PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andy OMelovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Spicy McHagis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Spicy McHagis will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

OMelovich
vs
McHagis

188 cm
20
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Inexperienced

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Andy OMelovich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Spicy McHagis!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Wesley Smith and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McHagis misses with a two punch combination.
McHagis avoids the body shot from OMelovich.

OMelovich shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. OMelovich showed some decent athleticism there.
McHagis wants to get back to his feet.
OMelovich is taking a breather. McHagis says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
McHagis tries to kick OMelovich off but OMelovich keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
OMelovich landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
OMelovich passes to full mount!
OMelovich content just to control the position here.
OMelovich dominating with strikes here.
McHagis really wants to buck OMelovich off and get back to his feet.
McHagis takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
OMelovich in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
OMelovich controlling from the full mount.

OMelovich is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, McHagis has managed to escape the submission attempt.
McHagis is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
OMelovich lands with some vicious ground and pound - can McHagis hang on?
OMelovich won't let McHagis get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
OMelovich controlling from the full mount.
McHagis wants to try and get back to his feet.
OMelovich is in the full mount, landing strikes.
OMelovich takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
OMelovich punishing his opponent with strikes.
McHagis is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
OMelovich content just to control the position here.
McHagis takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
McHagis is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
OMelovich controlling from the full mount.
OMelovich is breathing heavily.
OMelovich dominating with strikes here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

OMelovich with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
McHagis is trying to stand.
OMelovich fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

OMelovich has hold of McHagis's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and McHagis manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
McHagis is trying to stand.

OMelovich working for a submission but McHagis is keeping him at bay.
McHagis is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
OMelovich thowing shots but they're missing.
McHagis is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
OMelovich looking to control but McHagis is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
McHagis squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
OMelovich looking to control and managing it successfully.
OMelovich won't let McHagis get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andy OMelovich dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

McHagis listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
OMelovich throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
OMelovich displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McHagis throws out the jab.
OMelovich avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
OMelovich lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
McHagis is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by OMelovich.
McHagis stuffs the takedown.

OMelovich gets a takedown into half guard.
McHagis is trying to stand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
OMelovich performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
McHagis pushes OMelovich off looking to stand but OMelovich dives back in and keeps control.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
McHagis misses the shot to the body.
OMelovich moves out of range of the strikes.
Spicy McHagis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McHagis darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

OMelovich closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
McHagis really doesn't want to stay on the ground with OMelovich. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

OMelovich decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Nice defenses there by McHagis.
OMelovich uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McHagis.
OMelovich misses with a straight left.
McHagis digs a good hook to OMelovich's body.
OMelovich uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McHagis.
McHagis scores with a jab to the body.
OMelovich avoids a punch combination nicely.
OMelovich ducks under a wild hook from McHagis.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
OMelovich tries to clinch there but McHagis circles away.
McHagis swinging wilding here.
A jab from McHagis misses.
McHagis misses with a hook. OMelovich ducked under it nicely.
OMelovich keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McHagis.
OMelovich changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. McHagis tries to avoid it but OMelovich manages to keep hold of a leg and drag McHagis to the ground. McHagis escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
OMelovich slips a straight right by McHagis.
OMelovich keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McHagis.
McHagis throws a jab but it's blocked by OMelovich.
McHagis is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by OMelovich.
OMelovich closes this distance looking for a takedown but McHagis circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andy OMelovich. That's going to take a lot out of him.
OMelovich works McHagis's body with a nice hook.
McHagis misses with an uppercut. OMelovich saw that one coming.
McHagis throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
OMelovich walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
McHagis throws a hook but OMelovich avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
OMelovich avoids a punch combination nicely.
OMelovich uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McHagis.
OMelovich throws a nice looking combination but McHagis bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
OMelovich fails to land the takedown.
McHagis cracks OMelovich with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
OMelovich doesn't manage to clinch there - McHagis circles away.
McHagis uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from OMelovich.
McHagis lands an overhand right.
The fighters circling - McHagis throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
OMelovich gets cracked there but stands up to it.
OMelovich takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
The fighters circling - McHagis throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nice body punch from McHagis.
OMelovich on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
McHagis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from OMelovich.
OMelovich blocks a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McHagis connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Andy OMelovich is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A jab lands there for McHagis.
Nice defenses there by OMelovich.
OMelovich ducks under a wild hook from McHagis.
OMelovich takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
McHagis throws a hook but OMelovich avoids it easily.
OMelovich shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
OMelovich steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McHagis.
McHagis jabs OMelovich right on the nose. OMelovich blinks but takes it well.
McHagis connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
McHagis throws a shot to the body.
OMelovich throws a right hand that McHagis ducks under and follows up with a left that McHagis also avoids with ease.
McHagis misses with a series of wild punches.
McHagis checks a leg kick.
OMelovich misses with the combination.
OMelovich slips a jab from McHagis.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Andy OMelovich will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Decent striking displayed by McHagis there.
A left and a right from McHagis both land. Nice combination.
McHagis lands with a right hand.
OMelovich tries to clinch there but McHagis circles away.

OMelovich shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
McHagis is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst OMelovich is controlling him.

OMelovich gets to his feet - McHagis follows without any prompting.
OMelovich tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
OMelovich takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
McHagis ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
OMelovich keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McHagis.
McHagis waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract OMelovich.
McHagis throws a hook but OMelovich avoids it easily.
McHagis thuds his right hand into OMelovich's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
McHagis with a nice cross.
McHagis throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
OMelovich swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McHagis misses with the combination.
McHagis loads up on a big right hand but OMelovich slips the punch.
OMelovich displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McHagis throws out the jab.
OMelovich wants to clinch up but McHagis keeps it at a distance.
OMelovich avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A jab from McHagis finds it's way through OMelovich's defenses.
OMelovich throws a combination but it was largely blocked by McHagis.
McHagis throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
McHagis looks to land a left hand but OMelovich moved out of range nicely.
OMelovich takes a body punch but keeps moving.
OMelovich just misses with a punch to the body.
McHagis lands a glancing blow to the side of OMelovich's head.
McHagis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McHagis misses with a hook.
OMelovich moves out of range of the strikes.
A big right from McHagis misses.

OMelovich closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
OMelovich scoring with punches from side control.
McHagis is trying to buck OMelovich off.
OMelovich happy to just control the position for now.
OMelovich prevents McHagis from escaping the position.
McHagis on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
OMelovich trying to control the position but McHagis is working away.

OMelovich tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no OMelovich has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
OMelovich walks into a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McHagis throws a right and a left that OMelovich avoids nicely.
OMelovich looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
McHagis misses with a two punch combination.
A big right from McHagis misses.
McHagis might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by OMelovich.
OMelovich takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
McHagis connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Spicy McHagis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McHagis throws a shot from downtown. OMelovich moves away and avoids it.
OMelovich misses with a low kick.
McHagis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but OMelovich manages to avoid it.
OMelovich throws a right and a left that McHagis avoids nicely.
Nice defenses there by OMelovich.
McHagis misses with an uppercut.
McHagis loads up on a big right hand but OMelovich slips the punch.

OMelovich closes the distance and clinches.
McHagis has had enough of the clinch but OMelovich keeps him there for the moment.

OMelovich manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
McHagis tries to stand but OMelovich is controlling from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
OMelovich lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for McHagis!
McHagis is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
OMelovich takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
McHagis tries to buck OMelovich off but he can't manage it.

OMelovich has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! McHagis is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Andy OMelovich!