PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tayler McGuinness (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Flynn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mike Flynn told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

McGuinness
vs
Flynn

190 cm
18
227 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

190 cm
22
279 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Big heart

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tayler McGuinness!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Flynn!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Russell Pearce and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McGuinness throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Flynn's waist but Flynn gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing McGuinness off to one side.
McGuinness slips under a jab.

Flynn shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Flynn was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Flynn landing strikes, looking to finish!
McGuinness is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Flynn looking to control and managing it successfully.
Flynn cracks McGuinness with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

McGuinness is rocked!
Flynn has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGuinness's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Flynn controlling from the full mount.
McGuinness is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Flynn controlling the pace for now.
McGuinness really wants to buck Flynn off and get back to his feet.
Flynn controlling the pace for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Despite being in the dominant position, Mike Flynn just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Flynn.
McGuinness takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Flynn scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at McGuinness to see if he's OK.
Flynn taking a breather here.
Flynn working the ground and pound.
Oh McGuinness is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
McGuinness is breathing heavily.
McGuinness is working to avoid the ground and pound but Flynn connects with a decent elbow.
McGuinness seems to have got his legs back now.
Flynn scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at McGuinness to see if he's OK.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flynn lands a decent elbow from side control.
Flynn lands an elbow.
McGuinness is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Flynn asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Flynn in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Flynn working the ground and pound from side control.
Flynn is staying tight to McGuinness's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Flynn scores with punches from side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Flynn lands an elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flynn scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at McGuinness to see if he's OK.
McGuinness seems a little lost for a moment, as Flynn dominates the positioning.
Flynn has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Flynn takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Flynn unloads with some vicious shots from mount and McGuinness wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Flynn celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mike Flynn!