PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mick Foley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roland McGregor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mick Foley has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Foley
vs
McGregor

190 cm
23
211 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

192 cm
30
215 lbs
15 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mick Foley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Roland McGregor!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Bruno Hogan and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed right hand from Foley misses the target.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from McGregor.
Foley throws a shot to the body.
Foley thows a body shot but no joy.
Foley throws a right and a left that McGregor avoids nicely.
Foley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Foley misses with a hook.
Foley tries to bum rush McGregor with a series of wild strikes but McGregor uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
McGregor lands a slapping body shot.
Foley throws a chopping leg kick but McGregor manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
McGregor moves out of range as Foley strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from McGregor. Foley does a little dance to reset his feet.
McGregor closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
McGregor on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Foley lands a slapping body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGregor looks to score with a jab to the body but Foley is just out of range.
Foley just misses with a punch to the body.
Foley fails with an attempt to clinch.
Foley thows a left - swing and a miss!
Foley dips to his left and cracks McGregor with an uppercut!
Foley dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
McGregor looks gassed!
Foley swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and McGregor counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Foley drops McGregor with a nice combination! Foley dives into McGregor's guard, looking to finish!

McGregor is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
McGregor looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
McGregor is still in real trouble! Can Foley finish him?
Foley stays in close to McGregor's body and controls the position.
Foley landing with the ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Foley's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Foley landing with the ground and pound.
Foley controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Foley stopping the sweep attempt from McGregor.

McGregor is looking for a triangle but Foley pushes his legs off easily.
McGregor seems to have recovered his senses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGregor working a defensive guard but Foley passes into half guard.
Foley missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Foley keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Foley seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but McGregor does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
McGregor is trying to get back to full guard.
Foley knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for McGregor on the ground.
McGregor has hold of Foley's hands but Foley slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
McGregor wants to improve his position but Foley is controlling well.
Foley not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Foley slips a nice elbow through McGregor's hands, connecting with McGregor's forehead.
Foley thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed McGregor's head.
McGregor keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Foley trying to control the action but McGregor is working from the bottom.
Foley sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. McGregor defending well though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foley trying to control from half guard but McGregor is working away.
McGregor blocking the ground and pound attempt from Foley.
Foley throwing shots but McGregor is blocking nicely.
Foley controlling the action here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Foley is trying to control the action in half guard but McGregor is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Foley drops an elbow to the side of McGregor's head.
Still in half guard, Foley seems content to control.
Foley not landing any meaningful shots this time.
McGregor works his way to full guard. Good work.
Foley is in close to McGregor's body, working some short punches and elbows.

McGregor is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

McGregor looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Foley has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Foley postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
McGregor looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McGregor working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Foley.
Foley pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. McGregor is keeping the position for now.
McGregor avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
McGregor controls Foley momentarily but Foley frees himself.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Foley lands a couple of digs.
McGregor looking to control.
McGregor has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Foley has passed into side control.
McGregor regains half guard, as Foley was trying to land strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McGregor keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mick Foley 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.

Foley lands a left and a right that sends McGregor crashing to the canvas! Foley dives into mount looking to finish!
McGregor can't escape the position.
Foley is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McGregor can do to turn this around?
The referee warns McGregor that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Foley pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Foley looking to finish McGregor with some ground and pound. This is bad for McGregor!
Foley loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have McGregor scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Foley land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Foley stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mick Foley!
After the big win, Mick Foley made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Milwaukee's Best 159's - $45 and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.