PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rob McCaig (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Larry Fitzgerald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Larry Fitzgerald has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Rob McCaig's chin.

McCaig
vs
Fitzgerald

190 cm
22
210 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
21
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Good in bed

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Rob McCaig!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Larry Fitzgerald!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Colin Fotheringham and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCaig has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
McCaig misses with a body shot.
McCaig jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fitzgerald bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fitzgerald misses with a series of wild punches.
McCaig ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fitzgerald moves away.
McCaig looks for the body kick but Fitzgerald saw that one coming.
Fitzgerald throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
McCaig tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Fitzgerald paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Fitzgerald tries to bum rush McCaig with a series of wild strikes but McCaig uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Fitzgerald ducks under a wild hook from McCaig.
McCaig throws a combination that misses
and McCaig takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fitzgerald throws a left and a right that both miss
and McCaig counters with a flying knee. Nice.
A combination from Fitzgerald does no damage.

McCaig looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Fitzgerald!
McCaig misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
McCaig looking to finish with strikes here!
McCaig looking to finish with strikes here!
McCaig looking to ground and pound but Fitzgerald is blocking nicely.
McCaig avoids the attempt from Fitzgerald to control.
McCaig lands a big elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCaig fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Fitzgerald wants to control but McCaig is having none of it.
McCaig landing punches.
McCaig looking to ground and pound but Fitzgerald is blocking nicely.
McCaig throws some wild stikes that Fitzgerald manages to avoid easily.
Fitzgerald regains half guard.
McCaig thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Fitzgerald's head.
McCaig throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Fitzgerald blocking the ground and pound attempt from McCaig.
Fitzgerald is trying to stand.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
McCaig lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Fitzgerald blocking the ground and pound attempt from McCaig.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCaig drops an elbow to the side of Fitzgerald's head.
McCaig 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.
McCaig missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Fitzgerald keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
McCaig misses with a head shot. Fitzgerald uses the momentum to regain guard.
Fitzgerald keeping moving, preventing McCaig from controlling successfully.
Fitzgerald looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
McCaig shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Fitzgerald sprawls well. Fitzgerald wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. McCaig gets slowly back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Fitzgerald ducks under a wild hook from McCaig.
McCaig dodges the punch combination from Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald throws a combination that misses
and McCaig counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A big left from McCaig misses.
Fitzgerald swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and McCaig counters with a nice uppercut.
McCaig takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McCaig falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Fitzgerald to counter with a crisp jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Fitzgerald throws a right and a left that McCaig avoids nicely.
McCaig displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fitzgerald throws out the jab.
McCaig misses with a series of wild punches.
McCaig comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Fitzgerald uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McCaig.
McCaig looks to throw the jab but Fitzgerald is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fitzgerald throws a left and a right that both miss
and McCaig counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
McCaig wants to clinch up but Fitzgerald keeps it at a distance.
McCaig misses with a straight right.
McCaig shoots in but no luck this time.
Larry Fitzgerald is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCaig tries to clinch but Fitzgerald is having none of it.
McCaig looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
McCaig doesn't manage to clinch there - Fitzgerald circles away.
A big left from Fitzgerald misses.
Fitzgerald avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
McCaig throws a big shot that misses.
McCaig dodges the punch combination from Fitzgerald.

McCaig drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCaig throws an elbow but Fitzgerald slips to the side and avoids it well.
An elbow from McCaig crashes against the mat.
Fitzgerald is trying to control McCaig's posture but McCaig avoids it.
McCaig trying to control the action but Fitzgerald is working from the bottom.
Fitzgerald struggling a bit here.

Fitzgerald bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Fitzgerald throws a combination that misses
letting McCaig counter with a right hand.
Fitzgerald jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fitzgerald uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McCaig.
Fitzgerald ducks under a wild hook from McCaig.
Fitzgerald throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

McCaig gets a clinch.
McCaig wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rob McCaig. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fitzgerald has had enough of the clinch but McCaig keeps him there for the moment.
Fitzgerald working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Fitzgerald breaks from the clinch.
A combination from McCaig does no damage.
McCaig shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Fitzgerald as he jumps to the side.
Fitzgerald misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Fitzgerald swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and McCaig counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
McCaig doesn't manage to clinch there - Fitzgerald circles away.

McCaig gets a takedown into half guard.
Fitzgerald avoiding damage under a succession of punches from McCaig.
McCaig missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
McCaig lands with a punch from half guard.
McCaig thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

McCaig is looking for a kimura but Fitzgerald is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for McCaig to get the leverage.

McCaig is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
McCaig missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rob McCaig dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Fitzgerald looks to land a combination but McCaig avoids it well.
Fitzgerald throws a combination that misses
and McCaig counters with a three punch combo that has Fitzgerald backing up. Fitzgerald nods at McCaig to acknowledge the strikes.

McCaig closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Fitzgerald did well to prevent McCaig getting side control.
Fitzgerald moves into full guard.
McCaig throws a big right hand that misses.
Fitzgerald looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Fitzgerald working a defensive guard here.
Fitzgerald utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Fitzgerald controls McCaig momentarily but McCaig frees himself.

Fitzgerald throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fitzgerald wants to stand and escape but McCaig is having none of it.
Fitzgerald takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
McCaig misses with a looping left.
Larry Fitzgerald seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fitzgerald lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
McCaig misses with a straight right.
Nice uppercut there from McCaig.
Fitzgerald moves out of range of the body kick.
McCaig throws a lazy right hand but Fitzgerald sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A jab from Fitzgerald misses.
McCaig scores with a jab. Fitzgerald acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fitzgerald throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling McCaig to counter with a crisp jab.
McCaig avoids a punch combination nicely.
McCaig throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McCaig tries to clinch up but Fitzgerald circles away and keeps his distance.
Danga de danga de dang - Fitzgerald scores with a four punch combination!
Fitzgerald connects with the punch.
Fitzgerald swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Fitzgerald throws a combination that misses
and McCaig counters with an inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCaig uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fitzgerald.
McCaig defending well as Fitzgerald loads up on a big left hand.
Fitzgerald throws a combination but it was largely blocked by McCaig.
Fitzgerald misses with a jab, cross combination.
Fitzgerald throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and McCaig counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
McCaig trying to control but Fitzgerald is working from the bottom.
McCaig postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
McCaig throwing strikes from guard but Fitzgerald blocks nicely.
McCaig keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Fitzgerald's head.
McCaig sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Fitzgerald's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCaig looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Fitzgerald with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

McCaig is trying to work for a kimura but Fitzgerald is defending well.
Fitzgerald is trying to stand back up but McCaig is controlling him
McCaig throwing shots but Fitzgerald is blocking nicely.
McCaig wants to pass the guard but Fitzgerald is defending well.
Fitzgerald is looking to escape.
McCaig wants to lay and pray for a moment but Fitzgerald keeps working.
Fitzgerald trying to control but McCaig postures up.
McCaig not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rob McCaig showed his dominance in that final round.
I think McCaig has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 29:28
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Gold scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rob McCaig!