PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Corey McGregor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dre Deathrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McGregor kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Justin Bieber ft. Ariana Grande - Let Me Think Bout You. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

McGregor
vs
Deathrow

194 cm
18
215 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

187 cm
19
213 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Brawler
Cardio machine

Solid Muay Thai
Heavy handed

House of Valor
Aspire Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Corey McGregor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dre Deathrow!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Gwen Towbar and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McGregor circles away from the clinch attempt.
Deathrow on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Deathrow tries to clinch up but McGregor circles away and keeps his distance.
McGregor has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Aspire Acαdemy in the buildup to the fight.
McGregor staying out of range there.
McGregor connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Deathrow tries to clinch up.
McGregor ducks under a wild hook from Deathrow.
McGregor throws a big shot that misses.
Deathrow tries to close the distance and clinch up but McGregor swats him away and circles back towards the center.
McGregor slips under a jab.
Deathrow misses with a looping right.
McGregor scores with a jab to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Deathrow fails with an attempt to clinch.
Deathrow swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by McGregor.

It looks like Corey McGregor has been cut.
Deathrow moves out of range as McGregor strikes.
McGregor takes a swing at Deathrow's ribcage but misses.
Deathrow tries to counter by closing the distance.

Deathrow has taken the fight to the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Deathrow struggles to land a body shot inside as McGregor controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGregor blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, McGregor creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
McGregor lands a shoulder strike.
Deathrow misses with a hook from the clinch.
McGregor lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nice body punch from McGregor.
Deathrow swings wildly with an uppercut but McGregor uses good head movement to avoid it.
Deathrow misses with some punches.
Deathrow's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
McGregor digs a right hand into Deathrow's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Deathrow's gas tank.
Deathrow blocking some punches.
A right hook to the body lands for McGregor.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Deathrow creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
McGregor blocks a body shot from Deathrow.
Deathrow throws a punch but it's blocked by McGregor.
Deathrow has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. McGregor seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Deathrow can turn it around.
McGregor lands a hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Deathrow misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGregor lands a body shot.
McGregor lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Deathrow backwards.
McGregor blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Deathrow tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McGregor lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short right from McGregor.
Deathrow swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Deathrow swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short body shot lands from Deathrow as the two fighters clinch.
McGregor lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Deathrow backwards.
Deathrow working aggressively here.
McGregor lands a body shot.
A short right hand to the side of the head by McGregor.
Deathrow swings wildly with an uppercut but McGregor uses good head movement to avoid it.
Deathrow struggles to land a body shot inside as McGregor controls his hands.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Deathrow working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Corey McGregor dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Corey McGregor's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

McGregor lands a head shot.

Deathrow is still looking wobbly from the end of the last round!
McGregor cracks Deathrow with a brutal left hook that knocks him out cold! This one is over in a flash! Game over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Corey McGregor!
Corey McGregor decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.