PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Doc Holliday (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chuck McIntyre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Holliday
vs
McIntyre

175 cm
27
165 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

182 cm
27
166 lbs
15 - 5 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Balco Boys - Hilo
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Doc Holliday!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Chuck McIntyre!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Jorge Garcia and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holliday missing with a left hand there. McIntyre was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Holliday checks a leg kick nicely.
Holliday shoots in but no luck this time.

McIntyre tries to sprawl but Holliday drives through with a takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fighters are battling for position here. McIntyre manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Holliday wants to control from the top but McIntyre keeps moving.
McIntyre trying to control the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Holliday accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Holliday throwing strikes from guard but McIntyre blocks nicely.
Holliday engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holliday missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
McIntyre looking for a sweep. Not yet McIntyre, not yet.
Holliday slips nicely into half guard.

Holliday seems to be working for a kimura but McIntyre defends the submission attempt.
McIntyre trying to control but Holliday postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holliday is pressing down on McIntyre's thigh, looking to free his foot. McIntyre is holding on for now.
Holliday 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.
McIntyre wants to improve his position but Holliday is controlling well.
Holliday missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Holliday lands a nice short elbow.
McIntyre blocking the ground and pound attempt from Holliday.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McIntyre keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
McIntyre is not content to let Holliday control the position.
McIntyre blocking the ground and pound attempt from Holliday.
Holliday throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing McIntyre to regain full guard.
McIntyre is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Holliday wants to control from the top but McIntyre keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holliday scoring with punches to the head and body.
Holliday wants to pass the guard but McIntyre is keeping the position.
Holliday throws a big right hand that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McIntyre looking to control.
McIntyre avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Holliday has gone for a leg lock! McIntyre slips out almost immediately though and dives into Holliday's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Doc Holliday dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Holliday throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
McIntyre throws a leg kick but Holliday moved away.
McIntyre lands a nice leg kick that just misses Holliday's sensitive parts.
Holliday displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McIntyre throws out the jab.
Holliday lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Holliday missing with a left hand there. McIntyre was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Holliday walks into a jab.
Holliday throws a leg kick
and McIntyre counters with a nice low kick that buckles Holliday's knee momentarily.
McIntyre tries to clinch up but Holliday circles away and keeps his distance.
Holliday throws a head kick that misses.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts McIntyre, as that shot connected.
McIntyre looks for the body kick but Holliday saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McIntyre misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
McIntyre throws a head kick but Holliday moves out of range.
Holliday has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Holliday there as he acknowledges the shot.
Holliday tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McIntyre was well out of range. Poor timing from Holliday.
McIntyre cracks the inside of Holliday's front leg.
Holliday staying out of range there.
The crowd cheers as Holliday lands an impressive looking overhand right. McIntyre doesn't seem phased though.
McIntyre throws a body kick that misses.
McIntyre misses with a kick to the body.
McIntyre lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
McIntyre uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
McIntyre throws the left hand but Holliday avoids the punch easily.
Holliday with a nice cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McIntyre missing with a left hand there. Holliday was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Holliday feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to McIntyre's calf.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Holliday tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
McIntyre tries to close the distance and clinch but Holliday swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Holliday swings for the body but McIntyre moves out of range.
Holliday throws a shot from downtown. McIntyre moves away and avoids it.
Holliday checks a leg kick.
Holliday scores with a jab. McIntyre acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
McIntyre's corner calls for a 1-2. McIntyre obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Holliday misses with a low kick.
McIntyre has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
McIntyre misses with a head kick.
McIntyre throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Holliday counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps McIntyre thinking.
Holliday avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McIntyre scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Holliday avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

McIntyre drives through and clinches with Holliday against the cage.
McIntyre's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
McIntyre misses with the head strike.
A short left from McIntyre.
McIntyre tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Holliday's elbow.
A short uppercut from McIntyre.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McIntyre.
Holliday lands a shot to the body.
McIntyre blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McIntyre working aggressively here.
McIntyre lands an elbow that stopped Holliday in his tracks for a moment.
McIntyre misses with some punches.
McIntyre misses with an elbow over the top.
McIntyre doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McIntyre working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Holliday can't find room to land a body shot as McIntyre controls the action.
Holliday blocks an uppercut.
McIntyre blocks a body shot from Holliday.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McIntyre.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McIntyre tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
McIntyre doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
McIntyre pushes Holliday back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, McIntyre just misses with a elbow thrown towards Holliday's brow.
McIntyre swings wildly with an uppercut but Holliday uses good head movement to avoid it.
Holliday can't find room to land a body shot as McIntyre controls the action.
McIntyre tries to throw a body punch but Holliday avoids it by throwing McIntyre back against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Holliday.
Holliday tries to work over McIntyre's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
McIntyre tries a body shot but Holliday blocks it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Holliday.
Holliday tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McIntyre's elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chuck McIntyre showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Holliday misses the shot to the body.

