PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John McCoy (ranked 2998 p4p, 2220 weight class) and Phil Myler (ranked 370 p4p, 291 weight class). Phil Myler told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

McCoy
vs
Myler

179 cm
27
163
6 - 7 - 0

170 cm
19
155
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good elbows
Powerful

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 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of The Island, John McCoy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Phil Myler!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Bart Greer and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCoy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Myler fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with McCoy, pushing him back against the cage.
McCoy blocks an elbow strike.
McCoy misses with a punch to the body.
McCoy misses with a punch on the inside.
McCoy lands a hook to the side of the head.
Myler misses with an elbow strike.
Myler's coach down at Elite Island Training was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Myler's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
McCoy blocks an elbow strike.
McCoy avoids a wild elbow strike from Myler.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, McCoy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Myler pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
McCoy pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
McCoy lands a hook that snaps the head of Myler backwards.

McCoy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Myler gets a clinch.
Myler blocks an uppercut.
Myler throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, McCoy scores with a nice short uppercut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A nice glancing elbow lands by McCoy.
McCoy blocks an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCoy lands with a right to the head.
McCoy has had enough of the clinch but Myler keeps him there for the moment.
McCoy lands with a left to the head.
Myler pushes off an throws an elbow but McCoy leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
McCoy blocks an elbow strike.
A nice left hand lands by McCoy.
McCoy misses with a body punch.
Myler being controlled against the cage.
Myler throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
McCoy throws a punch but it's blocked by Myler.
McCoy lands with a light punch inside.
McCoy swings wildly with an uppercut but Myler uses good head movement to avoid it.
McCoy misses with an elbow strike.
McCoy lands with a short shot to the head.
McCoy avoids the elbow strike from Myler, against the cage.
McCoy dodges an elbow strike from Myler.
McCoy scores with a shoulder strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Myler blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Myler just misses with a elbow thrown towards McCoy's brow.
Myler blocking some punches.

McCoy breaks the clinch.

Myler instigates a clinch.
McCoy definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Myler misses with an elbow strike.
McCoy lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Myler backwards.
McCoy blocks an elbow strike from Myler.
Myler creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
McCoy is trying to maintain a safe position but Myler gets an underhook and turns McCoy into the cage.
Myler throws an elbow that misses.
McCoy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Myler throws an elbow but it's blocked.
McCoy avoids the elbow strike from Myler, against the cage.
McCoy avoids the elbow strike from Myler, against the cage.
Myler lands an elbow that stopped McCoy in his tracks for a moment.
McCoy dodges an elbow strike from Myler.
Myler throws an elbow but it's blocked.
McCoy blocks an elbow strike from Myler.
Myler prevents a body shot from McCoy.
Myler pushes off an throws an elbow but McCoy leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
McCoy lands a hook that snaps the head of Myler backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Myler misses with an elbow over the top.
McCoy dodges an elbow strike from Myler.
Myler pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
McCoy creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Myler pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
McCoy lands an elbow inside that Myler shrugs off.
A short right from McCoy on the inside.
McCoy lands a left hand.
A right handed body shot lands from McCoy.
Myler looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Myler throws an elbow that misses.
McCoy lands on the inside with an uppercut.
McCoy avoids a wild elbow strike from Myler.
McCoy takes an elbow to the temple.
Myler throws an elbow but it misses.
McCoy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McCoy lands with a right to the head.
A shot in the inside from McCoy.

Myler is rocked!
With the fighters up against the cage, Myler throws an elbow but misses.
Myler is still on wobbly legs! Can McCoy finish him?
McCoy misses with a punch on the inside.
Myler letting McCoy take a breather here.
Myler throws an elbow that misses.
Myler seems to have recovered his senses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCoy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Myler misses with an elbow strike.
Myler throws an elbow that misses.
Myler looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Myler throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
McCoy can't find room to land a body shot as Myler controls the action.
McCoy blocks an elbow strike.
McCoy lands an elbow inside.
McCoy pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
McCoy has a couple of punches blocked by Myler.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
McCoy avoids a wild elbow strike from Myler.
McCoy trying to control the position but instead, Myler has worked for underhooks and has pushed McCoy into the cage.
McCoy blocks the elbow strike.
McCoy lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short right hand to the side of the head by McCoy.
McCoy scores with a shot to the side of Myler's head.
McCoy dodges an elbow strike from Myler.
McCoy blocks the elbow strike.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as McCoy takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

John McCoy dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Myler fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with McCoy, pushing him back against the cage.
Myler throws an elbow that misses.
Myler creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through McCoy's defenses.
Myler pushes off an throws an elbow but McCoy leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Myler pushes off an throws an elbow but McCoy leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
McCoy is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Myler is keeping busy.
Myler's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
John McCoy has scored more points in the clinch so far.
McCoy blocks an elbow strike from Myler.
McCoy blocks the elbow strike.
McCoy pushes Myler back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Myler lands an elbow just above McCoy 's eye.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Myler blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Myler throws an elbow that misses.
Myler throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Myler throws an elbow but it's blocked.
McCoy pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
McCoy avoids a wild elbow strike from Myler.
With the fighters up against the cage, Myler throws an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCoy struggles to land a body shot inside as Myler controls his hands.
McCoy slowing the pace effectively.
McCoy blocks an elbow strike from Myler.
McCoy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Myler just misses with a elbow thrown towards McCoy's brow.
Myler gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Myler throws an elbow that misses.
Myler pushes off an throws an elbow but McCoy leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
McCoy is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
McCoy has a couple of punches blocked by Myler.
McCoy misses with an elbow strike.
McCoy taking a breather.
Myler misses with an elbow over the top.
A nice right hand lands inside from McCoy.
Myler throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Myler just misses with a elbow thrown towards McCoy's brow.
Myler takes a shot to the head.
McCoy blocks an elbow strike from Myler.
McCoy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Myler throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCoy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McCoy blocks an elbow strike.
McCoy avoids the elbow strike from Myler, against the cage.
Still in the clinch, McCoy scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McCoy lands an elbow inside that Myler shrugs off.
McCoy avoids a wild elbow strike from Myler.
Myler misses with an elbow over the top.
McCoy misses with an elbow over the top.
McCoy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Myler can do to turn this around?
With the fighters up against the cage, Myler throws an elbow but misses.
McCoy gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Myler blocks a body shot from McCoy.
McCoy avoids the elbow strike from Myler, against the cage.
McCoy working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Myler throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A short right from McCoy.
McCoy lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

McCoy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

McCoy tries to keep at a distance but Myler has taken the fight into the clinch.
McCoy blocks an elbow strike from Myler.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

McCoy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
McCoy cracks Myler with a hook to the temple - Myler is on wobbly legs here! McCoy swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Myler falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! McCoy wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). John McCoy!