PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Better Dead (ranked 3291 p4p, 361 weight class) and Connor McGregor (ranked 5391 p4p, 538 weight class). Dead comes to the cage accompanied by Death March - Motionless in White. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Connor McGregor was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Dead
vs
McGregor

183 cm
34
168 lbs
28 - 31 - 0

185 cm
30
168 lbs
11 - 12 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

Sin City Allstars

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 28 - 31 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Better Dead!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Connor McGregor!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Stewart Dunkirk and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dead pulls out of a head kick attempt.

McGregor clinches up with Dead and pushes him back against the cage.
Dead tries to circle away but McGregor has him pinned against the cage.
McGregor with an attempt at a knee that misses.
McGregor tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Dead just stands there and leans against the cage.
Dead is looking to break free of the clinch but McGregor has double underhooks.
Dead swings wildly with an uppercut but McGregor uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dead blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Our sources have told us that Dead has been working on his elbows in the gym.
McGregor tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dead's elbow.
McGregor blocks an elbow strike.
Dead displaying some good clinch control by pressing McGregor up against the cage.
McGregor lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dead comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dead lands a hook to the side of the head.
McGregor with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
McGregor dodges an elbow strike from Dead.
Dead trying to control the position but instead, McGregor has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dead into the cage.
McGregor blocks an elbow strike from Dead.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that McGregor has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGregor blocks an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dead.
McGregor tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dead's elbow.
Dead comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dead wants to break free but McGregor has control.
McGregor scores with a knee to the head.
Dead lands a shoulder strike.
Dead throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Dead blocks a body shot from McGregor.
McGregor looking to throw knees to the head but Dead is blocking nicely.

McGregor pulls guard effortlessly.
Dead tries to free his leg and advance position but McGregor is retaining full guard.

McGregor is working an open guard so Dead takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Dead fails to land with a series of punches.
Dead swings away with a leg kick that misses.

McGregor rushes Dead and presses him up against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dead misses with an elbow strike.
Dead managing to block the knees to the body from McGregor.
Dead unloads a knee to the mid-section. McGregor lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nice elbow from Dead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGregor looking to throw knees to the head but Dead is blocking nicely.
Dead tries to pull guard but McGregor forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Dead scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dead misses with an elbow over the top.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Dead lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt McGregor or not.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dead throws an elbow but misses.
McGregor tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

McGregor drags the fight down to the ground.
Dead controlling from the top position.

McGregor is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Dead is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

McGregor looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dead gets to his feet. McGregor looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Better Dead seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McGregor keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dead fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

Dead drives through and clinches with McGregor against the cage.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
A nice left hand lands by McGregor.
McGregor looking to throw knees to the head but Dead is blocking nicely.
Dead misses with some punches.
Dead throws an elbow that misses.
McGregor looking to throw knees to the head but Dead is blocking nicely.
Dead lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dead misses with the head strike.
McGregor with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dead throws an elbow that misses.
McGregor unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dead lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
McGregor lands with a short head shot on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dead pushes off an throws an elbow but McGregor leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Dead controlling the action here for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

McGregor pulls guard.

McGregor pushes Dead off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by McGregor.
McGregor misses with a takedown attempt - Dead sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
McGregor scores with a head kick. Dead tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Dead throws a looping overhand right but McGregor ducks down to avoid it.
Dead misses with an uppercut. McGregor saw that one coming.
A little jabbing left from McGregor on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Dead connects with a good right hand that stumbles McGregor. McGregor circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Dead throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
McGregor staying out of range there.
A good leg kick by Dead.
Dead takes a jab right on the kisser.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Better Dead 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.

McGregor fails with a takedown attempt.
McGregor is looking to land body kicks.
Dead is looking to counter punch.
McGregor is looking to clinch but Dead is avoiding it.
Dead misses with an uppercut.
McGregor shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Dead pinned against the cage. Dead gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
A low kick from Dead misses
and McGregor counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Dead forces McGregor back against the cage and clinches.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dead throws an elbow but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McGregor lands a left hand.

Dead breaks from the clinch.
Dead lands with a shot to the body.
Dead misses with a leg kick.
McGregor fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Better Dead has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Connor McGregor.
Dead tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dead rushes McGregor and presses him up against the cage.
McGregor with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
McGregor lands a body punch in the clinch.
Dead misses with an elbow over the top.
Dead softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
McGregor lands a knee to the body.
McGregor lands a nice knee to the body.
Dead takes a knee right on the jaw!
Dead tries to stall but McGregor uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Better Dead has scored more points in the clinch so far.
McGregor landing knees to the body.
Dead tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dead misses with an elbow over the top.
McGregor lands a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McGregor tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dead pushes McGregor back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
McGregor with an attempt at a knee that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dead.
McGregor looking to throw knees to the head but Dead is blocking nicely.
Dead throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Dead scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right from McGregor on the inside.
McGregor using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dead has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
McGregor blocks an uppercut.
McGregor misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dead.
McGregor tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
McGregor tries a knee to the head but Dead blocks it.
McGregor looking for a takedown.
McGregor is breathing heavily.
McGregor looking for a takedown.
McGregor throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dead blocks it with crossed arms.
Dead taking a breather.
Dead lands with a left to the head.
McGregor tries to land a knee to the head but Dead blocks with his arms.

Dead gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.

Dead decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Dead lands with a good body shot.

Dead moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dead pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dead throws a leg kick but McGregor sees it coming and checks it nicely.

McGregor tries to keep at a distance but Dead has taken the fight into the clinch.
McGregor landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
McGregor looking to throw knees to the head but Dead is blocking nicely.
Dead lands on the inside with an uppercut.
McGregor scores a nice knee to the body.
McGregor fails to pull guard.
McGregor throws a knee to the head but misses.
McGregor tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
McGregor tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dead misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Knees to the body from McGregor.
McGregor's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
McGregor connects with a knee to the head.
Dead creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A knee to the head by Dead.

McGregor is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGregor takes an elbow to the temple.
McGregor is still on wobbly legs! Can Dead finish him?
McGregor takes an elbow to the temple.
Dead creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops McGregor! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for Dead.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Better Dead!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Better Dead waved his t-shirt featuring Sin City Allstars's logo in front of the cameras.