PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ralph McGucken (ranked 4618 p4p, 509 weight class) and Bryan Beckett (ranked 7046 p4p, 625 weight class). Beckett is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Dhal Jaun Main-Akshay Kumar & Ileana D'cruz. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

McGucken
vs
Beckett

180 cm
19
195 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

188 cm
19
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ralph McGucken!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bryan Beckett!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Josh West and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

McGucken closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
McGucken with an attempt at a knee that misses.
McGucken with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
McGucken missing with knees to the body.
McGucken misses with a knee to the head.
Beckett swings wildly with an uppercut but McGucken uses good head movement to avoid it.
McGucken is looking for a takedown.
McGucken lands a knee to the head.
Beckett looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
McGucken tries a knee to the head but Beckett blocks it.
Still in the clinch, Beckett scores with a nice short uppercut.
McGucken is looking to take this one to the mat.
McGucken throws a knee to the head but misses.
McGucken looking to throw knees to the head but Beckett is blocking nicely.
McGucken misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Beckett.
We've been hearing reports that McGucken has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Beckett lands with a light punch inside.
McGucken using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Beckett has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Beckett blocks an uppercut.
Beckett avoiding damage as McGucken throws knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McGucken using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Beckett has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Beckett manages to break the clinch.

McGucken drives through and clinches with Beckett against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beckett lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short right from Beckett.
A nice left hand lands by Beckett.
McGucken trying to land knees to the body.
Beckett lands a body punch in the clinch.
McGucken is breathing heavily.
Beckett lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Beckett on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
McGucken is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Beckett is defending well for now.
Beckett works on McGucken's body with a couple of short punches.
McGucken looking to throw knees to the head but Beckett is blocking nicely.
Beckett scores with a hook to the body.
McGucken on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Beckett lands an uppercut.
A hook to the body from Beckett.
Beckett scores with a shot to the side of McGucken's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McGucken using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Beckett has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Beckett.
McGucken tries to land a knee to the head but Beckett blocks with his arms.
Good body shot from Beckett.
Beckett lands with a left to the head.
Beckett is trying to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beckett lands a body punch.
McGucken takes a shot to the head.
Beckett throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Beckett lands a right hand that snaps the head of McGucken backwards.

McGucken is rocked!
Come on Beckett - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Oh McGucken is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Beckett prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ralph McGucken. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A right handed body shot lands from Beckett.
Beckett lands a shot to the body.
Beckett presses McGucken against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Beckett dips a shoulder and cracks McGucken with a mighty uppercut! McGucken falls back against the ropes and Beckett unloads with a barrage of strikes! McGucken is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the ropes! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Beckett screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bryan Beckett!
A relieved looking Bryan Beckett thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.