PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between James McGuire (ranked 1899 p4p, 242 weight class) and Dmitry Ovchinnikov (ranked 1564 p4p, 201 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think McGuire might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Metallica - Enter Sandman . Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

McGuire
vs
Ovchinnikov

192 cm
30
210 lbs
13 - 8 - 0

188 cm
25
220 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, James McGuire!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dmitry Ovchinnikov!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Igor Prikhodko and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ovchinnikov misses with a straight left.
McGuire swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Ovchinnikov feints a jab promting McGuire to slip. Ovchinnikov then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. McGuire slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

It looks like James McGuire has been cut.
McGuire is looking to clinch but Ovchinnikov is avoiding it.
Ovchinnikov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ovchinnikov swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ovchinnikov takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ovchinnikov has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as McGuire is landing a low percentage of strikes.
A big right from Ovchinnikov misses.
McGuire thinks about countering with a body kick.
Ovchinnikov throws a poor cross that misses
and McGuire counters with a lovely straight right hand!
McGuire misses with a looping left.
Ovchinnikov swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ovchinnikov throws a leg kick

and McGuire counters with a crisp one two that drops Ovchinnikov! McGuire thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Ovchinnikov to his feet! Ovchinnikov is in big trouble!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ovchinnikov works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
McGuire tries to clinch
and McGuire takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
McGuire looks to score with a jab to the body but Ovchinnikov is just out of range.
McGuire tries to close the distance and clinch but Ovchinnikov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
McGuire ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
McGuire moves in looking to clinch but Ovchinnikov pushes him off.
Ovchinnikov throws out a counter right but McGuire avoids it with no problem.
Ovchinnikov throws a hook but McGuire blocks it.
Ovchinnikov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ovchinnikov throws a lazy right hand but McGuire sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ovchinnikov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGuire fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Ovchinnikov to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Ovchinnikov looks to clinch but McGuire throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Ovchinnikov taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). James McGuire!
James McGuire really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Velocity Fightwear logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.