PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Max Shinobi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gangles McGee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McGee is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Old Souls Can Be Beaten by New Day Rising. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Shinobi
vs
McGee

185 cm
24
217 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

210 cm
24
214 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Max Shinobi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Gangles McGee!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McGee misses with a two punch combination.
McGee misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gangles McGee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shinobi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McGee keeps the fight on the outside.
McGee throws a right and a left that both miss.
Shinobi is looking to clinch.
McGee throws an overhand right that lands on Shinobi's shoulder, as Shinobi tries to avoid the shot.
McGee misses with an uppercut.
McGee throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Shinobi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Shinobi tries to clinch there but McGee circles away.
Shinobi feints and then cracks McGee's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow McGee down.
McGee swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Shinobi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from McGee.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shinobi moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Shinobi connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
McGee looks to land a right hand but Shinobi moved out of range.
McGee misses with a body shot.

Shinobi pushes McGee up against the cage in a clinch.
Shinobi lands a left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shinobi keeps the fight in the clinch, despite McGee's efforts to push away.
Shinobi scores with a hook to the body.
Shinobi lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Good body shot from Shinobi.
McGee looks gassed!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Shinobi takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
McGee takes a knee right on the jaw!
A nice right hand lands inside from Shinobi.
Shinobi with a knee to the head.
A right hand to the body from Shinobi.
A short right from Shinobi on the inside.
McGee letting Shinobi take a breather here.
McGee's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Shinobi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nice body punch from Shinobi.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shinobi lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Shinobi lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Shinobi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of McGee backwards.
McGee is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Shinobi holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Shinobi is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Shinobi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Shinobi lands a right hand that snaps the head of McGee backwards.
Shinobi just leaning against McGee, taking a breather.
Nice body punch from Shinobi - that landed with a thud.
Still in the clinch, Shinobi scores with a nice short uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Shinobi.
Shinobi lands a nice elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shinobi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McGee has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A left hand lands to the body for Shinobi.
Stalling in the clinch from Shinobi.
McGee tries to circle away but Shinobi has him pinned against the cage.
McGee is trying to force a seperation but Shinobi has the dominant position.
Shinobi scores with a nice hook to the head.
McGee takes a shot to the head.
Nice body punch from Shinobi - that landed with a thud.
A right hook to the body lands for Shinobi.
Good body shot from Shinobi.
Shinobi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Shinobi is struggling to control the position.
Shinobi lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Shinobi.
Shinobi landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Shinobi lands a body shot in the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Shinobi.
Shinobi misses with a knee strike.
Shinobi lands a left hand.
McGee tries to break free but Shinobi pushes him back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Shinobi.
McGee is trying to force a seperation but Shinobi has the dominant position.
McGee is trying to break the clinch but Shinobi is controlling him.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Shinobi.
Shinobi lands a knee to the body.
McGee takes a shot to the head.
Shinobi looking to throw knees to the head but McGee is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shinobi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Shinobi is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
McGee is looking to break free of the clinch but Shinobi has double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on McGee's face as he tries to break the clinch.
McGee has had enough of the clinch but Shinobi keeps him there for the moment.
Shinobi lands an uppercut.
Shinobi dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
McGee blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McGee wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
McGee dodges an elbow strike from Shinobi.
Shinobi throws a punch but it's blocked by McGee.
McGee is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Shinobi is keeping busy.
McGee working hard to break the clinch.
Shinobi keeps the fight in the clinch, despite McGee's efforts to push away.
Shinobi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Shinobi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Shinobi lands with a light punch inside.

McGee breaks the clinch.
Shinobi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Shinobi swinging wilding here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGee misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Shinobi counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
McGee throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Shinobi scores with a kick to the midsection.
Shinobi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Shinobi lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Shinobi throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by McGee.
Shinobi moves out of range as McGee strikes.
Shinobi moves in looking to clinch but McGee pushes him off.
Shinobi works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
McGee looks to land a right hand but Shinobi moved out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Shinobi moves into the clinch.
Shinobi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Shinobi throws a blind hook that connects with the side of McGees head.
Shinobi misses with some punches.
Shinobi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Shinobi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Max Shinobi dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

A head kick by McGee misses
and Shinobi counters with a flying knee. Nice.
McGee throws out a loose jab but Shinobi uses good head movement to avoid it.
McGee throws a series of punches but Shinobi moves out of range.
Shinobi misses with a body shot.
Shinobi buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Shinobi.
Shinobi connects with a solid leg kick.

