PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cormac Mac Airt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jasper Irving (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mac Airt's entrance music is Wolf Blood. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mac Airt
vs
Irving

180 cm
22
175 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

185 cm
24
180 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cormac Mac Airt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jasper Irving!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Stewart Dunkirk and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body punch from Irving.
Mac Airt throws a shot from downtown. Irving moves away and avoids it.
Irving lands a glancing blow to the side of Mac Airt's head.

It looks like Cormac Mac Airt has been cut.
Mac Airt throws a body shot but no joy.
Irving moves out of range as Mac Airt strikes.
A little jabbing left from Irving on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Irving takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A big right from Irving misses.
Irving swings widly with a right hand
and Mac Airt counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mac Airt throws a jab when Irving was well out of range.
Irving throws a hook to the side of Mac Airt's head but Mac Airt sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mac Airt looks to land a right hand but Irving moved out of range.
Irving misses with a leg kick.
Mac Airt defending well as Irving loads up on a big left hand.
Irving misses with a kick to the body
and Mac Airt counters with a stiff right hand.
Mac Airt shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Irving eats them both and turns towards Mac Airt to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Irving misses with a leg kick.
Irving lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Mac Airt backs up against the cage.
Irving lands a right hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Irving takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Jasper Irving seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mac Airt's jab looks to have found its range, popping Irving under the eye.
Mac Airt throws a hook but Irving avoids it easily.
Mac Airt ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The crowd cheers as Mac Airt lands an impressive looking overhand right. Irving doesn't seem phased though.
Irving ducks under a wild hook from Mac Airt.
Irving misses with a hook to the body
and Mac Airt counters with a nice uppercut.
Irving misses with an uppercut.
Irving throws a left and a right that both miss
and Irving takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mac Airt throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Irving on the side of the head.
Irving throws a hook but Mac Airt blocks it.
Mac Airt misses with a looping right.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mac Airt lands a head shot.
Mac Airt blocks a jab.
A big right from Mac Airt misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Irving will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mac Airt moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Mac Airt misses with a wild combination.
Mac Airt swinging wildly here.
Irving tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mac Airt was well out of range. Poor timing from Irving.
Irving feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Mac Airts jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Irving avoids the body shot from Mac Airt.
The crowd cheers as Irving lands an impressive looking overhand right. Mac Airt doesn't seem phased though.
Irving displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mac Airt throws out the jab.
A big right from Mac Airt misses.
A little jabbing left from Irving on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Danga de danga de dang - Irving scores with a four punch combination!
Mac Airt catches Irving with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mac Airt is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Irving.
Irving takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Mac Airt looks to land a right hand but Irving moved out of range.
Nice defenses there by Mac Airt.
Mac Airt throws out a loose jab but Irving uses good head movement to avoid it.
Irving misses with a few strikes there.
Mac Airt swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Irving lands a lovely overhand right.
Irving swings widly with a right hand
and Mac Airt counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Irving throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Mac Airt to counter with a crisp jab.
Mac Airt jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Mac Airt is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Irving slips under a jab.
Irving misses with an uppercut
and Mac Airt counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mac Airt feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Irvings jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Irving swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Mac Airt.
Irving fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mac Airt manages to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Irving scores with a jab. Mac Airt acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Mac Airt lands a glancing blow to the side of Irving's head.
Mac Airt throws a hook but Irving avoids it easily.
Irving misses with a few strikes there.
Irving throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Mac Airt counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mac Airt throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mac Airt swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice jab there from Mac Airt.
Mac Airt is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Mac Airt scores with a crisp jab that stopped Irving in his tracks.
Irving moves out of range as Mac Airt strikes.
Irving swings away with a body shot that misses
and Mac Airt counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Irving digs a good body shot into Mac Airt's ribs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Irving uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mac Airt.
Irving has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Mac Airt throws a body shot but no joy.
Mac Airt misses with a body shot.
Mac Airt uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Irving.
Mac Airt swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cormac Mac Airt dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Cormac Mac Airt's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

