|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gareth McCall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carl Woods (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McCall kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
 |
|
 |
| 185 cm
33
195 lbs
22 - 15 - 0 |
|
179 cm
31
185 lbs
19 - 14 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin |
|
Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
|
| |
|
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
22 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gareth McCall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Carl Woods!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCall scores with a hook to the body. Woods takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Woods scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Woods throws a hook to the side of McCall's head but McCall sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Crunch! McCall slams his shin into Woods's torso.
McCall throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Woods on the side of the head.
McCall throws a jab when Woods was well out of range.
A slow jab from Woods misses its intended target.
McCall tries to close the distance and clinch but Woods swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
McCall throws a left and a right that both miss
and Woods counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
McCall tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Woods connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed McCall momentarily.
McCall tries to clinch up but Woods circles away and keeps his distance.
McCall works the jab nicely.
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!
Decent striking displayed by McCall there.
It looks like Carl Woods has been cut.
Woods avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A low kick from McCall misses
and Woods counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Woods misses with a left hand
and McCall counters with a right hand to the body.
Woods misses with a straight right.
McCall misses the shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCall blocks a jab.
Woods takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Woods swats away the attempt to clinch by McCall.
McCall throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
McCall scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Woods throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Woods takes one to the chin there.
Woods tries to clinch up but McCall circles away and keeps his distance.
Woods connects with a nice looking jab.
McCall misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Woods.
Woods misses with an uppercut.
McCall dodges the punch combination from Woods.
As Woods backs away, McCall returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
McCall is looking to score with low kicks.
Woods steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from McCall.
McCall tries to clinch but Woods is having none of it.
McCall slips a jab and a cross from Woods.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Woods fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McCall manages to avoid it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Woods takes one to the side of the head.
McCall blocks a jab.
And McCall counters with a quick kick to the body but Woods blocks it.
Woods misses with a hook. McCall ducked under it nicely.
McCall appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Woods waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract McCall.
McCall scores with a jab to the jaw.
McCall is looking to clinch but Woods is avoiding it.
McCall moves out of range of the strikes.
Good standup being displayed there by Woods as he connects with a hook.
A low kick from McCall misses
and Woods cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
McCall feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Woods's calf.
Gareth McCall seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheers as Woods lands an impressive looking overhand right. McCall doesn't seem phased though.
Woods takes a body punch but keeps moving.
McCall misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
McCall scores with a sloppy right hand. Woods should have avoided that one.
McCall just misses with a punch to the body.
McCall misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
McCall steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Woods.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCall with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
McCall with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
McCall lands a head kick. Woods smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
McCall looks to score with a jab to the body but Woods is just out of range.
Woods avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Woods misses with a wild combination.
McCall pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Woods lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Woods 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.
Woods gets cracked with a nice right hand there by McCall.
Woods moves out of range as McCall throws a body kick.
McCall is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
McCall uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Woods.
McCall throws a body shot but no joy.
Woods misses with an uppercut.
Woods misses with a hook
and McCall counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McCall lands a glancing blow to the side of Woods's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Woods is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McCall.
Woods circles away from the clinch attempt
and Woods counters with a nice uppercut.
Woods looks to clinch
enabling McCall to counter with a crisp jab.
Woods swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
An attempted straight right counter from McCall misses the target.
Woods misses with a body shot.
Woods throws an overhand right that lands on McCall's shoulder, as McCall tries to avoid the shot.
Woods throws a poor cross that misses
and Woods takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
McCall takes the fight into the clinch.
Woods misses with the head strike.
Woods avoiding damage as McCall throws knees to the body.
McCall throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Still in the clinch, Woods scores with a nice short uppercut.
Woods working aggressively here.
Woods tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Woods misses with a body punch.
Woods lands a left hand that snaps the head of McCall backwards.
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 Gareth McCall will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Carl Woods's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
McCall steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Woods.
McCall looks to land a body kick but Woods moved away.
Woods looks to land a left hand but McCall moved out of range nicely.
McCall throws a push kick but Woods slaps the foot to one side.
A slapping leg kick lands for McCall.
Woods throws an ugly left hook that misses
and McCall counters with a nice body kick.
Woods lands a lovely overhand right.
Sloppy strikes from McCall. Those never looked like landing.
Woods tries to counter with a clinch but McCall shakes him off and moves away.
Woods connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Woods avoids the body shot from McCall.
McCall waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Woods.
McCall lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
McCall scores with a sloppy right hand. Woods should have avoided that one.
A swing and a miss from Woods.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Woods clinches with his opponent.
McCall misses with an elbow over the top.
Woods lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
McCall is looking to control Woods's arms but Woods gets an underhook and turns him. Now McCall has his back to the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCall tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Woods gets through McCall's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
McCall blocking some punches.
McCall has Woods pressed against the cage.
Nice body punch from McCall - that landed with a thud.
Woods wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Woods fails to land.
Woods wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nice body punch from McCall.
Woods takes a shot to the head.
McCall doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
McCall lands an uppercut.
Woods misses with a hook from the clinch.
Woods swings wildly with an uppercut but McCall uses good head movement to avoid it.
McCall misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Woods.
Woods misses with a hook from the clinch.
Woods tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
McCall gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCall trying to stall but Woods improves his position.
Woods has a couple of punches blocked by McCall.
McCall lands a nice elbow.
McCall blocks an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Woods is trying to break the clinch but McCall is controlling him.
Woods swings wildly with an uppercut but McCall uses good head movement to avoid it.
Woods avoids the elbow strike from McCall, against the cage.
Woods swings wildly with an uppercut but McCall uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by McCall.
McCall misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Woods has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. McCall seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Woods can turn it around.
Woods lands a body shot in the clinch.
Woods lands a left hand that snaps the head of McCall backwards.
McCall tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
McCall lands a damaging elbow.
That has opened up Carl Woods's cut even more.
McCall misses with a punch on the inside.
McCall lands a body shot.
McCall misses with a short punch on the inside.
Woods misses with a body punch.
McCall gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from McCall.
The cut above Carl Woods's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
McCall unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Woods is breathing heavily.
McCall scores with an uppercut up the middle.
McCall tries to land knees in the clinch but Woods avoids the damage to the body.
Woods blocks an uppercut.
McCall tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Woods fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Woods misses with a punch on the inside.
McCall working Woods over with knees to the body.
McCall is pushing Woods up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
McCall leaning his opponent against the cage.
McCall creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Woods's defenses.
McCall lands an elbow that stopped Woods in his tracks for a moment.
Carl Woods's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Carl Woods's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Gareth McCall!
Gareth McCall thanked the fans post fight for their support.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
59% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
