PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Damon Macready (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Chan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Macready's entrance music is Born to be Wild. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Macready
vs
Chan

178 cm
27
182 lbs
8 - 6 - 1

180 cm
28
178 lbs
7 - 17 - 0

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

World class MT
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Damon Macready!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Paul Chan!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Nard Betker and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Macready swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Chan is looking for the big counter here.
Chan takes one to the chin there.
Macready wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Macready misses the jab.

Macready moves into the clinch.
Macready tries a body shot but Chan blocks it.
Macready digs a right hand underneath Chan's ribcage. Chan let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Chan is trying to force a seperation but Macready has the dominant position.
Chan is trying to break the clinch but Macready has him pressed against the ropes.
Macready misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Macready keeps control of Chan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Chan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chan is trying to break the clinch but Macready is controlling him.
Macready misses with some punches.
Macready managing to block the knees to the body from Chan.
Macready lands a shot to the body.
Macready pushes Chan back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
A short right from Macready.
Macready throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chan is trying to break free.
Macready misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Chan has had enough of the clinch but Macready keeps him there for the moment.
A shot in the inside from Macready.
Chan blocks an uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Chan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Macready's brow.
Macready lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Paul Chan has been cut.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Macready throws an elbow but misses.
Chan tries to break the clinch but Macready is controlling the position.
Macready presses Chan against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Chan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Chan is trying to push Macready away but Macready has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Chan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Macready is trying to stall.
Chan prevents a body shot from Macready.
Chan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Macready tries to stall but Chan uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Chan tries to break the clinch but Macready is controlling the position.
Macready stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Macready is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Macready for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Macready lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Chan tries to land knees in the clinch but Macready avoids the damage to the body.
Chan looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Macready throws an elbow but misses.
Macready throws an elbow that misses.
Macready lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Chan backwards.
Chan tries to land knees in the clinch but Macready avoids the damage to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Chan is trying to break free.
Macready tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Chan's elbow.
Chan is trying to break free.
Macready scores with a hook to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Macready misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chan.
Chan avoids the elbow strike from Macready, against the ropes.
Macready misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Damon Macready dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Paul Chan's cut.
That's time! Macready's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Macready throws the kick towards the body but Chan avoids it.
Macready seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Macready looks for the body kick but Chan saw that one coming.
Chan throws a body kick that misses

and Macready counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Macready misses with an elbow over the top.
Damon Macready has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Macready blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Chan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Macready creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Chan missing with knees to the body.
Macready throws a punch but it's blocked by Chan.
Chan is trying to break free.
Knees to the body from Chan.
Chan lands a good knee to the midsection. Macready won't want to take too many of those.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Macready is defending well for now.
Macready swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Macready tries to stall but Chan uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Chan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Macready is defending well for now.
Macready misses with a punch to the body.

Chan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Macready clinches with his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Macready looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Macready lands a damaging elbow.
Chan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Chan tries to land knees in the clinch but Macready avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chan.
Chan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Macready avoids it.
Macready goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Macready creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Chan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Macready.
A right hook to the body lands for Macready.
Chan scores a nice knee to the body.
Macready lands a right hand.
Macready lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Chan is rocked!
Macready lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Chan is still on wobbly legs! Can Macready finish him?
Macready cracks Chan with a big uppercut, right up the middle and Chan goes down! Oh, he's hurt! He's bigtime hurt! The referee is giving him a chance to get back to his feet - 4,5,6,7, no, he's called it off! Chan wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Damon Macready!
Damon Macready decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.