PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Pain McGraw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pool Loop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

McGraw
vs
Loop

168 cm
18
143 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

225 cm
18
130 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Pain McGraw!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Pool Loop!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, William Gold and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McGraw cracks Loop with an open hand slap.
Loop looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
McGraw throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Loop avoids the body shot from McGraw.
McGraw throws a sloppy head kick and Loop moves out of range easily.
McGraw scores with a jab to the head.
McGraw throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pain McGraw seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McGraw looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
McGraw lands a with a good body shot.

McGraw drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Loop tries to escape but McGraw is in control.
Loop tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but McGraw presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
McGraw unloading with bombs!

McGraw with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
McGraw is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Loop can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

McGraw wants to finish this one by submission but Loop is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from McGraw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Loop slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Loop is trying to get back to full guard.

Loop is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but McGraw pulls his head out easily.

McGraw wants to work for an arm triangle but Loop is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Loop is trying to get back to full guard.
McGraw missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Loop trying to get back to full guard but McGraw takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
McGraw looking to finish Loop with some ground and pound. This is bad for Loop!
Loop is in all sorts of trouble here.
McGraw scores with a couple of good head shots there.
McGraw with the ground and pound from mount.
McGraw with the ground and pound from mount.
McGraw cracks Loop with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Loop is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Loop working to try and regain half guard.
McGraw wants to control the pace but Loop is squirming around nicely.
McGraw landing punches.
McGraw with shots to the head and body - Loop looks very uncomfortable down there.
McGraw controlling his opponent.
McGraw has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

McGraw get's back to his feet.
Loop throws an ugly left hook that misses

and McGraw counters with a nice double leg into side control. Loop won't be happy with that.
McGraw taking a breather here.
Loop misses with a strike from the bottom.
McGraw wants to lay and pray for a moment but Loop keeps working.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

McGraw decides to take the fight back to the feet.
McGraw looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Good leg kick by McGraw there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

McGraw shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
McGraw punishing his opponent with strikes.
Loop can't escape the position.

McGraw looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
McGraw landing strikes, looking to finish!
McGraw in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Loop tries to reverse the position but McGraw maintains control.
McGraw trying to control but Loop is having none of it.
Loop throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
McGraw can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Loop is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Loop working to try and regain half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
McGraw lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Loop hang on?
McGraw connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
McGraw with the ground and pound from mount.
McGraw has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Loop's face.
Loop is trying to escape the mount.

McGraw is standing up, even though he is in mount.
McGraw throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McGraw throws a lazy uppercut
letting Loop counter with a right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McGraw moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Loop misses with a hook
and McGraw makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Loop stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from McGraw.
McGraw misses with a right hand
letting Loop counter with a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Loop avoids the body shot from McGraw.
McGraw throws a hook but Loop blocks it.
Loop tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

McGraw drives through with a takedown into guard.
Loop looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
McGraw trying to control but Loop is working from the bottom.
McGraw advances position into side control!
McGraw taking a breather here.
McGraw works to advance to full mount. Loop defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Loop is looking to improve his position but McGraw isn't that keen on the idea.
McGraw looking to control but Loop is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Loop is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Loop is trying to stand up.

McGraw has hold of Loop's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Loop manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Loop is squirming around, avoiding McGraw's attempts to control the action.
McGraw with good strikes from the mount here!
McGraw can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Loop is looking to escape.
The referee warns Loop that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

Loop is rocked!
McGraw tries to control but Loop wriggling away.
Loop can't escape the position.
McGraw postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Loop looks a forlorn figure.
McGraw has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Loop's face.
Loop is still in real trouble! Can McGraw finish him?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Loop has given up his back - I don’t know if this is a deliberate ploy to try and escape or if he is just struggling down there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
McGraw lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by McGraw.
McGraw lands strikes to the head.

