PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tuck Happiness (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Liam McGrath (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Happiness comes to the cage accompanied by Bullet With a Name on It. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Happiness
vs
McGrath

162 cm
20
140 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

184 cm
22
141 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tuck Happiness!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Liam McGrath!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Kenichi Hosakawa and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Happiness misses with a head kick.
Tuck Happiness seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McGrath keeps the fight on the outside.
Happiness throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
McGrath blocks a head kick by Happiness.
McGrath shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Happiness as he jumps to the side.
Happiness tries to clinch up.
Happiness tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

McGrath closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Happiness to the mat! Happiness manages to get full guard.
Happiness tries to strike from the bottom.
Happiness has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Happiness is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Happiness is looking for a triangle but McGrath pushes his legs off easily.
McGrath passes into half guard.
McGrath winds up and cracks Happiness with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
McGrath tries to pass to full mount but Happiness defends it.
Happiness is trying to defend against the ground and pound but McGrath scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGrath looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Happiness looks like he's trying to stand up.
McGrath is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
McGrath prevents Happiness from standing back up.
Happiness is looking to control McGrath's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Happiness avoid being mounted?
McGrath uses his free foot to push down on Happiness's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Happiness.
McGrath landing shots from mount.
McGrath working the ground and pound effectively.

Happiness is rocked!
McGrath looks gassed!
McGrath lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Oh Happiness is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Happiness is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
McGrath postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Happiness bigstyle! Two more strikes land for McGrath and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Liam McGrath!