PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lenny Mclean (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chodak Garuda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Garuda's choice of entrance music: Dancing Drums - Badmarsh. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Mclean
vs
Garuda

190 cm
26
265 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

194 cm
25
222 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Lenny Mclean!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Chodak Garuda!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, James Glass and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mclean tries to clinch up.
Mclean tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Garuda swivels and escapes.
Garuda wants to clinch up but Mclean keeps it at a distance.
Garuda tries to clinch but Mclean moves out of range.

Garuda moves into the clinch successfully.
Garuda putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mclean in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Mclean has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Garuda comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A head punch on the inside from Garuda fails to land.
Mclean has Garuda pressed against the cage, preventing Garuda from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Garuda scores with a shot to the side of Mclean's head.
Mclean wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Garuda has him pressed against the cage.
Mclean managing to block the knees to the body from Garuda.
Garuda tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mclean on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Garuda content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Mclean wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Mclean's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mclean tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mclean misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mclean tries to close the distance and clinch up but Garuda swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mclean throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mclean swats away the attempt to clinch by Garuda.
Mclean tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Garuda counters with a big head kick but Mclean shrugs it off.
Garuda tries to clinch up.
Mclean is pawing at Garuda, trying to feel the distance before throwing out a cross that crashes into Garuda's nose. Garuda is badly hurt! Mclean pounces, throwing wild strikes as both fighters end up on the ground! Garuda tries desperately to hold on but Mclean is relentless in his assault! As Garuda receives an ever increasing number of unanswered strikes the referee pulls Mclean away and this one is in the books!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lenny Mclean!
The defeated Chodak Garuda had this to say: 'Well done!'.