PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Toktogulovich Bakiyev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mac McNulty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Bakiyev
vs
McNulty

171 cm
24
163 lbs
9 - 9 - 0

178 cm
25
162 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

GREEN!160

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 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Toktogulovich Bakiyev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mac McNulty!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Trevor Gratis and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McNulty throws a combination that misses
and Bakiyev counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
McNulty fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Bakiyev avoids it really well and circles away.
McNulty takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bakiyev fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McNulty manages to avoid it.
McNulty takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bakiyev throws a hook but McNulty blocks it.
Bakiyev jabs McNulty to the body, keeping him at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

McNulty drives through and clinches with Bakiyev against the cage.
Bakiyev is trying to push McNulty away but McNulty has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
McNulty is looking to take this one to the mat.
McNulty tries to throw a body punch but Bakiyev avoids it by throwing McNulty back against the cage.
McNulty misses with a knee strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McNulty throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bakiyev blocks it with crossed arms.
Bakiyev blocks a body shot from McNulty.
McNulty prevents Bakiyev from breaking the clinch.
McNulty tries to land a knee to the head but Bakiyev blocks with his arms.
Bakiyev managing to block the knees to the body from McNulty.
McNulty keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bakiyev's efforts to push away.
Bakiyev blocking some punches.
McNulty is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bakiyev is defending well for now.
McNulty tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bakiyev's elbow.
Bakiyev is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bakiyev tries to break free but McNulty pushes him back against the cage.
McNulty has Bakiyev pressed against the cage.
Bakiyev prevents the takedown attempt.
Toktogulovich Bakiyev has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mac McNulty.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McNulty tries to throw a body punch but Bakiyev avoids it by throwing McNulty back against the cage.
McNulty goes for a takedown in the clinch but Bakiyev prevents it.

Bakiyev breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bakiyev swings for the body but McNulty moves out of range.
Bakiyev scores with a body shot.
McNulty looks to land a left hand but Bakiyev moved out of range nicely.
McNulty throws a lazy uppercut
letting Bakiyev counter with a right hand.
McNulty walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Bakiyev checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Bakiyev just misses with a punch to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bakiyev. McNulty does a little dance to reset his feet.
A big left from McNulty misses.
McNulty pulls out of a head kick attempt.
McNulty tries for a takedown but Bakiyev circles away easily
and Bakiyev counters with a straight right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bakiyev ducks under a wild hook from McNulty.
Bakiyev lands a nice hook to McNulty's body. McNulty takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bakiyev looks to score with a jab to the body but McNulty is just out of range.
Bakiyev avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A quick step to the side and Bakiyev tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
McNulty throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bakiyev counters with a nice uppercut.
Bakiyev tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McNulty was well out of range. Poor timing from Bakiyev.
McNulty misses with a straight left.
It looked like Bakiyev wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Toktogulovich Bakiyev is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bakiyev looks to score with a jab to the body but McNulty is just out of range.
Bakiyev uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McNulty.
We've been told by Bakiyev's head coaches at Miletich Xtreme Fighting Systems that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
A big right from McNulty misses.
Bakiyev misses with a body shot.
McNulty moves into range and connects with a jab.
Bakiyev misses with a wild body shot.
Bakiyev dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bakiyev throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck McNulty on the side of the head.
McNulty uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bakiyev.

McNulty rushes Bakiyev and presses him up against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McNulty throws a head punch that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from McNulty.
Bakiyev has had enough of the clinch but McNulty keeps him there for the moment.
McNulty looking to throw knees to the head but Bakiyev is blocking nicely.

Bakiyev breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
McNulty misses with a leg kick
and Bakiyev counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bakiyev swings for the body but McNulty moves out of range.
Bakiyev ducks under a wild hook from McNulty.
Bakiyev throws a hook to the side of McNulty's head but McNulty sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Good exchange - Bakiyev coming out on top.
McNulty wants to clinch up but Bakiyev keeps it at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Toktogulovich Bakiyev 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.

