PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aleksander Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack McGuinness (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie comes to the cage accompanied by His name is King. Aleksander Gracie could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jack McGuinness's chin.

Gracie
vs
McGuinness

197 cm
20
215 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

190 cm
20
217 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Arcticus University: London

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Aleksander Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jack McGuinness!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Chad Campbell and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McGuinness shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Gracie steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McGuinness.
McGuinness looks to land a left hand but Gracie moved out of range nicely.
Gracie throws the kick towards the body but McGuinness avoids it.
Gracie lands with a kick to the ribs.
Gracie slips under a jab from McGuinness.
Gracie looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Gracie lands the left hand.
Gracie throws a leg kick but McGuinness sees it coming and moves out of range.
Gracie thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gracie ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gracie bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
McGuinness takes a swing at Gracie's ribcage but misses.
Gracie tried to counter with a leg kick but McGuinness avoided it.
McGuinness swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Gracie.
McGuinness lands a jab to the nose.
McGuinness is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gracie.
Gracie chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gracie throws a head kick but McGuinness moves out of range.
Gracie throws a low kick but it's checked well by McGuinness.
McGuinness swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Gracie slips a jab from McGuinness.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gracie.
Aleksander Gracie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McGuinness ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gracie moves away.
Gracie takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Gracie on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Gracie throws a head kick that misses
and McGuinness counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
McGuinness stuns Gracie with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A head kick misses from Gracie.
McGuinness bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Gracie's head.
Gracie throws a push kick but McGuinness slaps the foot to one side.
A head kick misses from Gracie.
Gracie shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Gracie defending well as McGuinness loads up on a big left hand.
McGuinness scores with a sloppy right hand. Gracie should have avoided that one.
A lazy left from McGuinness finds it's target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McGuinness takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Gracie tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
McGuinness is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGuinness steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gracie.
Gracie showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from McGuinness.
Gracie displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McGuinness throws out the jab.
Gracie scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gracie is looking to score with low kicks.
Gracie throws a nice inside leg kick.
McGuinness tests Gracie's chin there with a solid looking shot.
McGuinness misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gracie.
Gracie lands with a thumping leg kick.
McGuinness moves out of range as Gracie throws a body kick.
Gracie thows a leg kick but McGuinness checks it
enabling McGuinness to counter with a crisp jab.
McGuinness fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
McGuinness moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Gracie needs to keep his hands up - McGuinness had a free shot at his head there.
Gracie takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
McGuinness fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
McGuinness connects with a body shot that sends Gracie's belly button to the back.
McGuinness lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Gracie looking to land some kicks to the body here.
McGuinness scores with a shot to the body.
Gracie slips under a jab from McGuinness.
McGuinness has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Gracie takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
McGuinness is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Gracie had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Gracie throws a big shot that misses.
Gracie tries a head kick but it misses.
Gracie misses with a right hand
letting McGuinness counter with a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McGuinness misses with a straight right.
McGuinness throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gracie stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Gracie misses the shot to the body.
Gracie takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGuinness with a nice cross.
Gracie misses with a left hand
and McGuinness counters with a nice body shot.
Gracie throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
McGuinness lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A jab from McGuinness misses.
McGuinness darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
McGuinness lands a jab to the head.
Gracie throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
It seemed like McGuinness was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
McGuinness scores with a crisp jab that stopped Gracie in his tracks.
McGuinness keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Gracie takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McGuinness on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
McGuinness lands a nice hook to Gracie's body. Gracie takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
McGuinness jabs Gracie to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Gracie 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.

