PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Corey Mcgraw (ranked 4211 p4p, 451 weight class) and Blaise Pascual (ranked 3369 p4p, 376 weight class). Corey Mcgraw has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Mcgraw
vs
Pascual

181 cm
19
195 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
25
192 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Arcticus University: London

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 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 Las Vegas, Corey Mcgraw!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Blaise Pascual!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pascual throws the left hand but Mcgraw avoids the punch easily.
Mcgraw closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Pascual misses with a hook. Mcgraw ducked under it nicely.
Pascual ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pascual looks to land a right hand but Mcgraw moved out of range.

Mcgraw has managed to clinch.
Pascual looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Mcgraw lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
A head punch on the inside from Mcgraw fails to land.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pascual.
Mcgraw scores with a shoulder strike.
Mcgraw can't find room to land a body shot as Pascual controls the action.
Mcgraw misses with a punch to the body.
Pascual working aggressively here.
Pascual can't find room to land a body shot as Mcgraw controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pascual.
Mcgraw lands with a left to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mcgraw swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pascual throws a head punch that misses.
Mcgraw blocks an uppercut.
Mcgraw gets through Pascual's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcgraw tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pascual's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pascual.
Mcgraw misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mcgraw blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pascual.
Pascual has a couple of punches blocked by Mcgraw.
Pascual throws a punch but it's blocked by Mcgraw.
Pascual fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pascual lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Mcgraw prevents a body shot from Pascual.
Mcgraw misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice left hand lands by Pascual.
Pascual lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Pascual tries a body shot but Mcgraw blocks it.
Pascual fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mcgraw struggles to land a body shot inside as Pascual controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Pascual fails to land.
Mcgraw goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Mcgraw.
Mcgraw tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mcgraw throws a punch but it's blocked by Pascual.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pascual.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mcgraw struggles to land a body shot inside as Pascual controls his hands.
Mcgraw softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mcgraw blocking some punches.
Mcgraw throws a punch but it's blocked by Pascual.
A short left from Pascual.
Mcgraw tries to throw a body punch but Pascual avoids it by throwing Mcgraw back against the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mcgraw.
Pascual lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mcgraw backwards.
Pascual pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Pascual throws a head punch that misses.
Pascual throws a punch but it's blocked by Mcgraw.
A head punch on the inside from Pascual fails to land.
Nice body punch from Mcgraw.
Pascual blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mcgraw.
Mcgraw can't find room to land a body shot as Pascual controls the action.
Mcgraw is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Pascual misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pascual lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Mcgraw prevents a body shot from Pascual.
Mcgraw lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Mcgraw working aggressively here.
Pascual misses with some punches.
Mcgraw throws a head punch that misses.
Pascual throws a punch but it's blocked by Mcgraw.
Mcgraw tries a body shot but Pascual blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pascual.
Pascual swings wildly with an uppercut but Mcgraw uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mcgraw blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Mcgraw.
Mcgraw working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Mcgraw doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pascual misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Pascual.
Mcgraw misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pascual makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pascual lands with a short shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pascual lands with a left to the head.

Mcgraw is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pascual works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Oh Mcgraw is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pascual lands on the inside with an uppercut.
I was talking to Mcgraw's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A short uppercut from Pascual.
Mcgraw lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mcgraw misses with the head strike.
Pascual digs a right hand into Mcgraw's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Mcgraw's gas tank.
Pascual lands a big right hand that drops Mcgraw! The killer instinct kicks in and Pascual finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Pascual!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Blaise Pascual!