PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Danny McCoy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carter Jose De La Cus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think McCoy might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to O Canada. Jose De La Cus has chosen Timbaland - Don't get no betta as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

McCoy
vs
Jose De La Cus

173 cm
32
147 lbs
14 - 11 - 0

173 cm
27
146 lbs
14 - 10 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Danny McCoy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 10 - 1, fighting out of New York, Carter Jose De La Cus!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Glass and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCoy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jose De La Cus jabs McCoy right on the nose. McCoy blinks but takes it well.

It looks like Danny McCoy has been cut.
Jose De La Cus blocks a head kick by McCoy.
Jose De La Cus lands an overhand right.
McCoy looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Jose De La Cus dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
McCoy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jose De La Cus paws at him with a jab and circles away.

McCoy moves into the clinch.
McCoy misses with the head strike.
A right hook to the body lands for McCoy.

Jose De La Cus breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Carter Jose De La Cus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCoy slips a jab and a cross from Jose De La Cus.
Jose De La Cus takes a swing at McCoy's ribcage but misses.
A right-left combo lands from Jose De La Cus.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McCoy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jose De La Cus.
McCoy tries to clinch up.
McCoy throws out a loose jab but Jose De La Cus uses good head movement to avoid it.
No joy there for Jose De La Cus, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCoy has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

McCoy clinches up with Jose De La Cus and pushes him back against the cage.

Jose De La Cus manages to break the clinch.
McCoy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jose De La Cus moves away.
Jose De La Cus tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
McCoy looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Jose De La Cus misses with a hook. McCoy ducked under it nicely.
Jose De La Cus fails to land with a series of punches.
McCoy is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
McCoy scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jose De La Cus doesn't seem bothered though.
No joy there for Jose De La Cus, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
McCoy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jose De La Cus swats away the attempt to clinch by McCoy.
Jose De La Cus throws a nice looking combination but McCoy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
McCoy swings for the body but Jose De La Cus moves out of range.
Jose De La Cus misses with a double jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McCoy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jose De La Cus.
Jose De La Cus tries to bum rush McCoy with a series of wild strikes but McCoy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jose De La Cus staying out of range there.

McCoy rushes Jose De La Cus and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Jose De La Cus manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Jose De La Cus, as that shot connected.
McCoy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jose De La Cus.
McCoy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jose De La Cus manages to avoid it.
Jose De La Cus throws a looping overhand right but McCoy ducks down to avoid it.
McCoy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jose De La Cus misses with a two punch combination.
McCoy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jose De La Cus.
McCoy tries to clinch up.
Jose De La Cus keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McCoy swinging wildly here.
Jose De La Cus slips a jab and a cross from McCoy.
McCoy is looking to wear down Jose De La Cus with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Jose De La Cus rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but McCoy moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jose De La Cus throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jose De La Cus gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
McCoy throws a series of punches but Jose De La Cus moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCoy tries to clinch but Jose De La Cus moves out of range.
McCoy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jose De La Cus throws a series of punches but McCoy avoids them all with ease.
McCoy is looking to clinch.
McCoy scores with a jab.
Jose De La Cus lands with an uppercut that bounces McCoy off the cage and back into range.
Nice uppercut there from McCoy.
Jose De La Cus looks to score with a jab to the body but McCoy is just out of range.
McCoy slips under a jab from Jose De La Cus.
McCoy avoids a punch combination nicely.
McCoy tries to clinch up.
Jose De La Cus tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Jose De La Cus misses the shot to the body.
Jose De La Cus connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Jose De La Cus is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Jose De La Cus lands with a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A right-left combo lands from Jose De La Cus.
McCoy tries to close the distance and clinch but Jose De La Cus swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nice straight punches there by Jose De La Cus. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Jose De La Cus.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jose De La Cus connects with a body shot that sends McCoy's belly button to the back.
Jose De La Cus misses with a body shot.
Jose De La Cus throws a combination but it was largely blocked by McCoy.
McCoy fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Jose De La Cus looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
McCoy takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Jose De La Cus is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! McCoy had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
McCoy takes a swing at Jose De La Cus's ribcage but misses.
Jose De La Cus lands with a hook. McCoy tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Jose De La Cus throws a series of punches but McCoy moves out of range.
No joy there for Jose De La Cus, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jose De La Cus avoids the head kick by McCoy.
Jose De La Cus connects with a right hand. McCoy shakes it off.
McCoy tries to clinch but Jose De La Cus moves out of range.
Jose De La Cus throws a right and a left that McCoy avoids nicely.
Jose De La Cus misses with a double jab.
McCoy fails to land with a series of punches.
Jose De La Cus feints the counter takedown.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McCoy looks to land a combination but Jose De La Cus avoids it well.
McCoy misses with a head kick.
McCoy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
McCoy keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A punch combination from Jose De La Cus misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carter Jose De La Cus dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Danny McCoy's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