McNulty avoids the body shot from Bakiyev.
A jab from Bakiyev does it's job there.
Bakiyev misses with a body shot.
McNulty tries to clinch up.
Bakiyev appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
McNulty throws a shot from downtown. Bakiyev moves away and avoids it.
Bakiyev throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bakiyev scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Bakiyev moves out of range as McNulty strikes.
Bakiyev throwing a counter right hand but McNulty manages to avoid it.
McNulty tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Bakiyev swivels and escapes.
Bakiyev takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bakiyev slips a jab from McNulty.
A jab from Bakiyev misses.
Nice uppercut lands for Bakiyev. That snapped McNulty's head back.
Bakiyev checks a leg kick nicely.
Bakiyev tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McNulty was well out of range. Poor timing from Bakiyev.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McNulty tries to clinch but Bakiyev moves out of range.
Nice body punch from McNulty.
A big left from McNulty misses.
Bakiyev throwing a counter right hand but McNulty manages to avoid it.
McNulty closes the distance but Bakiyev moves to the side
and Bakiyev counters with a nice uppercut.
Toktogulovich Bakiyev is winning the standup battle so far.
Bakiyev scores with a punch to the head.
McNulty throws a poor cross that misses
and Bakiyev counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
McNulty with a poor takedown
and Bakiyev counters with a left to the body.
A cross from Bakiyev lands.
Nice shot by Bakiyev.
Bakiyev cracks a nice hook into McNulty's ribs.
Bakiyev lands a jab to McNulty's midsection.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bakiyev takes a swing at McNulty's ribcage but misses.
McNulty misses with a series of wild punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McNulty fails in his attempt to clinch.
It looked like Bakiyev wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
McNulty closes the distance but Bakiyev moves to the side
and Bakiyev cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bakiyev stuffs the takedown attempt from McNulty. McNulty gets slowly back to his feet.
Toktogulovich Bakiyev has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mac McNulty.
McNulty takes a swing at Bakiyev's ribcage but misses.
Bakiyev just misses with a punch to the body.
McNulty lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bakiyev. McNulty does a little dance to reset his feet.
McNulty avoids the body shot from Bakiyev.
Bakiyev looks to score with a jab to the body but McNulty is just out of range.
Bakiyev sizes up McNulty with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
McNulty doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
McNulty on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Bakiyev throws a body punch but McNulty moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Bakiyev.
McNulty misses with a hook.
Bakiyev appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Bakiyev lands with a good body shot.
Bakiyev smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
McNulty ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bakiyev throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McNulty throws out a counter right but Bakiyev avoids it with no problem.
Bakiyev thuds a left hand into McNulty's body.
Bakiyev misses with a body shot.
McNulty tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bakiyev manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bakiyev loads up on a big right hand but McNulty slips the punch.
McNulty misses with a straight left.
Bakiyev lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Bakiyev takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bakiyev throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McNulty is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McNulty takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
McNulty fails to land with a series of punches.
Bakiyev is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McNulty can do to turn this around?
Bakiyev scores with a jab to the body.
Bakiyev is looking to wear down McNulty with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
McNulty misses with a wild combination.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.

McNulty clinches.
Bakiyev looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bakiyev blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
McNulty keeps control of Bakiyev as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
McNulty tries to throw a body punch but Bakiyev avoids it by throwing McNulty back against the cage.
Bakiyev on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Toktogulovich Bakiyev dominated that second round.
That's time! Bakiyev's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Bakiyev stuns McNulty with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bakiyev just misses with a punch to the body.
Bakiyev bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps McNulty's head backwards.
McNulty has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Bakiyev takes a swing at McNulty's ribcage but misses.
Bakiyev scores with a body shot.
A decent looking cross lands there for Bakiyev.
Bakiyev uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McNulty.
McNulty misses with a body shot
and Bakiyev counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mac McNulty seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bakiyev looks to land a right hand but McNulty moved out of range.
Nice shot by Bakiyev.
McNulty throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bakiyev sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A big right from McNulty misses.
McNulty fails in his attempt to clinch.
It looked like Bakiyev was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from McNulty.
McNulty misses with a left hand
and Bakiyev counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McNulty moves forwards but Bakiyev connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bakiyev keeps the fight on the outside.
Bakiyev throws a body shot but no joy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bakiyev. McNulty does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bakiyev throws a body punch but McNulty moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bakiyev. McNulty does a little dance to reset his feet.
McNulty throws out a counter right but Bakiyev avoids it with no problem.
Bakiyev scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
McNulty avoids the body shot from Bakiyev.
Bakiyev fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McNulty manages to avoid it.
Bakiyev misses with a wild body shot.
As Bakiyev backs off McNulty throws a huge counter combo but Bakiyev manages to avoid it all.
McNulty looks to throw the jab but Bakiyev is out of range.
McNulty throws a shot from downtown. Bakiyev moves away and avoids it.
McNulty throws the left hand but Bakiyev avoids the punch easily.
McNulty is looking to land body kicks.
McNulty misses with a double jab
and Bakiyev counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Excellent takedown into side control there by McNulty.

Bakiyev explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bakiyev takes a swing at McNulty's ribcage but misses.
Bakiyev connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between McNulty's hands.
McNulty needs to keep his hands up - Bakiyev had a free shot at his head there.
Bakiyev lands a straight punch to the body, keeping McNulty at a distance.
Bakiyev wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bakiyev misses with a straight right.
Bakiyev uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before McNulty has time to react.
Bakiyev moves forwards but McNulty connects with a nice, crisp jab.
McNulty throws a predictable looking body shot
and Bakiyev counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bakiyev tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McNulty was well out of range. Poor timing from Bakiyev.
McNulty now looks to counter with a shot at the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McNulty on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bakiyev.
McNulty on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Bakiyev tests McNulty's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bakiyev connects with a body shot.
McNulty moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
McNulty gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Bakiyev connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bakiyev lands a body shot.
Bakiyev circles away from the clinch attempt
and Bakiyev counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McNulty with a poor takedown
and Bakiyev counters with a left to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bakiyev walks into a jab.
McNulty moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
McNulty takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Donk. Bakiyev catches McNulty right on the button with a cross.
A lazy left from Bakiyev finds it's target.
McNulty fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mac McNulty has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
McNulty moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
McNulty takes one to the side of the head.
McNulty misses with an uppercut.
Bakiyev scores with a punch to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McNulty has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from McNulty there as he acknowledges the shot.
Bakiyev slips under a jab from McNulty.
Toktogulovich Bakiyev is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nice defenses there by Bakiyev.

And that's the end of the fight!
Toktogulovich Bakiyev showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bakiyev, 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 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Toktogulovich Bakiyev!
Toktogulovich Bakiyev seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
Mac McNulty spoke after the fight, saying 'Back to the gym. I am going to train hard then train even harder! I'm coming back with a vengeance!'.