PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez (ranked 2499 p4p, 1247 weight class) and Cormac Mac Airt (ranked 302 p4p, 166 weight class). Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Jaegerjaquez
vs
Mac Airt

180 cm
21
165
7 - 0 - 0

178 cm
21
160
5 - 0 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

HARDCORE Threads

Conviction

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 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 1, fighting out of London, Cormac Mac Airt!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, John Roberts and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mac Airt has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Mac Airt there as he acknowledges the shot.

It looks like Cormac Mac Airt has been cut.
Jaegerjaquez chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jaegerjaquez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Jaegerjaquez checks a leg kick.
Mac Airt blocks a leg kick.
Mac Airt throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jaegerjaquez throws a poor cross that misses
and Mac Airt counters with a stiff right hand.
Jaegerjaquez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jaegerjaquez backing away here, and Mac Airt unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Mac Airt misses with a wild body shot.
Jaegerjaquez connects with a right hand. Mac Airt shakes it off.
Jaegerjaquez scores with a nice right hand.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Mac Airt scores with a nice strike.
Jaegerjaquez looks to throw the jab but Mac Airt is out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jaegerjaquez fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Mac Airt doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jaegerjaquez. Mac Airt does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mac Airt connects with the punch.
Jaegerjaquez tests Mac Airt's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Mac Airt looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Jaegerjaquez swinging wildly here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mac Airt cracks Jaegerjaquez with a right hand to the side of the head.
Jaegerjaquez takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Mac Airt misses with a left hand
and Jaegerjaquez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jaegerjaquez takes a swing at Mac Airt's ribcage but misses.
Mac Airt missing with a left hand there. Jaegerjaquez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mac Airt darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Mac Airt lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jaegerjaquez's sensitive parts.
Jaegerjaquez defending well as Mac Airt loads up on a big left hand.
Mac Airt swings for the body but Jaegerjaquez moves out of range.
Jaegerjaquez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mac Airt.
Mac Airt catches Jaegerjaquez with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Jaegerjaquez misses with a wild combination.
Jaegerjaquez has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Hardman MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Jaegerjaquez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mac Airt only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Mac Airt defending well as Jaegerjaquez loads up on a big left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mac Airt lands with a shot to the body.
Jaegerjaquez throws a hook but Mac Airt avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jaegerjaquez misses with a two punch combination.
Mac Airt loads up on a big right hand but Jaegerjaquez slips the punch.
Jaegerjaquez checks a leg kick.
Jaegerjaquez lands the left hand.
Mac Airt cracks a nice hook into Jaegerjaquez's ribs.
Mac Airt buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Mac Airt lands a jab.
Jaegerjaquez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Mac Airt.
A nice inside leg kick there by Mac Airt. That's going to slow Jaegerjaquez down.
Mac Airt walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Jaegerjaquez slips a jab from Mac Airt.
Jaegerjaquez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jaegerjaquez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Mac Airt lands with a hook. Jaegerjaquez tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Mac Airt misses with a wild body shot.
Jaegerjaquez checks a leg kick nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaegerjaquez throws the kick towards the body but Mac Airt avoids it.
Jaegerjaquez takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Mac Airt lands with a shot to the body.
Mac Airt uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jaegerjaquez.
Mac Airt is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Jaegerjaquez had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Mac Airt throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mac Airt scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jaegerjaquez misses with the combination.
Jaegerjaquez throws a big shot that misses.
Jaegerjaquez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Mac Airt.
Mac Airt takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Jaegerjaquez misses with a looping left.
Mac Airt scores with a decent looking hook.
Mac Airt throws a jab but it's blocked by Jaegerjaquez.
Jaegerjaquez defending well as Mac Airt loads up on a big left hand.
Mac Airt lands a jab to Jaegerjaquez's midsection.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mac Airt looks to land a combination. Jaegerjaquez sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Mac Airt bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mac Airt fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jaegerjaquez.
Jaegerjaquez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mac Airt.
A solid leg kick lands there for Mac Airt.
Mac Airt dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jaegerjaquez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mac Airt was well out of range. Poor timing from Jaegerjaquez.
Jaegerjaquez lands a jab to the nose.
Jaegerjaquez keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Mac Airt digs a good hook to Jaegerjaquez's body.
Mac Airt throws a leg kick but Jaegerjaquez sees it coming and moves out of range.
Mac Airt fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jaegerjaquez throws a quick counter kick to the body but Mac Airt avoids it.
A big right from Jaegerjaquez misses.
