PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Stevie Ray (ranked 4231 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aaron McLoughlin (ranked 4744 p4p, 449 weight class). Stevie Ray has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Ray
vs
McLoughlin

178 cm
31
167 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

181 cm
27
165 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Dangerous GnP
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Stevie Ray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Aaron McLoughlin!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Bruno Lombardi and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McLoughlin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ray circles away quickly and effectively.
A telegraphed right hand from McLoughlin misses the target.
McLoughlin on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Ray clinches up with McLoughlin and pushes him back against the cage.
Ray lands a nice uppercut.
McLoughlin takes a shot to the head.
Ray lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ray lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

McLoughlin is rocked!
McLoughlin blocking some punches.
Ray throws a punch but it's blocked by McLoughlin.
Ray lands a hook to the side of the head.
McLoughlin is still on wobbly legs! Can Ray finish him?
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ray.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice left hand lands by Ray.
Ray lands a right hand that snaps the head of McLoughlin backwards.
Ray lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ray fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ray gets through McLoughlin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ray pushes McLoughlin against the cage. Ray is working some dirty boxing. Ray pushes off with a quick right hook! McLoughlin goes down! McLoughlin tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Ray moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stevie Ray!
During a confident post fight interview, Stevie Ray thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.