A looping hook to the body misses from Jose De La Cus. McCoy does a little dance to reset his feet.
McCoy misses with a series of wild punches.
McCoy takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Jose De La Cus throws out a loose jab but McCoy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jose De La Cus fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Jose De La Cus throws a right and a left that McCoy avoids nicely.
McCoy tries to clinch there but Jose De La Cus circles away.

McCoy pushes Jose De La Cus up against the cage in a clinch.
McCoy tries a body shot but Jose De La Cus blocks it.

McCoy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

McCoy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McCoy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jose De La Cus is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCoy tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Jose De La Cus counters with a single leg into guard. McCoy didn't expect that.
McCoy preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Jose De La Cus has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

McCoy manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.

Jose De La Cus's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jose De La Cus lands with a nice combination. McCoy backs away looking to recover.
Danny McCoy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Jose De La Cus throws a one two combo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McCoy throws a head kick but Jose De La Cus moves out of range.
McCoy throws a right and a left that Jose De La Cus avoids nicely.
McCoy wants to clinch up but Jose De La Cus keeps it at a distance.
Jose De La Cus throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jose De La Cus scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A combination from Jose De La Cus does no damage.
McCoy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jose De La Cus swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Carter Jose De La Cus seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jose De La Cus falls off balance throwing a combination
and McCoy counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Some wild striking there from McCoy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCoy lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
McCoy throws a body punch but Jose De La Cus moves out of range.
McCoy lands with a nice body punch.
McCoy connects with a looping right hand.
Jose De La Cus showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from McCoy.
Jose De La Cus is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Jose De La Cus looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
McCoy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jose De La Cus paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jose De La Cus throws a right hand that McCoy ducks under and follows up with a left that McCoy also avoids with ease.
McCoy gets cracked there but stands up to it.
McCoy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jose De La Cus was well out of range. Poor timing from McCoy.
McCoy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jose De La Cus throws out the jab.
Jose De La Cus misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jose De La Cus misses with a two punch combination.
Jose De La Cus throws a right hand that McCoy ducks under and follows up with a left that McCoy also avoids with ease.
McCoy throws a body punch but Jose De La Cus moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jose De La Cus blocks a leg kick.
Jose De La Cus tries to bum rush McCoy with a series of wild strikes but McCoy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jose De La Cus fails to land with a series of punches.
Decent striking displayed by Jose De La Cus there.
McCoy connects with the punch.
McCoy is looking to slow Jose De La Cus down with leg kicks.
Jose De La Cus misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
McCoy scores with a body shot.
McCoy throws a head kick that Jose De La Cus semi-blocks.
Jose De La Cus dodges the punch combination from McCoy.
A punch combination from McCoy misses.
McCoy goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Some wild striking there from Jose De La Cus.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McCoy jabs Jose De La Cus right on the nose. Jose De La Cus blinks but takes it well.
McCoy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jose De La Cus swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jose De La Cus scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Jose De La Cus misses with a few strikes there.
Jose De La Cus throws a series of punches but McCoy avoids them all with ease.
Jose De La Cus keeps the fight on the outside.
Jose De La Cus with the counter takedown but McCoy avoids it easily.
Jose De La Cus throws a nice looking combination but McCoy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
McCoy is looking for a counter combo.
McCoy goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Jose De La Cus works the jab nicely.
McCoy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jose De La Cus.
McCoy seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Jose De La Cus throws a combination but it was largely blocked by McCoy.
Jose De La Cus is breathing heavily.
Jose De La Cus scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
McCoy dodges the punch combination from Jose De La Cus.
Jose De La Cus fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McCoy manages to avoid it.
McCoy tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McCoy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jose De La Cus moves away.
McCoy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jose De La Cus circles away quickly and effectively.
Jose De La Cus swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jose De La Cus takes a body punch but keeps moving.
McCoy scores with a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Carter Jose De La Cus will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Danny McCoy's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

