PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Taz McKane (ranked 641 p4p, 72 weight class) and Lazy Bastard (ranked 823 p4p, 100 weight class). Lazy Bastard will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

McKane
vs
Bastard

179 cm
25
163 lbs
18 - 3 - 0

190 cm
25
162 lbs
21 - 11 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
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 18 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Taz McKane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lazy Bastard!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Chris Downing and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McKane takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
No joy there for Bastard, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
It looked like McKane wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Bastard fails to land with a series of punches.
Bastard throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bastard throws a right hand that misses
letting McKane counter with a right hand.
Bastard avoids the body shot from McKane.
McKane keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bastard misses with a jab to the body
and McKane counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bastard jabs at McKane's body.
Bastard goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
McKane looks to land a right hand but Bastard moved out of range.
McKane throws a body punch but Bastard moves out of range.
McKane scores with a hook to the body. Bastard takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
McKane lands a nice shot that snaps Bastard's head back.
Bastard misses the jab.
McKane missing with a left hand there. Bastard was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bastard misses with a combination
and McKane cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bastard throws a lazy right hand but McKane sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bastard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lazy Bastard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bastard looks to throw the jab but McKane is out of range.
McKane throwing a counter right hand but Bastard manages to avoid it.
Bastard throws a series of punches but McKane avoids them all with ease.
Bastard falls off balance throwing a combination
and McKane counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bastard throws a right and a left that both miss.
Some wild striking there from Bastard.
Bastard dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bastard 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.
McKane looks to land a right hand but Bastard moved out of range.
Bastard is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Bastard tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McKane was well out of range. Poor timing from Bastard.
Bastard misses with a hook.
Bastard misses with a body shot.
Bastard misses with a lunging right hand
and Bastard takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
McKane connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bastard momentarily.
Bastard displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McKane throws out the jab.
McKane missing with a left hand there. Bastard was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bastard misses the shot to the body.
Bastard ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
McKane slips under a jab from Bastard.
McKane gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bastard.
McKane moves away from the strike by Bastard.
McKane slips a jab and a cross from Bastard.
McKane lands a nice looking body shot.
McKane takes a swing at Bastard's ribcage but misses.
Jab, jab by McKane - just one landing.
Bastard missing with a left hand there. McKane was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bastard slips a straight right by McKane.
Bastard misses with a hook
and McKane counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bastard closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Bastard closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Bastard fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McKane manages to avoid it.
McKane throwing a counter right hand but Bastard manages to avoid it.
Bastard looks to score with a jab to the body but McKane is just out of range.
Bastard moves away from the strike by McKane.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McKane jabbing away but nothing is landing.
It seemed like Bastard was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
McKane throws a looping overhand right but Bastard ducks down to avoid it.
Bastard lands a jab to the nose.
Bastard looks to throw the jab but McKane is out of range.
McKane throws a hook but Bastard blocks it.
Bastard misses with a double jab.
McKane was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Bastard looks to score with a jab to the body but McKane is just out of range.
Bastard looks to score with a jab to the body but McKane is just out of range.
Bastard throws a jab when McKane was well out of range.
McKane digs a good hook to Bastard's body.
McKane defending well as Bastard loads up on a big left hand.
Bastard throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

McKane gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
McKane struggles to land a body shot inside as Bastard controls his hands.
McKane has a couple of punches blocked by Bastard.
McKane working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McKane lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bastard misses with the head strike.
McKane tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McKane doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Bastard breaks the clinch.
McKane misses with a looping right.
A big right from McKane misses.
Bastard now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
McKane dodges the punch combination from Bastard.
McKane moves out of range as Bastard strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McKane avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bastard misses with a two punch combination.
McKane throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lazy Bastard dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

McKane scores with a shot to the body.
Bastard doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bastard swings for the body but McKane moves out of range.
Bastard throws a shot from downtown. McKane moves away and avoids it.
Bastard rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and McKane counters with a straight right hand.
Bastard throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bastard misses with an uppercut
and McKane counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
McKane walks into a left hand.
Bastard misses with a hook to the body
and McKane connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
McKane takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Lazy Bastard is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bastard throws an ugly left hook that misses
and McKane counters with a straight right hand.

