PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Shawn MacGuire (ranked 8493 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rock Solid (ranked 5410 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

MacGuire
vs
Solid

185 cm
22
175 lbs
0 - 2 - 1

187 cm
18
197 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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 0 - 2 - 1, fighting out of London, Shawn MacGuire!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Rock Solid!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Donald Grub and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Solid scores with a sloppy right hand. MacGuire should have avoided that one.
MacGuire looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Solid connects with the punch.
Solid lands a glancing blow to the side of MacGuire's head.
Solid lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
MacGuire takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Rock Solid seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
MacGuire walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

MacGuire is rocked!
MacGuire takes a jab right on the kisser.
Oh MacGuire is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Solid cracks MacGuire with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Solid has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning MacGuire to stand back up!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Solid throws a predictable looking body shot

and MacGuire counters with a nice double leg into side control. Solid won't be happy with that.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Solid is trying to control MacGuire's posture but MacGuire avoids it.
Solid tries to bench press MacGuire off him but MacGuire keeps the position.
Solid is trying to control MacGuire's posture but MacGuire avoids it.
Solid tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but MacGuire wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
MacGuire working away.
MacGuire seems to have got his legs back now.
MacGuire misses with the ground and pound.
Solid struggling a bit here.
MacGuire wants to control but Solid is keeping him busy.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
MacGuire gets cracked there but stands up to it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
MacGuire drops his hands momentarily and Solid takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Nice shot lands for Solid.
Solid cracks MacGuire with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
MacGuire dodges the punch combination from Solid.
Solid drops MacGuire with a naaaaasty hook - MacGuire is in real trouble here! Solid dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rock Solid!