PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Connor McGuinness (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fist Of (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McGuinness comes to the cage accompanied by Eminem- Legacy . Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

McGuinness
vs
Of

183 cm
20
178 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
180 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Connor McGuinness!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Fist Of !
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, John Roberts and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McGuinness misses with a jab, cross combination.
Of tries to close the distance and clinch but McGuinness swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Of tries to clinch up but McGuinness circles away and keeps his distance.
McGuinness ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Of wants to clinch.
McGuinness throws a right and a left that both miss.
Of cracks the inside of McGuinness's front leg.
McGuinness misses with an uppercut. Of saw that one coming.
McGuinness stuffs the takedown attempt from Of . Of gets slowly back to his feet.
McGuinness closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Fist Of seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McGuinness tries to bum rush Of with a series of wild strikes but Of uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
McGuinness throws a right hand that Of ducks under and follows up with a left that Of also avoids with ease.
McGuinness keeps the fight on the outside.
McGuinness loads up on a big right hand but Of slips the punch.
Of tries to close the distance and clinch but McGuinness swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
McGuinness throws a combination. Of tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Of looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Of tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McGuinness paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Of tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but McGuinness defends well and Of ends up having to push McGuinness into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
McGuinness scores with a hook to the body.

McGuinness manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
McGuinness has a closed guard, preventing Of from standing up.
McGuinness is trying to control the position but Of postures up.
McGuinness has momentary wrist control but Of slips an elbow through the middle.

McGuinness is looking for a triangle but Of pushes his legs off easily.

McGuinness working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Of doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Of manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Of has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of McGuinness is proving hard to escape from.
McGuinness is trying to control the position but Of postures up.
Of tries to free his leg and advance position but McGuinness is retaining full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
McGuinness working a defensive guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGuinness wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Connor McGuinness.
A swing and a miss from McGuinness.
Of avoids a punch combination nicely.
Of avoids a punch combination nicely.
Connor McGuinness is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Of wants to clinch.
McGuinness misses with a two punch combination.
Of lands a nice leg kick that just misses McGuinness's sensitive parts.
McGuinness throws a jab when Of was well out of range.
Of is looking to clinch but McGuinness is avoiding it.
Of wants to clinch up but McGuinness keeps it at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Of tries to clinch up but McGuinness circles away and keeps his distance.
McGuinness moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Of darts in trying to clinch
letting McGuinness counter with a right hand.
McGuinness lands a two punch combo.
Of fails in his attempt to clinch.
Of tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but McGuinness defends well and Of ends up having to push McGuinness into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Connor McGuinness has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fist Of .
McGuinness is trying to break free.
Of keeps control of McGuinness as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

McGuinness's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice body kick there by Of .
Of tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
McGuinness throws a series of punches but Of avoids them all with ease.
Of tries to clinch but McGuinness is having none of it.
McGuinness moves out of range of the leg kick from Of .

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Of shoots in looking for a takedown. McGuinness tries to sprawl out of it but Of keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. McGuinness manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
McGuinness lands a jab-cross combination.
McGuinness circles away from the clinch attempt.
Of is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
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!
McGuinness swats away the attempt to clinch by Of .
The fight stays on the outside here - Of looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Of wants to clinch but McGuinness slips to the side
and McGuinness makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
McGuinness is working the combinations to good effect here.
Of tries to close the distance and clinch up but McGuinness swats him away and circles back towards the center.
McGuinness avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McGuinness misses with a series of wild punches.
McGuinness circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Of tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Connor McGuinness dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Of is looking to clinch but McGuinness is avoiding it.
A combination from McGuinness does no damage.
McGuinness scores with a decent looking hook.
McGuinness feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Of s jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
McGuinness throws a right and a left that both miss.
Connor McGuinness is winning the standup battle so far.
McGuinness wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
McGuinness will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Of tries to clinch there but McGuinness circles away.
Of is looking to clinch.
McGuinness swats away the attempt to clinch by Of .
Of moves in looking to clinch but McGuinness pushes him off.
Of wants to clinch.
Of tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. McGuinness manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Of tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McGuinness paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Of tries to clinch up.
McGuinness checks a low kick from Of .

Of throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. McGuinness tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Of is in McGuinness's guard.
McGuinness wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Of looking to pass the guard.

Of is sitting in close to McGuinness's body. McGuinness has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Of is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Of is tapping! That was a very nice submission by McGuinness.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Connor McGuinness!
Connor McGuinness decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.