PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kareem Mcbride (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Guoga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Mcbride
vs
Guoga

173 cm
23
279 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

190 cm
25
222 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kareem Mcbride!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tony Guoga!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Damien Edna and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Guoga's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Guoga duly obliges.

It looks like Kareem Mcbride has been cut.
Mcbride tries to move into range but Guoga moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Guoga throws a head kick that half lands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Guoga tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Mcbride manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Guoga lands with a thumping leg kick.
Guoga tries to clinch

so Mcbride counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Mcbride landing with the ground and pound.
Guoga is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Mcbride could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Mcbride works over Guoga with some ground and pound from guard.
Guoga working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Mcbride.
Mcbride is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Guoga throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Mcbride escapes and throws Guoga's legs to the side, diving into side control!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guoga is looking to regain half guard here but Mcbride keeps moving and retains side control.
Guoga looks to move to half guard but instead Mcbride has passed into mount! Damn!
The referee warns Guoga that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Guoga is in all sorts of trouble here.
Mcbride landing strikes from the mount.
Guoga in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Mcbride lands a big elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guoga is desperately trying to improve his position but Mcbride has a good base and remains in mount.
Mcbride lands a big elbow.
Mcbride avoids the attempt from Guoga to control.
Mcbride controlling from mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Guoga working to try and regain half guard.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Mcbride cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Mcbride dominating with strikes here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
You get the feeling that Guoga really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Guoga is working to get back to half guard.
Guoga looks winded!
Mcbride tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Guoga stops Mcbride from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.
Guoga is bucking up trying to escape but Mcbride cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Mcbride controlling his opponent.
Mcbride working the ground and pound effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mcbride looking to control and managing it successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mcbride landing strikes from the mount.
Mcbride is landing with some decent strikes but Guoga is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mcbride with the ground and pound from mount.
Mcbride looking to control and managing it successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kareem Mcbride dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kareem Mcbride's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Guoga misses with a double jab.
Guoga lands with a kick to the temple. Mcbride shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Guoga scores with a shot to the body.
Guoga explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Nice body kick there by Guoga.

Mcbride closes the distance and clinches.
Mcbride takes a knee right on the jaw!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Guoga creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Guoga stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
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!
Guoga lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Kareem Mcbride's cut is getting worse.
Guoga scores with a knee to the head.
Guoga unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mcbride lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Guoga lands an elbow just above Mcbride 's eye.
Guoga lands a damaging elbow.

Mcbride is rocked!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guoga unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Oh Mcbride is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mcbride takes a shot to the head.
Guoga working the clinch nicely. Mcbride is working for position but Guoga cracks him with a big knee to the head! Mcbride crumples up against the cage and Guoga lands two more shots before the ref can save Mcbride! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee & Punches). Tony Guoga!