Jack McGuinness dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

McGuinness bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Gracie's head backwards.
McGuinness has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gracie is looking to land body kicks.
Gracie looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
McGuinness slips a jab from Gracie.
McGuinness throws an overhand right that lands on Gracie's shoulder, as Gracie tries to avoid the shot.
A right-left combo lands from McGuinness.
McGuinness takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
McGuinness digs a good body shot into Gracie's ribs.
McGuinness tests Gracie's chin there with a solid looking shot.
McGuinness scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gracie doesn't seem bothered though.
Gracie connects with a solid leg kick.
Gracie scores with a sloppy right hand. McGuinness should have avoided that one.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gracie avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
McGuinness uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
McGuinness lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Nice body punch from McGuinness.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGuinness throws a hook to the side of Gracie's head but Gracie sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jack McGuinness seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gracie displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McGuinness throws out the jab.
Gracie uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McGuinness.
McGuinness waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gracie.
Gracie gets cracked there but stands up to it.
McGuinness throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gracie looks to land a right hand but McGuinness moved out of range.
McGuinness let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Gracie dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on McGuinness. That did some damage!
McGuinness misses with the combination.
Gracie misses with a lunging right hand
and McGuinness cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gracie fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Gracie misses with a head kick.
Gracie ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gracie is looking to counter punch.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Gracie might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
McGuinness throws a jab but it's blocked by Gracie.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGuinness misses with a double jab.
McGuinness connects with a body shot that sends Gracie's belly button to the back.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gracie ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gracie tries to score with a low kick but McGuinness moves his leg out of the way.
McGuinness throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gracie uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McGuinness.
Gracie lands a leg kick that knocks McGuinness off balance momentarily.
Gracie slips a straight right by McGuinness.
Gracie gets cracked with a nice right hand there by McGuinness.
McGuinness on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Gracie. Gracie obviously looking to wear him down.
McGuinness lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
McGuinness misses the jab.
Gracie takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
McGuinness throws a right hand that misses
and Gracie counters with a nice body kick.
McGuinness ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gracie moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McGuinness manages to avoid it.
Gracie throws a quick inside leg kick.
Gracie misses with a hook. McGuinness ducked under it nicely.
It seemed like McGuinness was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Gracie throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
McGuinness moves out of range of the strikes.
McGuinness's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Gracie misses with a looping left.
Gracie takes a shot to the body in his stride.
McGuinness pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
An attempted straight right counter from Gracie misses the target.
McGuinness misses the shot to the body.
McGuinness connects with a jab.
McGuinness throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McGuinness just misses with a punch to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gracie.
The fighters circling - McGuinness throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
McGuinness throws an overhand right that lands on Gracie's shoulder, as Gracie tries to avoid the shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by McGuinness.
McGuinness missing with a left hand there. Gracie was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A jab from Gracie finds it's way through McGuinness's defenses.
McGuinness ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gracie connects with a leg kick. McGuinness looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McGuinness throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McGuinness digs a good body shot into Gracie's ribs.
A bone on bone clash there as McGuinness blocks the leg kick.
McGuinness lands a nice looking body shot.
McGuinness fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gracie manages to avoid it.
Gracie gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
McGuinness lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
McGuinness throws an off balance right hand
and McGuinness takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack McGuinness showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

McGuinness throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gracie throws a shot from downtown. McGuinness moves away and avoids it.
McGuinness lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
McGuinness misses with a hook. Gracie ducked under it nicely.
Gracie moves away from the strike by McGuinness.
Gracie takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
McGuinness lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gracie circles away quickly and effectively.
Gracie tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and McGuinness is able to avoid easily.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by McGuinness.
McGuinness chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gracie can pounce on him.
McGuinness digs a good hook to Gracie's body.
Gracie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie slips a jab from McGuinness.
Gracie jabbing away but nothing is landing.
McGuinness just misses with a punch to the body.
McGuinness takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A nice combination there by McGuinness.
McGuinness throws a lazy right hand but Gracie sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gracie connects with the punch.
A solid body kick from Gracie.
McGuinness lands a nice shot to the body.
A big left from McGuinness misses.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts McGuinness, as that shot connected.
McGuinness misses the shot to the body.
Gracie swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Gracie scores with a nice head shot.
Gracie misses with a leg kick
and McGuinness counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie misses with an attempted mid kick.
McGuinness swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
McGuinness misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gracie.
Gracie missing with a left hand there. McGuinness was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
McGuinness throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McGuinness.
Gracie swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Gracie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McGuinness.
Gracie pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces McGuinness back to the cage. Gracie follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
McGuinness misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gracie.
Gracie misses with a series of wild punches.
McGuinness misses with a wild body shot.
Gracie chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gracie lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gracie lands a glancing blow to the side of McGuinness's head.
McGuinness bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Gracie lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and McGuinness has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from McGuinness and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Gracie throws a nice outside leg kick.
McGuinness has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gracie.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGuinness feints a jab promting Gracie to slip. McGuinness then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Gracie slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
McGuinness fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gracie manages to avoid it.
Gracie appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Gracie throws a leg kick but McGuinness sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Gracie gets off balance looking for a body kick
and McGuinness cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
McGuinness misses with an uppercut. Gracie saw that one coming.
A quick step to the side and Gracie tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
A big left from McGuinness misses.
McGuinness swings and misses with a hook to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Gracie misses the target.
Gracie swings widly with a right hand
and McGuinness counters with a stiff right hand.
McGuinness wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
McGuinness takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
McGuinness misses with a straight left.
McGuinness misses with an uppercut.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as McGuinness checks a leg kick.
McGuinness misses with a left hand
and McGuinness takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gracie sizes up McGuinness with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Gracie.
Aleksander Gracie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gracie slips a jab from McGuinness.
Good standup being displayed there by McGuinness as he connects with a hook.
McGuinness misses with a straight left.
Gracie takes one on the button.
Gracie has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from McGuinness finds it's way round the side to connect with Gracie's head.
McGuinness scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Jack McGuinness is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
McGuinness scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Gracie is looking to score with low kicks.
Gracie waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract McGuinness.
Gracie is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Nice uppercut there from Gracie.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gracie misses with a hook. McGuinness ducked under it nicely.
McGuinness ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jack McGuinness comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well McGuinness has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack McGuinness!
After winning the bout, Jack McGuinness thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.