PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hugo Jimenez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paddy McPhail (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Jimenez
vs
McPhail

175 cm
30
165 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

182 cm
30
147 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hugo Jimenez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paddy McPhail!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Daniel Cesar and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Jimenez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jimenez smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Jimenez throws a leg kick but McPhail moved away.
McPhail appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
McPhail just misses with a punch to the body.
Jimenez tried to counter with a leg kick but McPhail avoided it.
McPhail goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

It looks like Hugo Jimenez has been cut.
Jimenez throws an off balance right hand
and McPhail counters with a nice uppercut.
McPhail listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Jimenez with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling McPhail to score with a decent uppercut.
McPhail throws a body punch but Jimenez moves out of range.
McPhail blocks a jab.
Nice defenses there by McPhail.
McPhail misses with a looping left.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McPhail throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Jimenez counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
McPhail has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Jimenez moves out of range of the strikes.
McPhail throws a jab but it's blocked by Jimenez.
Jimenez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
McPhail falls off balance throwing a combination
and Jimenez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
McPhail scores with a jab to the jaw.
Jimenez definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Jimenez lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as McPhail backs up against the cage.

McPhail is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jimenez uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
McPhail is still on wobbly legs! Can Jimenez finish him?
McPhail slips a jab from Jimenez.
McPhail seems to have recovered his senses.
Jimenez misses the shot to the body.
Jimenez staying out of range there.
Jimenez misses with an uppercut. McPhail saw that one coming.
McPhail on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
That kick from Jimenez tenderised McPhail's leg. McPhail is trying to keep his angry face on.
McPhail checks a leg kick nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from McPhail! But no joy.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
McPhail keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jimenez.
Jab from Jimenez.
That kick from Jimenez tenderised McPhail's leg. McPhail is trying to keep his angry face on.
Jimenez tries to score with a low kick but McPhail moves his leg out of the way.
A jab from Jimenez misses.
A punch lands to the side of Jimenez 's head but he takes it in his stride.
McPhail cracks Jimenez with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
McPhail might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jimenez jabs McPhail to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Jimenez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McPhail.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jimenez throws a looping overhand right but McPhail ducks down to avoid it.
McPhail throws a shot from downtown. Jimenez moves away and avoids it.
A telegraphed right hand from McPhail misses the target.
McPhail scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
McPhail bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from McPhail! But no joy.
McPhail looks to score with a jab to the body but Jimenez is just out of range.
A counter left hand to the body from Jimenez misses its target.
McPhail cracks Jimenez with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
McPhail takes a swing at Jimenez's ribcage but misses.
McPhail swings for the body but Jimenez moves out of range.
Nice cross by Jimenez.
Jimenez scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Jimenez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McPhail.
McPhail connects with a crisp jab.
Jimenez throws a shot from downtown. McPhail moves away and avoids it.
Jimenez listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Jimenez looks to land a right hand but McPhail moved out of range.
Jimenez takes a swing at McPhail's ribcage but misses.
Jimenez cracks McPhail with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McPhail swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jimenez ducks right into an uppercut from McPhail.
That kick from Jimenez tenderised McPhail's leg. McPhail is trying to keep his angry face on.
McPhail is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
McPhail moves forwards but Jimenez connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Jimenez scores with a jab to the body.
McPhail takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Jimenez lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Jimenez is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Jimenez misses with a hook.
Jimenez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McPhail swings and misses with a shot to the body
and McPhail takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jimenez swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by McPhail.
McPhail misses with a hook. Jimenez ducked under it nicely.
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!
McPhail with a jab.
McPhail has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Jimenez walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
McPhail on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
McPhail on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Jimenez throws an overhand right that lands on McPhail's shoulder, as McPhail tries to avoid the shot.
A clash of legs there as McPhail blocks the low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McPhail blocks a low kick nicely.
McPhail looks to score with a jab to the body but Jimenez is just out of range.
McPhail misses the jab.
McPhail throws a body shot but no joy.
McPhail throws a jab when Jimenez was well out of range.
McPhail uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jimenez.
Jimenez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McPhail.
It looked like Jimenez wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A jab from Jimenez finds it's way through McPhail's defenses.
Jimenez staying out of range there.
McPhail checks a leg kick.
McPhail swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Jimenez misses with a hook. McPhail ducked under it nicely.