The fighters circle momentarily. Mac Airt darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Irving might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Mac Airt has got the better of the exchanges.
Mac Airt blocks a jab.
Mac Airt lands with an uppercut that bounces Irving off the cage and back into range.
Mac Airt fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Irving slips under a jab.
A little jabbing left from Irving on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Mac Airt misses with a straight right.
Mac Airt shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Irving lands an overhand right.
Mac Airt connects with a nice looking jab.
Irving looks to land a right hand but Mac Airt moved out of range.
Irving is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Mac Airt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mac Airt lands a nice looking body shot.
Irving throws a body punch but Mac Airt moves out of range.
Mac Airt ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Irving throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mac Airt showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Irving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mac Airt uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Irving.
Mac Airt looks to land a left hand but Irving moved out of range nicely.
A countering left hand to the body from Irving misses.
Irving falls off balance throwing a combination
and Mac Airt makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Mac Airt scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Irving doesn't seem bothered though.
Irving blocks a jab.
Irving rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mac Airt counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Irving slips under a jab from Mac Airt.
A punch combination from Mac Airt misses.
Mac Airt avoids the head kick by Irving.
Irving moves out of range of the strikes.
Mac Airt bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Irving's head.
Irving pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mac Airt scores with a sloppy right hand. Irving should have avoided that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mac Airt wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice defenses there by Irving.
Mac Airt is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Irving can do to turn this around?
Mac Airt cracks Irving with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Mac Airt lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Irving throws a leg kick but Mac Airt sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Mac Airt is looking to counter punch.
A lazy body kick from Irving
letting Mac Airt counter with a right hand.
Mac Airt misses with a hook. Irving ducked under it nicely.
Irving throws out a counter right but Mac Airt avoids it with no problem.
Irving rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Mac Airt counter with a right hand.
Irving misses with a body shot
and Irving takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A big left from Mac Airt misses.
It looks like Mac Airt has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Mac Airt steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Irving.
It looked like Mac Airt wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Mac Airt displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Irving throws out the jab.
Mac Airt clobbers Irving with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Mac Airt slips a straight right by Irving.
Irving misses with a wild combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mac Airt goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
A big left from Mac Airt misses.
Irving is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Mac Airt with a body shot.
Mac Airt misses with a wild body shot.
Mac Airt throws a jab when Irving was well out of range.
Irving ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Mac Airt misses with a double jab.
Irving misses with a straight left.
Mac Airt was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Irving keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mac Airt.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Irving! But no joy.
Irving cracks a nice hook into Mac Airt's ribs.
Irving slips under a jab from Mac Airt.
Irving lands a jab to the head.
Nice defenses there by Irving.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Irving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Irving misses with the combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Irving throws an overhand right that lands on Mac Airt's shoulder, as Mac Airt tries to avoid the shot.
Mac Airt throws a series of strikes that have Irving backpedaling.
Irving throws the left hand but Mac Airt avoids the punch easily.
Mac Airt slips a jab from Irving.
Irving dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Irving misses with an uppercut. Mac Airt saw that one coming.
Irving rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mac Airt cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mac Airt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mac Airt misses with a looping right.
A jab from Mac Airt misses.
Irving throws a leg kick
and Irving takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Irving falls off balance throwing a combination
and Mac Airt counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cormac Mac Airt dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Cormac Mac Airt's cut.
That's time! Mac Airt's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Irving misses with a low kick.
Mac Airt was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Nice defenses there by Irving.
Irving ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A nice leg kick lands there from Irving.
Irving swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Mac Airt makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Mac Airt ducks under a wild hook from Irving.
Irving looks to land a left hand but Mac Airt moved out of range nicely.
Mac Airt swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Irving.
Irving bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Irving swings for the body but Mac Airt moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Irving misses with a looping right.
Irving takes one to the chin there.
Mac Airt lands the left hand.
Cormac Mac Airt is winning the standup battle so far.
Irving connects with a body shot.
Mac Airt looks to land a left hand but Irving moved out of range nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Irving digs a good body shot into Mac Airt's ribs.
Irving moves out of range of the strikes.
Irving uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mac Airt.
A jab from Irving misses.
Mac Airt is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Irving.
Irving displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mac Airt throws out the jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mac Airt. Irving does a little dance to reset his feet.
Irving comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Mac Airt slips under a jab.
Mac Airt misses with a looping left.
Irving looks to land a right hand but Mac Airt moved out of range.
Irving moves out of range as Mac Airt strikes.
Irving looks to land a right hand but Mac Airt moved out of range.
Mac Airt lands a jab to the nose.
Mac Airt throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Irving throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Irving takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mac Airt lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Irving scores with a one two! Mac Airt had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Irving uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mac Airt.
Mac Airt looks to throw the jab but Irving is out of range.
Irving throws an overhand right that lands on Mac Airt's shoulder, as Mac Airt tries to avoid the shot.
Mac Airt looks to land a left hand but Irving moved out of range nicely.
Irving tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mac Airt was well out of range. Poor timing from Irving.
Irving swings for the body but Mac Airt moves out of range.
Irving swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mac Airt avoids the body shot from Irving.
A left lands for Mac Airt.
Irving throws a left and a right that both miss
and Mac Airt counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Irving bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Irving blocks a jab.
Irving moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Irving keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A punch combination from Mac Airt misses.
Irving misses the shot to the body.
Mac Airt throws a hook but Irving blocks it.
Irving swings away with a body shot that misses
and Mac Airt counters with a one-two to the body.
Irving misses with a combination
and Mac Airt counters with a straight right hand.
Irving throws a body punch but Mac Airt moves out of range.
Mac Airt's corner calls for a 1-2. Mac Airt obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Irving steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mac Airt.
Mac Airt misses with a looping right.
Irving connects with a nice looking jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Irving tries a head kick but it misses.
Irving throws a looping overhand right but Mac Airt ducks down to avoid it.
Mac Airt swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Irving uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mac Airt.
Irving tries to move into range but Mac Airt moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Mac Airt takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Jasper Irving has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mac Airt lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Mac Airt throws a body punch but Irving moves out of range.
Mac Airt is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Irving.
Mac Airt lands a jab to the head.
Mac Airt throws a series of punches but Irving moves out of range.
Irving throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Mac Airt stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Irving throws a sloppy body shot
and Mac Airt counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Irving displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mac Airt throws out the jab.
Despite the aggression on Irving's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
A combination from Irving does no damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cormac Mac Airt showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Mac Airt has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cormac Mac Airt!
Post fight, Cormac Mac Airt took to the microphone: '"With a host, with a valiant band Well did he go into Connacht. Alas, that he saw the blood of Conn On the side of Cuchulain's sword!"'.