PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alun McGann (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Audrius Polinski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Audrius Polinski is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

McGann
vs
Polinski

180 cm
22
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

205 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

CBK MMA Nutrition

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Alun McGann!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Audrius Polinski!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, William Gold and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from McGann.
Polinski tries to close the distance and clinch up but McGann swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Polinski tries to clinch there but McGann circles away.
Polinski slips a jab and a cross from McGann.
Polinski tries to clinch but McGann moves out of range.
McGann misses with a hook.
McGann looks to land a combination. Polinski sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

It looks like Audrius Polinski has been cut.
Polinski is looking to clinch but McGann is avoiding it.
McGann throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Polinski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McGann.
Polinski looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
McGann falls off balance throwing a combination
and Polinski counters with a good low kick that McGann was not able to check.

Polinski gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGann blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
McGann on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Polinski tries to land a knee to the head but McGann blocks with his arms.
Polinski looks gassed!
Polinski throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
McGann has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Polinski avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

McGann manages to pull guard.
McGann wants to stand and escape but Polinski is having none of it.
Polinski wants to stand but McGann has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Polinski prevents McGann from getting back to his feet.

That's two 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.
Polinski wants to stand but McGann has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Polinski is looking to clinch.
McGann misses with a double jab.
McGann throws a jab when Polinski was well out of range.
Polinski misses with a combination
and McGann counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Polinski misses with a double jab
and McGann counters with a nice body shot.
Polinski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
McGann wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
McGann paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
McGann listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
McGann lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Polinski wants to clinch up but McGann keeps it at a distance.
McGann scores with a sloppy right hand. Polinski should have avoided that one.
A right-left combo lands from McGann.
McGann throws a combination that misses
and Polinski counters with a left and a right that stings McGann.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGann throws a right hand that Polinski ducks under and follows up with a left that Polinski also avoids with ease.
McGann throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Polinski sees it coming and avoids it easily.
McGann takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
McGann throws a left and a right that both miss
and Polinski counters with a low kick, right behind McGann 's knee.
Polinski tries to clinch up.
McGann misses with a jab, cross combination.
McGann lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Polinski backs up against the cage.
Polinski moves in looking to clinch but McGann pushes him off.
Polinski misses with a wild combination.
McGann lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Polinski throws a nice looking combination but McGann bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alun McGann dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Audrius Polinski's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Polinski doesn't manage to clinch there - McGann circles away.
McGann misses with a hook.
Polinski is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
McGann lands a nice looking body shot.
Polinski lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but McGann circles away quickly and effectively.
McGann slips a jab and a cross from Polinski.
McGann takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Polinski misses with a double jab
and McGann counters with a straight right hand.
Polinski tries to clinch there but McGann circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McGann swinging wilding here.
A left and a right from McGann both land. Nice combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
McGann fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Polinski manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGann throws a combination that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
McGann lands a two punch combo.
Polinski tries to clinch up.
McGann falls off balance throwing a combination
and Polinski counters with a nice low kick that buckles McGann's knee momentarily.
McGann bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Polinski's head.
Polinski is looking to clinch.
McGann throws a combination that misses
and Polinski counters with a three punch combo that has McGann backing up. McGann nods at Polinski to acknowledge the strikes.
Nice body punch from McGann.
Polinski is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Polinski tries to clinch up.
Polinski takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGann digs a good hook to Polinski's body.
McGann 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.
McGann swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McGann scores with a decent looking hook.
A leg kick checked by McGann.
Polinski showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from McGann.
Polinski doesn't manage to clinch there - McGann circles away.
McGann misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Polinski counters with a left and a right that stings McGann.
Polinski fails with an attempt to clinch.
McGann fails to land with a series of punches.
Polinski fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGann throws a series of punches but Polinski avoids them all with ease.
No joy there for McGann, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A combination from Polinski does no damage.
A big right from McGann misses.
Polinski motions for McGann to come forward. Polinski throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
McGann misses with a combination
and Polinski makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
McGann lands a jab to Polinski's midsection.
Polinski connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Polinski falls off balance throwing a combination
and McGann counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
McGann avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
McGann is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
McGann misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
McGann throws a right and a left that both miss.
Polinski lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
McGann throws a series of punches but Polinski avoids them all with ease.
Polinski tries to clinch there but McGann circles away.
McGann takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
McGann blocks a leg kick.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Polinski moves into the clinch.
Polinski misses with a knee strike.
McGann has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Polinski avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Polinski missing with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alun McGann dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Audrius Polinski's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Polinski misses with a two punch combination.
McGann lunges at Polinski with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Polinski's hand.
McGann keeps the fight on the outside.
Polinski takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Decent striking displayed by McGann there.
Polinski tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McGann paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Polinski takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
McGann is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Polinski.
Polinski tries to clinch but McGann is having none of it.
McGann throws a body punch but Polinski moves out of range.
McGann misses with a series of wild punches.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Polinski misses with a double jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Polinski throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
McGann misses with a few strikes there.
McGann dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by McGann.
Polinski showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from McGann.
McGann just misses with a punch to the body.
Alun McGann is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Polinski dodges the punch combination from McGann.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Polinski lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and McGann has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from McGann and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Polinski tries to clinch up but McGann circles away and keeps his distance.
McGann scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
McGann moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Polinski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McGann.
McGann is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Decent striking displayed by McGann there.
Polinski throws a left and a right that both miss
and McGann counters with a one-two to the body.
McGann falls off balance throwing a combination
and Polinski counters with a left and a right that stings McGann.
McGann throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Polinski tries to close the distance and clinch up but McGann swats him away and circles back towards the center.
McGann throws a right and a left that both miss.
No joy there for McGann, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Polinski moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

McGann has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Polinski uses from the top position.
McGann wants to stand and escape but Polinski is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Polinski wants to stand but McGann is controlling his posture from full guard.
Audrius Polinski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Polinski prevents McGann from getting back to his feet.

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.
Polinski wants to stand and escape but instead McGann has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Alun McGann is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
McGann trying to stand up but can't free himself from Polinski's guard.
Polinski wants to get back to his feet but McGann is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
McGann has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Polinski is proving hard to escape from.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alun McGann showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for McGann, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alun McGann!