PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eric Mac (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Justin Paul (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eric Mac could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Justin Paul's chin.

Mac
vs
Paul

195 cm
25
285 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

185 cm
25
280 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Eric Mac!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Justin Paul!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shigeki Sano and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mac darts in trying to clinch
and Paul counters with a stiff right hand.

It looks like Eric Mac has been cut.
Mac swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Paul stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mac.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Paul catches Mac with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A head kick misses from Mac.
Paul blocks the body kick.
Mac fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mac slips a jab from Paul.
Mac throws the left hand but Paul avoids the punch easily.
Paul connects with a body shot that sends Mac's belly button to the back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paul looks to land a left hand but Mac moved out of range nicely.
Paul checks a leg kick.
Mac throws a sloppy head kick and Paul moves out of range easily.
Paul avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Paul throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Paul just misses with a punch to the body.
Paul throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice defenses there by Mac.
Paul fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mac will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Paul thows a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Mac misses.
Paul looks to score with a jab to the body but Mac is just out of range.
Mac scores with a head kick. Paul tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

That has opened up Justin Paul's cut even more.

Paul lands a left and a right that send Mac crashing to the mat, dazed. Paul thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Paul scores with a nice head shot.
Mac doesn't manage to clinch there - Paul circles away.
Paul checks a low kick from Mac.
Mac throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Paul just misses with a punch to the body.
Mac wants to clinch up but Paul keeps it at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mac throws a nice outside leg kick.
A good leg kick by Mac.
Mac lands a nice leg kick that just misses Paul's sensitive parts.
Mac tries to clinch but Paul is having none of it.
Mac tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Paul takes a head kick and keeps coming.

The cut above Justin Paul's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Mac tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Paul misses with a looping right.
Eric Mac seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Paul misses the shot to the body.
Paul circles away from the clinch attempt
and Paul counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Paul takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Mac swinging wildly here.
Mac throws a sloppy head kick and Paul moves out of range easily.
Mac fails with an attempt to clinch.
Paul takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mac darts in trying to clinch
and Mac takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Justin Paul dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Paul circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mac takes a jab right on the kisser.
Mac misses with a low kick.
Paul scores with a jab to the head.
Paul misses with a lunging right hand
and Mac counters with an inside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Paul lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Mac falls backwards - clearly groggy! Paul dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Justin Paul!