PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jacob White (ranked 2419 p4p, 2666 weight class) and Cormac Mac Airt (ranked 307 p4p, 332 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

White
vs
Mac Airt

177 cm
23
155
9 - 4 - 0

178 cm
23
160
6 - 3 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jacob White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cormac Mac Airt!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, William Gold and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
White looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Mac Airt slips a jab and a cross from White.
A nice inside leg kick there by Mac Airt. That's going to slow White down.
White darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
White misses with a double jab.
White lands a slapping body shot.
Mac Airt connects with the punch.
Mac Airt pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mac Airt lands a straight punch to the body, keeping White at a distance.
Mac Airt checks a leg kick nicely.
Cormac Mac Airt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
White misses with a double jab.
Mac Airt lands a nice hook to White's body. White takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mac Airt connects with a leg kick.
Mac Airt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but White was well out of range. Poor timing from Mac Airt.
White takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
White lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Mac Airt backs up against the cage.
Mac Airt tries to work over White's front leg with a kick but White checks it.
Mac Airt looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for White, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mac Airt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
White throws a series of strikes that have Mac Airt backpedaling.
Mac Airt connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Mac Airt misses with an uppercut
and White counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Mac Airt just misses with a punch to the body.
Mac Airt slips under a jab.
White misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mac Airt only half commits to the counter leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as White checks a leg kick.
White takes a swing at Mac Airt's ribcage but misses.
Mac Airt lands a head kick!
Mac Airt has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mac Airt catches White with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Mac Airt scores with a shot to the body.
Mac Airt throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mac Airt tests White's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A nice leg kick from Mac Airt, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Mac Airt displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as White throws out the jab.
Mac Airt feints a counter leg kick.
Mac Airt takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
White cracks Mac Airt with a right hand to the side of the head.
White will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
White on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
White rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mac Airt moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nice body punch from Mac Airt.
White closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
White takes one to the chin there.
White swinging wildly here.
White misses with a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nice uppercut there from Mac Airt.
White misses with a lunging right hand
and Mac Airt connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mac Airt misses the shot to the body.
White throws a counter high kick but Mac Airt was just alert enough to avoid it.
Mac Airt listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
White fails to land with a series of punches.
Mac Airt misses the jab.
White is looking for a counter combo.
A right-left combo lands from Mac Airt.
Mac Airt swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mac Airt throws a jab but it's blocked by White.
White lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Mac Airt backs up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mac Airt tries a low kick but White avoids it.
White lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
White throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mac Airt sees it coming and avoids it easily.
White misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mac Airt looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That kick from Mac Airt tenderised White's leg. White is trying to keep his angry face on.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mac Airt with a hook.
Mac Airt tries to score with a low kick but White moves his leg out of the way.
Good shot there by Mac Airt.
Mac Airt does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Mac Airt lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mac Airt. White does a little dance to reset his feet.

White gets a clinch.
A short body shot lands from White as the two fighters clinch.
Mac Airt throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
With the fighters up against the cage, White throws an elbow but misses.
Mac Airt digs a right hand underneath White's ribcage. White let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Mac Airt tries to throw a body punch but White avoids it by throwing Mac Airt back against the cage.
White lands a body punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Cormac Mac Airt will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

White will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mac Airt slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
White misses with the combination.
White lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Mac Airt at a distance.
White lands a really nice looking cross but Mac Airt seems unphased.
Mac Airt slips a jab and a cross from White.
A combination from White does no damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mac Airt is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by White.
Nice shot by Mac Airt.
A swing and a miss from Mac Airt.
White fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

White takes the fight into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mac Airt taking a breather.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Mac Airt pulls guard successfully.

Mac Airt has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but White can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Mac Airt working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. White doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Mac Airt is tightening it up a little... White has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! White reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! White taps out! Nice BJJ there by Mac Airt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Cormac Mac Airt!
Cormac Mac Airt decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.