PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Shakin Bacon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ace McCoy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ace McCoy will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Bacon
vs
McCoy

179 cm
19
145 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

190 cm
18
150 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Shakin Bacon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ace McCoy!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Ian Loll and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bacon throws a wild body kick that McCoy sees coming a mile off.
McCoy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bacon paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bacon rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but McCoy moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
McCoy fails with an attempt to clinch.

Bacon shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
McCoy has a closed guard, preventing Bacon from standing up.
Bacon lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bacon's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
McCoy lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Bacon!
Bacon tries to reverse the position but McCoy maintains control.
McCoy thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
McCoy trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bacon tries to hold on but McCoy pushes him away.
McCoy with good strikes from the mount here!
Bacon on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Bacon tries to get out of the position.
Bacon is squirming around, avoiding McCoy's attempts to control the action.
Bacon tries to hold on but McCoy pushes him away.
Bacon is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
McCoy trying to control but Bacon is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
McCoy looking to ground and pound but Bacon is blocking nicely.
Bacon is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Bacon might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
McCoy scores with a couple of good head shots there.
McCoy looking to ground and pound but Bacon is blocking nicely.
Bacon really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
McCoy in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
McCoy is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
McCoy tries to control but Bacon wriggling away.
McCoy lands a nice shot to the head.
Bacon taking shots to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCoy looking to control but Bacon is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
McCoy misses with some ground and pound and Bacon recovers position to half guard.

McCoy is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Bacon doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time McCoy.
Bacon keeping hold of McCoy's head, controlling as best he can.
McCoy thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bacon's head.
Bacon knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for McCoy on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
McCoy missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
McCoy lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
McCoy seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Bacon does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
McCoy thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Bacon shoots in and drives through. McCoy sprawls well.
Bacon is breathing heavily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
McCoy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bacon shoots in looking for a takedown. McCoy tries to sprawl out of it but Bacon keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. McCoy manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Bacon tries to clinch there but McCoy circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ace McCoy 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.

McCoy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bacon paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Bacon has taken the fight to the clinch.
McCoy looking to slow down the pace here.
McCoy lands an elbow just above Bacon 's eye.

It looks like Shakin Bacon has been cut.
McCoy misses with an elbow strike.
McCoy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bacon's face.
McCoy fails to pull guard.
Bacon wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
McCoy tries to land a knee to the head but Bacon blocks with his arms.
Bacon looking to slow down the pace here.
McCoy just leaning against Bacon, taking a breather.
McCoy is trying to stall.
McCoy looks to throw an elbow but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCoy is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
McCoy tries to land knees in the clinch but Bacon avoids the damage to the body.
Bacon takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bacon is looking to break free of the clinch but McCoy has double underhooks.
Bacon avoiding damage as McCoy throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, McCoy throws an elbow but misses.

McCoy jumps guard and drags Bacon to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

McCoy had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Bacon is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. McCoy Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Bacon's back instead.
McCoy is breathing heavily.
You can see the frustration on Bacon's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
McCoy not allowing Bacon to control his hands.
You can see the frustration on Bacon's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
McCoy lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Bacon hold on?!
McCoy struggling to keep hold of the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

McCoy looking for the choke from the back.
Bacon prevents McCoy from getting a body triangle.
Bacon trying to control the action but McCoy just sinks the hooks in.
McCoy lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Bacon.
McCoy has Bacon flattened out and is raining down punches.
McCoy has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bacon trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
McCoy trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bacon covering up well under a series of strikes from McCoy.
McCoy trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Even with his hooks in, McCoy manages to miss with strikes from the back.

Bacon preventing the rear naked choke attempt from McCoy.
Bacon covering up well under a series of strikes from McCoy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
McCoy throwing sloppy strikes.
McCoy doesn't have the hooks in and Bacon manages to turn into his guard.
Bacon postures up.
Bacon has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
A head kick misses from Bacon.
Bacon shoots in for a double leg but McCoy sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bacon stuffs the takedown attempt from McCoy. McCoy gets slowly back to his feet.
Bacon misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bacon clobbers McCoy with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ace McCoy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Shakin Bacon's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Bacon tries to close the distance and clinch but McCoy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bacon fails with a takedown attempt.
Bacon moves in looking to clinch but McCoy pushes him off.

Bacon pushes McCoy up against the cage in a clinch.
Nice elbow from McCoy.
McCoy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bacon blocks it with crossed arms.
Bacon is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bacon is trying to stall.
Bacon has had enough of the clinch but McCoy keeps him there for the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCoy tries to land a knee to the head but Bacon blocks with his arms.
McCoy tries to stall but Bacon uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
McCoy wants to get back to striking at distance but Bacon won't allow it.
McCoy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bacon lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
McCoy wants a takedown.
Bacon wants to break free but McCoy has control.
McCoy misses with a knee strike.
Bacon can't break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCoy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
McCoy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bacon is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but McCoy is keeping busy.
McCoy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bacon blocks it with crossed arms.
Bacon wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bacon wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but McCoy has him pressed against the cage.
McCoy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bacon wants to break the clinch but can't.
McCoy blocks an uppercut.
Bacon tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
McCoy misses with a knee strike.

Bacon breaks the clinch.
Bacon fails with an attempt to clinch.
McCoy avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
McCoy avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Bacon displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

It looks like Ace McCoy has been cut.
Bacon is looking to clinch.
Bacon changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. McCoy tries to avoid it but Bacon manages to keep hold of a leg and drag McCoy to the ground. McCoy escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shakin Bacon. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCoy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bacon swats him away and circles back towards the center.
McCoy tries to clinch but Bacon moves out of range.
Bacon tries to close the distance and clinch up but McCoy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bacon shoots in for a double leg but McCoy sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
McCoy doesn't manage to clinch there - Bacon circles away.
Bacon throws a low kick, looking for McCoy's leg but McCoy calmly moves out of range.
McCoy tries to clinch but Bacon moves out of range.
McCoy shoots in and drives through. Bacon sprawls well.
Bacon looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
McCoy feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bacon's calf.
McCoy blocks a head kick by Bacon.
Bacon fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bacon tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
McCoy tries to clinch there but Bacon circles away.
Bacon tries to close the distance and clinch up but McCoy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
McCoy is looking to clinch.
Bacon is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
McCoy fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
McCoy moves in looking to clinch but Bacon pushes him off.
McCoy doesn't manage to clinch there - Bacon circles away.
Bacon clinches but McCoy breaks the clinch

and McCoy counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by McCoy.
McCoy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Shakin Bacon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Bacon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bacon missing with knees to the body.

McCoy manages to break the clinch.
Bacon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Bacon clinches up against the cage.
McCoy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bacon misses with a hook to the ribs.
McCoy lands a damaging elbow.
Bacon wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nice elbow from McCoy.
Bacon throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but McCoy blocks it with crossed arms.
McCoy wants to break the clinch but can't.
McCoy crunches a lovely knee into Bacon's ribcage.
McCoy using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bacon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

McCoy breaks from the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bacon misses with a wild body shot.
McCoy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bacon swings for the body but McCoy moves out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Shakin Bacon.
I think McCoy has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Peck scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ace McCoy!