PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between James Kirk (ranked 1579 p4p, 497 weight class) and Gus McCrae (ranked 242 p4p, 76 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that James Kirk has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily James Kirk seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Kirk
vs
McCrae

185 cm
25
190
10 - 5 - 1

189 cm
25
195
11 - 3 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Kirk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 1, fighting out of New York, Gus McCrae!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Alyssa Summers and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kirk fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McCrae manages to avoid it.
McCrae doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
McCrae swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kirk uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McCrae.
McCrae takes a shot right to the bread basket.
McCrae throws a right hand that misses
and Kirk connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kirk seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
A slow jab from McCrae misses its intended target.
It looked like Kirk was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from McCrae.
Kirk swings and misses with a shot to the body
and McCrae counters with a straight right hand.
McCrae swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
McCrae lands a jab-cross combination.
McCrae misses with a combination
and Kirk counters with a good low kick that McCrae was not able to check.
A looping hook to the body misses from McCrae. Kirk does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jab by Kirk.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McCrae throws out a loose jab but Kirk uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kirk is looking to counter punch.
Kirk jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Kirk thuds a left hand into McCrae's body.
Kirk just misses with a punch to the body.
McCrae misses with a double jab
and Kirk counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kirk lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
McCrae throws a body punch but Kirk moves out of range.
Kirk looks to score with a jab to the body but McCrae is just out of range.
Kirk takes a swing at McCrae's ribcage but misses.
Good exchange - Kirk coming out on top.
Kirk is looking to wear down McCrae with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Kirk throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
McCrae tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kirk was well out of range. Poor timing from McCrae.
McCrae misses with a right hand
and Kirk counters with a right hand to the body.
McCrae throws a body shot but no joy.
A shot to the body from Kirk misses
and McCrae counters with a right hand to the body.
Kirk connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
McCrae punishes Kirk's body with a nice straight punch.
Kirk scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kirk takes a swing at McCrae's ribcage but misses.
McCrae let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McCrae slips a jab from Kirk.
McCrae looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kirk looks to score with a jab to the body but McCrae is just out of range.
Kirk throws a leg kick but McCrae moved away.
McCrae throws an off balance right hand
and Kirk connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
McCrae misses with a wild body shot.
The crowd cheers as Kirk lands an impressive looking overhand right. McCrae doesn't seem phased though.
Kirk fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kirk clobbers McCrae with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
McCrae misses with an uppercut
and Kirk counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Nice shot by Kirk.
Kirk throws a hook but McCrae blocks it.
Kirk displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McCrae throws out the jab.
Kirk throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kirk is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
McCrae waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kirk.
Kirk takes a swing at McCrae's ribcage but misses.
McCrae walks into a straight right hand from Kirk.
McCrae misses with a straight left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kirk takes a swing at McCrae's ribcage but misses.
McCrae misses with a hook. Kirk ducked under it nicely.
Kirk was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
McCrae fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
McCrae ducks under a wild hook from Kirk.
McCrae misses with a right hand
and Kirk counters with a right hand to the body.
McCrae throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
McCrae scores with the left hand. Kirk knows he should have avoided that one.
Nice body punch from Kirk.
A punch combination from McCrae misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Kirk misses the target.
McCrae lands a nice shot to the body.
Kirk dips to his left and cracks McCrae with an uppercut!
Kirk fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A slow jab from McCrae misses its intended target.
Kirk fires out a quick counter leg kick but McCrae just manages to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A punch lands to the side of Kirk 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Kirk throws a chopping leg kick but McCrae manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCrae throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kirk sees it coming and avoids it easily.
McCrae throws a lazy uppercut
and Kirk counters with a lovely straight right hand!
McCrae misses with a two punch combination.
A jab lands there for Kirk.
McCrae throws a body shot but no joy.
Kirk misses with a left hand
and Kirk takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kirk misses with a right hand
and McCrae cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
McCrae gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Kirk lands with a hook. McCrae tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
McCrae checks the leg kick nicely there.
McCrae tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kirk was well out of range. Poor timing from McCrae.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kirk displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Kirk takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
McCrae uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kirk.
McCrae looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
McCrae throws a hook to the side of Kirk's head but Kirk sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

