PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Levi Gene (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddie McQueen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McQueen is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Limp BizkiT - Rollin' . Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Gene
vs
McQueen

187 cm
25
182 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

183 cm
29
181 lbs
12 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Levi Gene!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eddie McQueen!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McQueen looks to land a combination but Gene avoids it well.
Gene moves in looking to clinch but McQueen pushes him off.
Gene tries to clinch but McQueen moves away
and McQueen counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Gene slips a jab from McQueen.
McQueen uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
McQueen throws a right and a left that both miss.
McQueen circles away from the clinch attempt.
McQueen thows a body kick. Gene tries to catch it but that hurt him.
McQueen misses with an uppercut.
McQueen scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gene is looking to clinch.
Gene tries to close the distance and clinch up but McQueen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gene tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gene misses with a wild combination.
Gene works the jab nicely.
Gene tries to clinch
enabling McQueen to counter with a crisp jab.
Gene closes the distance and lands a one-two.
McQueen 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gene fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with McQueen, pushing him back against the cage.
Gene can't get the takedown.
McQueen wants to get back to striking at distance but Gene won't allow it.

McQueen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
McQueen connects with a nice looking jab.
McQueen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gene doesn't seem bothered though.
Levi Gene seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

McQueen cracks Gene with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. McQueen has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Gene to stand back up!

Gene is rocked!

Gene moves into range and clinches up with McQueen.
Oh Gene is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gene just misses with a elbow thrown towards McQueen's brow.
Gene is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but McQueen is keeping busy.
McQueen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gene is breathing heavily.
McQueen misses with a punch on the inside.
McQueen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McQueen prevents the takedown attempt.
McQueen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gene blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gene seems to have got his legs back now.
Gene has McQueen pressed against the cage, preventing McQueen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McQueen throws a nice looking combination but Gene bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Gene forces McQueen back against the cage and clinches.
Gene working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Gene breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from McQueen. Gene does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gene takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Eddie McQueen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McQueen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gene wants to clinch.
McQueen throws a body kick that misses.
McQueen misses with a jab, cross combination.
McQueen stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
McQueen swinging wildly here.
McQueen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McQueen lands with a nice body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gene looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gene wants to clinch but McQueen slips to the side
and McQueen counters with a nice uppercut.
A head kick misses from McQueen.
McQueen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gene.
McQueen comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
McQueen misses with a hook.

Gene instigates a clinch.
Gene gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

McQueen breaks the clinch.
Gene tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Gene closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Gene manages to break the clinch.
McQueen with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gene takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
McQueen misses the shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gene tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. McQueen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
No joy there for McQueen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gene walks into a jab.
McQueen walks forward, straight into a front kick from Gene.
Gene wants to clinch.
Gene tries to close the distance and clinch but McQueen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Gene clinches with his opponent.
Gene blocks an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from McQueen.
McQueen is looking to break free of the clinch but Gene has double underhooks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McQueen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
McQueen misses with the head strike.

McQueen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McQueen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eddie McQueen dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

McQueen stalks Gene and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Gene's face. Gene staggers backwards, shaken.
Gene doesn't manage to clinch there - McQueen circles away.
Eddie McQueen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
McQueen misses with a double jab.
McQueen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Gene uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McQueen.
McQueen scores with a three punch combo!
Gene shoots in and drives through. McQueen sprawls well.
Gene tries to score a power double leg takedown but McQueen sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Gene somewhat.

Gene darts in and clinches McQueen up against the cage.
Gene can't find room to land a body shot as McQueen controls the action.
McQueen wants to break the clinch but can't.
McQueen is pressed up against the cage. Gene has hold of a leg and is looking to drag McQueen down to the mat. McQueen avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Levi Gene. That's going to take a lot out of him.

McQueen lands a big head kick that sends Gene tumbling to the mat! McQueen takes a step backwards and waves Gene back to his feet - he wants the finish!

