PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Connor McGregor (ranked 2363 p4p, 255 weight class) and Lin Shui (ranked 5059 p4p, 477 weight class). Connor McGregor has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

McGregor
vs
Shui

185 cm
28
168 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

165 cm
27
149 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Very quick

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Connor McGregor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lin Shui!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Alan Glass and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Shui fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging McGregor to the ground. Shui is now in McGregor's guard.
Shui slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Shui looking to sit in guard and control but McGregor gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Shui controlling McGregor's posture.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shui is continuing to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGregor stays in close to Shui's body and controls the position.
Shui is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
McGregor passes into half guard.
McGregor wants to stand up but Shui has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Shui controlling the position well.
Shui felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Shui tries to get to full guard but McGregor has control of the leg.
McGregor sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Shui defending well though.
Shui is holding on to half guard well.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Shui is looking to improve his position.
Shui manages to get to full guard.
Shui has McGregor pulled in close to control his posture.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
McGregor plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Shui connects with a leg kick. McGregor looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
McGregor fails with an attempt to clinch.
Shui does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
McGregor looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Shui avoids the head kick by McGregor.
Shui fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. McGregor looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
McGregor is looking to land body kicks.
Shui is looking for the big counter here.
Shui looks to land a body kick but McGregor moved away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGregor blocks a jab.
McGregor throws a big counter combination but Shui scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
McGregor doesn't manage to clinch there - Shui circles away.
Shui is clearly trying to counter these attacks from McGregor with a body shot.
Shui looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Shui feints and then cracks McGregor's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow McGregor down.
McGregor on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
McGregor bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A nice inside leg kick there by Shui. That's going to slow McGregor down.
McGregor has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from McGregor there as he acknowledges the shot.
Lin Shui seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McGregor throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
McGregor moves in looking to clinch but Shui pushes him off.
Shui slips under a jab from McGregor.
Shui tries to counter by closing the distance.

McGregor rushes Shui and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Shui blocking some punches.
McGregor misses with some punches.
Shui tries a body shot but McGregor blocks it.
Shui blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Lin Shui will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Shui misses with a kick to the body.
Good shot there by Shui.

McGregor clinches.
Shui lands on the inside with an uppercut.
McGregor tries to throw a body punch but Shui avoids it by throwing McGregor back against the cage.
A short uppercut from Shui.
McGregor softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short uppercut from Shui.
Knees to the body from McGregor.
Shui lands a knee to the head.
McGregor throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Shui blocks it with crossed arms.
McGregor misses with the head strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shui on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Shui as the two fighters clinch.
McGregor lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Shui backwards.
Shui tries to land knees in the clinch but McGregor avoids the damage to the body.
McGregor using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Shui has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
McGregor takes an elbow to the forehead.
McGregor trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGregor fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Shui scores with a nice hook to the head.
Shui with a knee to the head.

McGregor is rocked!
Shui lands an elbow that stopped McGregor in his tracks for a moment.
Oh McGregor is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Shui controlling the action here for a moment.
A short right from Shui on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Shui.
Shui unloads with a big right hand that wobbles McGregor! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Shui is unloading with more strikes now! McGregor drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lin Shui!