Jaegerjaquez is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Mac Airt dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mac Airt lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jaegerjaquez's sensitive parts.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jaegerjaquez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mac Airt looks to throw the jab but Jaegerjaquez is out of range.
Mac Airt feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Jaegerjaquezs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Mac Airt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mac Airt looks like he wants to counter punch here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Cormac Mac Airt dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Cormac Mac Airt's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Jaegerjaquez takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Mac Airt keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Mac Airt fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Jaegerjaquez looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A nice leg kick lands there from Mac Airt.
Good shot there by Jaegerjaquez.
Jaegerjaquez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Mac Airt pivots, looking for a leg kick but Jaegerjaquez is out of range and Mac Airt settles back down.
Mac Airt throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
It looked like Jaegerjaquez was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Good standup being displayed there by Mac Airt as he connects with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mac Airt. Jaegerjaquez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mac Airt is looking to slow Jaegerjaquez down with leg kicks.
Mac Airt looks to land a body kick but Jaegerjaquez moved away.
Jaegerjaquez misses with a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jaegerjaquez takes one on the button.
Mac Airt ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Jaegerjaquez connects with a body shot that sends Mac Airt's belly button to the back.
Mac Airt takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Mac Airt fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Jaegerjaquez on the side of the head.
Mac Airt has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mac Airt stalks Jaegerjaquez and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Jaegerjaquez's face. Jaegerjaquez staggers backwards, shaken.
Mac Airt connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Jaegerjaquez's hands.
Jaegerjaquez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mac Airt.
Mac Airt looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Jaegerjaquez misses with a body shot.
Mac Airt thumps Jaegerjaquez with a low kick.
Jaegerjaquez connects with a body shot.
Jaegerjaquez throws the left hand but Mac Airt avoids the punch easily.
Mac Airt lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Mac Airt misses with a wild body shot.
Mac Airt needs to keep his hands up - Jaegerjaquez had a free shot at his head there.
Jaegerjaquez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jaegerjaquez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A telegraphed right hand from Jaegerjaquez misses the target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mac Airt cracks Jaegerjaquez with a right hand to the side of the head.
Jab, jab by Mac Airt - just one landing.
Mac Airt throws a low kick but Jaegerjaquez moves out of range easily.
Jaegerjaquez swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jaegerjaquez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jaegerjaquez slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Mac Airt slips under a jab.
Mac Airt flicks out a counter leg kick but Jaegerjaquez steps away.
Mac Airt cracks Jaegerjaquez with an open hand slap.
Mac Airt looks to score with a jab to the body but Jaegerjaquez is just out of range.
Mac Airt looks to throw the jab but Jaegerjaquez is out of range.
Mac Airt misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jaegerjaquez.
Mac Airt connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Jaegerjaquez gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Jaegerjaquez on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Jaegerjaquez misses with a lunging right hand
and Mac Airt counters with a thumping low kick.
Mac Airt misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jaegerjaquez.
Jaegerjaquez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jaegerjaquez swings for the body but Mac Airt moves out of range.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Mac Airt scores with a jab to the body.
Mac Airt connects with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaegerjaquez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mac Airt.
Donk. Jaegerjaquez catches Mac Airt right on the button with a cross.
Mac Airt scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Mac Airt takes a swing at Jaegerjaquez's ribcage but misses.
Jaegerjaquez misses with a body shot.
Mac Airt connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Mac Airt thuds a left hand into Jaegerjaquez's body.
Jaegerjaquez misses with a body shot.
Mac Airt lands with a nice body punch.
Jaegerjaquez ducks under a wild hook from Mac Airt.
Mac Airt fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Mac Airt slips a jab from Jaegerjaquez.
Jaegerjaquez keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A big left from Mac Airt misses.
A jab from Mac Airt does it's job there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mac Airt misses with a low kick.
Mac Airt tries a low kick but Jaegerjaquez avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Jaegerjaquez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jaegerjaquez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Jaegerjaquez might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Jaegerjaquez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mac Airt.
Jaegerjaquez checks a leg kick nicely.
Jaegerjaquez tries to counter by clinching up but Mac Airt breaks away and moves out of range.
Jaegerjaquez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mac Airt buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Mac Airt scores with a leg kick.
Jaegerjaquez looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Jaegerjaquez walks into a jab.
Mac Airt scores with a push kick.
Jaegerjaquez on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Jaegerjaquez misses with a kick to the body.
Mac Airt lands a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jaegerjaquez walks forward, straight into a front kick from Mac Airt.
Jaegerjaquez loads up on a big right hand but Mac Airt slips the punch.
