PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Captian Awsome (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William McGrady (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Awsome comes to the cage accompanied by Hail and Kill. McGrady has chosen Scotland The Brave as his entrance music. Captian Awsome is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Awsome
vs
McGrady

190 cm
22
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
22
202 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Captian Awsome!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, William McGrady!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Sam Margolis and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Awsome looks for a takedown but McGrady sprawls well.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Awsome scores with a shot to the body.
McGrady looks gassed!
Awsome fails with the takedown.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Awsome closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Awsome is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
McGrady punching from the bottom.
Awsome is looking to advance position but McGrady won't allow it.
Awsome throwing shots but McGrady is blocking nicely.

McGrady is defending against the submission attempts here by Awsome.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
McGrady misses with some strikes from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
McGrady throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Awsome prevents McGrady from improving his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Awsome is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

McGrady shoots in and bounces Awsome off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
McGrady passes into half guard.
McGrady working Awsome over with strikes.
McGrady thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Awsome's head.
Awsome is pressing down on McGrady's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Awsome keeping full guard, as McGrady tries to pass.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Awsome is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
McGrady stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Awsome swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Awsome keeping moving, preventing McGrady from controlling successfully.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
McGrady content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
McGrady is working Awsome over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Awsome preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
McGrady trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Awsome looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

McGrady feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Awsome throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

Awsome has his foot on McGrady's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. McGrady works his way back into a safe position though.
McGrady postures up.
McGrady stopping the sweep attempt from Awsome.
McGrady lands a couple of digs.
McGrady postures up.
Awsome looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but McGrady puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
McGrady has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
McGrady is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
McGrady working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
McGrady looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Awsome has hold of McGrady's hands but McGrady slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Awsome tries to regain full guard. Instead though, McGrady has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
McGrady is in the full mount, landing strikes.
McGrady lands with some strikes.
Awsome tries to hold on but McGrady pushes him away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McGrady working Awsome over with strikes here.
McGrady with good strikes from the mount here!
McGrady postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Awsome looks a forlorn figure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Captian Awsome will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Awsome gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
McGrady works over Awsome with some ground and pound from guard.
McGrady throwing strikes from guard but Awsome blocks nicely.
McGrady with a flurry of punches that miss.

Awsome looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Awsome is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
McGrady is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
McGrady is in close to Awsome's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGrady showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Awsome avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
McGrady is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
McGrady landing some decent shots from guard.
McGrady passes Awsome's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Awsome trying to hold on to McGrady's head to control him but McGrady postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
McGrady not doing much here.
Awsome wants to improve his position but McGrady is controlling well.
Awsome trying to hold on to McGrady's head to control him but McGrady postures up.
McGrady looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Awsome with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
McGrady seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Awsome does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
McGrady looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Awsome with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

McGrady is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Awsome doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time McGrady.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, McGrady seems content to control.
Awsome trying to control here.
McGrady trying to control from half guard but Awsome is working away.
Awsome is trying to defend against the ground and pound but McGrady scores with a couple of nice shots.
McGrady passes to full mount!
McGrady is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Awsome can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
McGrady scoring with strikes but Awsome is staying in there.
McGrady landing shots from mount.
William McGrady has got the better of the ground game so far.
McGrady connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
McGrady lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Awsome hang on?
McGrady with the ground and pound from mount.
McGrady landing shots from mount.
McGrady lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Awsome is wriggling around trying to escape.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
McGrady pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The referee warns Awsome that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Awsome tries to hold on but McGrady pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William McGrady showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

McGrady shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Awsome is trying to defend but McGrady finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Awsome preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.

McGrady is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Awsome doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time McGrady.
Awsome has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. McGrady is working away from the top position though.
McGrady missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGrady missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
McGrady is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
McGrady trying to control from Awsome's half guard. Awsome has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Awsome tries to land a sweep but no joy.
McGrady distracts Awsome with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

McGrady closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
McGrady taking a break here but Awsome is having none of it and regains half guard.
McGrady thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Awsome trying to control but McGrady postures up.
McGrady looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
McGrady scoring with strikes to the body and head.
McGrady wants to take a breather but Awsome is having none of it.
McGrady landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Awsome missing with punches from the bottom.
McGrady is nestled in close to Awsome, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
McGrady missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
McGrady missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
McGrady misses with a head shot. Awsome uses the momentum to regain guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Awsome not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

McGrady shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Awsome napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Awsome has one of McGrady's arms on lockdown, trying to prevent him from doing any damage.
McGrady is putting a hurting on Awsome here, landing some big shots from side control.
Awsome tries to buck McGrady off but McGrady is having none of it.
Awsome wants to control but McGrady postures up.
McGrady moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
McGrady in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGrady landing a few strikes.
McGrady working the head with strikes.
McGrady advances to mount.
McGrady raining down shots from the mount!
McGrady in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Awsome tries to lock up and control but McGrady gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
McGrady with shots to the head and body - Awsome looks very uncomfortable down there.

And that's the end of the fight!
William McGrady comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think McGrady has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 28:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... William McGrady!