Shinobi closes the distance and clinches.
Shinobi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. McGee is defending well for now.
Nice body punch from Shinobi.
Shinobi throws a blind hook that connects with the side of McGees head.
Shinobi lands a hook that snaps the head of McGee backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Shinobi.
A shot in the inside from Shinobi.
Stalling in the clinch from Shinobi.
Shinobi looking to throw knees to the head but McGee is blocking nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Shinobi lands a body punch in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shinobi lands on the inside with an uppercut.
McGee takes a shot to the head.
Max Shinobi has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Shinobi crunches a lovely knee into McGee's ribcage.
Shinobi has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Shinobi.
Shinobi pushes McGee back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Shinobi displaying some good clinch control by pressing McGee up against the cage.
Shinobi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
McGee wants to break the clinch but can't.
McGee has had enough of the clinch but Shinobi keeps him there for the moment.
McGee takes a shot to the head.
Shinobi keeps the fight in the clinch, despite McGee's efforts to push away.
McGee wants to break free but Shinobi has control.
Shinobi lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down McGee.
Come on Shinobi - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Shinobi lands with a light punch inside.
McGee's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right from Shinobi on the inside.
Shinobi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Shinobi.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Shinobi.
McGee is trying to force a seperation but Shinobi has the dominant position.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Shinobi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Shinobi scores with a shoulder strike.
McGee has had enough of the clinch but Shinobi keeps him there for the moment.
Shinobi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McGee can do to turn this around?
Shinobi lands a body shot.
Shinobi lands a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shinobi throws a knee to the head but misses.
A left hand lands to the body for McGee.
Still in the clinch, Shinobi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Shinobi blocks the elbow strike.
Shinobi lands a knee to the body.
McGee is trying to break the clinch but Shinobi is controlling him.
McGee lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
McGee tries to break the clinch but Shinobi is controlling the position.
Shinobi scores with a shot to the side of McGee's head.
McGee lands with a short shot to the head.
Shinobi prevents McGee from breaking the clinch.
McGee takes a shot to the head.
Shinobi lands a hook to the side of the head.
Shinobi lands a body punch.
Shinobi manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Good body shot from Shinobi.
Shinobi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of McGee backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Shinobi fails to land.
Shinobi throws a head punch that misses.
Shinobi throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Shinobi lands a body punch.
Shinobi is leaning against McGee and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
McGee wants to break free but Shinobi has control.
Shinobi lands a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shinobi scores with a shoulder strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Shinobi.
McGee has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Shinobi seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
McGee tries to break the clinch but Shinobi is controlling the position.
Shinobi scores a nice knee to the body.
McGee blocks the elbow strike.
Shinobi missing with knees to the body.
McGee has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
McGee tries to break free but Shinobi pushes him back against the cage.
Shinobi throws a punch but it's blocked by McGee.
McGee is trying to break the clinch but Shinobi has him pressed against the cage.
McGee tries to circle away but Shinobi has him pinned against the cage.
McGee is looking to break free of the clinch but Shinobi has double underhooks.
Shinobi trying to control the position but instead, McGee has worked for underhooks and has pushed Shinobi into the cage.
Shinobi has McGee pushed against the cage.
A short left from Shinobi.
Shinobi struggles to land a body shot inside as McGee controls his hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Shinobi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
McGee wants to break free but Shinobi has control.
Shinobi lands an uppercut.
Shinobi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Shinobi scores with a knee to the head.
Shinobi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Shinobi keeps control of McGee as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
McGee wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Shinobi works on McGee's body with a couple of short punches.

