PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Puncher McBoxingMan (ranked 3971 p4p, 532 weight class) and Steve Butcher (ranked 4280 p4p, 566 weight class). Steve Butcher will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

McBoxingMan
vs
Butcher

186 cm
26
210 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

205 cm
19
217 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Beer or Fear

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 New York, Puncher McBoxingMan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Steve Butcher!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Daniel Franklin and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McBoxingMan is looking to clinch but Butcher is avoiding it.
Butcher scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Butcher jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Butcher connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Nice defenses there by Butcher.
Butcher throws out a counter right but McBoxingMan avoids it with no problem.
McBoxingMan fails in his attempt to clinch.
McBoxingMan wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McBoxingMan misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Butcher is clearly trying to counter these attacks from McBoxingMan with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McBoxingMan ducks under a wild hook from Butcher.

McBoxingMan gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Butcher tries to break free but McBoxingMan pushes him back against the cage.
Butcher throws a punch but it's blocked by McBoxingMan.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Butcher.
Butcher avoiding damage as McBoxingMan throws knees to the body.
Come on Butcher - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Butcher lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Butcher wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

McBoxingMan breaks from the clinch.
Butcher lands with an overhand left.
McBoxingMan tries to close the distance and clinch but Butcher swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Butcher will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McBoxingMan throws a poor cross that misses
and Butcher counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
McBoxingMan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Butcher connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! McBoxingMan scrambles back to his feet.
Butcher is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Butcher moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
We've been hearing reports that McBoxingMan has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Steve Butcher is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Butcher throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

McBoxingMan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Butcher lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Butcher breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Butcher throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Butcher tries to keep at a distance but McBoxingMan has taken the fight into the clinch.
Butcher working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McBoxingMan tries a body shot but Butcher blocks it.

Butcher breaks the clinch.
McBoxingMan throws a looping overhand right but Butcher ducks down to avoid it.
Butcher circles away from the clinch attempt.

Butcher tries to keep at a distance but McBoxingMan has taken the fight into the clinch.
Butcher working aggressively here.

Butcher manages to break the clinch.
Butcher stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Butcher wants it to stay on the feet.
Butcher is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.

McBoxingMan pushes Butcher up against the cage in a clinch.
Butcher has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Butcher wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Butcher has McBoxingMan pressed against the cage.
McBoxingMan can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Puncher McBoxingMan. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Butcher's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
McBoxingMan misses with a takedown attempt
and Butcher counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Butcher circles away from the clinch attempt.
McBoxingMan takes a jab right on the kisser.
Butcher lands a slapping body shot.

McBoxingMan has Butcher up against the cage in a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Butcher struggles to land a body shot inside as McBoxingMan controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from McBoxingMan fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Butcher dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

McBoxingMan moves into the clinch successfully.
McBoxingMan throws an elbow that misses.
Butcher has a couple of punches blocked by McBoxingMan.

McBoxingMan pulls guard successfully.
Butcher throwing strikes from guard but McBoxingMan blocks nicely.
My spies in Slaughterhouse inform me that Butcher has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
McBoxingMan controls Butcher momentarily but Butcher frees himself.
McBoxingMan preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Butcher trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McBoxingMan trying to keep a closed guard but Butcher is proving a slippery customer.
Butcher throws a big right hand that misses.
Butcher trying to control the position from guard on top but McBoxingMan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
McBoxingMan has his hands on Butcher's head, controlling the position.
Butcher really doesn't want to stay on the ground with McBoxingMan. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McBoxingMan looking for a sweep. Not yet McBoxingMan, not yet.

McBoxingMan is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Butcher defends well.
Butcher won't allow McBoxingMan to sweep him here.
Butcher has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Butcher loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Butcher missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Butcher cracks McBoxingMan with a solid left hand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
McBoxingMan is pulling down on Butcher's head to control his posture.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now McBoxingMan is on top in guard.

McBoxingMan content to stall in guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McBoxingMan won't allow Butcher to sweep him here.
Butcher manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. McBoxingMan manages to get himself to full guard.

McBoxingMan pulls Butcher in close to prevent any damage.
Butcher controls from within his opponent's guard.
Butcher is fighting to break McBoxingMan's control of his arms but McBoxingMan is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Butcher throws an elbow that misses. McBoxingMan uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Butcher's guard. Nice move by McBoxingMan!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Butcher throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Butcher looking to hit a scissor sweep but McBoxingMan is one step ahead there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
McBoxingMan passes Butcher's left leg - he's now in half guard.

McBoxingMan is looking for a kimura but Butcher is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for McBoxingMan to get the leverage.
McBoxingMan prevents Butcher from improving his position.

McBoxingMan is working for a submission of some sort.
Butcher is trying to stand back up but McBoxingMan is controlling him

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Butcher moves into full guard.
Butcher tries to land a sweep but no joy.
McBoxingMan trying to control the position from guard on top but Butcher is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
McBoxingMan slips nicely into half guard.
McBoxingMan wants to control but Butcher is keeping him busy.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Butcher is trying to control but McBoxingMan passes into side control!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Butcher can do anything to dispel that myth.
Butcher is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Puncher McBoxingMan dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Butcher lands with a right hand.
No luck for McBoxingMan with that takedown attempt.
Steve Butcher is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
McBoxingMan misses with a hook. Butcher ducked under it nicely.
McBoxingMan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McBoxingMan with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Butcher to score with a decent uppercut.
Butcher has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A swing and a miss from Butcher.
Butcher leaves McBoxingMan with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McBoxingMan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
McBoxingMan throws a lazy uppercut
and Butcher cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
McBoxingMan moves to clinch but Butcher breaks away
enabling Butcher to counter with a crisp jab.
Butcher lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Butcher connects with a crisp jab.
McBoxingMan jabbing away but nothing is landing.

McBoxingMan moves into range and clinches up with Butcher.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Butcher scores with a nice hook to the head.
McBoxingMan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Butcher has McBoxingMan pressed against the cage.
Puncher McBoxingMan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Butcher is trying to break free.
Butcher is struggling to control the position.
Butcher scores with a nice hook to the head.
McBoxingMan is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Butcher's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
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!
A bit of stalling here from Butcher.
Butcher pushes McBoxingMan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Butcher is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but McBoxingMan is keeping busy.
Butcher seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
McBoxingMan misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Butcher content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Steve Butcher.
The fighters circling - Butcher throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Puncher McBoxingMan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from McBoxingMan. Butcher does a little dance to reset his feet.
McBoxingMan blocks a jab.
McBoxingMan takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Nice straight punches there by Butcher. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Butcher.
Butcher misses with a straight right.
Butcher misses with a hook. McBoxingMan ducked under it nicely.
McBoxingMan half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Butcher bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Steve Butcher seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Butcher swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
McBoxingMan tries to counter with a takedown but Butcher is quick to defend against it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McBoxingMan shoots in looking for a takedown. Butcher tries to sprawl out of it but McBoxingMan keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Butcher manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Butcher throws out a counter right but McBoxingMan avoids it with no problem.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Puncher McBoxingMan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
McBoxingMan has his takedown stuffed
and Butcher counters with a lovely shot to the body.
McBoxingMan misses with a takedown
and Butcher counters with a left to the body.
McBoxingMan moves to clinch but Butcher breaks away
letting Butcher counter with a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McBoxingMan closes this distance looking for a takedown but Butcher circles away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Steve Butcher comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Butcher has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steve Butcher!