PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alexandre Papin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Montey McCracken (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Papin
vs
McCracken

173 cm
25
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
25
165 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Alexandre Papin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Montey McCracken!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Daniel Franklin and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCracken waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Papin.
Papin blocks a jab.
McCracken's jab looks to have found its range, popping Papin under the eye.
Papin lands with a hook. McCracken tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Papin slips under a jab from McCracken.
Papin swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
McCracken throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Papin moves into the clinch successfully.
A shot in the inside from McCracken.
McCracken misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Papin fails to land.
Papin lands a hook that snaps the head of McCracken backwards.
McCracken lands with a short punch from the clinch.
McCracken lands with a short shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McCracken has a couple of punches blocked by Papin.
Papin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Papin slows down the pace here.
McCracken working some nice short punches in the clinch.
McCracken scores with a shot to the side of Papin's head.
McCracken letting Papin take a breather here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCracken working aggressively here.
McCracken misses with the head strike.
McCracken letting Papin take a breather here.
McCracken working aggressively here.
McCracken misses with the head strike.
McCracken swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McCracken.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Papin.
McCracken misses with the head strike.
McCracken misses with a hook to the ribs.
Papin swings wildly with an uppercut but McCracken uses good head movement to avoid it.
McCracken has a couple of punches blocked by Papin.
McCracken misses with a short punch on the inside.
McCracken working aggressively here.
McCracken scores with a nice hook to the head.
Papin lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down McCracken.
McCracken working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Papin blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCracken fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McCracken working aggressively here.
Papin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McCracken blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McCracken tries to throw a body punch but Papin avoids it by throwing McCracken back against the cage.
McCracken tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Papin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A jab from Papin finds it's way through McCracken's defenses.
Papin misses with a wild body shot.
Papin throws a good cross that connects.
The fighters circling - McCracken throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Papin dips to his left and cracks McCracken with an uppercut!
McCracken bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Papin tries to clinch but McCracken is having none of it.

McCracken gets tackled into the cage by Papin. Papin maintains the clinch.
Papin scores with a shoulder strike.
Papin has McCracken pressed against the cage.
McCracken throws a punch but it's blocked by Papin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Papin swings wildly with an uppercut but McCracken uses good head movement to avoid it.
McCracken misses with a hook from the clinch.
Papin is looking to control McCracken's arms but McCracken gets an underhook and turns him. Now Papin has his back to the cage.
McCracken lands with a right to the head.
McCracken throws a punch but it's blocked by Papin.
McCracken swings wildly with an uppercut but Papin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Papin lands with a left to the head.
Papin tries to stall but McCracken uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
McCracken working some nice short punches in the clinch.
McCracken swings wildly with an uppercut but Papin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Papin lands an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Papin.
Papin throws a punch but it's blocked by McCracken.
McCracken prevents a body shot from Papin.
McCracken throws a head punch that misses.
McCracken goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from McCracken.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Papin.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Papin.
McCracken lands a shoulder strike.
McCracken misses with some punches.
Papin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short uppercut from Papin.
McCracken working aggressively here.
Papin blocks a body shot from McCracken.
Papin has a couple of punches blocked by McCracken.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McCracken.
McCracken lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Papin.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Papin.
McCracken throws a head punch that misses.
Papin blocks an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McCracken blocking some punches.
Papin tries to stall but McCracken uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Papin is trying to maintain a safe position but McCracken gets an underhook and turns Papin into the cage.
McCracken swings wildly with an uppercut but Papin uses good head movement to avoid it.
McCracken pushes Papin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Papin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Papin misses with a hook. McCracken ducked under it nicely.
Papin cracks a nice hook into McCracken's ribs.
Papin looks to throw the jab but McCracken is out of range.
Papin looks to land a right hand but McCracken moved out of range.
Papin swings widly with a right hand
and McCracken counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Papin takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Papin tries to clinch there but McCracken circles away.
Papin moves away from the strike by McCracken.
McCracken has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Papin finds it's way round the side to connect with McCracken's head.

It looks like Montey McCracken has been cut.
Papin tries to close the distance and clinch up but McCracken swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Papin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Papin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
McCracken throws a jab but it's blocked by Papin.
Papin moves away from the strike by McCracken.
McCracken 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.
Papin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Papin doesn't manage to clinch there - McCracken circles away.
Papin looks to land a right hand but McCracken moved out of range.
Papin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. McCracken manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Papin slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Papin throws a looping overhand right but McCracken ducks down to avoid it.
McCracken throws a shot from downtown. Papin moves away and avoids it.
McCracken throws a hook to the side of Papin's head but Papin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Papin staying out of range there.
Papin lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
McCracken pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Papin tries to clinch up but McCracken circles away and keeps his distance.
McCracken thows a left - swing and a miss!
McCracken takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
McCracken misses with a looping right.
A combination from McCracken does no damage.
Papin was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
McCracken lands a nice looking body shot.
McCracken walks into a left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Papin moves into the clinch.
McCracken working aggressively here.
Papin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
McCracken tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Papin tries to stall but McCracken uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Montey McCracken seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
McCracken has a couple of punches blocked by Papin.
McCracken fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McCracken blocks a body shot from Papin.
Papin stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
McCracken blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Papin stalling in the clinch but McCracken improves position.
Papin scores with a nice hook to the head.
Papin pushes McCracken back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Papin tries to work over McCracken's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short body shot lands from Papin as the two fighters clinch.
McCracken is breathing heavily.
McCracken throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from McCracken fails to land.
McCracken goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Papin lands a right hand.
McCracken misses with the head strike.
Papin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Papin blocking some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Papin.
A right hook to the body lands for McCracken.
Papin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Papin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Papin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
McCracken looks to score with a jab to the body but Papin is just out of range.
Papin slips a jab from McCracken.

Papin clinches up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Papin.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, McCracken creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
McCracken working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short left from Papin.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McCracken fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McCracken throws a punch but it's blocked by Papin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCracken misses with a hook from the clinch.
Papin pushes McCracken back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A right hand to the body from Papin.
McCracken fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McCracken throws a punch but it's blocked by Papin.
Papin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Papin blocks an uppercut.
McCracken misses with a hook from the clinch.
Papin lands a right hand.
McCracken misses with a short punch on the inside.
McCracken has a couple of punches blocked by Papin.
McCracken takes a shot to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Papin.

McCracken is rocked!
McCracken misses with a short punch on the inside.
McCracken is still on wobbly legs! Can Papin finish him?
Papin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Papin.
Papin blocks an uppercut.
Papin creates a bit of space for himself and rocks McCracken with a big uppercut! McCracken tries to clinch up but Papin pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples McCracken to the mat! McCracken covers up and Papin unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Alexandre Papin!