PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Viggo Michaelsen (ranked 24726 p4p, 4238 weight class) and Rory Mctorry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Michaelsen
vs
Mctorry

199 cm
19
214
1 - 1 - 0

190 cm
23
199
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Intelligent

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Viggo Michaelsen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rory Mctorry!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mctorry staying out of range there.

Mctorry forces Michaelsen back against the cage and clinches.
Mctorry blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Michaelsen is trying to stall.
Mctorry tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Michaelsen smiles and moves away.
Michaelsen looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Michaelsen avoids the head kick by Mctorry.

Mctorry dives in and scores a takedown into Michaelsen's guard.

Mctorry gets to his feet. Michaelsen looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Michaelsen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Michaelsen thuds his right hand into Mctorry's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

Michaelsen forces Mctorry back against the cage and clinches.
Michaelsen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Michaelsen tries to throw a body punch but Mctorry avoids it by throwing Michaelsen back against the cage.
Michaelsen tries a body shot but Mctorry blocks it.
Michaelsen misses with a punch on the inside.
Mctorry has Michaelsen pushed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Michaelsen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Michaelsen stalling in the clinch but Mctorry improves position.
Michaelsen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Mctorry backwards.
Michaelsen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Michaelsen tries to stall but Mctorry uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Mctorry stalls.
A short right from Michaelsen.
Michaelsen lands a body punch.
Michaelsen works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Michaelsen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mctorrys head.
Mctorry tries to pull guard but Michaelsen forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Michaelsen looking to stall.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Mctorry as Michaelsen tries to tie him up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michaelsen misses with a hook from the clinch.

Mctorry breaks from the clinch.
Mctorry throws a sloppy head kick and Michaelsen moves out of range easily.
Mctorry takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Mctorry displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Michaelsen throws out the jab.
Michaelsen throws a hook to the side of Mctorry's head but Mctorry sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mctorry circles away from the clinch attempt.
Michaelsen fails to land with a series of punches.
Mctorry throws out a counter right but Michaelsen avoids it with no problem.
Michaelsen looks to land a right hand but Mctorry moved out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mctorry slips a jab from Michaelsen.

Mctorry instigates a clinch.
Michaelsen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Mctorry breaks the clinch.

Mctorry shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Michaelsen manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mctorry slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

Mctorry gets to his feet. Michaelsen looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

Mctorry clinches up with Michaelsen and pushes him back against the cage.

Mctorry manages to break the clinch.
Michaelsen looks to land a combination. Mctorry sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Viggo Michaelsen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mctorry tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Michaelsen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Michaelsen was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.

Mctorry shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Mctorry was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mctorry passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Michaelsen!
Michaelsen is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mctorry is dominating on the ground here - he's now on his opponent's back, looking to sink in the hooks. Michaelsen is in real trouble.

Mctorry is working for the choke. I would put my money on him to finish from this position. He's rolled onto his back and has dragged Michaelsen with him. Michaelsen is trying to defend but Mctorry has an arm under the chin now! Michaelsen grimaces and is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Rory Mctorry!