PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Petr Antos (ranked 4711 p4p, 4590 weight class) and Luke Mcgregor (ranked 401 p4p, 395 weight class). Luke Mcgregor has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Antos
vs
Mcgregor

182 cm
18
150
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
24
153
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Petr Antos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Luke Mcgregor!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Topper Green and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Antos misses with a takedown

and Mcgregor holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Antos wants to get back to striking at distance but Mcgregor won't allow it.
Mcgregor taking a breather.
Mcgregor lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Antos tries to pull guard but Mcgregor won't allow it.

Mcgregor pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Antos walks into a left hand.

Antos closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Antos fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Petr Antos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mcgregor lands a left hand that snaps the head of Antos backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Antos fails to land.
Antos fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Mcgregor breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mcgregor wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Mcgregor scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcgregor misses with a wild body shot.
Mcgregor throws a shot to the body.
Mcgregor tries to bum rush Antos with a series of wild strikes but Antos uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nice body punch from Mcgregor.
Antos is breathing heavily.
A decent looking cross lands there for Mcgregor.

Mcgregor cracks Antos with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Mcgregor has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Antos to stand back up!

Antos is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
BAM! Mcgregor delivers a spinning backfist that drops Antos like a ragdoll! This is all oooooveeeer! He was out before he hit the ground!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Spinning Backfist). Luke Mcgregor!