PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Liam McCullough (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marko Rzic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McCullough comes to the cage accompanied by Kan Ar Kern. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

McCullough
vs
Rzic

188 cm
24
198 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

189 cm
24
189 lbs
5 - 2 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Liam McCullough!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marko Rzic!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Bruno Lombardi and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCullough scores with a leg kick.
McCullough fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Rzic checks it well.
Rzic misses with a body shot.
A swing and a miss from Rzic.
McCullough just misses with a punch to the body.
Rzic just misses with a punch to the body.
McCullough takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Rzic misses with a body kick.
McCullough chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rzic can pounce on him.
Rzic connects with a body shot.
A decent looking body kick lands there for McCullough.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rzic looks to land a body kick but McCullough moved away.
Rzic wants to slow McCullough down by chopping away at his legs.
Rzic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McCullough moves away.
Rzic steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McCullough.
Rzic scores with a jab.
Rzic throws a sloppy body shot
and McCullough counters with a nice leg kick.
McCullough avoids the head kick by Rzic.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rzic scores with a jab.
McCullough throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
McCullough keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Rzic staying out of range there.
Rzic tries a low kick but McCullough avoids it.
A low kick from McCullough misses
and Rzic counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A slow jab from Rzic misses its intended target.
McCullough lands a lovely overhand right.
Rzic cracks McCullough with a right hand to the side of the head.
Rzic takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
McCullough takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A swing and a miss from Rzic.
Rzic swings and misses with a shot to the body
and McCullough counters with a head kick. That will keep Rzic thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Rzic throws a body kick that misses
and McCullough connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rzic steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McCullough.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from McCullough.
A leg kick checked by Rzic.
McCullough tries to score with a low kick but Rzic moves his leg out of the way.
A bone on bone clash there as McCullough blocks the leg kick.
McCullough lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Rzic scores with a punch to the head.
McCullough scores with a leg kick.
Rzic tries to land a front kick but McCullough steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
McCullough chopping away at his opponent's legs.
McCullough catches Rzic with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Rzic misses with a hook. McCullough ducked under it nicely.
McCullough looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Rzic looks to score with a jab to the body but McCullough is just out of range.
Rzic connects with a solid leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from McCullough.
McCullough looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rzic scores with a body shot.
A clash of legs there as Rzic blocks the low kick.
McCullough thows a leg kick but Rzic checks it
and Rzic counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rzic plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
McCullough missing with a left hand there. Rzic was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rzic scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Rzic 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.
Nice cross by McCullough.
McCullough misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rzic fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but McCullough is out of range.
McCullough showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rzic.
Rzic throws out a leg kick but McCullough moves out of range and Rzic only half commits.
Rzic takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
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!
Rzic throws a hook but McCullough blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCullough swings away with a leg kick that misses.
McCullough checks the leg kick.
Rzic with a jab.
Rzic fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt McCullough.
McCullough throws a series of punches but Rzic avoids them all with ease.
Rzic's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
McCullough is looking to land body kicks.
A clash of legs there as Rzic blocks the low kick.
McCullough looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
McCullough avoids the head kick by Rzic.
McCullough misses with a body kick.
McCullough takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McCullough throws a nice inside leg kick.
McCullough keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McCullough uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rzic.
McCullough scores with a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Liam McCullough will probably get the nod.
That's time! McCullough's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Rzic moves out of range as McCullough strikes.
McCullough throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
McCullough with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Rzic avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
McCullough pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rzic dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on McCullough. That did some damage!
Rzic listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Nice uppercut lands for McCullough. That snapped Rzic's head back.
Rzic throws a body punch but McCullough moves out of range.
Rzic on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Nice straight punches there by McCullough. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of McCullough.
Rzic scores with a kick to the midsection.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McCullough throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rzic scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Rzic misses with a looping left.
Nice uppercut there from Rzic.
Marko Rzic seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rzic on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
McCullough looks to land a right hand but Rzic moved out of range.
Rzic with a hook.
Rzic cracks McCullough with a right hand to the side of the head.
McCullough throws a low kick but it's checked well by Rzic.
Rzic throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Rzic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McCullough.
Rzic throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nice body kick from Rzic.
Rzic throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Jab from Rzic.
Rzic takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Rzic throws a low kick but it's checked well by McCullough.
Rzic moves out of range of the body kick from McCullough.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rzic checks a low kick from McCullough.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd cheers as Rzic lands an impressive looking overhand right. McCullough doesn't seem phased though.
McCullough lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
McCullough tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rzic looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