Mac Airt looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A jab from Mac Airt does it's job there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Cormac Mac Airt showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Cormac Mac Airt's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Mac Airt buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jaegerjaquez missing with a left hand there. Mac Airt was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cormac Mac Airt seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mac Airt fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Jaegerjaquez checks it well.
Jaegerjaquez takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Nice cross by Mac Airt.
A big right from Jaegerjaquez misses.
A nice side step and Mac Airt releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Mac Airt blocks the body kick.
Mac Airt works Jaegerjaquez's body with a nice hook.
Mac Airt scores with a nice head shot.
Mac Airt bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Jaegerjaquez's head.
Mac Airt throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Jaegerjaquez stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Mac Airt fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Jaegerjaquez is out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Jaegerjaquez misses the target.
Jaegerjaquez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jaegerjaquez swings for the body but Mac Airt moves out of range.
Mac Airt misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jaegerjaquez.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mac Airt misses with a jab to the body
and Jaegerjaquez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nice uppercut lands for Mac Airt. That snapped Jaegerjaquez's head back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaegerjaquez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mac Airt scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Mac Airt tries to land a front kick but Jaegerjaquez steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Jaegerjaquez moves out of range of the leg kick from Mac Airt.
Mac Airt misses with a leg kick
and Jaegerjaquez counters with a nice body shot.
Jaegerjaquez lands a nice shot to the body.
Jaegerjaquez misses with an attempted mid kick.
Jaegerjaquez throws out a powerful jab.
Mac Airt tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Mac Airt misses the shot to the body.
Mac Airt scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jaegerjaquez doesn't seem bothered though.
Mac Airt throws a hook to the side of Jaegerjaquez's head but Jaegerjaquez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jaegerjaquez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jaegerjaquez bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Mac Airt's head backwards.
Mac Airt tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Jaegerjaquez is able to avoid easily.
Jaegerjaquez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mac Airt circles away quickly and effectively.
Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jaegerjaquez goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Jaegerjaquez takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Mac Airt bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mac Airt dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jaegerjaquez is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Mac Airt fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jaegerjaquez.
Jaegerjaquez on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Donk. Jaegerjaquez catches Mac Airt right on the button with a cross.
Jaegerjaquez on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Mac Airt lands with a shot to the body.
Mac Airt throws a hook to the side of Jaegerjaquez's head but Jaegerjaquez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jaegerjaquez went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Mac Airt stuns Jaegerjaquez with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Jaegerjaquez misses with a series of wild punches.
Mac Airt let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Mac Airt connects with a body shot that sends Jaegerjaquez's belly button to the back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaegerjaquez keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Jaegerjaquez takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A slapping body kick lands there for Mac Airt.
Mac Airt tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Jaegerjaquez is able to avoid easily.
Mac Airt lands with a right hand.
Jaegerjaquez works the jab nicely.
Jaegerjaquez scores with a shot to the body.
Mac Airt throws a nice inside leg kick.
Mac Airt lands a head kick!
Jaegerjaquez scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A slapping leg kick lands for Mac Airt.
Jaegerjaquez misses the shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mac Airt throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Jaegerjaquez takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
A nice leg kick from Mac Airt, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mac Airt connects with a body shot.
Jaegerjaquez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mac Airt manages to avoid it.
Jaegerjaquez checks a low kick from Mac Airt.
Jaegerjaquez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mac Airt swings widly with a right hand
letting Jaegerjaquez counter with a right hand.
Mac Airt scores with a leg kick.
Jaegerjaquez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Mac Airt can pounce on him.
Jaegerjaquez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mac Airt doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Mac Airt throws a chopping leg kick but Jaegerjaquez manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Mac Airt looks to score with a jab to the body but Jaegerjaquez is just out of range.
Jaegerjaquez swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Mac Airt.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mac Airt defending well as Jaegerjaquez loads up on a big left hand.
Jaegerjaquez stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Mac Airt listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Mac Airt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jaegerjaquez was well out of range. Poor timing from Mac Airt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cormac Mac Airt comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Mac Airt has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 27:30
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cormac Mac Airt!
Cormac Mac Airt thanked the fans post fight for their support.