PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Billy McGee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ukko Metso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Metso is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Metallica - Seek And Destroy. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

McGee
vs
Metso

193 cm
21
202 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

188 cm
24
201 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Billy McGee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ukko Metso!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksandr Martynov and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Metso will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Metso connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between McGee's hands.
Metso shoots in looking for a takedown. McGee tries to sprawl out of it but Metso keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. McGee manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
McGee takes a swing at Metso's ribcage but misses.
McGee connects with a looping right hand.
McGee dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Metso defending well as McGee loads up on a big left hand.
Metso is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McGee.
McGee misses with a double jab.
McGee fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
McGee misses with a body shot.
McGee uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Metso.
McGee throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Metso tests McGee's chin there with a solid looking shot.
McGee comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

McGee moves into the clinch successfully.
McGee lands a right hand that snaps the head of Metso backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGee displaying some good clinch control by pressing Metso up against the cage.
McGee stops a takedown attempt from Metso.
Billy McGee has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ukko Metso.
McGee scores with a nice hook to the head.
McGee is pushing Metso up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from McGee.
McGee digs a right hand underneath Metso's ribcage. Metso let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A right hand to the body from McGee.
A short left from McGee.
McGee gets through Metso's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
McGee lands a body shot.
Metso looks gassed!
Metso is looking for a takedown up against the cage. McGee gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
McGee scores with a hook to the body.
McGee stalling against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGee scores with an uppercut up the middle.
McGee content to slow the pace in the clinch.
McGee lands with a right to the head.
Metso jumps guard but McGee stands there with Metso around his waist. Metso gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A short right from McGee on the inside.
McGee scores with a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McGee throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Metsos head.
McGee works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
McGee lands a nice shot to the body.
McGee taking a breather.
A left hand lands to the body for McGee.
McGee lands a right hand that snaps the head of Metso backwards.
McGee pushes Metso back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGee scores with a nice hook to the head.
McGee softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
McGee lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Metso or not.
McGee dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
McGee gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
McGee lands a left hand.
McGee lands an uppercut.

Metso is rocked!
McGee lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Metso is still on wobbly legs! Can McGee finish him?
McGee softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from McGee.
McGee lands a big right hand that drops Metso! The killer instinct kicks in and McGee finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by McGee!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Billy McGee!