PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Anthony Graham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Neil McGowan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Graham's entrance music is Three Little Birds. A fine choice. McGowan is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by The Irish Brigade - Free & Green. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Graham
vs
McGowan

179 cm
26
164 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

181 cm
26
157 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Anthony Graham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Neil McGowan!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Sandra Marshall and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McGowan keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

It looks like Anthony Graham has been cut.
Graham getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
McGowan scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
McGowan scores with a head kick. Graham tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Graham misses with an attempted mid kick.
McGowan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
McGowan throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Graham tries to land a front kick but McGowan steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Graham tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McGowan was well out of range. Poor timing from Graham.
McGowan punishes Graham's body with a nice straight punch.

McGowan instigates a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
With the fighters up against the cage, Graham throws an elbow but misses.

Graham breaks from the clinch.
Graham throws a sloppy head kick
and McGowan counters with a stiff right hand.
McGowan cracks the inside of Graham's front leg.
Graham looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
McGowan throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
McGowan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A lazy body kick from Graham
and McGowan counters with a low kick, right behind Graham 's knee.
Graham is breathing heavily.
McGowan lands with a shot to the body.
Graham takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

Graham gets tackled into the cage by McGowan. McGowan maintains the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGowan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Graham's face.
McGowan lands a body shot.
A knee to the head by McGowan.
Knees in the clinch landing for McGowan.
McGowan scores with a hook to the body.
McGowan lands with a light punch inside.
A hook to the body from McGowan.
McGowan lands a right hand.
McGowan scores with a hook to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from McGowan.
Graham letting McGowan take a breather here.
McGowan stalling.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McGowan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
McGowan lands a body punch.
McGowan throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
McGowan lands with a left to the head.
McGowan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Graham or not.
McGowan scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGowan throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
McGowan lands a left hand.
Graham takes a knee to the side of the body.
McGowan lands a knee to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, McGowan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
McGowan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Graham backwards.
McGowan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from McGowan.
McGowan scores with a nice hook to the head.
McGowan scores with a shoulder strike.
McGowan lands with a short shot to the head.
McGowan scores with a nice hook to the head.
McGowan pushes Graham back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
McGowan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
McGowan gets through Graham's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
McGowan landing knees to the head.

Graham is rocked!
McGowan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Oh Graham is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
McGowan cracks Graham with a big uppercut, right up the middle and Graham 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! Graham wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Neil McGowan!
After winning the bout, Neil McGowan thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
Anthony Graham spoke after the fight, saying 'BOMBACLAUGHT!!!'.