PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Amadeus Astra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ronald McDonald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McDonald has chosen I got a feeling - Black Eyed Peas as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Astra
vs
McDonald

175 cm
22
162 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

179 cm
19
165 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Team S.W.A.T.
Team S.W.A.T.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Amadeus Astra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ronald McDonald!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Gregory Folan and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McDonald tries to clinch up.
Astra misses with a takedown attempt - McDonald sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
McDonald throws a right hand that Astra ducks under and follows up with a left that Astra also avoids with ease.
Astra moves forwards but McDonald connects with a nice, crisp jab.
McDonald moves in looking to clinch but Astra pushes him off.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
A slow jab from McDonald misses its intended target.
Astra has a takedown stuffed.
McDonald wants to clinch up but Astra keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Astra closes the distance and clinches up with McDonald, looking for a takedown. Astra pushes McDonald against the cage but McDonald circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Amadeus Astra. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Astra swats away the attempt to clinch by McDonald.
Astra takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Astra fails with the takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Astra circles away from the clinch attempt.
Astra throws a jab but it's blocked by McDonald.
McDonald rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Astra moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
McDonald tries to close the distance and clinch but Astra swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Astra fails to land the takedown.
McDonald wants to clinch.
Ronald McDonald is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Astra changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. McDonald tries to avoid it but Astra manages to keep hold of a leg and drag McDonald to the ground. McDonald escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Astra has a takedown stuffed.
Astra circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ronald McDonald seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
McDonald fails in his attempt to clinch.
Astra swings for the body but McDonald moves out of range.
Astra shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says McDonald as he avoids it easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - McDonald looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Astra shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with McDonald but McDonald pushes him off and we're back to square one.
McDonald is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ronald McDonald dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Astra circles away from the clinch attempt.

Astra gets a takedown into half guard.

Astra is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and McDonald defends it well.
Astra uses his free foot to push down on McDonald's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for McDonald.
Astra lands a big elbow.
McDonald is looking to get to half guard.
McDonald is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McDonald takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Astra lands a nice shot to the head.
McDonald tries to hold on but Astra pushes him away.
Astra is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
McDonald tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Astra lands a big elbow.
McDonald is desperately trying to improve his position but Astra has a good base and remains in mount.
Astra trying to control but McDonald is having none of it.
Astra is landing with some decent strikes but McDonald is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
McDonald throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
McDonald is trying to escape the mount.
Astra scoring with strikes but McDonald is staying in there.
A nice elbow there by Astra.
Astra tries to control but McDonald wriggling away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Astra in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Astra has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of McDonald's face.
Astra landing punches.
Astra scores with a couple of good head shots there.
McDonald takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
McDonald throwing hammer fists to the chest of Astra. What's that going to do exactly?
McDonald is in all sorts of trouble here.
Astra 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.
Astra cracks McDonald with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Astra lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
McDonald keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Astra looking to finish McDonald with some ground and pound. This is bad for McDonald!
Astra with good strikes from the mount here!
Astra scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McDonald flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Astra dominating with strikes here.
McDonald is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Astra with good strikes from the mount here!
Astra pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Astra connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Astra with shots to the head and body - McDonald looks very uncomfortable down there.
McDonald wants to control but Astra is having none of it.
Astra breaks from McDonald's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Astra trying to control but he's not successful this time.
A nice elbow there by Astra.
McDonald flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
McDonald wants to hold on but Astra pushes him away.
Astra looking to finish McDonald with some ground and pound. This is bad for McDonald!
McDonald is breathing heavily.
Astra in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
McDonald throwing hammer fists to the chest of Astra. What's that going to do exactly?
Astra landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Astra lands a big elbow.
Astra scoring with strikes but McDonald is staying in there.
Astra is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Astra with a couple of short strikes.
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!
Astra cracks McDonald with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Astra connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Astra lands a big elbow.
McDonald sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Astra is nestled in close to McDonald, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
McDonald blocking the ground and pound attempt from Astra.
Astra looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McDonald slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
McDonald throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Astra passes McDonald's left leg - he's now in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Amadeus Astra dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!

Astra shoots in but McDonald avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Astra avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McDonald doesn't manage to clinch there - Astra circles away.
Astra shoots for a double leg takedown but McDonald sprawls well. He's pushed Astra's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Astra closes this distance looking for a takedown but McDonald circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Amadeus Astra. That's going to take a lot out of him.
McDonald lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Astra keeps the fight on the outside.
Astra looks for a takedown but McDonald sprawls well.
McDonald looks to land a right hand but Astra moved out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McDonald tries to clinch but Astra is having none of it.
McDonald tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Astra paws at him with a jab and circles away.
McDonald tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Astra paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Astra tries for a takedown but McDonald sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A slapping leg kick lands for McDonald.
Astra shoots in looking for a takedown. McDonald tries to sprawl out of it but Astra keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. McDonald manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Astra shoots in looking for a takedown. McDonald tries to sprawl out of it but Astra keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. McDonald manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Astra swats away the attempt to clinch by McDonald.
McDonald tries to clinch there but Astra circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Astra lands a jab.
McDonald wants to clinch up but Astra keeps it at a distance.

Astra shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in McDonald's guard.
Astra with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Astra is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Amadeus Astra overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Astra looking to pass the guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ronald McDonald comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think McDonald has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:28
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Ronald McDonald!