PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cormac McCready (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lou Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McCready comes into the arena with Black Betty By Ram Jam blaring out of the sound system. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

McCready
vs
Black

200 cm
20
258 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

195 cm
28
275 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Cormac McCready!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lou Black!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Black loads up on a big right hand but McCready slips the punch.
McCready tests Black's chin there with a solid looking shot.
McCready moves out of range of the strikes.
Black ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McCready moves away.
Black comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Black is looking to clinch but McCready is avoiding it.
Black with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling McCready to score with a decent uppercut.
McCready tries to clinch there but Black circles away.
Black is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McCready.
McCready dodges the punch combination from Black.
McCready turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black checks the leg kick.
McCready swings for the body but Black moves out of range.
Black throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nice shot lands for McCready.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from McCready, right into the meat.
Black misses with a straight right.
Black tries to clinch but McCready moves out of range.
Black takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
McCready throws a leg kick which misses Black's front leg but catches the back leg as Black tries to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black lands a nice shot to the body.
McCready throws a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A decent looking cross lands there for McCready.
McCready throws a front kick aimed at Black's knee but Black avoids it well.
McCready avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
McCready fails in his attempt to clinch.
A slow jab from Black misses its intended target.
Black tries to clinch there but McCready circles away.
Black throws a jab but it's blocked by McCready.
Black misses with a few strikes there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black slips under a jab from McCready.
Black throws a series of punches but McCready avoids them all with ease.
The fight stays on the outside here - Black looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Black wants to clinch but McCready slips to the side
and Black takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
McCready circles away from the clinch attempt.
McCready slips a jab from Black.
McCready swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Black fails in his attempt to clinch.
Black moves out of range of the strikes.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by McCready.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCready slips a jab from Black.
Black misses with a wild combination.
Black throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and McCready counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Black throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lou Black seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McCready dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Black. That did some damage!
McCready is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
McCready lunges at Black with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Black's hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - McCready looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Black walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
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!
Black tries to bum rush McCready with a series of wild strikes but McCready uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cormac McCready dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

McCready thuds a left hand into Black's body.
Black ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McCready moves away.
Black tries to close the distance and clinch up but McCready swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Black throws a poor cross that misses
and McCready counters with a slapping leg kick.
McCready throws a leg kick but Black moved away.
Black misses the shot to the body.
Black fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice defenses there by Black.
Black tries to clinch but McCready moves out of range.
McCready misses with a looping right.
Black scores with a one two! McCready had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

It looks like Cormac McCready has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Black throws a left and a right that both miss
and McCready cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A left lands for McCready.
Black wants to clinch.
McCready looks to throw the jab but Black is out of range.
Black takes a swing at McCready's ribcage but misses.
A jab from McCready finds it's way through Black's defenses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black throws a hook but McCready blocks it.
McCready thows a left - swing and a miss!
Black misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McCready.

McCready has closed the distance and engaged Black in a clinch.
A short left from McCready.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Black tries to circle away but McCready has him pinned against the cage.
Black has had enough of the clinch but McCready keeps him there for the moment.
McCready keeps control of Black as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Black blocks the elbow strike.
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!
McCready is trying to maintain a safe position but Black gets an underhook and turns McCready into the cage.
McCready swings wildly with an uppercut but Black uses good head movement to avoid it.
McCready lands with a right to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCready has Black pressed against the cage, preventing Black from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A nice glancing elbow lands by McCready.
Nice elbow from McCready.

It looks like Lou Black has been cut.
Black blocks the elbow strike.
Black tries to break the clinch but McCready is controlling the position.
McCready makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
McCready looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A nice left hand lands by McCready.
McCready is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Black is keeping busy.
Black takes an elbow to the temple.
McCready comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
McCready swings wildly with an uppercut but Black uses good head movement to avoid it.
McCready throws a punch but it's blocked by Black.
Black wants to get back to striking at distance but McCready won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Black misses with a hook from the clinch.
McCready keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Black's efforts to push away.
Black blocks an elbow strike.
McCready lands an elbow that stopped Black in his tracks for a moment.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

McCready breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Black is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
McCready paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Black misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Black lands a lovely overhand right.
Black keeps the fight on the outside.
McCready tries to clinch up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cormac McCready dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

McCready takes one on the chin but seems OK.
McCready is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Black swats away the attempt to clinch by McCready.
Black throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
McCready uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Black.
McCready throws an overhand right that lands on Black's shoulder, as Black tries to avoid the shot.
Black throws a poor cross that misses
and McCready counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Black ducks under a wild hook from McCready.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black throws a hook but McCready avoids it easily.
Black throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and McCready counters with a thumping low kick.
Black needs to keep his hands up - McCready had a free shot at his head there.
Black swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and McCready counters with a lovely straight right hand!
McCready slips a jab and a cross from Black.
Black takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
McCready cracks Black with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

McCready closes the distance and clinches.
McCready pushes off an throws an elbow but Black leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
McCready misses with a hook from the clinch.
Black blocks the elbow strike.
McCready lands a right hand that snaps the head of Black backwards.
Black takes an elbow to the temple.
Cormac McCready is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McCready keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Black's efforts to push away.
Black takes an elbow to the temple.

That has opened up Lou Black's cut even more.
McCready keeps control of Black as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
McCready gets through Black's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The referee calls for McCready to work.
Black tries to circle away but McCready has him pinned against the cage.
Black tries to break free but McCready pushes him back against the cage.
Black is trying to break free.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Black tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black is looking to break free of the clinch but McCready has double underhooks.
Black tries to break the clinch but McCready is controlling the position.
McCready has Black pressed against the cage, preventing Black from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
McCready throws an elbow that misses.
Black takes an elbow to the forehead.
Black has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Black looking to slow down the pace here.
McCready creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Black's defenses.
McCready lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Black's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Black can't break the clinch.
McCready lands with a short shot to the head.

Black is rocked!
McCready working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Black is still on wobbly legs! Can McCready finish him?

McCready manages to break the clinch.
Black seems to have recovered his senses.

Black rushes McCready and presses him up against the cage.
Black working hard to break the clinch.
Black wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lou Black has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Black misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Black goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Black tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McCready's elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cormac McCready showed his dominance in that final round.
Well McCready has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cormac McCready!