PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Cormac Mac Airt (ranked 1872 p4p, 1453 weight class) and Maury Travis (ranked 249 p4p, 198 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Mac Airt
vs
Travis

178 cm
23
160
7 - 3 - 1

170 cm
22
160
6 - 3 - 0

Powerful takedowns
World class MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
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 7 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cormac Mac Airt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Maury Travis!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, James Atkins and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mac Airt moves out of range as Travis strikes.
Travis throws a jab when Mac Airt was well out of range.
Mac Airt misses with a low kick.
Mac Airt moves out of range as Travis strikes.
Travis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mac Airt.
Travis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Mac Airt looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

Mac Airt thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Mac Airt wants to control from the top but Travis keeps moving.
Mac Airt passes easily into side control. Nice work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Travis is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Mac Airt postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Travis pushes Mac Airt away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Mac Airt gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

Mac Airt is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Travis has escaped the position, nice work there.
Mac Airt fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Mac Airt has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Travis wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Travis managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Mac Airt.
Mac Airt moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Travis is pushing Mac Airt's head away, looking to escape. Mac Airt manages to hold on to the position though.

Mac Airt tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Travis throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Travis keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Mac Airt throws out a loose jab but Travis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mac Airt doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Travis has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Mac Airt.
Mac Airt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Travis.
Mac Airt looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Mac Airt slips a straight right by Travis.
Mac Airt tried to counter with a leg kick but Travis avoided it.
Travis throws a shot from downtown. Mac Airt moves away and avoids it.
Travis connects with a body shot that sends Mac Airt's belly button to the back.
Mac Airt fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Travis has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A telegraphed right hand from Travis misses the target.
Travis throws a jab when Mac Airt was well out of range.
Travis takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Travis takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Mac Airt fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Travis sprawls well initially but Mac Airt persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

Travis pushes Mac Airt off and gets back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Travis throws a lazy uppercut

and Mac Airt counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Travis wants to get back to his feet.

Mac Airt is working for a kimura but Travis is defending it quite comfortably.
Travis tries to kick Mac Airt off but Mac Airt keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Travis manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Mac Airt tried to score with a low kick but Travis checks it.
Travis swings for the body but Mac Airt moves out of range.
Mac Airt fires out a quick counter leg kick but Travis just manages to avoid it.
Mac Airt moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Travis misses with a hook.
Mac Airt is looking to counter with a body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Travis misses with a straight right.
Mac Airt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mac Airt lands a jab to Travis's midsection.
Travis misses with the combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Travis moves out of range of the body kick.
Travis takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Travis tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Travis bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Mac Airt's head.
Travis throws a right hand that Mac Airt ducks under and follows up with a left that Mac Airt also avoids with ease.
Travis moves out of range as Mac Airt strikes.
Travis misses with a hook
and Mac Airt connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Travis scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Mac Airt misses with a hook
letting Travis counter with a right hand.
Mac Airt fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Travis.
Travis has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Mac Airt.
Travis chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Mac Airt can pounce on him.
Travis misses with an uppercut. Mac Airt saw that one coming.
Travis throws a looping overhand right but Mac Airt ducks down to avoid it.
Travis throws a sloppy body shot

and Mac Airt counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Travis!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mac Airt advances to full mount.
Travis is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Maury Travis will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Mac Airt cracks Travis with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Maury Travis seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Travis misses with a looping right.
Mac Airt thumps Travis with a low kick.
Travis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mac Airt was well out of range. Poor timing from Travis.
Mac Airt's corner calls for a 1-2. Mac Airt obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Mac Airt throws a body shot but no joy.
Mac Airt defending well as Travis loads up on a big left hand.
Travis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mac Airt manages to avoid it.
Mac Airt throws a counter high kick but Travis was just alert enough to avoid it.
Travis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mac Airt was well out of range. Poor timing from Travis.
Mac Airt steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Travis.
Mac Airt lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Travis is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Travis looks to land a combination but Mac Airt avoids it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A lazy left from Travis finds it's target.
Travis looks to land a right hand but Mac Airt moved out of range.
Mac Airt swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Travis! But no joy.
Mac Airt jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Travis on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Mac Airt cracks a nice hook into Travis's ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mac Airt lands a nice shot that snaps Travis's head back.
Travis throws a nice looking combination but Mac Airt bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mac Airt looks to land a left hand but Travis moved out of range nicely.
Mac Airt staying out of range there.
Travis's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Travis pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Travis looks to land a right hand but Mac Airt moved out of range.
Travis keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Travis gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Mac Airt looks to throw the jab but Travis is out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Travis misses the target.
Mac Airt attempts a counter takedown but Travis avoids it well and moves away.
Mac Airt jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Travis takes a swing at Mac Airt's ribcage but misses.
Mac Airt slips under a jab from Travis.
Mac Airt appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Travis takes one to the chin there.
Travis scores with a nice right hand.
Mac Airt takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Travis throws a lazy right hand but Mac Airt sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A big right from Mac Airt misses.
Travis looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mac Airt throws a body punch but Travis moves out of range.
Travis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mac Airt.
Travis throws the left hand but Mac Airt avoids the punch easily.
Mac Airt swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Travis takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Travis misses with a straight left.
Maury Travis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Travis misses with an uppercut. Mac Airt saw that one coming.
Travis misses with a hook.
Travis throws out a loose jab but Mac Airt uses good head movement to avoid it.
Travis throws a hook but Mac Airt avoids it easily.
Travis misses the jab.
Mac Airt uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Travis.
Travis walks into a jab.
Mac Airt misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Travis.
Travis on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Travis throws out a loose jab but Mac Airt uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mac Airt appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Mac Airt is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Travis takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Mac Airt throws a jab but it's blocked by Travis.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Travis lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Travis.
That kick from Mac Airt tenderised Travis's leg. Travis is trying to keep his angry face on.
Mac Airt throws a right and a left that Travis avoids nicely.
Mac Airt just misses with a punch to the body.
Travis gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Mac Airt.
Mac Airt moves out of range of the strikes.
Nice body punch from Travis.
Mac Airt steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Travis.
Mac Airt swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Mac Airt throws a nice outside leg kick.
Mac Airt connects with a leg kick.
Mac Airt throws a nice inside leg kick.
Travis throws out a loose jab but Mac Airt uses good head movement to avoid it.
Travis checks the leg kick.
Mac Airt pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mac Airt throws a nice outside leg kick.
Travis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mac Airt misses with a body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Travis! But no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Travis pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A slow jab from Travis misses its intended target.
An attempted straight right counter from Mac Airt misses the target.
Mac Airt missing with a left hand there. Travis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Travis gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Travis manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Nice body punch from Mac Airt.
Mac Airt ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A punch combination from Travis misses.
Mac Airt connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Travis momentarily.
Nice defenses there by Mac Airt.
Travis looks to land a right hand but Mac Airt moved out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fighters circling - Travis throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mac Airt staying out of range there.
Travis throws a looping overhand right but Mac Airt ducks down to avoid it.
Mac Airt fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Travis looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
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 Cormac Mac Airt will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