McGraw has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Can Loop hold on?! McGraw is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
A bit of a pause in the action here. McGraw controlling the positon.
Loop can't escape the position.
Loop seems to have recovered his senses.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
McGraw loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Loop hold on?
Loop trying to get back to his feet but McGraw is in full control for now.
Loop tries to break free.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Loop is trying escape back to his feet. He turns into his opponent's guard and eventually finds his way back to his feet.
McGraw moves out of range as Loop strikes.
McGraw tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
McGraw misses with a left hand
and Loop cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

McGraw closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - McGraw lands in his opponent's guard.
McGraw might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
McGraw trying to control but Loop is working from the bottom.
Loop is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

McGraw gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

McGraw drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
McGraw trying to control the position from guard on top but Loop is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGraw slips nicely into half guard.
McGraw lands strikes from half guard.
Loop is trying to stand back up but McGraw is controlling him

Loop is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but McGraw pulls his head out easily.
McGraw wants to take a breather but Loop is having none of it.

Loop is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but McGraw pulls his head out easily.
Loop tries to regain full guard. Instead though, McGraw has advanced to mount. Uh oh.

McGraw wants to finish this one by submission but Loop is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from McGraw.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McGraw looking to control but Loop is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Loop keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pain McGraw dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

McGraw throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McGraw fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A big left from Loop misses.
Loop misses with a right hand
and McGraw counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Loop thinking.
McGraw moves out of range as Loop strikes.
Loop throws a hook but McGraw avoids it easily.
The fighters circle momentarily. Loop darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A punch combination from McGraw misses.
Loop misses with a lunging right hand

and McGraw counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by McGraw.
Loop looking for a sweep. Not yet Loop, not yet.
Loop tries to strike from the bottom.
Pain McGraw overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells McGraw's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
McGraw with a nice head shot there.

McGraw stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
McGraw swings widly with a right hand
and Loop connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Loop throws a jab when McGraw was well out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice cross by Loop.
Loop slow jab from McGraw misses its intended target.
Loop throws the left hand but McGraw avoids the punch easily.
McGraw ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Loop moves away.
Loop throws an off balance right hand
and McGraw counters with a lovely shot to the body.
McGraw throws a lazy uppercut
and Loop counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nice cross by Loop.

McGraw drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Loop wants to get back to his feet but McGraw drags him back down.
McGraw wants to control but Loop is keeping him busy.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
McGraw is putting a hurting on Loop here, landing some big shots from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

McGraw tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Loop looks to move to half guard but instead McGraw has passed into mount! Damn!
McGraw lands a heavy elbow.
Loop is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
McGraw scores with a couple of good head shots there.
McGraw lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
McGraw trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Loop is wriggling around trying to escape.
Loop is in a horrible position here. McGraw smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Loop is trying to reverse the position but instead McGraw has taken his back - oops!
McGraw is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Loop can do to turn this around?
Loop tries to escape the position.

McGraw is looking for the choke from the back position but Loop is controlling his hands well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loop has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
McGraw trying to control momentarily.
McGraw connects with a big shot to the side of Loop's head.

McGraw is looking for the choke from the back position but Loop is controlling his hands well.
McGraw lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by McGraw.
McGraw just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
McGraw lands a shot to the body.
Loop prevents McGraw from getting a body triangle.

McGraw is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Loop is in bad spot here.

McGraw is looking for the choke from the back position but Loop is controlling his hands well.
Loop tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Loop in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
McGraw tries to control but Loop wriggling away.
Loop working to try and regain half guard.
BOOM! McGraw connects with a massive shot to the dome!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McGraw lands a nice shot to the head.

McGraw stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.

McGraw scores with a takedown into Loop's guard.
Loop tries to strike from the bottom.
Loop is looking to stand up but McGraw isn't so interested in that idea.
McGraw stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Loop swivels though and keeps the full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Loop is on top in guard.
Loop throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as McGraw works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Pool Loop has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Loop postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pain McGraw showed his dominance in that final round.
Well McGraw has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pain McGraw!