PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dexter Budd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert MacIntyre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Robert MacIntyre has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Budd
vs
MacIntyre

181 cm
25
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

199 cm
18
216 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Dexter Budd!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Robert MacIntyre!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Sam Margolis and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by MacIntyre.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from MacIntyre, right into the meat.
Budd swings for the body but MacIntyre moves out of range.
A nice side step and MacIntyre releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
MacIntyre swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Budd lands a nice shot to the body.
Budd misses with a looping right.
A jab from Budd misses.
MacIntyre ducks under a wild hook from Budd.
Budd misses with an uppercut.
Budd tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Budd moves into the clinch.
Budd misses with a punch on the inside.
MacIntyre misses with a body punch.
Budd throws a head punch that misses.
Budd throws a blind hook that connects with the side of MacIntyres head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Budd creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
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!
MacIntyre lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Budd lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
MacIntyre tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
MacIntyre misses with a hook to the ribs.
Budd lands a right hand that snaps the head of MacIntyre backwards.
Budd scores with a nice hook to the head.
MacIntyre lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
MacIntyre takes a shot to the head.
MacIntyre misses with a punch on the inside.
MacIntyre looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
MacIntyre throws a punch but it's blocked by Budd.
MacIntyre lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Budd blocks an uppercut.
Budd misses with some punches.
A shot in the inside from Budd.
MacIntyre scores with an uppercut up the middle.
MacIntyre misses with a punch to the body.
MacIntyre gets through Budd's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
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!
MacIntyre looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Budd.
MacIntyre misses with a punch on the inside.
MacIntyre struggles to land a body shot inside as Budd controls his hands.
MacIntyre lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Budd backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Budd fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
MacIntyre misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from MacIntyre fails to land.
Budd misses with a punch on the inside.
MacIntyre doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
MacIntyre doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Budd throws a head punch that misses.
MacIntyre misses with the head strike.
MacIntyre misses with the head strike.
Budd lands with a short punch from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Budd creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
MacIntyre lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Budd backwards.
Budd blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

MacIntyre's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
MacIntyre fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Nice body kick from MacIntyre.
MacIntyre misses with a wild body shot.
MacIntyre connects with a leg kick. Budd looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from MacIntyre.
A nice leg kick lands there from MacIntyre.
MacIntyre fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Budd misses with a lunging right hand
and MacIntyre counters with an inside leg kick.
Budd is breathing heavily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from MacIntyre, right into the meat.
MacIntyre moves away from the strike by Budd.
MacIntyre lands a nice looking kick to the body. Budd takes a step back to recover.
MacIntyre feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Budd's calf.
Budd throws a poor cross that misses
and MacIntyre counters with an outside leg kick.
MacIntyre connects with an inside leg kick.
A shot to the liver by MacIntyre. Beautiful body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
MacIntyre looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
MacIntyre circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Budd to the canvas! Budd doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - MacIntyre keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Robert MacIntyre!
After winning the bout, Robert MacIntyre thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.