Bastard is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
McKane is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bastard.
McKane throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Left hook, right uppercut from Bastard.
McKane tries to clinch but Bastard moves out of range.
McKane lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bastard at a distance.
Bastard connects with a body shot that sends McKane's belly button to the back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bastard scores with a jab.
McKane swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McKane needs to keep his hands up - Bastard had a free shot at his head there.
McKane slips a jab from Bastard.
McKane scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
McKane lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bastard at a distance.
Bastard throws a hook but McKane avoids it easily.
Nice shot by McKane.
Bastard misses with a combination
and McKane counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A slow jab from Bastard misses its intended target.
No joy there for Bastard, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Left hook, right uppercut from Bastard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McKane keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bastard.
Bastard throws a shot from downtown. McKane moves away and avoids it.
Bastard fails to land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bastard missing with a left hand there. McKane was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

McKane rushes Bastard and presses him up against the cage.
McKane swings wildly with an uppercut but Bastard uses good head movement to avoid it.
McKane lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bastard blocks an uppercut.
A short left from McKane.
Bastard is still on wobbly legs! Can McKane finish him?
Bastard wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bastard seems to have recovered his senses.
McKane tries to throw a body punch but Bastard avoids it by throwing McKane back against the cage.
McKane misses with a body punch.
McKane lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
McKane struggles to land a body shot inside as Bastard controls his hands.
McKane swings wildly with an uppercut but Bastard uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McKane working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bastard tries to circle away but McKane has him pinned against the cage.
Bastard misses with the head strike.
Bastard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McKane tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McKane swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bastard blocks a body shot from McKane.
Bastard wants to get back to striking at distance but McKane won't allow it.
McKane tries to work over Bastard's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A right hook to the body lands for McKane.
A shot in the inside from McKane.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McKane lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bastard backwards.

Bastard manages to break the clinch.
McKane jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Jab, jab by Bastard - just one landing.
Nice jab there from McKane.
Bastard slips a straight right by McKane.
Bastard scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A looping hook to the body misses from Bastard. McKane does a little dance to reset his feet.
A big left from Bastard misses.
Bastard throws a nice looking combination but McKane bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bastard misses with a body shot.
McKane gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bastard.
McKane misses with an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McKane misses the shot to the body.
Bastard is looking for the big counter here.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Bastard, as that shot connected.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Taz McKane will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

A cross from McKane lands.
McKane ducks under a wild hook from Bastard.
Bastard uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McKane.
McKane throws out a loose jab but Bastard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bastard scores with the left hand. McKane knows he should have avoided that one.
Bastard throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck McKane on the side of the head.

McKane moves into range and clinches up with Bastard.

Bastard manages to break the clinch.
Bastard ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McKane moves away.
McKane swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A jab from Bastard does it's job there.
McKane ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Bastard throws a series of punches but McKane moves out of range.
McKane throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bastard counters with a two punch combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McKane throws a body shot but no joy.
Bastard takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
McKane scores with a hook to the body. Bastard takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Bastard misses with a hook
and McKane counters with a stiff right hand.
Bastard takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McKane fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bastard slips a straight right by McKane.
Bastard misses with a combination
and McKane cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bastard throws a combination but it was largely blocked by McKane.
McKane defending well as Bastard loads up on a big left hand.
McKane throwing a counter right hand but Bastard manages to avoid it.

McKane clinches up with Bastard and pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from McKane fails to land.
McKane misses with a body punch.
Bastard missing with knees to the body.
Bastard misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McKane.
McKane misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McKane swings away with an uppercut that misses.
McKane swings away with an uppercut that misses.
McKane lands with a light punch inside.
Bastard tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McKane's elbow.
McKane working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bastard blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bastard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bastard has had enough of the clinch but McKane keeps him there for the moment.
McKane lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bastard backwards.
Taz McKane has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Bastard pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bastard. McKane does a little dance to reset his feet.

McKane cracks Bastard with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Bastard looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can McKane finish him?
McKane throws a body shot but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bastard closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Bastard thows a left - swing and a miss!
A little feinted left hand from McKane on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Lazy Bastard seems to be getting the better of the standup.
McKane ducks under a wild hook from Bastard.
Bastard throws an off balance right hand
and McKane counters with a nice uppercut.
Bastard looks to land a left hand but McKane moved out of range nicely.
Bastard throws a combination that misses
and McKane counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
BOOM! McKane lands a beautiful left hook that drops Bastard. Bastard tries to recover but McKane is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Bastard lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Taz McKane!
Taz McKane decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.