An inside leg kick lands from Mac Airt.
A shot to the liver by Mac Airt. Beautiful body shot.
Nice defenses there by Mac Airt.
Mac Airt thumps Travis with a low kick.
Travis looks to land a right hand but Mac Airt moved out of range.
Mac Airt moves out of range of the strikes.
Mac Airt half committed to a counter leg kick.
Travis moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

It looks like Cormac Mac Airt has been cut.
Travis swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Travis bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A low kick lands for Mac Airt.
Mac Airt scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Travis might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Mac Airt with a nice calf kick.
Mac Airt throws a right and a left that both miss.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mac Airt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Travis was well out of range. Poor timing from Mac Airt.
Mac Airt throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Travis on the side of the head.
Travis takes a swing at Mac Airt's ribcage but misses.
Mac Airt swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Mac Airt takes one on the chin but seems OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Travis takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Travis misses the shot to the body.
Travis dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Travis lands a jab to the head.
Travis stuns Mac Airt with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Travis thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mac Airt scores with a hook to the body. Travis takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Mac Airt lands with a shot to the body.
Mac Airt throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A little jabbing left from Travis on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Mac Airt lands with a shot to the body.
Travis throws a shot from downtown. Mac Airt moves away and avoids it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Travis. Mac Airt does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mac Airt slips a straight right by Travis.
Travis throws a jab but it's blocked by Mac Airt.
Mac Airt fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Travis.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Travis swings widly with a right hand
and Mac Airt counters with a stiff right hand.
Travis misses with a left hand
enabling Mac Airt to counter with a crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mac Airt connects with a crisp jab.
Travis throws an overhand right that lands on Mac Airt's shoulder, as Mac Airt tries to avoid the shot.
Mac Airt fires out a quick counter leg kick but Travis just manages to avoid it.
Mac Airt slips a straight right by Travis.
Mac Airt swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Travis throws a lazy right hand but Mac Airt sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A clash of legs there as Travis blocks the low kick.
Mac Airt blocks a jab.
Mac Airt slips under a jab from Travis.
A nice leg kick from Mac Airt, right into the meat of the thigh.
Travis slips a straight right by Mac Airt.
Travis throws the left hand but Mac Airt avoids the punch easily.
Travis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mac Airt circles away quickly and effectively.
Travis looks to throw the jab but Mac Airt is out of range.
Mac Airt swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Travis slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Mac Airt. That's going to slow Travis down.
Mac Airt takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mac Airt fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Travis sprawls well initially but Mac Airt persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

Travis has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Mac Airt is on him like a limpet, forcing Travis back against the cage.
Travis wants to break free but Mac Airt has control.
Travis softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mac Airt fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Travis tries to break free but Mac Airt pushes him back against the cage.
Mac Airt scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Travis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mac Airt takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mac Airt turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Mac Airt slips a jab from Travis.
Mac Airt was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Mac Airt throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Travis avoids the body shot from Mac Airt.
Mac Airt looks to land a left hand but Travis moved out of range nicely.
Mac Airt throws out a loose jab but Travis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mac Airt ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Travis throws an overhand right that lands on Mac Airt's shoulder, as Mac Airt tries to avoid the shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donk. Travis catches Mac Airt right on the button with a cross.
Travis throws a right hand that misses
and Mac Airt counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mac Airt with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Travis drops his hands momentarily and Mac Airt takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Mac Airt scoring well with a low kick there.
Jab, jab by Mac Airt - just one landing.
Mac Airt walks into a straight right hand from Travis.
Mac Airt lunges at Travis with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Travis's hand.
Travis rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mac Airt moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mac Airt lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Travis looks to land a left hand but Mac Airt moved out of range nicely.
Mac Airt digs a good body shot into Travis's ribs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Travis throws a series of punches but Mac Airt moves out of range.
Travis throws the left hand but Mac Airt avoids the punch easily.
Mac Airt buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Mac Airt jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Cormac Mac Airt.
I think Mac Airt has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 29:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cormac Mac Airt!
Cormac Mac Airt was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.