PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Long Thai (ranked 3146 p4p, 330 weight class) and Cj McGregor (ranked 4634 p4p, 450 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Thai
vs
McGregor

178 cm
23
165 lbs
4 - 8 - 0

178 cm
24
156 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Vegan Gains

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Long Thai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cj McGregor!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.

Thai closes the distance and clinches.
Thai lands a nice knee to the body.
I was talking to Thai's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Knees to the body from Thai.
McGregor working hard to break the clinch.
Thai lands an elbow that stopped McGregor in his tracks for a moment.
A frustrated look appears on McGregor's face as he tries to break the clinch.
McGregor wants to get back to striking at distance but Thai won't allow it.
McGregor wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Thai has him pressed against the cage.
McGregor looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Thai landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Thai scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Cj McGregor has been cut.
Thai with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
McGregor working hard to break the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Thai.
Thai scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McGregor takes an elbow to the forehead.
McGregor wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A frustrated look appears on McGregor's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Thai lands a knee to the body.
McGregor wants to break the clinch but can't.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Thai.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thai scores with a knee to the head.
Thai working McGregor over with knees to the body.
McGregor tries to circle away but Thai has him pinned against the cage.
McGregor is trying to break the clinch but Thai is controlling him.
Knees in the clinch landing for Thai.
Thai is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Thai.
McGregor takes a knee to the side of the body.
Thai lands an elbow that stopped McGregor in his tracks for a moment.
McGregor working hard to break the clinch.
McGregor tries to break the clinch but Thai is controlling the position.
McGregor wants to break the clinch but can't.
Thai with a knee to the head.
McGregor tries to break free but Thai pushes him back against the cage.
Thai is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McGregor wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Thai obliges.
Thai landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGregor is trying to break the clinch but Thai is controlling him.
Thai utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
McGregor tries to break free but Thai pushes him back against the cage.
Thai creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through McGregor's defenses.

That has opened up Cj McGregor's cut even more.
Thai landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Thai lands an elbow that stopped McGregor in his tracks for a moment.
Thai keeps the fight in the clinch, despite McGregor's efforts to push away.
Thai keeps the fight in the clinch, despite McGregor's efforts to push away.
Thai utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
McGregor can't break the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Thai obliges.
A frustrated look appears on McGregor's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Thai landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Thai working McGregor over with knees to the body.
McGregor is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Thai.
Thai unloads a knee to the mid-section.
McGregor is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
McGregor wants to break free but Thai has control.
Thai scores with a knee to the head.

Thai pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Whack! Thai lands a heavy head kick that drops McGregor. The ref tackles Thai to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because McGregor was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Long Thai!