PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Patrick McGuire (ranked 22034 p4p, 783 weight class) and Ezekel Rage (ranked 20847 p4p, 753 weight class). McGuire comes into the arena with Dropkick Murphys - The Warrior's Code blaring out of the sound system. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

McGuire
vs
Rage

187 cm
23
174 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

195 cm
25
196 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Freebok (85% Laundry)

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 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Patrick McGuire!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ezekel Rage!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shirou Masuda and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from McGuire misses.
McGuire catches Rage with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
McGuire throws a leg kick but Rage checks it.
Rage throws a leg kick that is checked
letting McGuire counter with a right hand.
Rage chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Rage wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

McGuire drives through and clinches with Rage against the ropes.
Rage lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rage fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rage.
McGuire blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rage.
McGuire tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rage softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McGuire lands with a left to the head.
Rage struggles to land a body shot inside as McGuire controls his hands.
McGuire misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rage scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGuire tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McGuire tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rage's elbow.
McGuire blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McGuire blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rage lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rage blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

McGuire manages to break the clinch.
McGuire moves away from the strike by Rage.
Rage misses with a low kick.
An inside leg kick from Rage misses.
McGuire misses with a wild body shot.
Rage has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
An inside leg kick from Rage misses.
McGuire is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Rage is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McGuire.
McGuire just misses with a punch to the body.
McGuire keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rage throws a jab but it's blocked by McGuire.
McGuire misses with a leg kick.
McGuire tried to score with a low kick but Rage checks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGuire misses with an uppercut. Rage saw that one coming.
Rage misses with a jab to the body
and Rage takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rage throws a looping overhand right but McGuire ducks down to avoid it.
McGuire throws a body kick that misses.
McGuire lands with an overhand left.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McGuire throws a leg kick but Rage sees it coming and moves out of range.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Rage. McGuire shrugs it off though.
McGuire throws a shot to the body.
Rage throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent McGuire stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Rage throws a nice outside leg kick.
Rage avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
McGuire misses with a looping right.
Rage thumps McGuire with a low kick.
Rage throws a right hand that misses
and McGuire connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rage checks a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ezekel Rage will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

McGuire misses with a body shot
and Rage counters with a nice leg kick.
Rage moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
McGuire throws a jab when Rage was well out of range.
McGuire is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
McGuire thuds his right hand into Rage's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
McGuire misses with an uppercut.
McGuire throws a half hearted mid kick.
McGuire misses with a head kick.
Rage throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Rage lands a jab to the nose.
Rage walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. McGuire checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
McGuire lands a jab to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McGuire connects with a leg kick. Rage looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Rage scores with a body shot.
Rage tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McGuire was well out of range. Poor timing from Rage.
Rage misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McGuire.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McGuire buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rage tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McGuire was well out of range. Poor timing from Rage.
McGuire throws a jab but it's blocked by Rage.
A slow jab from McGuire misses its intended target.
Rage avoids the head kick by McGuire.
Rage blocks a jab.
McGuire scores with a push kick.
Rage throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck McGuire on the side of the head.
McGuire stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rage.
Rage tests McGuire's chin there with a solid looking shot.
McGuire wants to clinch up but Rage keeps it at a distance.
Rage throws a solid leg kick but McGuire takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Rage.
McGuire throws a nice inside leg kick.
McGuire takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

McGuire clinches.
Rage throws a punch but it's blocked by McGuire.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McGuire lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rage backwards.
McGuire makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
McGuire can't find room to land a body shot as Rage controls the action.
McGuire goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
McGuire misses with a punch to the body.
McGuire misses with a punch to the body.
McGuire tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
McGuire struggles to land a body shot inside as Rage controls his hands.
Rage misses with a hook from the clinch.
McGuire doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rage swings wildly with an uppercut but McGuire uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rage blocking some punches.
Rage tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McGuire tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rage's elbow.
McGuire swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rage working aggressively here.
Rage misses with the head strike.
Rage has a couple of punches blocked by McGuire.
Rage swings wildly with an uppercut but McGuire uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick McGuire dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Rage staying out of range there.
Rage appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
McGuire steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rage.
McGuire takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
McGuire doesn't manage to clinch there - Rage circles away.
McGuire throws a jab when Rage was well out of range.
Patrick McGuire is winning the standup battle so far.
Rage changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Rage fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McGuire manages to avoid it.
McGuire misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rage.
Rage uses good head movement to avoid the hook from McGuire.
Rage blocks the body kick.
McGuire tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rage was well out of range. Poor timing from McGuire.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rage keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McGuire lands with a good body shot.
Rage has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Rage there as he acknowledges the shot.
Nice body punch from McGuire.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rage. McGuire does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rage misses with a low kick.
Rage scoring well with a low kick there.
McGuire loads up on a big right hand but Rage slips the punch.
Rage moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Rage displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McGuire throws out the jab.
McGuire throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McGuire looks to land a body kick but Rage moved away.
Rage pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
McGuire lands a nice looking body shot.
McGuire fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rage.
Rage tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
McGuire chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rage can pounce on him.
McGuire avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
McGuire tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGuire wants to clinch.
McGuire showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rage lands a nice shot to the body.
McGuire takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
McGuire jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rage.
Rage scoring well with a low kick there.
McGuire throws a body shot but no joy.
A big right from Rage misses.
McGuire moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Patrick McGuire.
I think McGuire has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:29
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:29
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a draw!