PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between JaMarcus Royale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ewan McGuire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McGuire has chosen DMX "Party Up" as his entrance music. JaMarcus Royale has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Royale
vs
McGuire

205 cm
25
286 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

205 cm
25
300 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Prefers standup

[IFC] Hilton Supplements *NYC*

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, JaMarcus Royale!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ewan McGuire!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Joseph Jones and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Royale tries for a takedown but McGuire sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
McGuire tries to close the distance and clinch but Royale swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - McGuire looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
McGuire fails in his attempt to clinch.
McGuire fails with an attempt to clinch.
McGuire avoids a punch combination nicely.
Royale circles away from the clinch attempt.
Royale slips a jab from McGuire.
McGuire tries to clinch but Royale moves out of range.
Royale takes one to the side of the head.
Royale is looking to land body kicks.
Royale throws a right and a left that McGuire avoids nicely.
Ewan McGuire seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McGuire tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Royale avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Left hook, right uppercut from Royale.
McGuire tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Royale paws at him with a jab and circles away.
McGuire tries to close the distance and clinch up but Royale swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Royale clinches with his opponent.
Royale lands with a short head shot on the inside.
McGuire is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Royale is defending well for now.

Royale escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Royale misses with a few strikes there.
Royale closes this distance looking for a takedown but McGuire circles away.
McGuire closes the distance looking to clinch
and Royale counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGuire avoids a punch combination nicely.
Royale fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt McGuire.
Royale misses with a body kick.
No luck for Royale with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for JaMarcus Royale. That's going to take a lot out of him.
McGuire throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Some wild striking there from Royale.
Royale closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Danga de danga de dang - Royale scores with a four punch combination!

McGuire pushes Royale up against the cage in a clinch.
Royale throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Royale.
McGuire looks gassed!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Royale lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Royale lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of McGuire backwards.
Nice body punch from Royale - that landed with a thud.

Royale escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Royale moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
McGuire avoids a punch combination nicely.
Royale misses with the combination.
Royale shoots in for a double leg but McGuire sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGuire looks to clinch
and Royale counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Royale misses with the combination.
Royale punishes McGuire's body with a nice straight punch.
Royale lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
No joy there for Royale, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Royale misses with a few strikes there.
Royale misses with a series of wild punches.
Royale throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Royale closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Royale circles away from the clinch attempt
and Royale counters with a series of strikes. McGuire will be more careful next time no doubt.
McGuire takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Royale throws a front kick that sends McGuire stumbling back into the cage.
Royale delivers a nice body kick.
Royale is working the combinations to good effect here.
Royale lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but McGuire circles away quickly and effectively.
McGuire stuffs the takedown attempt from Royale. Royale gets slowly back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Royale misses with a jab, cross combination.
Royale throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Royale circles away from the clinch attempt
and Royale counters with a nice body kick.
McGuire dodges the punch combination from Royale.
Royale closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Royale delivers a nice body kick.
McGuire has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Royale throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.

Royale has closed the distance and engaged McGuire in a clinch.
Royale pushes McGuire back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right from Royale on the inside.

Royale breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Royale lands a front kick.
Royale misses with a jab, cross combination.
Royale lands with a kick to the ribs.
Royale misses with a double jab.
Royale throws a series of punches but McGuire avoids them all with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Royale or perhaps it was just good defense by McGuire which made him look bad.
McGuire has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Royale.
McGuire tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Royale counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
McGuire tries to clinch up

and Royale moves into the clinch.
Good body shot from Royale.
McGuire is trying to maintain a safe position but Royale gets an underhook and turns McGuire into the cage.
Royale lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down McGuire.
Royale works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

Royale pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Royale misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Royale lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as McGuire backs up against the cage.
Ewan McGuire is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Royale goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Royale throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Royale lands a two punch combo.
Royale lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but McGuire circles away quickly and effectively.
Royale tries to score a power double leg takedown but McGuire sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Royale somewhat.
McGuire tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Royale counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

JaMarcus Royale dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

McGuire darts in trying to clinch
and Royale counters with a nice leg kick.
Royale is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McGuire can do to turn this around?
Royale lands a high kick!
McGuire tries to clinch
and Royale counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Royale misses with a few strikes there.
McGuire wants to clinch
and Royale makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. McGuire really felt that one!
Royale throws a combination but it was largely blocked by McGuire.
McGuire wants to clinch but Royale slips to the side

and Royale moves into the clinch.
McGuire is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Royale is keeping busy.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Royale creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Royale cracks McGuire with a nice body shot.
Royale lands on the inside with an uppercut.
JaMarcus Royale has scored more points in the clinch so far.
McGuire is breathing heavily.
Royale gets through McGuire's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Royale makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Royale as McGuire tries to tie him up.
Royale lands a hook to the side of the head.
Royale pushes McGuire back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Royale lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

McGuire is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGuire takes a shot to the head.
McGuire is still on wobbly legs! Can Royale finish him?
Royale scores with a shoulder strike.
Royale unloads with a big right hand that wobbles McGuire! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Royale is unloading with more strikes now! McGuire drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). JaMarcus Royale!