PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Corey Mcgraugh (ranked 21885 p4p, 592 weight class) and Hermann Van Glost (ranked 22606 p4p, 601 weight class). Van Glost has chosen Rambo Theme Song as his entrance music. Hermann Van Glost has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Corey Mcgraugh's chin.

Mcgraugh
vs
Van Glost

185 cm
31
185 lbs
20 - 12 - 0

190 cm
26
217 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Corey Mcgraugh!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hermann Van Glost!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Gwen Towbar and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Mcgraugh has managed to clinch.
Van Glost has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Van Glost is trying to force a seperation but Mcgraugh has the dominant position.
Mcgraugh lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Mcgraugh lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Hermann Van Glost has been cut.

Van Glost manages to break the clinch.
Van Glost looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Van Glost misses with a hook
letting Mcgraugh counter with a right hand.
Good standup being displayed there by Mcgraugh as he connects with a hook.
Van Glost slips a jab from Mcgraugh.
Mcgraugh has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Mcgraugh there as he acknowledges the shot.
Van Glost misses with a body kick.
Mcgraugh throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Van Glost makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Mcgraugh really felt that one!

Mcgraugh rushes Van Glost and presses him up against the ropes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mcgraugh working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Mcgraugh slows down the pace here.
Van Glost is trying to force a seperation but Mcgraugh has the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcgraugh doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Van Glost wants to break free but Mcgraugh has control.
Van Glost prevents a body shot from Mcgraugh.
Mcgraugh swings wildly with an uppercut but Van Glost uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mcgraugh digs a right hand into Van Glost's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Van Glost's gas tank.
Mcgraugh misses with a body punch.
A short left from Mcgraugh.
Mcgraugh misses with an elbow strike.
Mcgraugh holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Mcgraugh stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Mcgraugh lands a hook to the side of the head.
Van Glost has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mcgraugh swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Van Glost wants to break free but Mcgraugh has control.
Van Glost tries to break free but Mcgraugh pushes him back against the ropes.
Mcgraugh's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Mcgraugh lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mcgraugh misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mcgraugh tries a body shot but Van Glost blocks it.
Van Glost is trying to force a seperation but Mcgraugh has the dominant position.
Van Glost blocks an elbow strike from Mcgraugh.
Van Glost wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mcgraugh.
Mcgraugh misses with a punch to the body.
Van Glost has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A short right from Mcgraugh on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mcgraugh lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Mcgraugh lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Van Glost looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mcgraugh can't find room to land a body shot as Van Glost controls the action.
Mcgraugh has Van Glost pushed against the ropes.
Mcgraugh lands a left hand.
Mcgraugh throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Van Glosts head.
Mcgraugh working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Mcgraugh throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Van Glost being controlled against the ropes.
Mcgraugh doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mcgraugh throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Van Glosts head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mcgraugh fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Mcgraugh as the two fighters clinch.
Van Glost has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Van Glost blocks an uppercut.
Mcgraugh makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Van Glost is trying to break the clinch but Mcgraugh is controlling him.
Mcgraugh tries to work over Van Glost's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Mcgraugh escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Van Glost.
Mcgraugh lands a nice hook to Van Glost's body. Van Glost takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Van Glost smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A big left from Mcgraugh misses.
Despite the aggression on Van Glost's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Van Glost avoids the body shot from Mcgraugh.
Van Glost looks to throw the jab but Mcgraugh is out of range.
Mcgraugh tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Corey Mcgraugh dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hermann Van Glost's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Mcgraugh moves into range and clinches up with Van Glost.
Mcgraugh keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Van Glost's efforts to push away.
Van Glost throws a head punch that misses.

Mcgraugh breaks the clinch.
Van Glost pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hermann Van Glost seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Van Glost fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Mcgraugh on the side of the head.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Mcgraugh here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Mcgraugh gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

Mcgraugh moves into range and clinches up with Van Glost.
Mcgraugh effectively controlling the action here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mcgraugh pushes Van Glost back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Mcgraugh.
Mcgraugh working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Van Glost blocks a body shot from Mcgraugh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcgraugh gets through Van Glost's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A body shot lands from Mcgraugh.
Van Glost prevents a body shot from Mcgraugh.
Mcgraugh misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mcgraugh pushes Van Glost back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Mcgraugh tries to throw a body punch but Van Glost avoids it by throwing Mcgraugh back against the ropes.
Mcgraugh prevents Van Glost from breaking the clinch.
Mcgraugh throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Mcgraugh fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Mcgraugh escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mcgraugh connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Van Glost's hands.
Van Glost lands a jab to the head.
Van Glost misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mcgraugh takes a kick to the side of the head.
Mcgraugh cracks Van Glost with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Glost throws the kick towards the body but Mcgraugh avoids it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mcgraugh moves out of range of the body kick from Van Glost.
Mcgraugh with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Van Glost is breathing heavily.
Mcgraugh lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Van Glost takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Van Glost misses with a low kick as Mcgraugh jumps back.
Mcgraugh tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Van Glost manages to circle out of the way.
Van Glost uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mcgraugh.
Van Glost misses the jab.
Mcgraugh tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Van Glost was well out of range. Poor timing from Mcgraugh.
Mcgraugh just misses with a punch to the body.

Mcgraugh darts in and clinches Van Glost up against the ropes.
Van Glost is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Mcgraugh fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mcgraugh goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mcgraugh is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Van Glost can do to turn this around?
Mcgraugh tries a body shot but Van Glost blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mcgraugh breaks from the clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Van Glost. Those never looked like landing.
It looked like Mcgraugh was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Van Glost.
Mcgraugh lands a nice looking body shot.
Van Glost takes one on the button.
Mcgraugh misses with a looping right.
Van Glost drops his hands momentarily and Mcgraugh takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A lazy left from Van Glost finds it's target.
Mcgraugh scores with a body shot.
Van Glost misses with an attempted mid kick.
Mcgraugh swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Nice shot lands for Mcgraugh.
Van Glost throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Van Glost keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice shot lands for Van Glost.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Glost avoids the body shot from Mcgraugh.
Van Glost looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Van Glost pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mcgraugh connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Van Glost throws a front kick aimed at Mcgraugh's knee but Mcgraugh avoids it well.
Mcgraugh wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Mcgraugh.

Van Glost is rocked!
Mcgraugh knocks out Van Glost with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Mcgraugh before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Mcgraugh picks up the big W with a huge KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Corey Mcgraugh!
Corey Mcgraugh retains his light heavyweight title!