James Kirk dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Kirk defending well as McCrae loads up on a big left hand.
Kirk just misses with a punch to the body.
McCrae misses with a wild body shot.
McCrae lands with a nice body punch.
Kirk gets cracked there but stands up to it.
McCrae looks to throw the jab but Kirk is out of range.
McCrae scores with a jab to the body.
McCrae misses with a hook. Kirk ducked under it nicely.
James Kirk is winning the standup battle so far.
McCrae swinging wildly here.
Kirk looks to throw the jab but McCrae is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kirk avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kirk lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
McCrae slips under a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCrae misses with a body punch
enabling Kirk to counter with a crisp jab.
Kirk throws a leg kick but McCrae moved away.
It seemed like McCrae was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kirk slips under a jab.
McCrae lands the left hand.
Kirk takes a swing at McCrae's ribcage but misses.
Kirk throws a leg kick but McCrae sees it coming and moves out of range.
McCrae defending well as Kirk loads up on a big left hand.
Kirk misses with a low kick.
McCrae misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kirk.
McCrae fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but McCrae might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Kirk has got the better of the exchanges.
Kirk ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
McCrae misses the shot to the body.
McCrae ducks under a wild hook from Kirk.
McCrae doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Kirk thuds a left hand into McCrae's body.
McCrae slips under a jab.
McCrae connects with a nice looking jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCrae blocks a jab.
McCrae let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
McCrae misses with a straight right.
McCrae misses with an uppercut. Kirk saw that one coming.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A looping hook to the body misses from Kirk. McCrae does a little dance to reset his feet.
McCrae misses the shot to the body.
McCrae on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
McCrae takes a swing at Kirk's ribcage but misses.
Kirk misses with a wild body shot.
Kirk uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Kirk throws a right hand that misses
and McCrae counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kirk throws a front kick aimed at McCrae's knee but McCrae avoids it well.
McCrae rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kirk counters with a good low kick that McCrae was not able to check.
McCrae misses with a looping left.
Kirk feinted there with a counter leg kick.
McCrae is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Kirk.
Kirk uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McCrae.
Kirk is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McCrae can do to turn this around?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kirk on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Kirk takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
McCrae takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
McCrae throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kirk counters with a leg kick.
McCrae looks to score with a jab to the body but Kirk is just out of range.
Kirk scores with a jab. McCrae acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Kirk misses with a straight right.
Kirk just misses with a punch to the body.
Kirk just misses with a punch to the body.
McCrae throws a hook but Kirk blocks it.
Kirk throws a jab when McCrae was well out of range.
Kirk dodges the punch combination from McCrae.
Kirk lands a jab to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kirk fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McCrae manages to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCrae jabs Kirk to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Kirk bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
McCrae moves out of range of the strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kirk. McCrae does a little dance to reset his feet.
A little jabbing left from McCrae on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Kirk walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
McCrae throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kirk counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kirk keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kirk tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McCrae was well out of range. Poor timing from Kirk.
A nice side step and McCrae releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Kirk ducks under a wild hook from McCrae.
McCrae has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Kirk takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
McCrae drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
McCrae throws a right hand that misses
and Kirk counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
McCrae misses with a looping left.
A big left from McCrae misses.
Kirk appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Kirk throws a leg kick
and McCrae counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Gus McCrae will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Kirk keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Kirk uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McCrae.
McCrae throws a hook to the side of Kirk's head but Kirk sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kirk misses with a body shot
and Kirk takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kirk throws a low kick but it's checked well by McCrae.
McCrae misses with a jab, cross combination.
McCrae checks the leg kick nicely there.
Nice straight punches there by McCrae. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of McCrae.
Kirk moves out of range of the strikes.
Kirk lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as McCrae backs up against the cage.
Kirk needs to keep his hands up - McCrae had a free shot at his head there.
Kirk lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kirk misses with an uppercut.
McCrae swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kirk was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
McCrae throws a hook to the side of Kirk's head but Kirk sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jab, jab by McCrae - just one landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kirk loads up on a big right hand but McCrae slips the punch.
McCrae appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
McCrae thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kirk slips a jab from McCrae.
McCrae throws a body punch but Kirk moves out of range.
Kirk misses with a hook to the body
and McCrae counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A looping hook to the body misses from Kirk. McCrae does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kirk with a nice cross.
Kirk punishes McCrae's body with a nice straight punch.
Kirk lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
McCrae avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
McCrae throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kirk counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Kirk uses good head movement to avoid the hook from McCrae.
Kirk misses with a wild body shot.
Kirk lands an overhand right.
Kirk connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kirk misses with an uppercut.
McCrae takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kirk lands with a hook. McCrae tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
McCrae thows a left - swing and a miss!
McCrae looks to score with a jab to the body but Kirk is just out of range.
Kirk moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
McCrae throws a shot from downtown. Kirk moves away and avoids it.
Kirk swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Kirk connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
McCrae fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Kirk on the side of the head.
A clash of legs there as McCrae blocks the low kick.
Kirk keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McCrae.
McCrae ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kirk moves away.
Kirk avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
McCrae throws a lazy uppercut
and Kirk counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps McCrae thinking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCrae throws a looping overhand right but Kirk ducks down to avoid it.
Kirk misses with a wild body shot.
McCrae throws the left hand but Kirk avoids the punch easily.
McCrae moves out of range as Kirk strikes.
McCrae misses with an uppercut. Kirk saw that one coming.
A combination from McCrae does no damage.
Kirk jabs McCrae right on the nose. McCrae blinks but takes it well.
Kirk lands a jab.
Jab, jab by Kirk - just one landing.
Kirk moves out of range as McCrae strikes.
Kirk misses the jab.
Kirk throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Kirk jabs at McCrae's body.
McCrae throws a hook but Kirk blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kirk looks to land a right hand but McCrae moved out of range.
McCrae throws a jab but it's blocked by Kirk.
McCrae gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kirk.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kirk lands with a right hand.
McCrae checks the leg kick.
McCrae misses with a looping left.
Kirk waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract McCrae.
McCrae misses with a lunging right hand
and Kirk counters with a stiff right hand.
Kirk misses with a left hand
and McCrae makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A lazy left from Kirk finds it's target.
McCrae falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Kirk counter with a right hand.
A big right from Kirk misses.
McCrae tests Kirk's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kirk misses with a left hand
and Kirk takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

And that's the end of the fight!
James Kirk showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kirk has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 29:28
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Kirk!
During a confident post fight interview, James Kirk thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
In defeat, Gus McCrae stepped up to the mic, saying 'Back to the gym.'.