PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tigey Maquigregor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Hope (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Maquigregor
vs
Hope

170 cm
25
139 lbs
7 - 15 - 0

169 cm
25
144 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tigey Maquigregor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Randy Hope!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Aleksandr Martynov and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maquigregor on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Maquigregor's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Maquigregor duly obliges.

Hope has closed the distance and engaged Maquigregor in a clinch.
Hope missing with knees to the body.
Hope lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hope stalls.
Maquigregor is trying to break the clinch but Hope is controlling him.
Hope misses with the head strike.
Maquigregor wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hope misses with the head strike.

Maquigregor manages to break the clinch.
Maquigregor slips a jab and a cross from Hope.
Maquigregor works over Hope's head and body with a nice combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maquigregor throws a right hand that Hope ducks under and follows up with a left that Hope also avoids with ease.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Maquigregor, right into the meat.
Maquigregor uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hope.
Maquigregor scores with a one two! Hope had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Hope throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Maquigregor.
Nice defenses there by Maquigregor.
Hope showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Maquigregor.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maquigregor keeps the fight on the outside.
A punch combination from Maquigregor misses.
Nice shot by Hope.
Maquigregor lands a jab-cross combination.
Hope throws a jab when Maquigregor was well out of range.
Maquigregor slips under a jab from Hope.
Maquigregor doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Maquigregor slips a jab from Hope.
Hope misses with a hook.
Maquigregor lands with a hook. Hope tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

Maquigregor moves into the clinch successfully.
Hope tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hope throws a punch but it's blocked by Maquigregor.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Maquigregor wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hope misses with a punch to the body.
Maquigregor misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Maquigregor is trying to force a seperation but Hope has the dominant position.
Hope misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hope keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Maquigregor's efforts to push away.
Hope scores with a hook to the body.
Maquigregor blocks an uppercut.
Hope misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Maquigregor.
Hope lands a left hand that snaps the head of Maquigregor backwards.
Maquigregor avoids a wild elbow strike from Hope.
Hope misses with a punch on the inside.
Hope lands a left hand that snaps the head of Maquigregor backwards.
Hope keeps control of Maquigregor as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Maquigregor is trying to break free.
Maquigregor scores with a shot to the side of Hope's head.
Maquigregor is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Maquigregor has had enough of the clinch but Hope keeps him there for the moment.
Hope misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Maquigregor.
Maquigregor is trying to break the clinch but Hope has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hope swings wildly with an uppercut but Maquigregor uses good head movement to avoid it.
Maquigregor throws a punch but it's blocked by Hope.
Hope misses with the head strike.
Hope scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hope doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hope working aggressively here.
Maquigregor blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hope misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Hope as the two fighters clinch.
Hope gets through Maquigregor's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Maquigregor blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hope struggles to land a body shot inside as Maquigregor controls his hands.
Hope misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Hope as the two fighters clinch.
Hope keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Maquigregor's efforts to push away.

Maquigregor escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hope moves into the clinch.
Maquigregor blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Hope on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hope.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maquigregor blocking some punches.
Maquigregor is trying to force a seperation but Hope has the dominant position.
Hope lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hope goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hope makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Maquigregor blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Maquigregor tries to circle away but Hope has him pinned against the cage.
Maquigregor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hope misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hope lands a right hand.
Maquigregor tries to break free but Hope pushes him back against the cage.
Hope working aggressively here.
Hope softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randy Hope dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Hope is looking to clinch.
Maquigregor uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Maquigregor misses with a wild combination.
Hope tries to counter with a clinch but Maquigregor shakes him off and moves away.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hope keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Maquigregor's efforts to push away.
Hope keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Maquigregor's efforts to push away.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Hope misses with some punches.
Maquigregor on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hope tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Maquigregor blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Hope.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hope.
Hope has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Maquigregor is trying to break free.
Hope trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Hope fails to land.
Hope struggles to land a body shot inside as Maquigregor controls his hands.
Maquigregor blocking some punches.
Hope misses with a hook from the clinch.
Maquigregor blocks an uppercut.
Hope has Maquigregor pressed against the cage, preventing Maquigregor from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Maquigregor is trying to push Hope away but Hope has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Hope tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by Hope.
Hope lands a body punch in the clinch.
Maquigregor looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hope lands with a short shot to the head.
Maquigregor blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hope misses with the head strike.
Hope misses with a punch to the body.
Maquigregor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A head punch on the inside from Hope fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hope struggles to land a body shot inside as Maquigregor controls his hands.
Hope misses with some punches.
Hope keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Maquigregor's efforts to push away.
Hope lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Maquigregor backwards.
Maquigregor blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hope swings wildly with an uppercut but Maquigregor uses good head movement to avoid it.
Maquigregor takes a shot to the head.
Maquigregor blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hope throws a punch but it's blocked by Maquigregor.

