PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Devon Macintye (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luke English (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Macintye
vs
English

190 cm
24
300 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

190 cm
20
289 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Cage Wars: Rocha Nutrition
Cage Wars: Rocha 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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Devon Macintye!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Luke English!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Seu Braga and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
English changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Macintye tries to avoid it but English manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Macintye to the ground. Macintye escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Macintye scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Macintye stuffs the takedown.
English looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Devon Macintye has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Luke English.
English shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Macintye as he jumps to the side.
English shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Macintye pinned against the cage. Macintye gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
English looks gassed!

Macintye moves into range and clinches up with English.
English wants to get back to striking at distance but Macintye won't allow it.

Macintye's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Macintye throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Macintye stuffs the takedown attempt from English. English gets slowly back to his feet.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Macintye misses with a wild combination.
Macintye looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
English throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Macintye's waist but Macintye gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing English off to one side.
A jab from English misses.
Luke English seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Macintye moves into range and clinches up with English.

Macintye manages to break the clinch.
Macintye drops English with a right and a left! Macintye comes rushing in but English regains his composure and manages to keep Macintye in guard.

It looks like Luke English has been cut.
English throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Macintye works over English with some ground and pound from guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Macintye is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Macintye stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. English swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Macintye stands and throws English's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Macintye wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by English, who protects the arm well.
Macintye grinds an elbow into English's temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
English misses with a strike from the bottom.
English throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
English wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
English tries to strike but it doesn't land.
English throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.

Macintye stands up and we're back to a striking position.
English fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Macintye scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Macintye stands up.
English shoots and misses
and English takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Macintye throws a series of strikes that have English backpedaling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Macintye lands a left and a right that sends English crashing to the canvas! Macintye dives into mount looking to finish!

English is rocked!
Macintye has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of English's face.
English is still in real trouble! Can Macintye finish him?
Macintye scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish English?
English is looking to get to half guard.
English seems to have recovered his senses.
Macintye blocks English's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
English is trying desperately to improve position.
Macintye 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.
English throwing hammer fists to the chest of Macintye. What's that going to do exactly?
Macintye blocks English's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
English is trying to escape the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Macintye connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Macintye in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
English is mounted but he's throwing punches.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Macintye with a couple of short strikes.
English is wriggling around trying to escape.

Macintye is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. English can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
English throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
English looks very frustrated and is flailing away with strikes from the bottom. His corner are telling him to stay calm.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
English flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Devon Macintye dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Luke English's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Macintye moves into the clinch.

Macintye breaks the clinch.
English shoots and misses
and Macintye counters with a lovely shot to the body.

Macintye shoots in and bounces English off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Macintye scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Macintye postures up and lands a big shot to English's brow.

Macintye stands up from guard. Let's bang!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
English shoots and misses
and Macintye connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Macintye lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Macintye forces English back against the cage and clinches.
English can't find room to land a body shot as Macintye controls the action.

Macintye escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
English on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That's one minute gone in the round.
English fails with the takedown
and Macintye counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Devon Macintye has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Luke English.
Macintye lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as English backs up against the cage.
Horrible takedown by Macintye or perhaps it was just good defense by English which made him look bad.
English misses with a takedown attempt
and Macintye counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Macintye pushes English up against the cage in a clinch.

Macintye's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
English gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Macintye counters with a series of strikes. English will be more careful next time no doubt.
No joy there for Macintye, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
English fails with the takedown
and Macintye counters with a three punch combo that has English backing up. English nods at Macintye to acknowledge the strikes.
English just misses with a punch to the body.
English has a takedown stuffed.
Danga de danga de dang - Macintye scores with a four punch combination!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
English walks into a straight right hand from Macintye.
Good exchange - Macintye coming out on top.
Macintye is working the combinations to good effect here.
Macintye connects with the punch.
English shoots for a takedown but Macintye saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Macintye scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Devon Macintye is winning the standup battle so far.
Macintye misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
English has a takedown stuffed.
This has been an exciting period of action!
English fails with the takedown

and Macintye counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Macintye blocks a body shot from English.
English is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

Macintye manages to break the clinch.

English tries to keep at a distance but Macintye has taken the fight into the clinch.
English has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Macintye is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Macintye breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
English with a lazy takedown attempt
letting Macintye counter with a right hand.
Macintye displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Macintye stalks English and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into English's face. English staggers backwards, shaken.

English shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. English showed some decent athleticism there.
English looks to land a strike but Macintye avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
English is looking to work some ground and pound but Macintye has wrist control.
Macintye preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as English accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Macintye controlling the position.
Devon Macintye overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
English loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
English trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
English with a flurry of punches that miss.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Macintye has closed the distance and engaged English in a clinch.
Macintye gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from English.
English keeps control of Macintye as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Macintye wants to break the clinch but can't.
English has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
English is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Macintye pulls him back up using the underhooks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Macintye is trying to break free.
English misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Macintye.
Macintye wants to get back to striking at distance but English won't allow it.
English can't break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Devon Macintye dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Luke English's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Good shot there by Macintye.
English misses with a takedown
and Macintye counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Devon Macintye is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Macintye's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Macintye duly obliges.
English steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Macintye. That one must have hurt.
Macintye lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Macintye lands with a big left! English is wobbled badly! Macintye comes in with a flurry of punches and drops English to the floor. The ref jumps in to save him from unneccessary punishment.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Devon Macintye!