PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Billy Herrington (ranked 2186 p4p, 261 weight class) and Ralph McGuire (ranked 2410 p4p, 290 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Herrington
vs
McGuire

188 cm
20
210 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

190 cm
21
206 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Sportivité

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light 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, Billy Herrington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ralph McGuire!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Steve Smith and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

McGuire has taken the fight to the clinch.
Herrington makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
McGuire blocking some punches.
Herrington is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but McGuire is keeping busy.
Herrington blocking some punches.
McGuire doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Herrington is trying to break free.
Herrington misses with a hook from the clinch.
Herrington stalling in the clinch but McGuire improves position.
McGuire pushes Herrington back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
McGuire blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Herrington.
McGuire has a couple of punches blocked by Herrington.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McGuire.
McGuire blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, McGuire creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
McGuire lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
McGuire swings wildly with an uppercut but Herrington uses good head movement to avoid it.
McGuire blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by McGuire as Herrington tries to tie him up.
McGuire lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Herrington backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Herrington.
Herrington goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Herrington throws a punch but it's blocked by McGuire.
Herrington misses with a hook from the clinch.
McGuire lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
McGuire blocks an uppercut.
McGuire working some nice short punches in the clinch.
McGuire has Herrington pressed against the cage, preventing Herrington from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A right handed body shot lands from McGuire.
McGuire doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Herrington wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
McGuire misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by McGuire.
McGuire throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Herringtons head.
Herrington trying to control the position but instead, McGuire has worked for underhooks and has pushed Herrington into the cage.
We've been informed that McGuire has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGuire lands a nice shot to the body.
McGuire presses Herrington against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Herrington is breathing heavily.
McGuire pushes Herrington back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from McGuire.
I was talking to Herrington's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
McGuire lands with a right to the head.
McGuire is struggling to control the position.
Herrington misses with some punches.
McGuire keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Herrington's efforts to push away.
McGuire lands a body punch in the clinch.

McGuire breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
McGuire misses with a hook. Herrington ducked under it nicely.
McGuire fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Herrington takes a jab right on the kisser.
Herrington throws a jab when McGuire was well out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by McGuire. That's going to slow Herrington down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGuire scores with a nice body kick.

McGuire rushes Herrington and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
McGuire tries a body shot but Herrington blocks it.
McGuire is leaning against Herrington and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
McGuire is leaning against Herrington and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
McGuire slows down the pace here.
Herrington swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Herrington fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McGuire tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Herrington.
Herrington misses with a punch on the inside.
Herrington lands with a right to the head.
Herrington misses with a short punch on the inside.
Herrington tries to break the clinch but McGuire is controlling the position.
McGuire lands an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGuire misses with a short punch on the inside.
McGuire tries a body shot but Herrington blocks it.
McGuire lands with a right to the head.
Herrington is looking to break free of the clinch but McGuire has double underhooks.
McGuire lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Herrington has had enough of the clinch but McGuire keeps him there for the moment.
McGuire is struggling to control the position.
McGuire lands a hook that snaps the head of Herrington backwards.
McGuire lands on the inside with an uppercut.
McGuire lands a shoulder strike.
McGuire blocks an uppercut.
McGuire lands a nice shot to the body.

McGuire breaks from the clinch.
Ralph McGuire seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from McGuire misses.
McGuire throws a shot to the body.
McGuire scoring well with a low kick there.
McGuire scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ralph McGuire 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.

Herrington misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McGuire.
McGuire misses the body punch
and Herrington counters with a flying knee. Nice.
McGuire throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Herrington swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
McGuire fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Herrington fakes a jab and throws a low kick but McGuire checks it well.
Herrington throws out a powerful jab.
McGuire just misses with a punch to the body.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Herrington takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Herrington staying out of range there.
Herrington misses with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McGuire scores with the left hand. Herrington knows he should have avoided that one.

Herrington is rocked!
I'm just looking down at my notes here and I see that.... oh! McGuire has cracked Herrington with a big right, followed by a left! He's out on his feet! McGuire lands another huge swinging hook and Herrington tumbles to the canvas! The ref dives in to save Herrington, before McGuire can land any more shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Ralph McGuire!
Ralph McGuire very nearly forgot to thank Sportivité amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.