McCullough misses with a body kick.
Rzic throws a lazy uppercut
and McCullough counters with a head kick. That will keep Rzic thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
McCullough throws out a leg kick but Rzic moves out of range and McCullough only half commits.
Rzic checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
McCullough tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
McCullough is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rzic.
Rzic uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McCullough.
Rzic tries to land a front kick but McCullough steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Rzic lands a front kick.
McCullough thuds his shin into the meat of Rzic's side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rzic looking to land some kicks to the body here.
McCullough takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Rzic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McCullough.
Nice body kick from Rzic.
Rzic throws a leg kick that is checked
and McCullough makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Rzic blocks the body kick.
Rzic throws a nice looking combination but McCullough bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rzic.
Rzic misses with a two punch combination.
McCullough takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
McCullough throws a body punch but Rzic moves out of range.
McCullough lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Rzic cracks the inside of McCullough's front leg.
Rzic dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Rzic cracks McCullough with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Rzic takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rzic chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Rzic looks to land a left hand but McCullough moved out of range nicely.
Rzic fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Rzic moves out of range as McCullough throws a body kick.
McCullough tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rzic lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Rzic fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Rzic takes a swing at McCullough's ribcage but misses.
Donk. Rzic catches McCullough right on the button with a cross.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rzic is looking to chop away at McCullough's legs.
Rzic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rzic throws a chopping leg kick but McCullough manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marko Rzic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Rzic 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.
McCullough throws a leg kick which misses Rzic's front leg but catches the back leg as Rzic tries to avoid it.
Rzic ducks right into an uppercut from McCullough.
A shot to the body from Rzic misses
and McCullough counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Rzic throws a wild body kick that McCullough sees coming a mile off.
Rzic throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent McCullough stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Rzic takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
McCullough misses with a low kick.
Rzic swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Rzic moves out of range as McCullough strikes.
McCullough goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
An inside leg kick from McCullough misses.
McCullough checks a leg kick nicely.
Rzic throws a combination. McCullough tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McCullough misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCullough throws a leg kick
and Rzic counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rzic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McCullough getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Rzic fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches McCullough on the side of the head.
Rzic scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. McCullough doesn't seem bothered though.
Rzic throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McCullough sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from McCullough 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 Rzic has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Rzic and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Rzic looks to throw the jab but McCullough is out of range.
McCullough moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Rzic throws a leg kick but McCullough sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Rzic feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to McCullough's calf.
McCullough throws a leg kick but Rzic moved away.
McCullough scores with the left hand. Rzic knows he should have avoided that one.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rzic misses with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rzic is looking to score with low kicks.
McCullough with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A decent looking cross lands there for Rzic.
Rzic throws a sloppy head kick and McCullough moves out of range easily.
McCullough just misses with a punch to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by McCullough.
McCullough misses with a head kick.
Rzic just misses with a punch to the body.
Rzic goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Rzic throws a low kick but it's checked well by McCullough.
McCullough on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rzic. Rzic obviously looking to wear him down.
McCullough scores with a nice right hand.
McCullough lands a nice looking body kick.
McCullough throws a push kick but Rzic slaps the foot to one side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rzic gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Nice body kick there by McCullough.
McCullough turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Rzic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McCullough.
Rzic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McCullough.
A bone on bone clash there as Rzic blocks the leg kick.
Rzic dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
McCullough misses with a leg kick
letting Rzic counter with a right hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
McCullough walks into a straight right hand from Rzic.
That kick from McCullough tenderised Rzic's leg. Rzic is trying to keep his angry face on.
Rzic scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Rzic sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rzic throws a jab when McCullough was well out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCullough misses with a looping left.
A nice inside leg kick there by McCullough. That's going to slow Rzic down.
Rzic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rzic feints a jab promting McCullough to slip. Rzic then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. McCullough slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
McCullough chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Rzic misses with a body punch
and McCullough counters with a stiff right hand.
McCullough throws a solid leg kick but Rzic takes the impact on his shin and smiles at McCullough.
McCullough throws a series of punches but Rzic moves out of range.
McCullough takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
McCullough walks into a straight right hand from Rzic.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McCullough misses with a hook. Rzic ducked under it nicely.
Rzic stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Rzic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McCullough was well out of range. Poor timing from Rzic.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Marko Rzic.
Well Rzic has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 29:29
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 29:30

The fight is ruled a draw!