PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Danny McCarthy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Silver Surfer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

McCarthy
vs
Surfer

182 cm
19
190 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

170 cm
23
185 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Danny McCarthy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Silver Surfer!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCarthy fails with a takedown attempt.

Surfer closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. McCarthy did well to prevent Surfer getting side control.
Still in half guard, Surfer seems content to control.

Surfer is looking for a kimura but McCarthy is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Surfer to get the leverage.
McCarthy wants to get back to full guard.
McCarthy trying to hold on to Surfer's head to control him but Surfer postures up.

Surfer is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Surfer is looking to stall here but McCarthy recovers full guard.
Surfer postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCarthy keeping full guard, as Surfer tries to pass.

McCarthy is working an open guard so Surfer takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Surfer cracks McCarthy with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
McCarthy ducks right into an uppercut from Surfer.
Surfer is looking to clinch but McCarthy is avoiding it.
Surfer connects with a good right hand that stumbles McCarthy. McCarthy circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Surfer connects with a looping right hand.

Surfer shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Surfer was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Surfer postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. McCarthy looks a forlorn figure.
Surfer takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Surfer scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish McCarthy?
McCarthy is breathing heavily.
Surfer lands with some strikes.

Surfer has control of McCarthy's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and McCarthy regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Surfer lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Surfer scoring with strikes but McCarthy is staying in there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Surfer is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. McCarthy can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Surfer landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Surfer jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but McCarthy manages to avoid the submission attempt.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Surfer controls the position from side control.
Surfer lands an elbow.
Surfer working the head and body with strikes.
Surfer is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down McCarthy's shoulder. That is not cool.
I looks like Surfer might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
McCarthy is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Surfer is chipping away with strikes.
Surfer is working McCarthy over with some ground and pound from side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Surfer is working McCarthy over with some ground and pound from side control.
Surfer taking a breather here.
Surfer lands some shots froms side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Surfer scores with punches from side control.
Surfer is looking to take a break and control but McCarthy is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Surfer tries for a kimura but McCarthy is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Silver Surfer dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Nice cross by Surfer.
Surfer lands with a shot to the body.
Surfer thuds his right hand into McCarthy's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Surfer drives through with a powerful takedown. That's hurt McCarthy!
Surfer landing some decent shots from guard.
Surfer passes McCarthy's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Surfer looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Surfer takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
McCarthy taking some punishment here, with Surfer in his half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCarthy trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Surfer manages to pass to mount!
Surfer in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Surfer looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Surfer postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. McCarthy looks a forlorn figure.
Surfer trying to control but McCarthy is having none of it.
Surfer breaks from McCarthy's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Surfer with a couple of short strikes.
Surfer lands with some vicious ground and pound - can McCarthy hang on?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Surfer lands with some strikes.
McCarthy taking shots to the head.

Surfer is going oldschool here, as he tries to force McCarthy to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so McCarthy shrugs it off.
Silver Surfer has got the better of the ground game so far.
Surfer lands a big elbow.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Surfer cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Surfer with shots to the head and body - McCarthy looks very uncomfortable down there.
Surfer is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. McCarthy can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Surfer lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Surfer lands a heavy elbow.
Surfer landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Surfer is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. McCarthy can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Surfer lands a big shot there that rocks McCarthy but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
McCarthy in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Surfer landing strikes from the mount and McCarthy is in trouble!
Surfer working McCarthy over with strikes here.
Surfer postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. McCarthy looks a forlorn figure.
The referee warns McCarthy that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

McCarthy is rocked!
BOOM! Surfer connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Oh McCarthy is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Surfer postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. McCarthy looks a forlorn figure.
BOOM! Surfer connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCarthy is looking to improve his position but Surfer isn't that keen on the idea.
McCarthy seems to have got his legs back now.
Surfer with good strikes from the mount here!
Surfer pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The referee warns McCarthy that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Surfer has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Surfer lands with some strikes.
Surfer controlling the position easily from mount.
McCarthy in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Surfer can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as McCarthy is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Silver Surfer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Surfer misses with the combination.
McCarthy moves out of range of the strikes.

Surfer scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Surfer tries to advance to mount but McCarthy denies him.
McCarthy is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
McCarthy taking punishment in the form of punches.
Surfer in side control lands a decent elbow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Surfer working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Surfer working the head with strikes.
McCarthy takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Surfer scoring with punches and elbows.
Surfer working the body and head with strikes.
Surfer in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Surfer works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
McCarthy takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Surfer trying to control the position but McCarthy is working away.

Surfer has worked his way into a potential kimura here. McCarthy is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Surfer yanks on the arm and McCarthy is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Surfer.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:02 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Silver Surfer!