PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Terrell Boucher (ranked 4705 p4p, 2577 weight class) and Vanja Mac An Fhilidh (ranked 552 p4p, 357 weight class). Vanja Mac An Fhilidh has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Boucher
vs
Mac An Fhilidh

180 cm
25
200
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
26
194
2 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Good knees
Inexperienced

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Terrell Boucher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vanja Mac An Fhilidh!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, John Mangel and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mac An Fhilidh lands a jab to Boucher's midsection.
Mac An Fhilidh tries to clinch up.

Mac An Fhilidh clinches.
Mac An Fhilidh softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mac An Fhilidh lands with a short shot to the head.
Boucher pressing his opponent against the cage.
Boucher is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Mac An Fhilidh to keep the fight standing.
Boucher blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Mac An Fhilidh.
Mac An Fhilidh pushes Boucher back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mac An Fhilidh misses with a hook from the clinch.

Boucher pulls Mac An Fhilidh into guard.
Boucher pulls Mac An Fhilidh in close to prevent any damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mac An Fhilidh passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Boucher wants to control but Mac An Fhilidh postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mac An Fhilidh remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Mac An Fhilidh looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Mac An Fhilidh trying to control the action but Boucher is working from the bottom.
Boucher is letting Mac An Fhilidh control him for a moment.
Boucher trying to control but Mac An Fhilidh flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Boucher is really stuck here.
Boucher rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Boucher is looking for a sweep. Mac An Fhilidh is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Mac An Fhilidh blocks the strikes from Boucher.
Boucher is trying to control but can't.
Boucher controlling the position well.
Boucher is trying to stand back up but Mac An Fhilidh is controlling him

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boucher is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Mac An Fhilidh jumps into side control!
Boucher struggling a bit here.
Boucher is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Mac An Fhilidh tries to move to mount but Boucher blocks the move with his legs.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.
Boucher tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Mac An Fhilidh wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Mac An Fhilidh tries to clinch up but Boucher circles away and keeps his distance.
Mac An Fhilidh tries to clinch but Boucher moves out of range.
Boucher tries to counter with a takedown but Mac An Fhilidh is quick to defend against it.
Boucher fails with a takedown attempt.
Mac An Fhilidh wants to counter with a clinch but Boucher pushes him away.
Mac An Fhilidh catches Boucher with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Mac An Fhilidh walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Boucher drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Mac An Fhilidh swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Boucher's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vanja Mac An Fhilidh!