McGee escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A big right from McGee misses.
McGee lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
McGee throws a looping overhand right but Shinobi ducks down to avoid it.
Some wild striking there from McGee.
Shinobi lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shinobi lands a jab.
Shinobi takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Max Shinobi dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

McGee tries to move into range but Shinobi moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
McGee misses with a combination
and Shinobi counters with a good low kick that McGee was not able to check.
Nice body kick there by Shinobi.
Shinobi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Shinobi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Shinobi clinches up with McGee and pushes him back against the cage.
McGee is trying to break the clinch but Shinobi is controlling him.
Shinobi digs a right hand underneath McGee's ribcage. McGee let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Shinobi throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A hook to the body from Shinobi.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shinobi scores with a shot to the side of McGee's head.
Shinobi lands a body shot.
A short uppercut from Shinobi.
Shinobi pushes McGee back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Shinobi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
McGee's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Shinobi pushes off an throws an elbow but McGee leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
McGee tries to break the clinch but Shinobi is controlling the position.
Shinobi lands with a short shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGee can't break the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Shinobi.
Shinobi throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
McGee wants to break free but Shinobi has control.
A knee to the head by Shinobi.
Shinobi scores with a nice hook to the head.
Shinobi working McGee over with knees to the body.
Shinobi lands a hook that snaps the head of McGee backwards.
Shinobi lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down McGee.
Shinobi lands an uppercut.
Shinobi lands with a right to the head.
McGee has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Shinobi cracks McGee with a nice body shot.
Shinobi tries a knee to the head but McGee blocks it.

McGee pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Some wild striking there from McGee.
Shinobi throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
McGee misses with a looping right.
Shinobi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Max Shinobi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Shinobi moves in looking to clinch but McGee pushes him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shinobi tries to clinch up but McGee circles away and keeps his distance.
McGee might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
An inside leg kick lands from Shinobi.
McGee throws a big shot that misses.
Shinobi tries to close the distance and clinch but McGee swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A low kick from McGee misses
and Shinobi counters with a nice body kick.
Shinobi closes the distance and lands a one-two.
McGee avoids the head kick by Shinobi.

Shinobi fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with McGee, pushing him back against the cage.
Shinobi scores with a shoulder strike.
Shinobi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shinobi works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shinobi is looking to control McGee's arms but McGee gets an underhook and turns him. Now Shinobi has his back to the cage.
McGee is trying to break the clinch but Shinobi has him pressed against the cage.
Shinobi is working McGee over against the cage.
McGee blocks an uppercut.
Shinobi scores with a hook to the body.
Shinobi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Shinobi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shinobi lands a left hand that snaps the head of McGee backwards.
McGee gets through Shinobi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Shinobi stalls.
Shinobi lands a body punch.
Shinobi tries to land knees in the clinch but McGee avoids the damage to the body.
McGee wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
McGee is trying to force a seperation but Shinobi has the dominant position.

McGee manages to break the clinch.
Shinobi looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Shinobi cracks a nice hook into McGee's ribs.
Shinobi lands a head kick. McGee smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
McGee is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Shinobi.
McGee circles away from the clinch attempt.
McGee ducks right into an uppercut from Shinobi.
Shinobi dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on McGee. That did some damage!
Max Shinobi is winning the standup battle so far.

Shinobi takes the fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shinobi prevents McGee from breaking the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Shinobi.
McGee looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
McGee tries to circle away but Shinobi has him pinned against the cage.
McGee tries to break free but Shinobi pushes him back against the cage.
Shinobi creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through McGee's defenses.
McGee working hard to break the clinch.
McGee is trying to break the clinch but Shinobi has him pressed against the cage.
McGee is trying to break free.
McGee wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Shinobi lands with a right to the head.
Max Shinobi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Shinobi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
McGee's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
McGee misses with the head strike.
McGee lands with a right to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Shinobi.
Shinobi is leaning against McGee and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Shinobi lands with a left to the head.
Gangles McGee has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Shinobi pushes McGee back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shinobi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Shinobi lands a left hand that snaps the head of McGee backwards.
Shinobi lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Shinobi lands a left hand that snaps the head of McGee backwards.
Shinobi lands an uppercut.
McGee tries to throw a body punch but Shinobi avoids it by throwing McGee back against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Shinobi.

And that's the end of the fight!
Max Shinobi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Shinobi 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:25
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:25
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Max Shinobi!