PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rod Brave (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy McCall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brave comes to the cage accompanied by Eco, Eco (somos de taleco). McCall has chosen Biffy Clyro - Living Is A Problem Because Everything Dies as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Tommy McCall enters the cage!

Brave
vs
McCall

170 cm
27
148 lbs
17 - 19 - 0

161 cm
29
154 lbs
19 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Brute

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rod Brave!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tommy McCall!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Tarja Halkonen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCall chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Brave tries to land a leg kick but McCall saw it coming and moves away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Brave misses with a two punch combination.
Brave throws a sloppy head kick and McCall moves out of range easily.
McCall lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
McCall moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
McCall ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Brave finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
McCall misses with a hook.
Brave takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
McCall looks to score with a jab to the body but Brave is just out of range.
Brave throws a combination that misses
and McCall counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Brave misses with a leg kick.
McCall throws a quick inside leg kick.
Brave stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from McCall.
Brave tries to clinch but McCall moves out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McCall fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Brave has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
McCall lands a nice looking body shot.
Brave fails to land with a series of punches.
McCall lands a lovely overhand right.
Brave throws a right hand that McCall ducks under and follows up with a left that McCall also avoids with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCall throws a head kick but Brave moves out of range.
Tommy McCall is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Brave misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
McCall tests Brave's chin there with a solid looking shot.
McCall cracks Brave with an open hand slap.
Brave tries to clinch but McCall moves out of range.
Brave on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Brave misses with a low kick.
McCall works Brave's body with a nice hook.
Brave tries to score with a low kick but McCall moves his leg out of the way.
McCall sizes up Brave with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Brave throws a chopping leg kick but McCall manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
No joy there for Brave, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nice uppercut lands for McCall. That snapped Brave's head back.
McCall dodges the punch combination from Brave.
A solid body kick from McCall.
Brave misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brave shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says McCall as he avoids it easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brave gets cracked with a nice right hand there by McCall.
McCall listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
McCall connects with a looping right hand.
McCall looks for the body kick but Brave saw that one coming.
Brave misses with a low kick.
McCall lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Brave slips a jab from McCall.
Brave fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The crowd cheers as McCall lands an impressive looking overhand right. Brave doesn't seem phased though.
McCall scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Brave scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from McCall - that will leave a mark!
McCall lands an overhand right.

Brave is rocked!
McCall throws an overhand right that drops Brave like a sack of potatoes! McCall dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tommy McCall! Tommy McCall retains his featherweight title!
An out of breath Tommy McCall thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.