PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hot Sauce (ranked 4335 p4p, 452 weight class) and John McSulley (ranked 7000 p4p, 558 weight class). Hot Sauce has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Sauce
vs
McSulley

178 cm
27
200 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

193 cm
20
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hot Sauce!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, John McSulley!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Ben Watson and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McSulley takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
McSulley ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sauce looks to land a combination but McSulley avoids it well.
Sauce throws a sloppy body shot
and McSulley counters with a straight right hand.
McSulley lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
McSulley showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sauce.
McSulley dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Sauce gets tackled into the cage by McSulley. McSulley maintains the clinch.
McSulley digs a right hand underneath Sauce's ribcage. Sauce let out a lung full of air as it connected.
McSulley makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
McSulley lands with a short shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sauce fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Sauce is trying to push McSulley away but McSulley has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Nice body punch from McSulley - that landed with a thud.
Sauce wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A right hook to the body lands for McSulley.
Sauce is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sauce is looking to break free of the clinch but McSulley has double underhooks.
McSulley working some nice short punches in the clinch.
McSulley has Sauce pressed against the cage, preventing Sauce from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
McSulley lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
McSulley lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
McSulley controlling the action here for a moment.
Sauce can't break the clinch.
McSulley throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
McSulley cracks Sauce with a nice body shot.
McSulley has Sauce pushed against the cage.
McSulley manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Come on McSulley - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sauce goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sauce is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
McSulley keeps control of Sauce as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
McSulley lands a hook that snaps the head of Sauce backwards.
McSulley lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
McSulley stalling in the clinch.
A short left from McSulley.
McSulley just leaning against Sauce, taking a breather.
Sauce is trying to break the clinch but McSulley has him pressed against the cage.
Sauce tries to break the clinch but McSulley is controlling the position.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McSulley lands a nice uppercut.
Sauce tries to break free but McSulley pushes him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McSulley dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
McSulley scores with an uppercut up the middle.
McSulley lands a shot to the body.
McSulley lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sauce.
McSulley lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by McSulley.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from McSulley.
A nice right hand lands inside from McSulley.
Good body shot from McSulley.
McSulley scores with a hook to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, McSulley creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
McSulley lands a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McSulley lands with a short shot to the head.
Good body shot from McSulley.
A quick uppercut on the inside from McSulley.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from McSulley.
McSulley lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from McSulley.
Sauce being controlled against the cage.
McSulley lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sauce backwards.
McSulley lands on the inside with an uppercut.
McSulley scores with an uppercut up the middle.
McSulley displaying some good clinch control by pressing Sauce up against the cage.
The referee calls for McSulley to work.
McSulley scores with a nice hook to the head.
McSulley looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Sauce looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
McSulley lands a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John McSulley dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

McSulley lands a big head kick that sends Sauce tumbling to the mat! McSulley takes a step backwards and waves Sauce back to his feet - he wants the finish!
McSulley stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

Sauce is rocked!
Sauce gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! McSulley gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Sauce is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John McSulley!