A big right from Jose De La Cus misses.
Jose De La Cus throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
McCoy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
McCoy looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
McCoy tries to close the distance and clinch but Jose De La Cus swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jose De La Cus throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A combination from McCoy does no damage.
Jose De La Cus lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A decent looking cross lands there for Jose De La Cus.
Jose De La Cus swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
McCoy misses with a wild combination.
Jose De La Cus changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
McCoy tries to clinch up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jose De La Cus misses with a few strikes there.
McCoy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jose De La Cus ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McCoy moves away.
McCoy ducks under a wild hook from Jose De La Cus.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jose De La Cus swinging wildly here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCoy misses with a head kick.
Jose De La Cus misses with a hook.
Jose De La Cus misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
McCoy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jose De La Cus just misses with a punch to the body.

McCoy has Jose De La Cus up against the cage in a clinch.
McCoy working aggressively here.

McCoy manages to break the clinch.
McCoy tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jose De La Cus manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
McCoy on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Jose De La Cus will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
McCoy misses the shot to the body.
McCoy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
McCoy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jose De La Cus takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The fight stays on the outside here - McCoy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jose De La Cus tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
McCoy misses with an uppercut. Jose De La Cus saw that one coming.
Jose De La Cus drops down looking to force a counter takedown but McCoy defends it well.
McCoy dodges the punch combination from Jose De La Cus.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McCoy lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Jose De La Cus at a distance.
Jose De La Cus looks to land a combination but McCoy avoids it well.
Jose De La Cus throws a right and a left that McCoy avoids nicely.
McCoy throws a series of punches but Jose De La Cus avoids them all with ease.
McCoy misses with the combination.
McCoy tries to clinch up.
Jose De La Cus scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Danny McCoy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jose De La Cus rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but McCoy moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jose De La Cus takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jab from Jose De La Cus.
Jose De La Cus throws a looping overhand right but McCoy ducks down to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCoy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jose De La Cus.
McCoy doesn't manage to clinch there - Jose De La Cus circles away.
McCoy is looking to clinch.
Jose De La Cus keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McCoy scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Carter Jose De La Cus is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Jose De La Cus connects with a body shot that sends McCoy's belly button to the back.
McCoy takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Jose De La Cus throws a nice looking combination but McCoy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
McCoy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jose De La Cus sees it coming and avoids it easily.
McCoy tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jose De La Cus manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
McCoy is looking to clinch.
McCoy takes a swing at Jose De La Cus's ribcage but misses.
McCoy throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Jose De La Cus stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
McCoy pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
McCoy wants to clinch up but Jose De La Cus keeps it at a distance.
McCoy takes a swing at Jose De La Cus's ribcage but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jose De La Cus throws a nice looking combination but McCoy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
McCoy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jose De La Cus looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
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!
McCoy dodges the punch combination from Jose De La Cus.
A punch combination from Jose De La Cus misses.
Jose De La Cus lands with a nice combination. McCoy backs away looking to recover.
McCoy throws a right hand that Jose De La Cus ducks under and follows up with a left that Jose De La Cus also avoids with ease.
McCoy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jose De La Cus.
McCoy looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A head kick misses from McCoy.
And Jose De La Cus tries to counter it with a takedown but McCoy pushes his down on his head and steps out.
McCoy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jose De La Cus stalks McCoy and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into McCoy's face. McCoy staggers backwards, shaken.
McCoy misses with a hook.
Jose De La Cus misses with a series of wild punches.
McCoy slips a jab and a cross from Jose De La Cus.

And that's the end of the fight!
Carter Jose De La Cus comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Jose De La Cus winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carter Jose De La Cus!
A very excited looking Carter Jose De La Cus rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.