It looks like Levi Gene has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gene has a takedown stuffed.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McQueen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gene will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
McQueen scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
McQueen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
McQueen scores with a nice strike.
Gene ducks under a wild hook from McQueen.
Gene doesn't manage to clinch there - McQueen circles away.

Gene clinches.
McQueen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A shot in the inside from Gene.
Gene swings wildly with an uppercut but McQueen uses good head movement to avoid it.
McQueen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gene tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McQueen's elbow.
Gene misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McQueen is trying to break free.
McQueen swings wildly with an uppercut but Gene uses good head movement to avoid it.
McQueen wants to get back to striking at distance but Gene won't allow it.
Gene lands a nice shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McQueen.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gene.
Gene trying to land knees to the body.
McQueen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gene is trying to work for a single leg takedown but McQueen pulls him back up using the underhooks.
McQueen gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Gene.

Gene has hold of one of McQueen's legs. McQueen is fighting the takedown attempt but Gene gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
McQueen is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
McQueen wants to stand and escape but Gene is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

McQueen throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Gene working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Gene trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

McQueen had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Gene defends it easily.
Gene passes McQueen's left leg - he's now in half guard.
McQueen is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
McQueen wants to control the action here but instead Gene manages to pass to full mount!
Gene fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Gene scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish McQueen?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gene landing strikes from the mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Gene looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Gene landing punches.
McQueen is looking to improve his position but Gene isn't that keen on the idea.
Gene lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Gene controlling from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
McQueen manages to regain half guard. Good work.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McQueen tries to roll over but Gene keeps him under control.
McQueen holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Levi Gene will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Levi Gene's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

McQueen circles away from the clinch attempt.

Gene clinches up with McQueen and pushes him back against the cage.
McQueen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gene drops to a knee looking for a takedown but McQueen gets the underhooks and prevents it.
McQueen lands a body shot.
Gene has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. McQueen is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
McQueen is trying to push Gene away but Gene has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Gene struggles to land a body shot inside as McQueen controls his hands.
McQueen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
McQueen is trying to push Gene away but Gene has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A head punch on the inside from Gene fails to land.

McQueen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gene tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and McQueen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gene tries to clinch but McQueen is having none of it.
Gene wants to clinch up but McQueen keeps it at a distance.
McQueen missing with a left hand there. Gene was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gene wants to clinch.
McQueen throws out a loose jab but Gene uses good head movement to avoid it.
McQueen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
McQueen throws a head kick but Gene moves out of range.
McQueen thows a body shot but no joy.
Gene showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from McQueen.
McQueen swinging wildly here.
Some wild striking there from McQueen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McQueen connects with a good right hand that stumbles Gene. Gene circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

Gene clinches up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McQueen.
Gene goes for a takedown attempt but McQueen pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Levi Gene. That's going to take a lot out of him.
McQueen looks to throw the jab but Gene is out of range.
Gene shoots in for a takedown but McQueen shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
McQueen circles away from the clinch attempt
and McQueen counters with a straight right hand.
Gene misses with a body shot.
Gene fails to land the takedown.
McQueen lands a nice hook to Gene's body. Gene takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gene takes a shot to the body in his stride.
McQueen paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Gene takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
McQueen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gene tries to clinch up but McQueen circles away and keeps his distance.
McQueen misses with a hook.
McQueen looks to score with a jab to the body but Gene is just out of range.
Gene uses good head movement to avoid the hook from McQueen.
Gene tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but McQueen swivels and escapes.
Gene is looking to clinch.
Gene darts in trying to clinch
and McQueen counters with a one-two to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McQueen looks to land a combination but Gene avoids it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McQueen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
McQueen fails to land with a series of punches.
Gene wants to clinch but McQueen slips to the side
and McQueen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
McQueen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Gene is defended easily by McQueen.
Nice takedown defense from McQueen. No joy for Gene on that attempt.
Donk. McQueen catches Gene right on the button with a cross.
McQueen jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gene tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. McQueen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gene fails with a takedown attempt.
McQueen throws a right and a left that Gene avoids nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Eddie McQueen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think McQueen 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eddie McQueen!