PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cian McGarrity (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Lockwood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think McGarrity might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Irish Fighting Song - We Come in Pieces. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

McGarrity
vs
Lockwood

174 cm
28
170 lbs
16 - 6 - 0

180 cm
29
180 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Cian McGarrity!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Adam Lockwood!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lockwood tries to move into range but McGarrity moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Lockwood staying out of range there.
Lockwood scores with a jab.
Lockwood swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lockwood lunges at McGarrity with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by McGarrity's hand.
Lockwood has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by McGarrity.
Lockwood takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Lockwood throws a jab when McGarrity was well out of range.
McGarrity is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lockwood fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but McGarrity is out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Lockwood. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lockwood.
McGarrity throws a series of punches but Lockwood moves out of range.
McGarrity checks a low kick from Lockwood.
McGarrity throws a low kick but it's checked well by Lockwood.
A big left from Lockwood misses.
Lockwood sizes up McGarrity with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
No joy there for McGarrity, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lockwood scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
McGarrity scores with a sloppy right hand. Lockwood should have avoided that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Lockwood.
A nice inside leg kick there by Lockwood. That's going to slow McGarrity down.
McGarrity missing with a left hand there. Lockwood was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lockwood looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
McGarrity with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Lockwood takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Lockwood misses with a straight left.
Lockwood throws a hook to the side of McGarrity's head but McGarrity sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lockwood gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Lockwood scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
McGarrity throws a leg kick
and Lockwood counters with a nice body shot.
McGarrity throws a nice inside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McGarrity throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lockwood scores with a jab. McGarrity acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Lockwood tests McGarrity's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lockwood is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! McGarrity had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
McGarrity tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lockwood was well out of range. Poor timing from McGarrity.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lockwood swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lockwood moves away from the strike by McGarrity.
Lockwood takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
McGarrity is looking to clinch but Lockwood is avoiding it.
McGarrity pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lockwood throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lockwood misses with a jab to the body
and McGarrity counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Lockwood misses with a head kick.
Lockwood takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
McGarrity misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lockwood throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
McGarrity's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Lockwood connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! McGarrity scrambles back to his feet.
McGarrity gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Lockwood.
McGarrity feints a jab promting Lockwood to slip. McGarrity then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Lockwood slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Lockwood throws a leg kick
and McGarrity connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
McGarrity takes a jab right on the kisser.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by McGarrity.
An inside leg kick lands from Lockwood.
McGarrity fails in his attempt to clinch.
McGarrity missing with a left hand there. Lockwood was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lockwood takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Lockwood.
McGarrity throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lockwood's jab looks to have found its range, popping McGarrity under the eye.
Lockwood swinging wildly here.
Good exchange - Lockwood coming out on top.
Lockwood on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Nice shot by McGarrity.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lockwood misses with a wild body shot.
McGarrity slips a straight right by Lockwood.
McGarrity throws a series of punches but Lockwood moves out of range.
Lockwood connects with a crisp jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lockwood lands a nice hook to McGarrity's body. McGarrity takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Lockwood avoids the head kick by McGarrity.
McGarrity tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lockwood swats him away and circles back towards the center.
McGarrity lands a nice hook to Lockwood's body. Lockwood takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
McGarrity swings away with a body shot that misses
and McGarrity takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Lockwood throws a nice outside leg kick.
McGarrity scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
McGarrity avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
McGarrity tries a low kick but Lockwood avoids it.
Lockwood throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Nice defenses there by McGarrity.
McGarrity throws a sloppy head kick and Lockwood moves out of range easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McGarrity takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
McGarrity throws a head kick but Lockwood moves out of range.
McGarrity throws a body kick that misses.
McGarrity misses with a wild body shot.
McGarrity takes one to the chin there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Adam Lockwood will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

