab when McGee was well out of range.
A punch lands to the side of McGee 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Champ lands a slapping body shot.
McGee slips a straight right by Champ.
McGee throws the kick towards the body but Champ avoids it.
Champ with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Champ waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract McGee.
McGee throws a push kick but Champ slaps the foot to one side.
An attempted straight right counter from Champ misses the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McGee uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Champ.
The crowd cheers as Champ lands an impressive looking overhand right. McGee doesn't seem phased though.
Champ is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McGee.
McGee appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Tourney Champ has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Champ takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Champ looks to land a left hand but McGee moved out of range nicely.
McGee on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Champ throws a hook to the side of McGee's head but McGee sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
McGee shapes to counter with a head kick.
Champ looks to score with a jab to the body but McGee is just out of range.
McGee tries to counter by closing the distance.
McGee steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Champ.
A telegraphed right hand from Champ misses the target.
Champ throws a hook to the side of McGee's head but McGee sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
McGee slips a straight right by Champ.
McGee pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Champ throws a hook to the side of McGee's head but McGee sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tourney Champ showed his dominance in that final round.
I think McGee has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:29
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tourney Champ!
A relieved looking Tourney Champ thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.