PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kenny Mccormick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Layzie Bone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mccormick
vs
Bone

170 cm
21
154 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
150 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Can Moonwalk

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight 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, Kenny 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, Layzie Bone!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Peter Branson and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bone shoots for a double leg takedown but Mccormick sprawls well. He's pushed Bone's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Mccormick fails with the takedown.
Mccormick stuffs the takedown attempt from Bone. Bone gets slowly back to his feet.
Mccormick stuffs the takedown attempt from Bone. Bone gets slowly back to his feet.
Kenny Mccormick has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Layzie Bone.

Bone looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Bone is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Bone is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Mccormick controls Bone momentarily but Bone frees himself.

Mccormick has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Bone is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Mccormick.
Bone has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Mccormick is trying to control Bone's posture but Bone avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bone cracks Mccormick with a big elbow.
Bone scoring with punches and elbows.
Bone connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Mccormick some visible discomfort.
Bone lands an elbow.
You can see the frustration on Mccormick's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Bone working the ground and pound from side control.
Mccormick sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Bone sitting and controlling from the half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bone working Mccormick over with strikes.
Mccormick is breathing heavily.
Bone is figuring out what he wants to do next.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bone lands strikes from half guard.
Bone is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Bone working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Bone looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Mccormick with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Bone is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bone looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Bone winds up and cracks Mccormick with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Bone is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Bone performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
It looks like Bone might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Layzie Bone hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Mccormick enables Bone to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Mccormick manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Bone is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Bone lands a couple of digs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bone slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Bone scoring with some ground and pound.
Bone slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bone postures up and lands a big shot to Mccormick's brow.
Bone scoring with some ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bone controlling from the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Layzie Bone dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Bone looking to score a takedown here. Mccormick is defending well but Bone drives through and ends up in Mccormick's guard.
Bone is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Layzie Bone has got the better of the ground game so far.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Bone keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Mccormick's head.
Bone is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Bone seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Bone has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bone distracts Mccormick with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bone passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Bone working the head with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bone lands a nice forearm strike.
Bone is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bone working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bone just content to control the position.
You can see the frustration on Mccormick's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bone cracks Mccormick with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Bone is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Mccormick's shoulder. That is not cool.
Bone is putting a hurting on Mccormick here, landing some big shots from side control.
Bone in side control lands a decent elbow.
Bone is chipping away with strikes.
Bone landing strikes.
Bone landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mccormick tries to buck Bone off but Bone is having none of it.
Mccormick sneaks back into half guard.
Bone is taking a breather. Mccormick 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.
Bone seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Nice strikes from Bone there.
Bone lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Bone content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that Bone has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Mccormick taking some punishment here, with Bone in his half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bone is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bone fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Bone connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

Mccormick is rocked!
Bone looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Mccormick covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Layzie Bone!