The fighters circle momentarily. McGarrity darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
McGarrity misses the shot to the body.
Lockwood misses with a double jab.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Lockwood in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Lockwood throws an overhand right that lands on McGarrity's shoulder, as McGarrity tries to avoid the shot.
Lockwood throws a big shot that misses.
Jab by Lockwood.
McGarrity misses with a head kick.
McGarrity chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Lockwood throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lockwood throws a right and a left that McGarrity avoids nicely.
Good exchange - Lockwood coming out on top.
McGarrity throws a big shot that misses.
McGarrity misses with a body kick.
McGarrity with a body punch. A glancing blow.
McGarrity tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lockwood swats him away and circles back towards the center.
McGarrity on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A big right from Lockwood misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGarrity lands with a nice body punch.
McGarrity feints and then cracks Lockwood's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lockwood down.
Lockwood throws a jab but it's blocked by McGarrity.
Lockwood lands with a good body shot.
McGarrity tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Lockwood uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McGarrity.
Lockwood uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before McGarrity has time to react.
A swing and a miss from Lockwood.
Some wild striking there from McGarrity.
Lockwood throws out a loose jab but McGarrity uses good head movement to avoid it.
McGarrity is looking to clinch.
Lockwood cracks the inside of McGarrity's front leg.
Lockwood scores with a jab. McGarrity acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Lockwood misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lockwood throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by McGarrity.
Adam Lockwood seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McGarrity tries a head kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lockwood misses with an uppercut.
Lockwood scores with a nice body kick.
Lockwood ducks under a wild hook from McGarrity.
McGarrity connects with a solid leg kick.
Lockwood takes one to the side of the head.
McGarrity throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Lockwood counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
McGarrity scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
McGarrity feints a jab promting Lockwood to slip. McGarrity then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Lockwood slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
McGarrity throws a push kick but Lockwood slaps the foot to one side.
Lockwood waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract McGarrity.
Lockwood thows a body shot but no joy.
McGarrity swings away with a body shot that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
McGarrity misses with a leg kick.
Lockwood moves out of range of the leg kick from McGarrity.
Lockwood throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lockwood buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Lockwood scores with a body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lockwood looks to score with a jab to the body but McGarrity is just out of range.
McGarrity throws a solid leg kick but Lockwood takes the impact on his shin and smiles at McGarrity.
McGarrity moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

McGarrity pushes Lockwood up against the cage in a clinch.
Lockwood tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lockwood blocks an uppercut.
McGarrity blocking some punches.
McGarrity lands a nice shot to the body.
McGarrity is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
McGarrity misses with a punch on the inside.
Lockwood pushes off an throws an elbow but McGarrity leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Lockwood lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt McGarrity or not.
Lockwood takes a shot to the head.
Lockwood has a couple of punches blocked by McGarrity.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lockwood tries a body shot but McGarrity blocks it.
Lockwood lands a shoulder strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lockwood is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but McGarrity is keeping busy.
McGarrity scores with a shoulder strike.

Lockwood is rocked!
McGarrity misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lockwood is still on wobbly legs! Can McGarrity finish him?
McGarrity looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
McGarrity swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lockwood.
McGarrity swings away with an uppercut that misses.
McGarrity misses with a hook from the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from McGarrity.
A head punch on the inside from McGarrity fails to land.
McGarrity tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lockwood seems to have recovered his senses.
Lockwood's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Lockwood gets through McGarrity's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lockwood's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
McGarrity works on Lockwood's body with a couple of short punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lockwood softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Lockwood has a couple of punches blocked by McGarrity.
A right hook to the body lands for Lockwood.
Lockwood misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Adam Lockwood will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Lockwood lands a slapping body shot.
Lockwood fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
McGarrity throws a shot to the body.
Lockwood throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
McGarrity attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Good leg kick by McGarrity there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Lockwood has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Lockwood cracks McGarrity with a good jab.
McGarrity moves out of range as Lockwood throws a body kick.
Lockwood pivots, looking for a leg kick but McGarrity is out of range and Lockwood settles back down.
Lockwood moves out of range as McGarrity throws a body kick.
Good work by Lockwood as he checks the leg kick.
Lockwood is looking to slow McGarrity down with leg kicks.
McGarrity misses with a leg kick
letting Lockwood counter with a right hand.
Lockwood avoids the body shot from McGarrity.
McGarrity thows a leg kick but Lockwood checks it
and Lockwood counters with a three punch combo that has McGarrity backing up. McGarrity nods at Lockwood to acknowledge the strikes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Lockwood swats away the attempt to clinch by McGarrity.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lockwood scores with a punch to the head.

McGarrity is rocked!
McGarrity fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Lockwood checks it well.
Oh McGarrity is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
McGarrity closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Lockwood drops McGarrity with a huge uppercut! McGarrity drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Lockwood is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Adam Lockwood!
Adam Lockwood is the new welterweight champion!
Adam Lockwood decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.