PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Danny McCoy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Travis Keller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

McCoy
vs
Keller

173 cm
26
165 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

163 cm
26
144 lbs
5 - 11 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Determined

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Danny McCoy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Travis Keller!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Alec Ball and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCoy dips to his left and cracks Keller with an uppercut!
McCoy swings for the body but Keller moves out of range.
Keller avoids a punch combination nicely.
Keller wants to counter with a clinch but McCoy pushes him away.
McCoy throws a nice looking combination but Keller bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Keller wants to counter the offense by McCoy and move into the clinch position.
McCoy catches Keller with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
McCoy throws a right and a left that Keller avoids nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCoy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Keller slips under a jab.
McCoy throws a hook to the side of Keller's head but Keller sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Keller steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from McCoy.
McCoy scores with a body shot.
McCoy misses with a series of wild punches.
Keller wants to counter the offense by McCoy and move into the clinch position.
McCoy jabs Keller to the body, keeping him at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCoy 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.
McCoy misses the jab.
Danny McCoy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Keller showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from McCoy.
Keller avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Keller tries to counter by closing the distance.
McCoy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Keller tries to counter with a clinch but McCoy shakes him off and moves away.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts McCoy, as that shot connected.
Keller dodges the punch combination from McCoy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCoy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Keller wants to counter with a clinch but McCoy pushes him away.
Sloppy strikes from McCoy. Those never looked like landing.
Keller steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from McCoy.
McCoy misses with a double jab

and Keller counters by moving into the clinch.
Keller looking for a takedown.

McCoy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCoy throws a one two combo.
Keller takes a jab right on the kisser.
McCoy connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
McCoy misses with the combination.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
McCoy throws a nice looking combination but Keller bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
McCoy scores with a three punch combo!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny McCoy dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

McCoy throws a body punch but Keller moves out of range.
Keller steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from McCoy.
No joy there for McCoy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
McCoy sets himself, and Keller steps forward looking for the clinch! McCoy avoids it this time.
McCoy lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Danny McCoy is winning the standup battle so far.
McCoy misses with a combination

and Keller holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Keller is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

McCoy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Keller avoids the body shot from McCoy.
Keller tries to counter with a clinch but McCoy shakes him off and moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for McCoy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
McCoy sets himself, and Keller steps forward looking for the clinch! McCoy avoids it this time.
McCoy misses with the combination.
Keller is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
McCoy looks to land a combination but Keller avoids it well.
McCoy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Danny McCoy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McCoy misses with a double jab

and Keller moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keller is working for takedown but McCoy is calmly controlling the position for now.
Keller is trying to work for a single leg takedown but McCoy pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Danny McCoy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Travis Keller.

McCoy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
McCoy looks to throw the jab but Keller is out of range.
Keller tries to counter with a clinch but McCoy shakes him off and moves away.
McCoy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Keller is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
McCoy misses with a wild combination.
Keller steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from McCoy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCoy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Keller wants to counter the offense by McCoy and move into the clinch position.
McCoy lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
McCoy misses with the combination.
Danny McCoy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
McCoy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Keller avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCoy misses with a body shot.
Sloppy strikes from McCoy. Those never looked like landing.
Keller wants to counter the offense by McCoy and move into the clinch position.
McCoy throws a nice looking combination but Keller bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A combination from McCoy does no damage.
Keller tries to counter with a clinch but McCoy shakes him off and moves away.
McCoy misses with a series of wild punches.
Keller tries to counter by closing the distance.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
McCoy throws a nice looking combination but Keller bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Keller wants to counter with a clinch but McCoy pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny McCoy dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

McCoy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Keller is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Keller keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McCoy throws a right and a left that both miss.
McCoy fails to land with a series of punches.
McCoy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Keller was well out of range. Poor timing from McCoy.
McCoy sets himself, and Keller steps forward looking for the clinch! McCoy avoids it this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCoy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
McCoy sets himself, and Keller steps forward looking for the clinch! McCoy avoids it this time.
Keller avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCoy feints a jab promting Keller to slip. McCoy then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Keller slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
McCoy misses with a series of wild punches.
Keller takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCoy throws a series of punches but Keller moves out of range.
Keller tries to counter by closing the distance.
McCoy pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Keller back to the cage. McCoy follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Keller dodges the punch combination from McCoy.
McCoy feints a jab promting Keller to slip. McCoy then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Keller slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McCoy misses with a series of wild punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCoy misses with a double jab

and Keller counters by moving into the clinch.

McCoy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McCoy closes the distance and lands a one-two.
McCoy throws a combination that misses

and Keller holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Travis Keller has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Keller is looking for a takedown up against the cage. McCoy gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Danny McCoy is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

McCoy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McCoy throws a series of punches but Keller moves out of range.
McCoy loads up on a big right hand but Keller slips the punch.
McCoy throws a right hand that Keller ducks under and follows up with a left that Keller also avoids with ease.
McCoy sets himself, and Keller steps forward looking for the clinch! McCoy avoids it this time.
McCoy throws a sloppy body shot

and Keller counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Keller tries a body shot but McCoy blocks it.
Keller looking for a takedown.

And that's the end of the fight!
Danny McCoy showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for McCoy, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 30:26
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:26
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Danny McCoy!