PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between James McIntyre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Happy Pete (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

McIntyre
vs
Pete

181 cm
21
183 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

190 cm
21
190 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Dangerous GnP
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, James McIntyre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Happy Pete!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Yves DeLean and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McIntyre throws a hook but Pete avoids it easily.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Pete.

Pete drives through with a takedown into guard.
Pete throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Pete throws a big right hand that misses.
Pete throwing strikes but missing.
Pete sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed McIntyre's guard.
McIntyre is trying to stand back up but Pete is controlling him
Pete thows a huge punch but McIntyre dodges it nicely.
McIntyre wants to get back to full guard.
Pete scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
McIntyre missing with punches from the bottom.
Pete stops McIntyre from getting back to his feet.
Pete winds up and cracks McIntyre with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Pete throwing shots but McIntyre is blocking nicely.
Pete is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Pete not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pete looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks McIntyre with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
McIntyre is looking for a sweep. Pete is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
McIntyre taking some punishment here, with Pete in his half guard.
McIntyre moves into full guard.
McIntyre utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Pete stops McIntyre from standing up.
Pete works a leg free and moves into half guard.
McIntyre is breathing heavily.
McIntyre is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Pete's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Pete's back!
McIntyre keeps control of the position as Pete tries to break free.
Pete is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Pete breaks McIntyre's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Pete is working McIntyre over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Pete works over McIntyre with some ground and pound from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pete trying to control but McIntyre is working from the bottom.
Pete postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Pete makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
McIntyre looking for a sweep. Not yet McIntyre, not yet.
Pete stops McIntyre from standing up.
Pete with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Pete is in close to McIntyre's body, working some short punches and elbows.
McIntyre wants to sweep here but Pete controlling him for the moment.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Pete looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Pete won't allow McIntyre to get back to his feet.
Pete is working McIntyre over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McIntyre wants to stand and escape but Pete is having none of it.
Pete is in close to McIntyre's body, working some short punches and elbows.
McIntyre utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Pete connects with a couple of short punches.
Pete connects with a couple of short punches.
McIntyre bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Pete's guard.

Pete looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
McIntyre preventing the sweep.
Pete thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
McIntyre missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Pete is on top in guard.
McIntyre wants to sweep here but Pete controlling him for the moment.
Pete makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McIntyre is trying to keep Pete in close.
Pete won't allow McIntyre to sweep him here.
Pete working some strikes from top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pete working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of McIntyre's head.
Pete working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
McIntyre wants to stand and escape but Pete is having none of it.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Pete shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as McIntyre sprawls well. McIntyre wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Pete gets slowly back to his feet.
McIntyre misses with a double jab.
McIntyre displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Pete.
James McIntyre has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Happy Pete.
McIntyre leaves Pete with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Happy Pete dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

McIntyre is looking to clinch.
James McIntyre is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
McIntyre throws a right hand that Pete ducks under and follows up with a left that Pete also avoids with ease.
McIntyre fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Pete fails with a takedown attempt.
McIntyre jabs Pete right on the nose. Pete blinks but takes it well.
McIntyre tries to land a front kick but Pete steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McIntyre lands with a kick to the temple. Pete shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

Pete looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for McIntyre!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pete unloading with bombs!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pete landing strikes from the mount.
Pete has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
McIntyre in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Pete lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

McIntyre bucks Pete off and manages to get back to his feet!

Pete scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
McIntyre has hold of Pete's hands but Pete slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
McIntyre is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Pete scores with a couple of nice shots.
Pete is looking to take a break and control but McIntyre is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Pete lands strikes from half guard.
McIntyre tries to get to full guard but Pete has control of the leg.
McIntyre taking some punishment here, with Pete in his half guard.
McIntyre is looking to improve his position.
Pete lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
McIntyre throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pete.
McIntyre swinging wilding here.

Pete looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for McIntyre!
McIntyre swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Happy Pete has got the better of the ground game so far.
Pete in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Pete working McIntyre over with strikes here.
Pete scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Pete takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Pete landing strikes from the mount and McIntyre is in trouble!
Pete in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McIntyre is in all sorts of trouble here.
Pete is in the full mount, landing strikes.
McIntyre gets back to half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Pete lands a nice short elbow.
McIntyre pushes Pete off looking to stand but Pete dives back in and keeps control.
Pete lands with a punch from half guard.
McIntyre is trying to stand.
Pete prevents McIntyre from improving his position.
McIntyre pushes Pete off looking to stand but Pete dives back in and keeps control.
Pete takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
McIntyre is trying to stand back up but Pete is controlling him

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
McIntyre gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Pete counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McIntyre tries to kick Pete off but Pete keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
McIntyre has hold of Pete's hands but Pete slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Pete scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
McIntyre is looking to escape.
Pete slips a nice elbow through McIntyre's hands, connecting with McIntyre's forehead.
Pete drops an elbow to the side of McIntyre's head.
Pete working the head and body with strikes.
McIntyre regains full guard. Nicely done.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Pete's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
McIntyre is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Pete is controlling him.
McIntyre looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McIntyre is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Happy Pete showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Pete looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for McIntyre!
Pete lands a nice shot to the head.
Pete lands with some vicious ground and pound - can McIntyre hang on?
Pete avoids the attempt from McIntyre to control.
McIntyre is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Pete wants to control the pace but McIntyre is squirming around nicely.
Pete scoring with strikes but McIntyre is staying in there.
Pete connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
McIntyre squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
McIntyre is looking to improve his position but Pete isn't that keen on the idea.
McIntyre takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pete scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish McIntyre?
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pete with good strikes from the mount here!
The referee warns McIntyre that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
McIntyre is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Pete with the ground and pound from mount.
McIntyre is looking to improve his position but Pete isn't that keen on the idea.
BOOM! Pete connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Pete lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Pete avoids the attempt from McIntyre to control.
McIntyre taking shots to the head.

Pete with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
McIntyre manages to regain half guard. Good work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Pete trying to control the action but McIntyre is working from the bottom.
Pete working McIntyre over with strikes.
Pete working McIntyre over with strikes.
McIntyre is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
McIntyre is trying to stand up here but Pete is controlling him well.
Pete wants to lay and pray for a moment but McIntyre keeps working.
Pete landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Pete scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Pete doesn't succeed with the takedown

and McIntyre counters by moving into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McIntyre has had enough of the clinch but Pete keeps him there for the moment.
Pete wants a takedown.
McIntyre has had enough of the clinch but Pete keeps him there for the moment.

Pete has dropped down and is working for a takedown. McIntyre is trying to keep an underhook but Pete manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Pete looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks McIntyre with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Pete prevents McIntyre from improving his position.
Pete working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Pete is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Pete working the head and body with strikes.
McIntyre moves into full guard.
Pete scoring with some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pete working some strikes from top position.
Pete lands a couple of digs.
Pete lands a couple of digs.
Pete scoring with some ground and pound.
McIntyre avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Pete makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Pete won't allow McIntyre to get back to his feet.
Happy Pete is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Pete closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Pete trying to control the action but McIntyre is working from the bottom.
McIntyre is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Pete has just dragged him back down to the mat.

Pete looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
James McIntyre has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
McIntyre is trying to get back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Happy Pete comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Pete winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 William Peck scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Happy Pete!