PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Henry McCormick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Terry Cahill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Henry McCormick has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

McCormick
vs
Cahill

188 cm
23
193 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

165 cm
25
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Henry McCormick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Terry Cahill!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Winston Alpacca and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCormick misses with the combination.
McCormick lands with a nice combination. Cahill backs away looking to recover.

It looks like Terry Cahill has been cut.
Cahill swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Terry Cahill seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cahill scores with a nice head shot.
Cahill misses with a right hand
and McCormick counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cahill shoots in for a double leg but McCormick sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Cahill misses with a lunging right hand

and McCormick counters with a leg kick then a big left hand that sends Cahill down! McCormick is looking to finish but Cahill is intelligently defending himself.

Cahill is rocked!
Cahill should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Cahill has a closed guard, preventing McCormick from standing up.
Cahill is still in real trouble! Can McCormick finish him?
McCormick postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Cahill seems to have recovered his senses.
McCormick trying to control but Cahill is working from the bottom.
Cahill is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cahill is looking to take a break and control but McCormick is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cahill stops McCormick from getting back to his feet.
Cahill thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed McCormick's head.
McCormick is trying to stand up here but Cahill is controlling him well.
Cahill is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
McCormick is trying to stand up here but Cahill is controlling him well.

Cahill is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. McCormick doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Cahill.
Cahill looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Cahill not landing any meaningful shots this time.
McCormick taking some punishment here, with Cahill in his half guard.
Cahill scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cahill looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

McCormick is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Cahill is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! McCormick is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Terry Cahill!