Maquigregor's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hope throws a body punch but Maquigregor moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Maquigregor.
Hope is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tigey Maquigregor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hope throws a jab when Maquigregor was well out of range.
Maquigregor throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Hope.
Tigey Maquigregor is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hope throws a body shot but no joy.
A big right from Hope misses.
Maquigregor went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.

Maquigregor closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hope swings wildly with an uppercut but Maquigregor uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hope misses with the head strike.
Hope doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hope tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Maquigregor manages to break the clinch.
Maquigregor throws a right hand that Hope ducks under and follows up with a left that Hope also avoids with ease.
Hope throws a hook but Maquigregor blocks it.
Maquigregor swats away the attempt to clinch by Hope.
A slow jab from Hope misses its intended target.
Maquigregor misses with the combination.
Tigey Maquigregor is winning the standup battle so far.
Hope throws a jab when Maquigregor was well out of range.
Maquigregor rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hope moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hope misses with an uppercut. Maquigregor saw that one coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maquigregor throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hope throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Maquigregor.
Hope lands with a cross.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hope slips a jab and a cross from Maquigregor.
Maquigregor throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hope looks to score with a jab to the body but Maquigregor is just out of range.
Hope stuns Maquigregor with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Some wild striking there from Maquigregor.

Maquigregor closes the distance and clinches.
Hope swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hope.
Hope leaning his opponent against the cage.
Maquigregor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hope trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randy Hope showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Hope ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Maquigregor moves away.
Nice uppercut there from Hope.
Maquigregor throws a right hand that Hope ducks under and follows up with a left that Hope also avoids with ease.
Hope throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
No joy there for Hope, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hope dodges the punch combination from Maquigregor.
Hope misses with a hook.
Hope misses with a wild body shot.
Hope throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
As Hope looks to move away, Maquigregor throws a big counter combo but Hope just gets out of the way.
Maquigregor misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hope throws out a counter right but Maquigregor avoids it with no problem.
Hope throws a big shot that misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Some wild striking there from Hope.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maquigregor throws a combination that misses
and Hope counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Maquigregor slips under a jab from Hope.
Hope throws a big shot that misses.
Hope just misses with a punch to the body.
Maquigregor displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
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!
A telegraphed right hand from Hope misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Maquigregor moves into the clinch.
Hope misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Maquigregor.
A head punch on the inside from Hope fails to land.
Hope working aggressively here.
Maquigregor is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hope is keeping busy.
Hope scores with a shoulder strike.
Hope working aggressively here.

Maquigregor pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice defenses there by Maquigregor.
Maquigregor misses with a two punch combination.
Hope has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Maquigregor ducks under a wild hook from Hope.
Maquigregor uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hope.
Hope throws a shot from downtown. Maquigregor moves away and avoids it.
Maquigregor throws a series of punches but Hope avoids them all with ease.
Hope takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
No joy there for Maquigregor, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Maquigregor swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hope misses with a two punch combination.
Hope slips a jab and a cross from Maquigregor.
Hope lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
A combination from Maquigregor does no damage.
Hope throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hope misses with a wild combination.
Hope looks to land a right hand but Maquigregor moved out of range.
Maquigregor drops down looking for a counter takedown but Hope sprawls and moves away.
Maquigregor moves out of range of the body kick from Hope.
Maquigregor lands a head kick. Hope smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Maquigregor moves out of range as Hope strikes.
Maquigregor lands a jab-cross combination.

Maquigregor darts in and clinches Hope up against the cage.
Maquigregor with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Maquigregor is looking to break free of the clinch but Hope has double underhooks.
Maquigregor has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Maquigregor dodges an elbow strike from Hope.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hope.

Maquigregor breaks from the clinch.
Maquigregor stalks Hope and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Hope's face. Hope staggers backwards, shaken.
Hope pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Maquigregor throws a one two combo.
Maquigregor takes one on the button.
Hope misses the shot to the body.
Maquigregor drops down looking for a counter takedown but Hope sprawls and moves away.
Hope misses with an uppercut. Maquigregor saw that one coming.
Maquigregor moves out of range of the strikes.
Hope avoids a punch combination nicely.
Maquigregor lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hope ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Maquigregor moves away.
Hope throws out a loose jab but Maquigregor uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hope bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Maquigregor's head.
Hope tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Maquigregor was well out of range. Poor timing from Hope.
Maquigregor throws a combination. Hope tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Randy Hope is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maquigregor throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hope on the side of the head.
Hope swings for the body but Maquigregor moves out of range.
Maquigregor avoids the body shot from Hope.
It looked like Maquigregor was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Hope throws a body shot but no joy.
Sloppy strikes from Maquigregor. Those never looked like landing.
Hope throws a lazy right hand but Maquigregor sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Maquigregor on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Hope throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hope takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Maquigregor swinging wildly here.
A punch combination from Hope misses.
Hope tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Maquigregor paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Maquigregor went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Maquigregor throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Maquigregor throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hope.
Maquigregor will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tigey Maquigregor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hope getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tigey Maquigregor showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Hope 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Randy Hope!