PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Oscar Blaydes (ranked 2929 p4p, 2516 weight class) and Corey McGraugh (ranked 340 p4p, 302 weight class). Blaydes comes into the arena with Black Sunshine - White Zombie blaring out of the sound system. McGraugh has chosen CROM!!!!! as his entrance music. Corey McGraugh has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Oscar Blaydes's chin.

Blaydes
vs
McGraugh

171 cm
28
158
5 - 4 - 1

175 cm
27
160
11 - 9 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Fantasy Threads (Laundry 15%)

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 5 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Oscar Blaydes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Corey McGraugh!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Sam Margolis and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blaydes throws a solid leg kick but McGraugh takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Blaydes.
McGraugh feints the counter takedown.
A shot to the liver by Blaydes. Beautiful body shot.
Blaydes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McGraugh tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Blaydes throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nice defenses there by McGraugh.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blaydes catches McGraugh with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Blaydes scores with a jab to the head.
Blaydes lands with a kick to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaydes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McGraugh feints the counter takedown.
Blaydes throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
McGraugh drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Blaydes defends it well.
Blaydes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McGraugh manages to avoid it.
McGraugh with the counter takedown but Blaydes avoids it easily.
Blaydes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McGraugh changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
McGraugh staying out of range there.
Blaydes dips to his left and cracks McGraugh with an uppercut!
Blaydes bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaydes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McGraugh is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Blaydes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McGraugh manages to avoid it.
McGraugh avoids the head kick by Blaydes.
McGraugh with the counter takedown but Blaydes avoids it easily.
A jab from Blaydes misses.
Blaydes misses with a straight right.
McGraugh tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Blaydes throws a head kick but McGraugh moves out of range.
McGraugh tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
McGraugh blocks a low kick nicely.
McGraugh with the counter takedown but Blaydes avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaydes tries to score with a low kick but McGraugh moves his leg out of the way.
And McGraugh tries to counter it with a takedown but Blaydes pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Blaydes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A lazy body kick from Blaydes

and McGraugh counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Blaydes has a closed guard, preventing McGraugh from standing up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
McGraugh is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Blaydes looking for a sweep. Not yet Blaydes, not yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blaydes pulls McGraugh in close to his closed guard and prevents McGraugh from doing any damage or advancing position.
McGraugh wants to stand but Blaydes is controlling his posture from full guard.

McGraugh gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Blaydes lands with a shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Oscar Blaydes dominated that round.
That's time! Blaydes's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Blaydes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McGraugh.
And McGraugh tries to counter it with a takedown but Blaydes pushes his down on his head and steps out.
McGraugh uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Blaydes.
McGraugh with the counter takedown but Blaydes avoids it easily.
Blaydes lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Corey McGraugh is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Blaydes pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
McGraugh is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Blaydes pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
McGraugh changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blaydes throws the kick towards the body but McGraugh avoids it.
McGraugh is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Blaydes misses with an uppercut.
McGraugh is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Blaydes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McGraugh manages to avoid it.
Blaydes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McGraugh can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaydes just misses with a punch to the body.
McGraugh is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Blaydes misses with a head kick.
McGraugh with the counter takedown but Blaydes avoids it easily.
Blaydes tries a head kick but it misses.
McGraugh staying out of range there.
Blaydes lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Blaydes is looking to slow McGraugh down with leg kicks.
Blaydes throws a shot from downtown. McGraugh moves away and avoids it.
McGraugh is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Oscar Blaydes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaydes throws a shot to the body.
Blaydes misses with an uppercut. McGraugh saw that one coming.
Blaydes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McGraugh changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Blaydes pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Blaydes punishes McGraugh's body with a nice straight punch.
Blaydes loads up on a big right hand but McGraugh slips the punch.
McGraugh ducks under a wild hook from Blaydes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaydes lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Blaydes looks to throw a body kick

and McGraugh decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Blaydes's guard.
Blaydes is pulling down on McGraugh's head to control his posture.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGraugh has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Blaydes is proving hard to escape from.
Blaydes 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.
McGraugh wants to stand but Blaydes is controlling his posture from full guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Blaydes wants to hit a sweep here but McGraugh passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Blaydes there!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Oscar Blaydes dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

McGraugh slips a straight right by Blaydes.
McGraugh feints the counter takedown.
Blaydes fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but McGraugh is out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Blaydes. McGraugh does a little dance to reset his feet.
A punch lands to the side of McGraugh 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Blaydes moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McGraugh gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The fighters circling - Blaydes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Oscar Blaydes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGraugh stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Blaydes.
Blaydes lands with a right hand.
McGraugh on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Blaydes. Blaydes obviously looking to wear him down.
Blaydes sizes up McGraugh with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
McGraugh takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Blaydes throws a low kick but McGraugh avoids it.
McGraugh with the counter takedown but Blaydes avoids it easily.
Blaydes fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaydes takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
McGraugh checks a leg kick nicely.
McGraugh slips a straight right by Blaydes.
Blaydes is looking to score with low kicks.
Nice defenses there by McGraugh.
McGraugh changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
McGraugh slips under a jab from Blaydes.
McGraugh tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blaydes throws a half hearted mid kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaydes scores with a jab to the body.
Some bone on bone action there as McGraugh checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Blaydes lands a nice looking body shot.
Blaydes throws a jab when McGraugh was well out of range.
McGraugh tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Blaydes throws a wild body kick that McGraugh sees coming a mile off.
Blaydes throws a head kick but McGraugh moves out of range.
McGraugh avoids the body shot from Blaydes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGraugh keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And McGraugh tries to counter it with a takedown but Blaydes pushes his down on his head and steps out.
McGraugh takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
McGraugh changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
A swing and a miss from Blaydes.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Blaydes - that will leave a mark!
Blaydes missing with a left hand there. McGraugh was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
McGraugh drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Blaydes defends it well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nice defenses there by McGraugh.
McGraugh drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Blaydes defends it well.

And that's the end of the fight!
Oscar Blaydes showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Blaydes, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:26
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:26
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Oscar Blaydes!
Our winner, Oscar Blaydes, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.