PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Monday Blues (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Griffin McElroy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blues comes to the cage accompanied by Chance The Rapper - Angels. Griffin McElroy has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Blues
vs
McElroy

170 cm
22
140 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

175 cm
29
151 lbs
8 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

Aspire Clothing
Aspire Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Monday Blues!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Griffin McElroy!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Tarja Halkonen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Blues takes the fight into the clinch.
Blues misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Blues goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Blues tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Blues tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McElroy's elbow.
Blues has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Blues can't find room to land a body shot as McElroy controls the action.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Blues creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Blues blocks an uppercut.
McElroy prevents a body shot from Blues.
McElroy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Blues's face.
McElroy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Blues lands a shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Blues - that landed with a thud.
McElroy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Blues misses with a punch to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Blues.
Nice body punch from Blues.
Blues tries to throw a body punch but McElroy avoids it by throwing Blues back against the cage.
Blues lands with a left to the head.
Blues tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McElroy's elbow.
Blues digs a right hand into McElroy's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on McElroy's gas tank.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blues lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down McElroy.
Blues lands a left hand that snaps the head of McElroy backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Blues as the two fighters clinch.
A short body shot lands from Blues as the two fighters clinch.
Blues pushes McElroy back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
McElroy looks winded!
A shot in the inside from Blues.
A right hand to the body from Blues.
Blues lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Blues lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt McElroy or not.
Blues lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down McElroy.
A left hand lands to the body for Blues.
Blues lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Blues.
A body shot lands from Blues.
Blues lands a body shot.
Blues is leaning against McElroy and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Blues lands a body punch in the clinch.
Blues pushes McElroy back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice body punch from Blues.
A body shot lands from Blues.
Nice body punch from Blues - that landed with a thud.
Blues lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt McElroy or not.
Blues lands a right hand.
Good body shot from Blues.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blues pushes McElroy back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Blues - that landed with a thud.
Blues working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Blues works on McElroy's body with a couple of short punches.
A hook to the body from Blues.
Blues works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Blues scores with a hook to the body.
Blues throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Blues digs a right hand underneath McElroy's ribcage. McElroy let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Blues pushes McElroy back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Blues is working McElroy over against the cage.
Blues lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nice body punch from Blues - that landed with a thud.
Blues throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Blues lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Blues lands a body punch in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Blues.

Blues breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Blues throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck McElroy on the side of the head.
Blues scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McElroy on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Blues scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Blues, as that shot connected.
Blues throws a shot to the body.
Blues lands a jab to McElroy's midsection.
Blues changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Blues. That snapped McElroy's head back.

McElroy is rocked!
McElroy doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
McElroy is still on wobbly legs! Can Blues finish him?
McElroy tries to clinch
and Blues counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blues cracks McElroy with an open hand slap.
Monday Blues seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blues scores with a jab to the body.
McElroy doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Blues cracks a nice hook into McElroy's ribs.
Nice shot by Blues.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blues wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Blues fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. McElroy looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Blues thuds a left hand into McElroy's body.
Blues works McElroy's body with a nice hook.
Blues throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent McElroy stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Blues scores with a body shot.
A punch lands to the side of McElroy 's head but he takes it in his stride.
McElroy takes a shot to the body in his stride.
An inside leg kick lands from Blues.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Blues paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Blues lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Blues is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
McElroy closes the distance but Blues moves to the side
and Blues counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps McElroy thinking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Monday Blues 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.

McElroy takes a shot to the body in his stride.
McElroy seems to have recovered his senses.
McElroy on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Blues lands a jab to McElroy's midsection.
Blues lands a body shot.
Blues looks to score with a jab to the body but McElroy is just out of range.
McElroy steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Blues.
The crowd cheers as Blues lands an impressive looking overhand right. McElroy doesn't seem phased though.
Blues is looking to wear down McElroy with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Blues lands a jab to McElroy's midsection.
McElroy tries to clinch but Blues moves out of range.
Monday Blues is winning the standup battle so far.
Blues with a hook.

Blues cracks McElroy with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Blues has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning McElroy to stand back up!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McElroy tries to clinch but Blues is having none of it.
Blues takes a swing at McElroy's ribcage but misses.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Blues cracks a nice hook into McElroy's ribs.
McElroy is breathing heavily.
McElroy on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Blues drops McElroy with a huge uppercut! McElroy drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Blues is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Monday Blues!
A very excited looking Monday Blues made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.