PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Parker McQuail (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Rooney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McQuail comes to the cage accompanied by Glasgow Kiss. Rooney is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Belfast Boy. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

McQuail
vs
Rooney

182 cm
24
169 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

177 cm
21
170 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Vitality

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Parker McQuail!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Ryan Rooney!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Ackerman and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

McQuail drives through with a takedown into Rooney's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
McQuail looking to pass the guard.
Rooney really doesn't want to stay on the ground with McQuail. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Rooney not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
McQuail looking to pass the guard.

Rooney is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.

Rooney lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Rooney not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
McQuail has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Rooney is working away from the top position though.
Rooney throws a strike but McQuail avoids it easily and moves to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rooney throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as McQuail works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Rooney wants to get up but he can't break McQuail's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Rooney looking to sit in guard and control but McQuail gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Rooney keeping moving, preventing McQuail from controlling successfully.
Rooney tries to land a sweep but no joy.
McQuail postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
McQuail chips away with some ground and pound.
McQuail with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rooney tries to land a sweep but no joy.
McQuail throwing strikes but missing.
Rooney utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
McQuail trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
McQuail wants to control from the top but Rooney keeps moving.
McQuail tries to free his leg and advance position but Rooney is retaining full guard.
McQuail stopping the sweep attempt from Rooney.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rooney keeping moving, preventing McQuail from controlling successfully.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Rooney looking to hit a scissor sweep but McQuail is one step ahead there.
McQuail passes Rooney's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Rooney regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from McQuail.

Rooney has his feet on McQuail's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Rooney shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Rooney was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Rooney misses with a head shot.
Rooney looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Rooney raining down shots from the mount!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McQuail is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McQuail keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Rooney dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Rooney wants to clinch up but McQuail keeps it at a distance.
Parker McQuail is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rooney displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from McQuail.
Rooney throws a right and a left that McQuail avoids nicely.
McQuail swings for the body but Rooney moves out of range.

McQuail shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Rooney manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rooney avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
McQuail looking to sit in guard and control but Rooney gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rooney with a flurry of punches that miss.
Rooney is looking to advance position but McQuail has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Ryan Rooney has got the better of the ground game so far.
Rooney is working to get back to half guard.
Rooney in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Rooney tries to reverse the position but McQuail maintains control.
McQuail looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Rooney really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McQuail with the ground and pound from mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rooney is trying desperately to improve position.
Rooney is squirming around, avoiding McQuail's attempts to control the action.
McQuail with the ground and pound from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big strike lands for McQuail! That's really hurt Rooney and he's turned his back - McQuail keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! McQuail jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Parker McQuail!
After the fight, Parker McQuail was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.