PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hamish McTavish (ranked 2563 p4p, 78 weight class) and Terje Warholm (ranked 3183 p4p, 65 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

McTavish
vs
Warholm

225 cm
20
292 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

180 cm
20
221 lbs
3 - 2 - 1

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Heavy handed

IniTech Nutrition
Power Matrix Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hamish McTavish!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Terje Warholm!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Warholm looks to clinch

and McTavish counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Warholm is trying to defend against the ground and pound but McTavish scores with a couple of nice shots.
Warholm gets full guard.
Warholm is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
McTavish has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Warholm has his feet on McTavish's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Warholm dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on McTavish. That did some damage!
Warholm wants to clinch

and McTavish counters with a nice double leg into side control. Warholm won't be happy with that.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McTavish landing a few strikes.
A lull in the action here.
Warholm is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McTavish throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
McTavish perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Warholm is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
McTavish working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
McTavish will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
McTavish sitting and controlling from the half guard.
McTavish prevents Warholm from standing back up.
Warholm works his way to full guard. Good work.
McTavish connects with a couple of short punches.

Warholm has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes McTavish off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Warholm.

It looks like Hamish McTavish has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warholm connects with a leg kick. McTavish looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
McTavish misses with a looping right.
McTavish uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Warholm.
Warholm fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Warholm keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McTavish.
Warholm buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Warholm wants to clinch but McTavish slips to the side

and McTavish decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Warholm's guard.
McTavish cracks Warholm with a solid left hand.
Warholm is looking to stand up but McTavish isn't so interested in that idea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McTavish postures up.
Warholm being controlled here, momentarily.
McTavish working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Warholm not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
McTavish slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
McTavish chips away with some ground and pound.

Warholm is rocked!
McTavish throws a big elbow that misses.
McTavish's corner is telling him to maintain position.
McTavish preventing the sweep.
McTavish not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
McTavish scoring with some ground and pound.
Warholm is still in real trouble! Can McTavish finish him?
Warholm is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McTavish scoring with some ground and pound.
McTavish is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Warholm looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
McTavish postures up, still in guard. A huge hammer fist lands that bounces Warholm's head off the mat! Warholm is out! He's out! McTavish jumps to his feet and celebrates with his corner!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Hamish McTavish!
Hamish McTavish was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.