PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jack Sock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John McEnroe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Sock
vs
McEnroe

175 cm
27
195 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

184 cm
20
179 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jack Sock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of The Island, John McEnroe!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Peter Branson and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sock misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McEnroe.
John McEnroe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sock dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by McEnroe as he connects with a hook.
Sock keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sock keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sock throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McEnroe walks into a jab.
McEnroe swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McEnroe throws out a loose jab but Sock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sock feinted with a counter takedown.
McEnroe uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sock.
Sock defending well as McEnroe loads up on a big left hand.
It looked like Sock wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
McEnroe looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McEnroe throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sock.

Sock gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Nice body punch from Sock - that landed with a thud.

Sock lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sock is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Sock is pressing down on McEnroe's thigh, looking to free his foot. McEnroe is holding on for now.
Sock trying to control from half guard but McEnroe is working away.
Sock is taking a breather. McEnroe 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.
Sock slips a nice elbow through McEnroe's hands, connecting with McEnroe's forehead.
Sock has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
McEnroe tries to kick Sock off but Sock keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Sock throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
McEnroe is trying to stand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Sock thows a huge punch but McEnroe dodges it nicely.

Sock looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Sock slows the pace down in half guard.

Sock trying to work for an americana but McEnroe has managed to regain full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McEnroe is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Sock is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Sock prevents McEnroe from getting back to his feet.
McEnroe working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sock.
McEnroe working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sock.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
McEnroe pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sock attempts a counter takedown but McEnroe avoids it well and moves away.
Sock scores with a shot to the body.
John McEnroe is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sock takes a swing at McEnroe's ribcage but misses.
McEnroe is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McEnroe swings for the body but Sock moves out of range.
Sock takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Sock slips under a jab.
Sock tries to counter with a takedown but McEnroe is quick to defend against it.
A slow jab from Sock misses its intended target.
Sock could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

McEnroe gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Sock controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
McEnroe preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Sock dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

McEnroe misses with a series of wild punches.
Sock half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Sock ducks under a wild hook from McEnroe.
A quick step to the side and Sock tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd cheers as McEnroe lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sock doesn't seem phased though.
Sock throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent McEnroe stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sock is looking to wear down McEnroe with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
McEnroe connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
John McEnroe is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
McEnroe misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sock.
McEnroe throws a lazy uppercut
and Sock counters with a lovely straight right hand!
McEnroe missing with a left hand there. Sock was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
McEnroe dips to his left and cracks Sock with an uppercut!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sock scores with a shot to the body.
Sock takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McEnroe misses with a straight left.
McEnroe throws an off balance right hand

and Sock counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Sock missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sock missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sock cracks McEnroe with a solid left hand.
Sock pushing down on McEnroe's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Sock trying to control the action but McEnroe is working from the bottom.
McEnroe avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sock.
McEnroe avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sock.
McEnroe is refusing to be controlled, as Sock sits in half guard.
McEnroe avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sock.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sock is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Sock lands a nice shot to the head.
McEnroe is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Sock misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Sock with good strikes from the mount here!
Sock scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Jack Sock overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sock punishing his opponent with strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sock lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
McEnroe is bucking up trying to escape but Sock cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

McEnroe is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sock postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked McEnroe badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Sock around the waist but Sock pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Sock is the winner by TKO! Sock jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jack Sock!
John McEnroe spoke after the fight, saying 'I'll be back.'.