PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kain Mack (ranked 1564 p4p, 2204 weight class) and Theo Trivette (ranked 207 p4p, 275 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Mack
vs
Trivette

176 cm
21
168
3 - 3 - 0

176 cm
21
155
7 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Conquer
Redemption ink, Hilo

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kain Mack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Theo Trivette!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Cecil Peabody and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mack waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Trivette.
Mack misses with a low kick.
Mack misses with a body shot.
Trivette takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Trivette keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Trivette slips under a jab from Mack.

Trivette moves into range and clinches up with Mack.
Mack misses with a punch to the body.
Mack throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Mack takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Mack prevents a body shot from Trivette.
Mack misses with a body punch.
Mack lands with a left to the head.
A short right from Mack on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mack struggles to land a body shot inside as Trivette controls his hands.
Mack prevents a body shot from Trivette.
Trivette is working Mack over against the cage.
Trivette lands a left hand.
Mack blocking some punches.
Mack struggles to land a body shot inside as Trivette controls his hands.
Trivette blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trivette swings wildly with an uppercut but Mack uses good head movement to avoid it.
Trivette throws a head punch that misses.
Trivette lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Trivette blocks a body shot from Mack.
Mack lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Mack misses with a body punch.
Mack misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right from Trivette.
Mack scores with a shot to the side of Trivette's head.
Mack lands with a right to the head.
Trivette lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mack backwards.
Trivette doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mack prevents a body shot from Trivette.
Trivette doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Trivette tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mack scores with a shot to the side of Trivette's head.
Mack lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Trivette goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mack goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mack lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Mack stalling.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mack is stalling here.
Trivette fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Trivette misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mack lands with a light punch inside.
Mack lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Trivette.
Mack blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

Mack manages to break the clinch.
Trivette checks a leg kick.
Trivette throws a wild body kick that Mack sees coming a mile off.
Trivette misses with a looping right.
Trivette is looking to clinch but Mack is avoiding it.
Trivette takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Trivette fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mack looks to land a left hand but Trivette moved out of range nicely.
Trivette ducks under a wild hook from Mack.
Trivette throws out a counter right but Mack avoids it with no problem.
Trivette ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mack moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mack lands with a thumping leg kick.
Trivette gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Trivette swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mack dodges the punch combination from Trivette.
Mack misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Trivette.
Mack throws out a loose jab but Trivette uses good head movement to avoid it.
Trivette checks a leg kick nicely.
Mack connects with a good right hand that stumbles Trivette. Trivette circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Mack swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Trivette throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Trivette misses with a looping left.
Mack throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Trivette on the side of the head.
Good exchange - Mack coming out on top.
Trivette throws a nice inside leg kick.
Mack avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mack throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Trivette counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Trivette slips a straight right by Mack.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trivette thows a left - swing and a miss!
Trivette slips a jab from Mack.
A countering left hand to the body from Trivette misses.
Trivette throws a head kick that misses.
Mack uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Trivette.
Nice uppercut lands for Trivette. That snapped Mack's head back.
Trivette keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mack swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mack 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.
Trivette tries to close the distance and clinch but Mack swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Trivette throws a hook but Mack avoids it easily.
Trivette wants to clinch
and Mack counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Trivette swings for the body but Mack moves out of range.
Trivette's jab looks to have found its range, popping Mack under the eye.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Trivette lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Mack has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Mack and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Mack misses with a hook.
Trivette keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mack.
Trivette staying out of range there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kain Mack dominated that round.
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.

Mack drops his hands momentarily and Trivette takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Trivette misses with an uppercut. Mack saw that one coming.
Mack appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Trivette jabs Mack to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Trivette connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Trivette pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mack fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Trivette has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A swing and a miss from Mack.
Mack just misses with a punch to the body.
Mack connects with the punch.
Mack waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Trivette.
Trivette throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mack scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Trivette misses with a looping right.
Trivette blocks a low kick nicely.
Mack throws a jab but it's blocked by Trivette.
Trivette lands a glancing blow to the side of Mack's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Trivette scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Trivette swings for the body but Mack moves out of range.
Trivette misses with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trivette thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mack lands a jab to the head.
Mack is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Trivette.
Mack throws a low kick, looking for Trivette's leg but Trivette calmly moves out of range.
Mack tries a low kick but Trivette avoids it.
Trivette staying out of range there.
Trivette uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mack.
Trivette throws a jab but it's blocked by Mack.
Trivette throws a shot from downtown. Mack moves away and avoids it.
Mack tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Trivette was well out of range. Poor timing from Mack.
Trivette darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Mack takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Trivette stalks Mack and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Mack's face. Mack staggers backwards, shaken.
Mack throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Trivette on the side of the head.
Mack swings away with a leg kick that misses.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Trivette checks a leg kick.
Trivette swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Trivette throws a body shot but no joy.
Trivette looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Trivette throws a body shot but no joy.
Mack rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Trivette counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Trivette tries to clinch but Mack moves out of range.
Mack connects with a jab.
Mack scores with a jab to the jaw.
A jab from Trivette misses.
Mack misses the shot to the body.
Mack lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Trivette throws a looping overhand right but Mack ducks down to avoid it.
Mack will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Trivette throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Trivette tries to clinch but Mack is having none of it.
Mack lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A nice leg kick lands there from Mack.
The fighters circling - Mack throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Trivette swings widly with a right hand
and Trivette takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mack is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Trivette throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mack misses with a lunging right hand
and Trivette counters with a nice uppercut.
Mack scores with a jab. Trivette acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Mack throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Trivette throws out a loose jab but Mack uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mack avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Trivette just misses with a punch to the body.
Mack is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Trivette tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Mack manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mack tried to counter with a leg kick but Trivette avoided it.
Trivette takes one to the chin there.
Trivette throws the left hand but Mack avoids the punch easily.
Trivette tests Mack's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Mack throws a low kick, looking for Trivette's leg but Trivette calmly moves out of range.
Mack missing with a left hand there. Trivette was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mack throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mack wants to slow Trivette down by chopping away at his legs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Trivette throws a low kick but it's checked well by Mack.
Mack throws a shot from downtown. Trivette moves away and avoids it.
Mack connects with a crisp jab.
Trivette takes one to the side of the head.
Trivette throws a leg kick
and Mack counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mack throws an overhand right that lands on Trivette's shoulder, as Trivette tries to avoid the shot.
A little jabbing left from Trivette on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

