PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Court Mckenzie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Woodhouse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Josh Woodhouse will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Mckenzie
vs
Woodhouse

193 cm
20
190 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
26
185 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Court Mckenzie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Josh Woodhouse!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Summer Carpenter and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Woodhouse fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mckenzie misses with a double jab
and Woodhouse counters with a stiff right hand.
Woodhouse tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Mckenzie manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mckenzie moves out of range of the strikes.
Mckenzie looks to land a combination but Woodhouse avoids it well.
Woodhouse fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Woodhouse looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Decent striking displayed by Woodhouse there.
Woodhouse misses with a takedown attempt - Mckenzie sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Woodhouse tries to clinch up but Mckenzie circles away and keeps his distance.
Woodhouse tries to clinch but Mckenzie moves out of range.
Woodhouse fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Court Mckenzie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Josh Woodhouse.
A punch combination from Mckenzie misses.
Woodhouse misses with a jab, cross combination.

Mckenzie shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Mckenzie looks to land a strike but Woodhouse avoids it nicely and regains full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mckenzie working some strikes from top position.
Mckenzie with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Woodhouse utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Woodhouse working for a triangle but Mckenzie defends it easily.
Mckenzie content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Mckenzie working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Mckenzie is looking to work some ground and pound but Woodhouse has wrist control.
Mckenzie preventing the sweep.
Mckenzie working some strikes from top position.
Woodhouse preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Woodhouse working a defensive guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mckenzie missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Mckenzie's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Mckenzie tries to free his leg and advance position but Woodhouse is retaining full guard.

Mckenzie drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Woodhouse manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Mckenzie has Woodhouse in his guard.
Mckenzie pulls Woodhouse in close to prevent any damage.
Woodhouse tries to stand but Mckenzie is controlling from the bottom.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Mckenzie has Woodhouse pulled in close to control his posture.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Woodhouse wants to control from the top but Mckenzie keeps moving.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Woodhouse lands a body shot.
Mckenzie stuffs the takedown attempt from Woodhouse. Woodhouse gets slowly back to his feet.
Woodhouse keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Woodhouse misses with a double jab.

Mckenzie shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Mckenzie has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Woodhouse's face.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Woodhouse wants to hold on but Mckenzie pushes him away.
Mckenzie lands a heavy elbow.
Mckenzie looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mckenzie misses with a head shot.
Woodhouse in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Woodhouse gets back to half guard.
Mckenzie trying to pass the guard but Woodhouse defending well.
Mckenzie sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Woodhouse defending well though.
Mckenzie throws a strike but Woodhouse avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Woodhouse avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Mckenzie throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Mckenzie has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Mckenzie loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Woodhouse preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Mckenzie throws a big right hand that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mckenzie throws a big right hand that misses.
Mckenzie tries to free his leg and advance position but Woodhouse is retaining full guard.
Mckenzie scoring with punches to the head and body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Court Mckenzie 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.

Mckenzie drives through with a takedown into Woodhouse's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Mckenzie with a flurry of punches that miss.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mckenzie working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Woodhouse's head.
Mckenzie loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Mckenzie throws a strike but Woodhouse rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Mckenzie knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Woodhouse on the ground.
Mckenzie not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Woodhouse looking to sit in guard and control but Mckenzie gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Mckenzie throws a strike but Woodhouse rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Woodhouse drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Woodhouse jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Mckenzie pulls Woodhouse in close to his closed guard and prevents Woodhouse from doing any damage or advancing position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Woodhouse has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Mckenzie is proving hard to escape from.
Mckenzie has control of Woodhouse's left arm, preventing Woodhouse from doing any damage.
Mckenzie tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Woodhouse is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Court Mckenzie overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Woodhouse postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Mckenzie trying to strike off his back.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Woodhouse accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Woodhouse with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Mckenzie pulls Woodhouse in close to his closed guard and prevents Woodhouse from doing any damage or advancing position.

Mckenzie manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Woodhouse ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Court Mckenzie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Woodhouse tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mckenzie paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Woodhouse tries to clinch there but Mckenzie circles away.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Mckenzie.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mckenzie swats away the attempt to clinch by Woodhouse.
Woodhouse swinging wildly here.
A punch combination from Mckenzie misses.
Woodhouse closes this distance looking for a takedown but Mckenzie circles away.

Mckenzie dives in and scores a takedown into Woodhouse's guard.
Mckenzie missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mckenzie throws a strike but Woodhouse rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Mckenzie is controlling Woodhouse's posture.
Woodhouse wants to control from the top but Mckenzie keeps moving.
Mckenzie has a closed guard, preventing Woodhouse from standing up.
Mckenzie is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Mckenzie seems keen to control Woodhouse's posture.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Court Mckenzie.
A combination from Woodhouse does no damage.
Court Mckenzie is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mckenzie throws a right and a left that Woodhouse avoids nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Woodhouse does no damage.
Woodhouse jabs Mckenzie to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Woodhouse has a takedown stuffed.
Mckenzie rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Woodhouse moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Woodhouse tries to sprawl but Mckenzie drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Woodhouse is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Mckenzie's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Mckenzie's back!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Mckenzie defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Woodhouse controlling well, preventing Mckenzie from escaping the position.
Mckenzie trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Well, with Woodhouse on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Mckenzie is tapping out... Can he escape the position?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mckenzie has hold of Woodhouse's arm. He needs to escape this position sooner or later but for now he's happy enough to control the position and prevent the submission attempts.
Woodhouse controlling well, preventing Mckenzie from escaping the position.
Woodhouse avoiding Mckenzie 's attempts to control his hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Court Mckenzie dominated that second 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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Woodhouse lands with a cross.
Mckenzie shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Woodhouse but Woodhouse pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Woodhouse is looking to clinch.
Mckenzie will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Horrible takedown by Woodhouse or perhaps it was just good defense by Mckenzie which made him look bad.
Josh Woodhouse seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mckenzie defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Woodhouse.
Woodhouse avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mckenzie throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Woodhouse is looking to clinch but Mckenzie is avoiding it.
Woodhouse fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Court Mckenzie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Josh Woodhouse.
Mckenzie will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Woodhouse tries to clinch there but Mckenzie circles away.
Woodhouse scores with a body shot.

Mckenzie drives through with a takedown into Woodhouse's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mckenzie in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Mckenzie stands and throws Woodhouse's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Woodhouse is trying to control Mckenzie's posture but Mckenzie avoids it.
Mckenzie throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Mckenzie throwing strikes but Woodhouse manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!

Woodhouse is trying to get an arm triangle but Mckenzie is defending well.
Woodhouse in the domination position with Mckenzie hanging on.
You can see the frustration on Mckenzie's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Woodhouse is trying to get an arm triangle but Mckenzie is defending well.
Woodhouse moves into full mount!

Woodhouse has hold of Mckenzie's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Mckenzie manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mckenzie really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Woodhouse tries to control but Mckenzie wriggling away.
Mckenzie tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mckenzie prevents Woodhouse from taking his back.
Mckenzie can't escape the position.

Mckenzie defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Woodhouse.
Woodhouse avoids the attempt from Mckenzie to control.

Woodhouse working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Mckenzie looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Woodhouse! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Josh Woodhouse!