PBP Commentary

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

McGrady
vs
Fields

185 cm
21
185 lbs
5 - 12 - 0

185 cm
30
185 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

Olympic wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 5 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Owen McGrady!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Frank Fields!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Colin Fray and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from McGrady misses.

Fields shoots in and gets a takedown into McGrady's guard.
McGrady will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

Fields stands up from guard. Let's bang!

McGrady gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fields postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Fields throwing strikes but missing.
McGrady is looking to stand up but Fields isn't so interested in that idea.
Fields lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Fields avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fields is looking to work some ground and pound but McGrady has wrist control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGrady is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Fields decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
McGrady is breathing heavily.

Fields changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. McGrady looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Fields working the ground and pound.
Fields working the head with strikes.
Fields working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Fields scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at McGrady to see if he's OK.

Fields has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McGrady throws a right and a left that both miss.

Fields instigates a clinch.

Fields tightens his grip and picks McGrady up, before dumping him to the ground. McGrady manages to land in guard.

McGrady is working an open guard so Fields takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

McGrady gets caught flat footed, as Fields shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Fields postures up and lands a big shot to McGrady's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fields is in close to McGrady's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Fields looking to pass the guard.
Fields lands a couple of elbows.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Fields stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Fields scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Fields landing a few strikes.
McGrady tries to bench press Fields off him but Fields keeps the position.
Fields lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
McGrady tries to bench press Fields off him but Fields keeps the position.

Fields decides to stand back up.

Fields gets a double leg takedown into McGrady's guard.

Fields decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

Fields drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Fields gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

Fields shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. McGrady is trying to defend but Fields finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

Fields decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.

Fields rushes McGrady and presses him up against the cage.
McGrady is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Fields gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Fields gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Fields is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Fields decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on McGrady, up you get!

Fields bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
McGrady tries to bench press Fields off him but Fields keeps the position.

Fields has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

Fields shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Fields was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Fields looking for a guillotine from mount but McGrady is having none of it.
McGrady regains half guard.
McGrady is looking to control Fields's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can McGrady avoid being mounted?

Fields postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for McGrady to stand up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Fields shoots in and bounces McGrady off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Fields stops McGrady from standing up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Fields shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches McGrady napping and manages to drive through into side control!

Fields decides to stand up, so the ref orders McGrady to his feet.

Fields shoots in and bounces McGrady off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Fields is in close to McGrady's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Fields decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on McGrady, up you get!

McGrady gets caught flat footed, as Fields shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McGrady looking to control.
Fields stops McGrady from standing up.

Fields gets to his feet. McGrady looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

Fields throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. McGrady was covering up waiting for the punch and Fields finishes the takedown easily into guard.
McGrady wants to stand up but Fields is controlling him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fields is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Fields must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Fields gets to his feet - McGrady follows without any prompting.

Fields closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. McGrady quickly recovers to half guard.
Fields looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks McGrady with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
McGrady is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Fields scores with a couple of nice shots.
Fields is thwarting McGrady's attempts to control the position.
Fields is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Fields is nestled in close to McGrady, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

Fields decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

A momentary lapse in concentration from McGrady enables Fields to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. McGrady manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Fields gets to his feet - McGrady follows without any prompting.

Fields gets a double leg takedown into McGrady's guard.
Fields working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Fields stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. McGrady swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Fields gets to his feet. McGrady looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

Fields decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Fields decides to stand and escape the position.

Fields shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Fields was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Fields working away from the top, dropping strikes.
McGrady tries to hold on but Fields pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fields landing punches.
Fields cracks McGrady with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
McGrady in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Fields breaks from McGrady's wrist control and lands an elbow.
McGrady taking shots to the head.

Fields looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Fields with good strikes from the mount here!
Fields pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fields lands a nice shot to the head.
Fields lands a heavy elbow.
Fields is landing with some decent strikes but McGrady is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Fields landing shots from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fields postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. McGrady looks a forlorn figure.
Fields scoring with strikes but McGrady is staying in there.
Fields scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Fields putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

McGrady is rocked!
Frank Fields has got the better of the ground game so far.
McGrady takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Oh McGrady is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fields unloads with some vicious shots from mount and McGrady wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Fields celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Frank Fields!