PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Endrju Golara (ranked 4333 p4p, 5799 weight class) and Pimp McGee (ranked 474 p4p, 542 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying McGee's choice of entrance music: Rough Ryders Anthem . Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Golara
vs
McGee

193 cm
25
250
1 - 0 - 0

191 cm
19
235
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Endrju Golara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Pimp McGee!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Steve Erwin and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McGee takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Golara bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Golara throws a lazy right hand but McGee sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

McGee takes the fight into the clinch.
Golara lands a hook that snaps the head of McGee backwards.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Golara.
McGee misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Golara.
McGee is trying to maintain a safe position but Golara gets an underhook and turns McGee into the cage.
Golara definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
McGee letting Golara take a breather here.
McGee throws an elbow but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Golara tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McGee's elbow.
McGee scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Endrju Golara has been cut.
McGee lands a knee to the head.
Golara avoids the elbow strike from McGee, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Golara is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
McGee using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Golara has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
McGee throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Golara blocks it with crossed arms.
McGee tries a knee to the head but Golara blocks it.
Golara goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
McGee tries to work over Golara's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as McGee takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Golara blocks an uppercut.
McGee tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Golara's elbow.
McGee takes a shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Golara effectively controlling the action here.
McGee tries to land a knee to the head but Golara blocks with his arms.

McGee breaks the clinch.
Golara scores with a crisp jab that stopped McGee in his tracks.
Pimp McGee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Golara clobbers McGee with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
McGee wants to clinch.
McGee tries to clinch up but Golara circles away and keeps his distance.
McGee moves to clinch but Golara breaks away
enabling Golara to counter with a crisp jab.
Golara cracks a nice hook into McGee's ribs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Golara connects with a right hand. McGee shakes it off.
Golara swings for the body but McGee moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Golara throws a right hand that McGee ducks under and follows up with a left that McGee also avoids with ease.
Golara bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A jab from Golara misses.
McGee fails in his attempt to clinch.
Golara was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
McGee throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Golara throws a jab when McGee was well out of range.
McGee takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The fight stays on the outside here - McGee looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Golara swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by McGee.
Golara scores with a body shot.
McGee tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Golara counters with a nice body shot.
McGee looks winded!
McGee closes the distance looking to clinch
and Golara counters with a two punch combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Golara connects with a good right hand that stumbles McGee. McGee circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
McGee slips a straight right by Golara.
Nice jab there from Golara.
McGee is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Nice shot lands for Golara.
McGee is looking to clinch but Golara is avoiding it.
Golara darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
McGee tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Golara was well out of range. Poor timing from McGee.
McGee tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
McGee is looking to clinch.
McGee tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Golara stuns McGee with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Golara with a hook.
McGee throws the kick towards the body but Golara avoids it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Endrju Golara dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Endrju Golara's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Golara throws a looping overhand right but McGee ducks down to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Golara throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
McGee moves in looking to clinch but Golara pushes him off.
Golara misses with a straight left.
Golara avoids a punch combination nicely.
Golara throwing a counter right hand but McGee manages to avoid it.
Golara lands with an overhand left.
Golara tests McGee's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Golara swats away the attempt to clinch by McGee.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Golara keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
McGee misses with a kick to the body
and Golara counters with a straight right hand.
A swing and a miss from Golara.
Golara getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Golara lands with a right hand.
Endrju Golara is winning the standup battle so far.
McGee darts in trying to clinch
and Golara connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Golara takes a swing at McGee's ribcage but misses.
McGee moves out of range as Golara strikes.
Pimp McGee is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
McGee uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Golara.
Golara takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Golara feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits McGees jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Golara takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Golara is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McGee can do to turn this around?
McGee is looking to clinch.
Golara throws a hook to the side of McGee's head but McGee sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
McGee moves away from the strike by Golara.
A lazy left from Golara finds it's target.
McGee tries to clinch but Golara moves out of range.
McGee wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGee ducks under a wild hook from Golara.
McGee uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Golara.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McGee keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Golara.
Golara fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McGee manages to avoid it.
Golara misses with a lunging right hand

and McGee counters by clinching up.
Come on Golara - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Golara has had enough of the clinch but McGee keeps him there for the moment.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Golara.
Golara wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
McGee is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
McGee landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGee lands a nice knee to the body.
McGee tries to stall but Golara uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
McGee scores a nice knee to the body.
McGee tries to work over Golara's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Golara takes a shot to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Golara.
McGee gets through Golara's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Golara doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Golara tries to work over McGee's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Golara is stalling here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGee looking to stall.
McGee looking to stall.
McGee seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Golara is trying to break the clinch but McGee is controlling him.
McGee creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Golara can't break the clinch.
McGee working aggressively here.
McGee trying to land knees to the body.
McGee tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Golara's elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by McGee.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Endrju Golara dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Endrju Golara's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

McGee ducks under a wild hook from Golara.

McGee gets a clinch.
Golara lands a body punch.
Golara blocks an elbow strike from McGee.
A frustrated look appears on Golara's face as he tries to break the clinch.
McGee gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
McGee with an attempt at a knee that misses.
McGee has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Golara is looking to break free of the clinch but McGee has double underhooks.
McGee using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Golara has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pimp McGee seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Golara taking a breather.
McGee using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Golara dodges an elbow strike from McGee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGee swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The referee calls for Golara to work.
McGee lands a hook to the side of the head.

Endrju Golara's cut is getting worse.
McGee lands an elbow inside that Golara shrugs off.
Golara wants to break the clinch but can't.
McGee tries to land knees in the clinch but Golara avoids the damage to the body.
McGee has a couple of punches blocked by Golara.
Golara dodges an elbow strike from McGee.
McGee manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Golara is pushing McGee up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Golara tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Golara lands a left hand that snaps the head of McGee backwards.
McGee creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Golara's defenses.

Endrju Golara's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
McGee is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Golara is defending well for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Come on Golara - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Golara tries to throw a body punch but McGee avoids it by throwing Golara back against the cage.
McGee is trying to maintain a safe position but Golara gets an underhook and turns McGee into the cage.
McGee blocks a body shot from Golara.
McGee works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Golara lands with a short shot to the head.
Golara has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Golara effectively controlling the action here.
Golara stalling.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGee is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
McGee creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Golara's defenses.

Jeez, Endrju Golara's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Endrju Golara's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Pimp McGee!
A less than humble Pimp McGee misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.