PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mac Gargan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Madness (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Madness's choice of entrance music: P.O.D. - Boom. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gargan
vs
Madness

190 cm
21
199 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

184 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

North

Heisenberg
Speedy Supps + Laundry

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mac Gargan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mark Madness!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Madness takes a kick to the side of the head.
Gargan has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Cylon Training Academy(150/week) in the buildup to the fight.
Madness fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Gargan checks it well.
Gargan tries to clinch up.
Gargan takes one on the chin but seems OK.

Gargan fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Madness, pushing him back against the cage.
Gargan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Gargan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Madness's defenses.
Madness is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gargan is defending well for now.
Gargan is working Madness over against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gargan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gargan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Mark Madness has been cut.
Gargan lands an elbow inside.
Gargan lands a nice elbow.
Gargan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gargan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Gargan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Madness or not.
Gargan lands an elbow that stopped Madness in his tracks for a moment.
Gargan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Madness is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gargan is defending well for now.
Gargan lands a right hand.
Gargan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gargan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Madness takes a shot to the head.
Gargan lands an elbow inside that Madness shrugs off.
Madness takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gargan lands a damaging elbow.

Gargan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gargan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Madness paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Madness keeps the fight on the outside.
A head kick misses from Gargan.
Gargan is looking to clinch but Madness is avoiding it.
Madness tries to work over Gargan's front leg with a kick but Gargan checks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Madness tries to land a front kick but Gargan steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Gargan throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Madness looks winded!
Gargan throws a head kick that misses

and Madness counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Madness.
This has been an exciting period of action!
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Gargan bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Madness's guard.
Gargan trying to stand up but can't free himself from Madness's guard.
Madness controls Gargan momentarily but Gargan frees himself.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gargan wanted to stand there but Madness had control of the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Madness throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gargan has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Madness is proving hard to escape from.
Gargan tries to free his leg and advance position but Madness is retaining full guard.
Gargan wants to get up but he can't break Madness's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

Gargan gets to his feet. Madness looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Madness avoids the head kick by Gargan.

Gargan forces Madness back against the cage and clinches.
Gargan lands a damaging elbow.
Madness blocks a body shot from Gargan.
Madness throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Madness missing with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Gargan.
Gargan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Gargan lands an elbow inside that Madness shrugs off.
Gargan with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gargan lands an elbow inside that Madness shrugs off.
Gargan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gargan scores with a knee to the head.
Gargan slows down the pace here.
Gargan scores with a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Gargan breaks the clinch.

Gargan drives through and clinches with Madness against the cage.

Gargan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mac Gargan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mark Madness's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

A left and a right from Gargan both land. Nice combination.

Gargan closes the distance and pushes Madness back into the cage.
Nice elbow from Gargan.
Gargan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Gargan drops Madness with a big knee straight up the middle! Madness is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Madness is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gargan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Madness is still on wobbly legs! Can Gargan finish him?
Gargan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gargan lands a monster head kick that reverborates around the arena! The crowd goes wild as Madness crumples to the floor! Gargan milks the crowd's applause and if that isn't knockout of the night, I will be very surprised!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Mac Gargan!
Mark Madness was interviewed post fight and said 'this was a fluke, I want a rematch'.