PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nolan McDonald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Everyman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

McDonald
vs
Everyman

194 cm
18
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

185 cm
22
209 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Decent knees
Tends to cut

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Nolan McDonald!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John Everyman!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, John Mangel and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Everyman moves into the clinch.
McDonald wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Everyman has him pressed against the cage.
Everyman scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Everyman.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Everyman takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Everyman misses with a punch to the body.
Everyman landing knees to the body.
McDonald is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Everyman.
McDonald takes a knee right on the jaw!
Everyman scores with a shoulder strike.
Everyman unloads a knee to the mid-section. McDonald lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Everyman breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Everyman doesn't manage to clinch there - McDonald circles away.
McDonald avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Everyman moves in looking to clinch but McDonald pushes him off.
McDonald misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Everyman tries to close the distance and clinch but McDonald swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

McDonald rushes Everyman and presses him up against the cage.
Everyman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McDonald has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Everyman blocking some punches.
Everyman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McDonald has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
McDonald wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Everyman has him pressed against the cage.
Everyman landing some nice looking knees to the body.
McDonald misses with some punches.
Everyman tries to pull guard but McDonald holds him up against the cage and eventually Everyman drops back down to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Everyman missing with knees to the body.
Everyman looking to throw knees to the head but McDonald is blocking nicely.
Everyman connects with a nasty looking knee right to McDonald's face.

It looks like Nolan McDonald has been cut.
Everyman tries a knee to the head but McDonald blocks it.
McDonald is looking to break free of the clinch but Everyman has double underhooks.
McDonald missing with knees to the body.
McDonald tries to stall but Everyman uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
McDonald is looking to break free of the clinch but Everyman has double underhooks.
Everyman missing with knees to the body.
McDonald misses with the head strike.
McDonald wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Everyman breaks the clinch.
A choreographed right hand from Everyman misses the target.
Everyman circles away from the clinch attempt

and Everyman counters by moving into the clinch.
Everyman misses with a knee to the head.
McDonald wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Everyman has him pressed against the cage.
Everyman prevents McDonald from breaking the clinch.
Everyman blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Everyman is trying to maintain a safe position but McDonald gets an underhook and turns Everyman into the cage.
Everyman tries a knee to the head but McDonald blocks it.
Everyman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McDonald has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
McDonald wants to break the clinch but can't.
McDonald trying to stall but Everyman improves his position.
Everyman keeps control of McDonald as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

McDonald breaks from the clinch.
McDonald rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Everyman moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Everyman checks a leg kick nicely.
McDonald scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
McDonald throws a head kick but Everyman moves out of range.
Everyman tries to clinch
enabling McDonald to counter with a crisp jab.
A combination from McDonald does no damage.
McDonald throws a body kick that misses.
A thudding body kick lands there by McDonald!

Everyman moves into range and clinches up with McDonald.
Everyman looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Everyman stops a takedown attempt from McDonald.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Everyman wants a takedown.
Everyman tries a knee to the head but McDonald blocks it.
Everyman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McDonald.
McDonald prevents Everyman from breaking the clinch.
Everyman with a knee to the head.
Everyman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Everyman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McDonald has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
McDonald is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Everyman misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Everyman pulls guard successfully.
McDonald wants to get up but he can't break Everyman's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Everyman wants to stand but McDonald is controlling the position.

Everyman is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Everyman misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Everyman landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Everyman manages to pull guard.
McDonald tries to free his leg and advance position but Everyman is retaining full guard.
Everyman wants to sweep here but McDonald controlling him for the moment.
Everyman has a closed guard, preventing McDonald from standing up.
McDonald is fighting to break Everyman's control of his arms but Everyman is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Everyman trying to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Everyman dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nolan McDonald's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

McDonald will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Everyman wants to clinch up but McDonald keeps it at a distance.
McDonald misses with a two punch combination.
McDonald scores with a three punch combo!
Everyman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McDonald paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Everyman wants to clinch but McDonald slips to the side

and McDonald counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

McDonald decides to stand and escape the position.
McDonald throws a combination. Everyman tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
A jab from McDonald misses.
McDonald tries to clinch up but Everyman circles away and keeps his distance.
Everyman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Everyman tries to clinch but McDonald moves away

and McDonald counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Everyman leaning against his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Everyman lands an elbow inside.

Everyman breaks from the clinch.
Everyman dodges the punch combination from McDonald.
McDonald avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Everyman goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
McDonald fails in his attempt to clinch.
Everyman tries to clinch up

and McDonald counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Knees in the clinch landing for Everyman.
Everyman stalling against the cage.
Everyman tries to work over McDonald's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Everyman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but McDonald blocks it with crossed arms.
Everyman is breathing heavily.
Everyman lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Everyman tries to land a knee to the head but McDonald blocks with his arms.
Everyman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but McDonald blocks it with crossed arms.
McDonald prevents the takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Everyman blocking some punches.
Everyman scores with a knee to the head.
McDonald prevents a body shot from Everyman.
Everyman landing knees to the head.

McDonald is rocked!
McDonald wants to break the clinch but can't.
A bit of stalling here from Everyman.
McDonald is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Everyman lands a big knee to the head and McDonald goes down! Everyman pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Everyman!