PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rocky Balboa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ste McGhee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Balboa
vs
McGhee

180 cm
18
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
21
160 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rocky Balboa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ste McGhee!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Frank Dennis and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Balboa shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Balboa showed some decent athleticism there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Balboa is working for a submission of some sort.
Balboa knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for McGhee on the ground.
McGhee is looking to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balboa is keen to just control but McGhee is a slippery customer.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Rocky Balboa just wasn't active enough.

Balboa shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. McGhee manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

McGhee is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Balboa is aware though and is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGhee is pulling down on Balboa's head to control his posture.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

McGhee gets caught napping as Balboa dives in and scores a takedown. McGhee manages to retain guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGhee keeping moving, preventing Balboa from controlling successfully.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Rocky Balboa just wasn't active enough.

Balboa shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Balboa was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Balboa tries to push McGhee's head away but McGhee is holding on tight.
Balboa with good strikes from the mount here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balboa throws some wild stikes that McGhee manages to avoid easily.
Balboa punching from mount but McGhee doing a good job of avoiding damage.
McGhee wants to control but Balboa is having none of it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Balboa misses with some ground and pound and McGhee recovers position to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rocky Balboa dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

A left and a right from Balboa both land. Nice combination.

Balboa 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.
McGhee has his hands on Balboa's head, controlling the position.

McGhee has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Balboa can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balboa looking to sit in guard and control but McGhee gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

McGhee drops back looking for a leg! Balboa is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Balboa manages to kick McGhee off! McGhee jumps back into Balboa's guard.
McGhee sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Balboa's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Balboa is defending against the submission attempts here by McGhee.
McGhee tries to pass to full mount but Balboa defends it.

McGhee is trying to work for a kimura but Balboa is defending well.

McGhee is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Balboa sees it coming and defends easily.

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

McGhee wants to work for an arm triangle but Balboa is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

McGhee is working for a submission of some sort.
McGhee is breathing heavily.
Balboa is trying to get back to full guard.

McGhee is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

McGhee is working for a kimura but Balboa is defending it quite comfortably.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGhee wants to pass the guard but Balboa is defending well.

McGhee is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

McGhee is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Balboa wants to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ste McGhee showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

McGhee shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Balboa but Balboa pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Balboa shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Balboa wants to stand but McGhee has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Balboa seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but McGhee does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

Rocky Balboa has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

Balboa feints and as McGhee raises his hands in defense, Balboa changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
McGhee pulls Balboa in close to prevent any damage.
Balboa postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Balboa drives through with a takedown into McGhee's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGhee managing to control the position.
Balboa wants to get up but he can't break McGhee's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Rocky Balboa just wasn't active enough.

Balboa drives through with a takedown into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McGhee has a closed guard, preventing Balboa from standing up.
Balboa has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGhee bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Balboa's guard.

McGhee drops back looking for a leg! Balboa is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Balboa manages to kick McGhee off! McGhee jumps back into Balboa's guard.

McGhee thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

McGhee is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

McGhee drops back looking for a leg! Balboa is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Balboa manages to kick McGhee off! McGhee jumps back into Balboa's guard.
McGhee passes Balboa's left leg - he's now in half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

McGhee is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rocky Balboa showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Balboa 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rocky Balboa!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
47%

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