PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Maia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy McGee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Billy McGee has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Maia
vs
McGee

185 cm
23
199 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

193 cm
25
202 lbs
12 - 9 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Anderson Maia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Billy McGee!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Viktor Lagutenko and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maia needs to keep his hands up - McGee had a free shot at his head there.
Maia cracks the inside of McGee's front leg.
Maia fails with the takedown.
Maia swinging wildly here.
Maia keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McGee.
McGee tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Maia was well out of range. Poor timing from McGee.
Maia swings and misses with a shot to the body
and McGee makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Maia throws an off balance right hand
and McGee counters with a flying knee. Nice.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McGee scores with a punch to the head.

Maia is rocked!
Maia misses the jab.
Oh Maia is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jab, jab by Maia - just one landing.
Maia seems to have got his legs back now.
McGee throws a chopping leg kick but Maia manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
McGee throws out a powerful jab.
McGee avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maia takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
McGee comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
McGee swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Maia.
McGee lands a leg kick that knocks Maia off balance momentarily.
Maia fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
McGee buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Maia is breathing heavily.
McGee slaps away a takedown attempt from Maia, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anderson Maia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
McGee ducks under a wild hook from Maia.
Maia takes a shot right to the bread basket.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McGee cracks Maia with a good jab.
Maia gets cracked with a nice right hand there by McGee.
McGee has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
McGee's jab looks to have found its range, popping Maia under the eye.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maia closes this distance looking for a takedown but McGee circles away.
McGee lands with a thumping leg kick.
Maia tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Maia takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by McGee.
Billy McGee is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That kick from McGee tenderised Maia's leg. Maia is trying to keep his angry face on.
McGee lands a nice hook to Maia's body. Maia takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A good leg kick by McGee.
McGee lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
McGee swings for the body but Maia moves out of range.
Anderson Maia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McGee looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Maia misses the jab.
McGee swings for the body but Maia moves out of range.
McGee connects with a solid leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGee shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Maia eats them both and turns towards McGee to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Maia fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
A kick lands to the mid section there for McGee.
Good leg kick by McGee there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Maia dodges the punch combination from McGee.
McGee tries to close the distance and clinch but Maia swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Maia misses with a takedown attempt - McGee sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
McGee looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McGee lands a slapping body shot.
McGee lands a nice leg kick that just misses Maia's sensitive parts.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by McGee.
McGee dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
McGee lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by McGee.
Maia takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Maia takes one to the side of the head.
McGee tries to bum rush Maia with a series of wild strikes but Maia uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
McGee lands the left hand.
McGee with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
McGee swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Maia.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

McGee cracks Maia with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Maia looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can McGee finish him?
McGee ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Billy McGee dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

and McGee counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Maia! He's just covering up as McGee starts to tee off till referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Billy McGee!