PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Liam McCall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Luiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luiz has chosen Mc hudson 22 - Guerreiro Robbin Hood as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

McCall
vs
Luiz

188 cm
20
198 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
190 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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KAISER

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Liam McCall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Andre Luiz!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Luis Engracia and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCall scores with a nice right hand.
Luiz lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Luiz misses with a jab to the body
and Luiz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
McCall connects with a jab.
McCall jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nice uppercut lands for McCall. That snapped Luiz's head back.
McCall tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Luiz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McCall.
Luiz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McCall moves away.
Luiz with a body punch. A glancing blow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Luiz looks to land a combination but McCall avoids it well.
Sloppy strikes from Luiz. Those never looked like landing.
Luiz slips a straight right by McCall.
Luiz misses with a jab to the body
and Luiz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luiz throws a combination that misses
and McCall counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Luiz throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

McCall has closed the distance and engaged Luiz in a clinch.
Luiz is trying to break the clinch but McCall has him pressed against the cage.
McCall tries to throw a body punch but Luiz avoids it by throwing McCall back against the cage.
Luiz has had enough of the clinch but McCall keeps him there for the moment.
Luiz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
McCall tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Luiz's elbow.
McCall keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Luiz's efforts to push away.
Luiz is trying to break the clinch but McCall is controlling him.
A frustrated look appears on Luiz's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Luiz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
McCall tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McCall misses with a short punch on the inside.
McCall can't find room to land a body shot as Luiz controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCall missing with knees to the body.
Luiz is trying to push McCall away but McCall has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Luiz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Luiz misses with a jab, cross combination.
McCall shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Luiz eats them both and turns towards McCall to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Luiz misses with a jab, cross combination.
Luiz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McCall.
Luiz scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Luiz throws a lazy uppercut
and Luiz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Left hook, right uppercut from Luiz.
Luiz misses with a looping left.
Luiz misses with a body shot.
Luiz misses with a combination
and McCall counters with a straight right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luiz misses with a lunging right hand
and McCall cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Luiz will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Luiz just misses with a punch to the body.
Andre Luiz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Luiz misses with a few strikes there.
Luiz steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McCall.
Danga de danga de dang - Luiz scores with a four punch combination!
A jab from McCall finds it's way through Luiz's defenses.
Luiz just misses with a punch to the body.
Luiz walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A slow jab from Luiz misses its intended target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCall avoids a punch combination nicely.
Luiz slips under a jab.
Luiz misses with a double jab
and McCall counters with a left and a right that stings Luiz.
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!
McCall wants to clinch.
McCall is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
McCall missing with a left hand there. Luiz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McCall tries to clinch up but Luiz circles away and keeps his distance.
Luiz throws a nice looking combination but McCall bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Luiz looks to land a right hand but McCall moved out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Andre Luiz will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

McCall lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
McCall uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Luiz.
McCall ducks under a wild hook from Luiz.
Andre Luiz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
McCall showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Luiz.
Luiz swings away with a body shot that misses
and McCall counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Nice cross by Luiz.
McCall lands a nice looking body shot.
Luiz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McCall.
McCall tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Luiz throws a series of punches but McCall moves out of range.
Luiz throws a series of punches but McCall avoids them all with ease.
Luiz throws a hook but McCall blocks it.
McCall is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luiz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McCall was well out of range. Poor timing from Luiz.
Luiz falls off balance throwing a combination
and McCall counters with a lovely shot to the body.
McCall lands with a shot to the body.
A jab from McCall does it's job there.
McCall connects with the punch.
Luiz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McCall.
McCall tries to clinch up but Luiz circles away and keeps his distance.
Luiz misses with a two punch combination.
Luiz misses with a combination
and McCall counters with a one-two to the body.
Luiz throws a right hand that McCall ducks under and follows up with a left that McCall also avoids with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luiz will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Luiz is breathing heavily.
Luiz misses with a straight left.
Andre Luiz seems to be getting the better of the standup.
McCall fails with an attempt to clinch.
Luiz misses with a shot to the body
and McCall counters with a lovely straight right hand!
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!
McCall tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Luiz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
McCall misses with a jab, cross combination.
Luiz misses with a double jab
and Luiz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Luiz staying out of range there.
McCall misses the shot to the body.
Luiz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luiz takes a swing at McCall's ribcage but misses.

McCall has closed the distance and engaged Luiz in a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Luiz's face as he tries to break the clinch.
McCall putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Luiz in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
McCall unloads a knee to the mid-section. Luiz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McCall lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Luiz.
McCall scores with a hook to the body.
McCall tries to work over Luiz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
McCall working aggressively here.
McCall scores with an uppercut up the middle.
McCall lands with a short head shot on the inside.
McCall working aggressively here.
McCall swings wildly with an uppercut but Luiz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Luiz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCall scores with a hook to the body.
McCall is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Luiz is defending well for now.
Luiz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
McCall is looking to control Luiz's arms but Luiz gets an underhook and turns him. Now McCall has his back to the cage.
McCall tries to work over Luiz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Luiz gets underhooks to prevent McCall's takedown attempt.
McCall is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Luiz is keeping busy.
Luiz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McCall throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Luiz wants to break the clinch but can't.
McCall misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Luiz wants to break free but McCall has control.
McCall tries a body shot but Luiz blocks it.

Luiz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
McCall takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Liam McCall dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!

Luiz throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and McCall counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Luiz misses with a two punch combination.
Luiz throws the left hand but McCall avoids the punch easily.
McCall dodges the punch combination from Luiz.
Good shot there by McCall.
Luiz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sloppy strikes from Luiz. Those never looked like landing.
McCall lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Luiz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A punch combination from Luiz misses.
Luiz misses with a telegraphed body shot
and McCall counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
McCall connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCall looks to land a left hand but Luiz moved out of range nicely.
McCall fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
McCall lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
McCall feints a jab promting Luiz to slip. McCall then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Luiz slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Luiz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McCall was well out of range. Poor timing from Luiz.
Luiz throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
McCall misses with a straight left.
Luiz scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. McCall doesn't seem bothered though.
Luiz is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down McCall rather than just go for the knockout.
A punch combination from Luiz misses.
Luiz swinging wildly here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luiz will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Luiz misses the shot to the body.
McCall works the jab nicely.
McCall throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McCall ducks under a wild hook from Luiz.
McCall with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Luiz takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Luiz throws a hook to the side of McCall's head but McCall sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Luiz dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Luiz misses.
Luiz misses with a hook.
McCall throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Luiz sees it coming and avoids it easily.

McCall darts in and clinches Luiz up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Luiz.
Luiz is trying to force a seperation but McCall has the dominant position.
A head punch on the inside from McCall fails to land.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Luiz's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Luiz has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Luiz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but McCall has him pressed against the cage.
Luiz is trying to push McCall away but McCall has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Luiz has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
McCall misses with a hook from the clinch.
Luiz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCall throws an elbow but it misses.
Luiz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
McCall fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by McCall.
McCall looking to slow down the pace here.

Luiz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Luiz throws a hook but McCall blocks it.
Luiz throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McCall sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A punch combination from Luiz misses.

Luiz tries to keep at a distance but McCall has taken the fight into the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Luiz prevents a body shot from McCall.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Come on McCall - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
McCall keeps control of Luiz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

And that's the end of the fight!
Liam McCall showed his dominance in that final round.
Well McCall has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 29:28
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Liam McCall!
After the fight, Liam McCall 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.