Holliday throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. McIntyre was covering up waiting for the punch and Holliday finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Holliday wants to control from the top but McIntyre keeps moving.
McIntyre looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
McIntyre pulls Holliday in to control the position.
Doc Holliday overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Holliday pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. McIntyre is keeping the position for now.
Holliday wants to control from the top but McIntyre keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holliday throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as McIntyre works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Holliday trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Holliday trying to control the position from guard on top but McIntyre is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Doc Holliday.
McIntyre walks into a jab.
Holliday tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Holliday throws a leg kick
and McIntyre counters with a good low kick that Holliday was not able to check.
McIntyre throws a jab when Holliday was well out of range.
McIntyre moves out of range as Holliday strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from McIntyre lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Holliday has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Holliday and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
McIntyre throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
McIntyre bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Holliday throws a lazy uppercut
and McIntyre counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Holliday thinking.
McIntyre uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Holliday.
McIntyre cracks Holliday with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Holliday scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
McIntyre uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Holliday.

Holliday scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Holliday is thwarting McIntyre's attempts to control the position.
McIntyre is refusing to be controlled, as Holliday sits in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holliday throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing McIntyre to regain full guard.
Holliday throws a big elbow that misses.
Holliday passes into half guard.
McIntyre is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Holliday trying to control the pace.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holliday thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
McIntyre trying to control from the bottom.
McIntyre regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Holliday.
McIntyre manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Holliday tries to reverse the position but McIntyre maintains control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Doc Holliday clearly takes that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

McIntyre uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Holliday.
McIntyre tries to clinch up.
Holliday thows a left - swing and a miss!
Holliday takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
McIntyre fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Holliday is out of range.
Holliday keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McIntyre displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Holliday throws out the jab.
A head kick by McIntyre misses
and Holliday counters with a left to the body.
McIntyre misses with a straight left.
Chuck McIntyre seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Holliday avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
McIntyre gets off balance looking for a body kick

and Holliday counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Holliday.
Holliday postures up in McIntyre's guard and throws a big left but McIntyre blocks it.
Holliday postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McIntyre working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Holliday.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Holliday throws a big right hand that misses.
Holliday throws a big elbow that misses.
McIntyre keeping moving, preventing Holliday from controlling successfully.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now McIntyre is on top in guard.
McIntyre must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
McIntyre sitting in guard, not really doing much.
McIntyre being controlled here momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holliday wants to sweep here but McIntyre controlling him for the moment.
Holliday not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

Holliday throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Holliday wants to sweep but no luck.

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

McIntyre avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
McIntyre stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Holliday swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Holliday is trying to control the position from the bottom.
McIntyre tries to free his leg and advance position but Holliday is retaining full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McIntyre not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
McIntyre trying to control but Holliday is working from the bottom.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Holliday is on top in guard.
Holliday slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Chuck McIntyre hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Holliday showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from McIntyre.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Doc Holliday had his way with Chuck McIntyre in that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Holliday.
Holliday avoids the head kick by McIntyre.
Holliday scores with a crisp jab that stopped McIntyre in his tracks.
The crowd cheers as McIntyre lands an impressive looking overhand right. Holliday doesn't seem phased though.
Holliday checks a low kick from McIntyre.
McIntyre attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
McIntyre throws a low kick but Holliday avoids it.
McIntyre tries to land a front kick but Holliday steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
McIntyre blocks a head kick by Holliday.
Holliday is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
McIntyre connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
McIntyre throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
McIntyre's corner calls for a 1-2. McIntyre obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Holliday misses.
Holliday on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Holliday misses with a jab, cross combination.
A left lands for Holliday.
McIntyre will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Holliday thows a body shot but no joy.
Holliday ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McIntyre moves away.
Chuck McIntyre is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McIntyre lands the left hand.
Holliday has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from McIntyre.
McIntyre tries to work over Holliday's front leg with a kick but Holliday checks it.
McIntyre lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Holliday looks to land a left hand but McIntyre moved out of range nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Holliday. Those never looked like landing.
Holliday walks forward, straight into a front kick from McIntyre.
McIntyre tries to clinch up.
Holliday will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Holliday checks a leg kick nicely.
McIntyre lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McIntyre swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McIntyre lands with a kick to the temple. Holliday shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A jab from McIntyre misses.
Holliday blocks a head kick by McIntyre.
McIntyre keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McIntyre throws a lazy head kick
and McIntyre takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Holliday swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Holliday thows a body shot but no joy.
McIntyre uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Holliday.
Holliday misses the jab.
McIntyre moves out of range of the strikes.
McIntyre checks a low kick from Holliday.
McIntyre lands with a kick to the ribs.
Doc Holliday is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
McIntyre is looking to chop away at Holliday's legs.
McIntyre connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A punch combination from Holliday misses.
Holliday shoots in looking for a takedown. McIntyre tries to sprawl out of it but Holliday keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. McIntyre manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Chuck McIntyre has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holliday checks a leg kick nicely.
Holliday throws a low kick but McIntyre moves out of range easily.
Holliday lands the left hand.
Holliday staying out of range there.
Holliday avoids the head kick by McIntyre.
Holliday throws a half hearted mid kick.
Holliday takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McIntyre misses with the combination.
Holliday works the jab nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chuck McIntyre comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Holliday has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 48:47
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 48:47
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 48:47

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Doc Holliday!
Doc Holliday gave a mention to TFP Graphics - Pit Inc in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).