McPhail thows a left - swing and a miss!
McPhail misses with a left hand
and Jimenez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jimenez avoids a punch combination nicely.
McPhail takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Jimenez.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hugo Jimenez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hugo Jimenez's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A looping hook to the body misses from McPhail. Jimenez does a little dance to reset his feet.
McPhail misses with a body shot.
A jab from Jimenez misses.
Jimenez walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Jimenez lands a nice leg kick that just misses McPhail's sensitive parts.
Jimenez moves out of range as McPhail strikes.
Jimenez lands a nice shot that snaps McPhail's head back.
Jimenez looks to land a right hand but McPhail moved out of range.
Jimenez slips a jab from McPhail.
McPhail scores with a hook.
Jimenez looks to throw the jab but McPhail is out of range.
Despite the aggression on McPhail's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Jimenez throws a predictable looking body shot
and McPhail counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jimenez digs a good body shot into McPhail's ribs.
McPhail just misses with a punch to the body.
McPhail uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jimenez.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jimenez fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
McPhail ducks under a wild hook from Jimenez.
Jimenez throws a low kick but McPhail avoids it.
McPhail throws a hook but Jimenez blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jimenez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McPhail.
A decent looking cross lands there for Jimenez.
Jimenez misses with a series of wild punches.
Jimenez looks to throw the jab but McPhail is out of range.
A nice side step and McPhail releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Jimenez has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
McPhail swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Jimenez counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
McPhail blocks a jab.
Jimenez connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
McPhail misses with a lunging right hand
and Jimenez counters with a nice low kick that buckles McPhail's knee momentarily.
The crowd cheers as Jimenez lands an impressive looking overhand right. McPhail doesn't seem phased though.
Hugo Jimenez is winning the standup battle so far.
McPhail ducks right into an uppercut from Jimenez.
Jimenez throws a hook but McPhail blocks it.
Jimenez stuns McPhail with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
McPhail uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jimenez.
Jimenez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McPhail can do to turn this around?
Jimenez misses the shot to the body.
Jimenez tests McPhail's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jimenez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McPhail.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jimenez missing with a left hand there. McPhail was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jimenez misses the jab.
Jimenez lands a head shot.
Jimenez on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
McPhail throws a jab but it's blocked by Jimenez.
Jimenez lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
McPhail throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jimenez connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between McPhail's hands.
McPhail throws a body shot but no joy.
McPhail fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jimenez manages to avoid it.
McPhail throws a shot from downtown. Jimenez moves away and avoids it.
McPhail's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Jimenez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A nice combination there by Jimenez.
Jimenez misses with a hook. McPhail ducked under it nicely.
McPhail moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
McPhail uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jimenez.
Jimenez just misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jimenez with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling McPhail to score with a decent uppercut.
McPhail just misses with a punch to the body.
Jimenez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McPhail.
McPhail swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McPhail is breathing heavily.
McPhail throws a big shot that misses.
Jimenez appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
McPhail has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Jimenez avoids the body shot from McPhail.
Jimenez misses with a low kick.
Jimenez takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
McPhail fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
McPhail throws an off balance right hand
and Jimenez counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Jimenez cracks McPhail with a good jab.
Jimenez shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. McPhail eats them both and turns towards Jimenez to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
McPhail throws a lazy right hand but Jimenez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jimenez scores with a sloppy right hand. McPhail should have avoided that one.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jimenez throws a nice looking combination but McPhail bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jimenez works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
McPhail throws a body shot but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McPhail swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jimenez throws a quick inside leg kick.
McPhail slips under a jab.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Jimenez.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Jimenez, as that shot connected.
McPhail thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice cross by McPhail.
Jimenez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on McPhail. That did some damage!
McPhail throws a looping overhand right but Jimenez ducks down to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jimenez. McPhail does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jimenez lands a jab.
McPhail bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Jimenez's head backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jimenez looks to throw the jab but McPhail is out of range.
Jimenez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
McPhail throws a body shot but no joy.
A left lands for McPhail.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hugo Jimenez dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Hugo Jimenez's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