Trivette moves into the clinch.
Trivette doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mack lands an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Mack scores with a nice short uppercut.
Trivette misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mack's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Trivette throws a punch but it's blocked by Mack.
Mack cracks Trivette with a nice body shot.
Mack has a couple of punches blocked by Trivette.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Trivette creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Mack slows down the pace here.
Mack lands with a right to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Kain Mack will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Mack scores with a jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Mack misses the target.
A little jabbing left from Trivette on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Mack lands with a right hand.
Trivette swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mack is looking to counter punch.
Mack dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mack throws a quick inside leg kick.
Trivette displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mack throws out the jab.
Trivette is looking to clinch but Mack is avoiding it.
Mack is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Trivette can do to turn this around?
A left lands for Trivette.
Mack connects with a good right hand that stumbles Trivette. Trivette circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Kain Mack is winning the standup battle so far.
A big right from Mack misses.
Trivette takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Trivette ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mack moves away.
Mack throws a jab but it's blocked by Trivette.
Mack misses with a straight right.
Trivette tries to clinch but Mack is having none of it.
Mack appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Trivette scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A shot to the liver by Trivette. Beautiful body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mack misses with a wild body shot.
Mack cracks Trivette with a good jab.
Mack looks to throw the jab but Trivette is out of range.
Mack throws a low kick, looking for Trivette's leg but Trivette calmly moves out of range.
Mack misses the jab.
Trivette ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mack looks to land a left hand but Trivette moved out of range nicely.
It seemed like Trivette was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Mack thumps Trivette with a low kick.
Trivette misses with a body shot.
Trivette uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mack.
Mack connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Trivette's hands.
Trivette keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mack misses with a low kick.
Nice defenses there by Mack.

Trivette clinches with his opponent.
Trivette lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Mack backwards.
Mack blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kain Mack is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trivette misses with a hook to the ribs.
Trivette misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mack.
Trivette lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mack backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mack lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Trivette or not.
Trivette working aggressively here.
Mack blocks an uppercut.
Trivette tries a body shot but Mack blocks it.
Trivette misses with a body punch.
Trivette goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Mack breaks the clinch.
Mack throws a leg kick but Trivette checks it.
Mack throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Theo Trivette has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trivette defending well as Mack loads up on a big left hand.
Trivette looks to land a right hand but Mack moved out of range.
Mack throws a lazy right hand but Trivette sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Trivette tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mack paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mack blocks a jab.
Trivette throws an off balance right hand
and Mack counters with a stiff right hand.
Trivette looks to clinch
enabling Mack to counter with a crisp jab.
Mack throws an overhand right that lands on Trivette's shoulder, as Trivette tries to avoid the shot.
Mack uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Trivette has time to react.
Good shot there by Mack.
Mack darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Trivette moves forwards but Mack connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Mack scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Trivette is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mack ducks under a wild hook from Trivette.
Mack avoids the head kick by Trivette.
Trivette thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mack tests Trivette's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Mack is looking to slow Trivette down with leg kicks.
Trivette has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Mack with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Trivette scores with a nice strike.
The fighters circle momentarily. Mack darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Trivette looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Mack scores with a crisp jab that stopped Trivette in his tracks.
Mack with a hook.
Mack fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Mack jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mack lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Trivette misses with an uppercut. Mack saw that one coming.
Trivette on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Mack. Mack obviously looking to wear him down.
Mack shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A jab from Mack finds it's way through Trivette's defenses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kain Mack showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mack, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kain Mack!
An out of breath Kain Mack thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.