PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Albert Van Rooy (ranked 1923 p4p, 39 weight class) and Hamish McTavish (ranked 2461 p4p, 84 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Van Rooy
vs
McTavish

196 cm
19
256 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

225 cm
20
292 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Good gas tank

IniTech Nutrition
Power Matrix Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Albert Van Rooy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hamish McTavish!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Rooy swings for the body but McTavish moves out of range.
Van Rooy misses with a combination

and McTavish counters with a shoot takedown. Van Rooy fights it but they end up in guard.
McTavish lands a couple of digs.
Van Rooy not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
McTavish pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Van Rooy is keeping the position for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Van Rooy wants to sweep but no luck.
McTavish scoring with some ground and pound.
McTavish looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Van Rooy knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for McTavish on the ground.
McTavish won't allow Van Rooy to sweep him here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McTavish landing with the ground and pound.
McTavish with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McTavish lands a couple of elbows.
McTavish scoring with some ground and pound.
Van Rooy is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Van Rooy wants to sweep but no luck.
McTavish postures up and lands a big shot to Van Rooy's brow.
McTavish with a nice head shot there.
McTavish lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Van Rooy controls McTavish momentarily but McTavish frees himself.
Van Rooy looking for a sweep. Not yet Van Rooy, not yet.
Van Rooy is working hard here to advance position.
Van Rooy on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Van Rooy tries to get out of the position.
McTavish scoring with some ground and pound.
McTavish chips away with some ground and pound.
McTavish content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
McTavish working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Van Rooy's head.
Van Rooy might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Van Rooy has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
McTavish works over Van Rooy with some ground and pound from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McTavish is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Van Rooy trying to control the position.
McTavish working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Van Rooy's head.
Van Rooy is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
McTavish is working Van Rooy over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells McTavish's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
This has been an exciting period of action!
McTavish is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Van Rooy is trying to keep McTavish in close.
McTavish landing with the ground and pound.
McTavish is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Van Rooy controls McTavish momentarily but McTavish frees himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McTavish postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
McTavish controlling from the top position.
Van Rooy is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
McTavish controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
McTavish with a nice head shot there.
Van Rooy is trying to control the position but McTavish postures up.
McTavish scoring with punches to the head and body.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
McTavish is working Van Rooy over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
McTavish sitting in guard here, content to control.
McTavish scoring with some ground and pound.
McTavish lands a couple of digs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McTavish postures up.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells McTavish's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
McTavish postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
McTavish content to stall in guard here.
McTavish connects with a couple of short punches.
McTavish postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
McTavish trying to control the position from guard on top but Van Rooy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Van Rooy wants to hit a switch here but McTavish passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Van Rooy there!
Van Rooy is looking to improve his position but McTavish isn't that keen on the idea.
McTavish has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
McTavish cracks Van Rooy with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Van Rooy definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McTavish working away from the top, dropping strikes.
McTavish connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Van Rooy tries to lock up and control but McTavish gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hamish McTavish dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Van Rooy looks to throw the jab but McTavish is out of range.
Van Rooy swings and misses with a shot to the body

and McTavish counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
McTavish lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
McTavish takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
McTavish has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
McTavish lands a nice shot to the head.
McTavish breaks from Van Rooy's wrist control and lands an elbow.
McTavish has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Van Rooy tries to get back to half guard but can't.
McTavish looking to control and managing it successfully.
Van Rooy is trying desperately to improve position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Van Rooy in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
McTavish working the ground and pound effectively.

Van Rooy is rocked!
Hamish McTavish has got the better of the ground game so far.
McTavish landing punches.
Oh Van Rooy is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's one minute gone in the round.
McTavish unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Van Rooy wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! McTavish celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hamish McTavish!
After the fight, Hamish McTavish was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.