PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mickey McGinn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Palledorous (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

McGinn
vs
Palledorous

175 cm
18
170 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

175 cm
19
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Richards' Remedies

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mickey McGinn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Michael Palledorous!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Palledorous showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from McGinn.
McGinn fails with a takedown attempt.
McGinn swinging wilding here.
A punch combination from McGinn misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Palledorous looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Palledorous gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and McGinn makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
McGinn swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Palledorous fails with the takedown
and McGinn connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
McGinn tries to bum rush Palledorous with a series of wild strikes but Palledorous uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Palledorous shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has McGinn pinned against the cage. McGinn gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Mickey McGinn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael Palledorous.

Palledorous looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGinn is looking to improve his position.
McGinn controlling the position for now.
Palledorous seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but McGinn does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
McGinn is looking to escape.
Palledorous missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Palledorous prevents McGinn from standing back up.
McGinn keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
McGinn pushes Palledorous off looking to stand but Palledorous dives back in and keeps control.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
McGinn throws a series of punches but Palledorous avoids them all with ease.
McGinn scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
McGinn takes a swing at Palledorous's ribcage but misses.
McGinn misses with a looping left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Palledorous.
Palledorous looks gassed!
Palledorous looks to clinch
and McGinn counters with a nice uppercut.
McGinn throws a right and a left that both miss.
McGinn just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice sprawl there from McGinn as Palledorous shoots in.
Mickey McGinn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McGinn rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Palledorous moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
McGinn stalks Palledorous and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Palledorous's face. Palledorous staggers backwards, shaken.
McGinn looks to land a left hand but Palledorous moved out of range nicely.
McGinn misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
McGinn misses with a wild body shot.
Palledorous wants to clinch.
McGinn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGinn misses with a few strikes there.
McGinn looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
No joy there for McGinn, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Palledorous fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Palledorous fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. McGinn sprawls well initially but Palledorous persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Palledorous lands a nice short elbow.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Palledorous is looking to take a break and control but McGinn is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Palledorous stops McGinn from getting back to his feet.
Palledorous sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. McGinn defending well though.
McGinn tries to kick Palledorous off but Palledorous keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Palledorous has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Palledorous is looking to advance position but McGinn won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palledorous prevents McGinn from standing back up.
Palledorous seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but McGinn does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Palledorous takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
McGinn lands an overhand right.
Palledorous shoots in looking for a takedown. McGinn tries to sprawl out of it but Palledorous keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. McGinn manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
McGinn swinging wilding here.
McGinn misses with the combination.
A punch combination from McGinn misses.
McGinn misses with a looping right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mickey McGinn dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

McGinn looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
McGinn scores with a three punch combo!
Nice sprawl there from McGinn as Palledorous shoots in.
McGinn rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Palledorous moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Palledorous has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from McGinn finds it's way round the side to connect with Palledorous's head.
McGinn throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Palledorous tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McGinn paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Palledorous showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from McGinn.
McGinn misses with a series of wild punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Palledorous shoots in but McGinn avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Horrible takedown by Palledorous or perhaps it was just good defense by McGinn which made him look bad.
Mickey McGinn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael Palledorous.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGinn throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
McGinn misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
McGinn throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
McGinn lands a two punch combo.
McGinn misses with a double jab.

Palledorous closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Palledorous stops McGinn from getting back to his feet.
Palledorous working over McGinn with some ground and pound. McGinn looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Palledorous is trying for a kimura here. McGinn looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Palledorous wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Michael Palledorous!