PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Waldo Mcgee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy Halery (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tommy Halery has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Mcgee
vs
Halery

154 cm
18
278 lbs
2 - 2 - 1

180 cm
18
270 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 1, fighting out of London, Waldo Mcgee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Tommy Halery!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Daniel Bishop and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Halery changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Mcgee looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

Mcgee throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!

Mcgee clinches with his opponent.
Mcgee could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Mcgee tries to score a body lock takedown but Halery shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

Halery drags the fight down to the ground.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Halery holds on and takes a little breather.
Halery is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Mcgee is controlling him.
Halery working a defensive guard here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcgee postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Halery throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Halery wants to hit a switch here but Mcgee passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Halery there!
Mcgee lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Halery hang on?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Halery is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Halery tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Halery wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Halery tries to escape but Mcgee has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Mcgee is not going to allow Halery to sit and survive in this position.
You can see the frustration on Halery's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Halery trying to control but not successfully.
Halery is in bad spot here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mcgee is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Halery is defending well though. Mcgee let's go of the attempt for now.

Mcgee is working hard for the rear naked choke here.

Halery is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Mcgee gets his hands free as Halery looks to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Mcgee is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Halery is defending well though. Mcgee let's go of the attempt for now.
Halery tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Halery can't escape the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Halery slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Mcgee lands strikes from half guard.

Halery is defending against the submission attempts here by Mcgee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Waldo Mcgee dominated that 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.

Halery lands a head kick!

It looks like Waldo Mcgee has been cut.
Mcgee is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Halery can do to turn this around?

Mcgee moves into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mcgee has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Halery after a bit of a struggle.

Halery decides to pull guard.
Halery has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Mcgee won't allow Halery to sweep him here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Mcgee stands up and waves to Halery to follow him.
Halery fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Mcgee is out of range.
Mcgee looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Halery misses with a kick to the body.
Tommy Halery seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mcgee tries to clinch up but Halery circles away and keeps his distance.
Halery is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.

Halery closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Mcgee's guard.
Mcgee looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Mcgee trying to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mcgee looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Halery keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Mcgee's head.
Mcgee throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

Mcgee has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Halery can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Mcgee looking to control.
Mcgee keeping moving, preventing Halery from controlling successfully.
Mcgee wants to improve his position but instead Halery has moved into half guard.
Halery lands strikes from half guard.
Waldo Mcgee overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Halery is trying to control the action in half guard but Mcgee is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Halery trying to control from Mcgee's half guard. Mcgee has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Mcgee looking to hit a scissor sweep but Halery is one step ahead there.
Halery trying to control but Mcgee is working from the bottom.
Mcgee wants to sweep here but Halery controlling him for the moment.
Mcgee trying to control the position here.
Mcgee keeping moving, preventing Halery from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Halery is stalling in the full guard.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Halery drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Mcgee looking for a sweep. Not yet Mcgee, not yet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Halery wanted to stand there but Mcgee had control of the position.
Halery pushes down on Mcgee's leg and manages to get into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Halery showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Waldo Mcgee's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Halery scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Mcgee throws Halery to one side and escapes!
Halery swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Halery throws a sloppy head kick and Mcgee moves out of range easily.
Mcgee looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Mcgee circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mcgee looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.

Halery decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Mcgee wants to stand back up but Halery manages to pass into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Halery stands up and beckons Mcgee to his feet.
Halery drops his hands momentarily and Mcgee takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Halery looking to score a takedown here. Mcgee is defending well but Halery drives through and ends up in Mcgee's guard.
Halery takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Halery tries to free his leg and advance position but Mcgee is retaining full guard.
Mcgee managing to control the position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Mcgee is on top in guard.

Mcgee with a flurry of punches that miss.
Halery looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Mcgee puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Halery is trying to control but can't.
Mcgee prevents Halery from improving his position.
Mcgee seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Mcgee slips a nice elbow through Halery's hands, connecting with Halery's forehead.
Halery moves into full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mcgee lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Mcgee would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Mcgee won't allow Halery to get back to his feet.
Mcgee connects with a couple of short punches.
Halery is trying to control the position but Mcgee postures up.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Halery moves into range and clinches up with Mcgee.

That's four 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.
Mcgee tries to score a body lock takedown but Halery shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Halery has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Halery prevents a takedown attempt there.
Halery slows down the pace here.
Mcgee content to slow the pace in the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Waldo Mcgee showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Mcgee has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 William Gold scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Waldo Mcgee!