McPhail fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
McPhail is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Jimenez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
McPhail with a nice cross.
Jimenez connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jimenez throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
McPhail misses the shot to the body.
McPhail misses with a left hand
and Jimenez counters with a nice body shot.
McPhail defending well as Jimenez loads up on a big left hand.
Jimenez loads up on a big right hand but McPhail slips the punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from McPhail. Jimenez does a little dance to reset his feet.
McPhail misses with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jimenez lands a lovely overhand right.
McPhail misses with a looping right.
Jimenez swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Jimenez throws the left hand but McPhail avoids the punch easily.
McPhail takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
McPhail misses the body punch
and Jimenez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jimenez misses the shot to the body.
McPhail throws out a counter right but Jimenez avoids it with no problem.
McPhail tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jimenez was well out of range. Poor timing from McPhail.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McPhail takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Jimenez throws a good cross that connects.
Jimenez scores with a jab to the body.
McPhail throws a body shot but no joy.
McPhail ducks right into an uppercut from Jimenez.
Jimenez scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. McPhail doesn't seem bothered though.
Jimenez lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
McPhail throws out a loose jab but Jimenez uses good head movement to avoid it.
McPhail uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jimenez.
McPhail keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jimenez.
McPhail bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
McPhail is looking for the big counter here.
McPhail uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jimenez.
Jimenez lands a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McPhail rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Jimenez counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps McPhail thinking.
Jimenez misses with a straight right.
Nice cross by Jimenez.
Paddy McPhail has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McPhail uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jimenez.
McPhail swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jimenez throws a leg kick but McPhail checks it.
McPhail throws a lazy right hand but Jimenez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jimenez avoids the body shot from McPhail.
An attempted straight right counter from Jimenez misses the target.
Jimenez scores with a jab to the jaw.
Jimenez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
McPhail looks to land a left hand but Jimenez moved out of range nicely.
McPhail misses with an uppercut. Jimenez saw that one coming.
McPhail has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from McPhail there as he acknowledges the shot.
Jimenez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
McPhail walks into a straight right hand from Jimenez.
The fighters circling - Jimenez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jimenez loads up on a big right hand but McPhail slips the punch.
McPhail throws an off balance right hand
and Jimenez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A big left from Jimenez misses.
McPhail swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
McPhail misses with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jimenez scores with a sloppy right hand. McPhail should have avoided that one.
Jimenez throws a solid leg kick but McPhail takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Jimenez.
Jimenez misses with an uppercut
and McPhail counters with a nice body shot.
McPhail connects with a jab.
McPhail misses with a left hand
enabling Jimenez to counter with a crisp jab.
McPhail keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jimenez. That's going to slow McPhail down.
Nice straight punches there by Jimenez. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Jimenez.
Nice uppercut there from McPhail.
Jimenez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract McPhail.
It seemed like McPhail was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Jimenez misses with an uppercut.
McPhail swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
McPhail tries to move into range but Jimenez moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McPhail misses with a looping left.
A looping hook to the body misses from McPhail. Jimenez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jimenez was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
McPhail throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jimenez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from McPhail.
Jimenez is looking to counter punch.
Jimenez lands with a good body shot.
Jimenez throws the left hand but McPhail avoids the punch easily.
A cross from McPhail lands.
McPhail misses with a wild body shot.
McPhail throws a jab when Jimenez was well out of range.
McPhail on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A big left from Jimenez misses.
A jab from McPhail misses.
McPhail misses with the combination.
Jimenez takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jimenez digs a good hook to McPhail's body.
McPhail misses the shot to the body.
Hugo Jimenez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
McPhail tries to move into range but Jimenez moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hugo Jimenez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jimenez 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hugo Jimenez!
Hugo Jimenez decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.