PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Declan McCready (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gary Washington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Washington has chosen Right Above It as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

McCready
vs
Washington

180 cm
32
185 lbs
23 - 8 - 1

190 cm
33
180 lbs
24 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

TWGC Champion
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

[JMFC] Arashi Fighting Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, Declan McCready!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gary Washington!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Washington throws a push kick but McCready slaps the foot to one side.
Washington throws a solid leg kick but McCready takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Washington.
McCready is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Washington.
Gary Washington seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Washington throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Washington takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
McCready takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Washington keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A good leg kick by Washington.
Washington cracks McCready with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Washington connects with a single shot there.
Washington looks to throw the jab but McCready is out of range.
McCready blocks a jab.
McCready uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Washington.
McCready ducks right into an uppercut from Washington.
McCready checks a low kick from Washington.
Washington blocks a head kick by McCready.
Washington misses with a looping right.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McCready defending well as Washington loads up on a big left hand.
McCready misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Washington cracks McCready with a right hand to the side of the head.
McCready walks into a left hand.
Washington misses with a straight right.
Washington misses with a straight left.
Washington misses with an uppercut. McCready saw that one coming.
Washington swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
McCready blocks a jab.
Washington misses with a hook.
Washington tries to clinch but McCready is having none of it.
Washington rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and McCready counters with a takedown into side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Washington throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Washington throws a jab but it's blocked by McCready.
Washington throws a jab when McCready was well out of range.
Nice shot lands for Washington.
McCready avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Washington lands an overhand right.
McCready uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Washington.
McCready thumps Washington with a low kick.
Nice defenses there by McCready.
Washington lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Washington doesn't manage to clinch there - McCready circles away.
Washington connects with a leg kick. McCready looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Washington tries to clinch but McCready moves out of range.

Washington has taken the fight to the clinch.
McCready lands with a left to the head.
Washington throws a head punch that misses.
Washington lands a right hand that snaps the head of McCready backwards.
Washington scores with a nice hook to the head.

McCready breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
McCready looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
McCready looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Washington misses with a straight right.
McCready throws a push kick but Washington slaps the foot to one side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Washington with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Washington uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Washington uses good head movement to avoid the hook from McCready.
Washington tries to clinch but McCready is having none of it.
Washington swats away the attempt to clinch by McCready.
McCready keeps Washington at a distance using the push kick.
Washington tries to clinch but McCready moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Washington misses the target.
Washington tried to score with a low kick but McCready checks it.
McCready takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Washington is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! McCready had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Washington scores with a sloppy right hand. McCready should have avoided that one.
A jab from Washington misses.
McCready uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Washington.
McCready wants to clinch.
Washington misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Washington thows a body kick. McCready tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Washington fails with a takedown attempt.
Washington missing with a left hand there. McCready was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Washington misses with a straight right.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McCready ducks under a wild hook from Washington.
A slow jab from Washington misses its intended target.
McCready just misses with a punch to the body.

McCready tries to sprawl but Washington drives through with a takedown into half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Washington seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
McCready desperately trying to maintain half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gary Washington dominated 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.

Washington misses with a hook.
Washington throws a looping overhand right but McCready ducks down to avoid it.

McCready tries to keep at a distance but Washington has taken the fight into the clinch.
Washington lands a right hand that snaps the head of McCready backwards.
McCready tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Washington's elbow.
Washington looking to throw knees to the head but McCready is blocking nicely.
Washington using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McCready has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Washington just misses with a elbow thrown towards McCready's brow.
McCready lands a right hand that snaps the head of Washington backwards.
Washington tries to pull guard but McCready forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Washington lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Washington tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McCready gets through Washington's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
McCready misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McCready is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
McCready tries to land knees in the clinch but Washington avoids the damage to the body.
McCready prevents the takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCready works on Washington's body with a couple of short punches.
Washington throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Washington throws a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Washington.
McCready gets through Washington's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from McCready.
Washington is breathing heavily.
McCready gets through Washington's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Washington misses with a short punch on the inside.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A head punch on the inside from Washington fails to land.
Washington tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
McCready lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
McCready working some nice short punches in the clinch.
McCready goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Washington misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Washington wants to take the fight to the mat but McCready manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Declan McCready has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gary Washington.
A left hand lands to the body for McCready.
McCready goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
McCready lands with a right to the head.
A body shot lands from McCready.
Washington prevents a body shot from McCready.
McCready lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Washington misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Washington misses with a punch on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Washington is looking to take this one to the mat.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Washington.
McCready lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
McCready lands a right hand that snaps the head of Washington backwards.
McCready gets underhooks to prevent Washington's takedown attempt.
Washington misses with a punch on the inside.
McCready lands with a left to the head.
McCready lands a left hand that snaps the head of Washington backwards.
McCready lands a shoulder strike.
A short right from McCready.
McCready lands a body shot in the clinch.
McCready lands a shot to the body.
McCready lands a nice uppercut.
McCready tries a body shot but Washington blocks it.
Washington's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
McCready lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nice body punch from McCready - that landed with a thud.

McCready breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from McCready.
Nice body punch from McCready.
Washington takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That kick from McCready tenderised Washington's leg. Washington is trying to keep his angry face on.
McCready throws a nice inside leg kick.
McCready cracks the inside of Washington's front leg.

McCready lands a big head kick that sends Washington tumbling to the mat! McCready takes a step backwards and waves Washington back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Washington is rocked!

It looks like Gary Washington has been cut.
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!
Washington is keeping his hands low and just asking to be knocked out. McCready Raises his leg and lands a stunning axe kick! Washington is out cold, face down on the mat!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Declan McCready!
A very excited looking Declan McCready made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.