PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Q Tip (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and clark McCahon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tip comes into the arena with Check the Rhime blaring out of the sound system. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Tip
vs
McCahon

153 cm
19
144 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

175 cm
23
141 lbs
3 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Q Tip!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, clark McCahon!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Thiago Cunha and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCahon lands a nice shot to the body.
McCahon fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Tip ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McCahon moves away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Tip throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tip looks to land a right hand but McCahon moved out of range.

Tip shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
McCahon regains full guard. Nicely done.
Tip makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Tip thows a big elbow that misses.
McCahon is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Tip is working McCahon over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
McCahon looking for a sweep. Not yet McCahon, not yet.
Tip content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Tip is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tip is looking to work some ground and pound but McCahon has wrist control.
Tip lands a couple of digs.
Tip throws a big right hand that misses.
Tip thows a big elbow that misses.
Tip throwing strikes but missing.
Tip throws and elbow that misses. McCahon uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Tip's guard. Nice move by McCahon!
McCahon would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
McCahon trying to control but Tip is working from the bottom.
Tip has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Tip wants to sweep but no luck.
Tip keeping moving, preventing McCahon from controlling successfully.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
McCahon plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
McCahon rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tip moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
McCahon looks gassed!
Tip misses with a wild body shot.
McCahon lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by McCahon.
McCahon tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tip paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tip keeps the fight on the outside.

McCahon gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Tip postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Tip passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Tip lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tip lands a decent elbow from side control.
McCahon is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
McCahon taking punishment in the form of punches.
McCahon on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
McCahon takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Tip lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear McCahon down.
McCahon wants to get back to his feet.
Tip looks up at the clock and then as McCahon takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Tip smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
McCahon takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Tip lands some shots froms side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tip advances to mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tip landing strikes, looking to finish!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tip lands with some vicious ground and pound - can McCahon hang on?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tip with a couple of short strikes.
BOOM! Tip connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Tip lands with some vicious ground and pound - can McCahon hang on?
Tip lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Tip dominating with strikes here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McCahon can't escape the position.
Tip fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
McCahon can't escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Q Tip dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Tip lands a nice shot that snaps McCahon's head back.
McCahon rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tip moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Tip scores with a takedown into McCahon's guard.
Tip working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of McCahon's head.
Tip scoring with some ground and pound.
McCahon is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Tip lands a couple of elbows.
Tip is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
McCahon is breathing heavily.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Tip's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Tip passes into half guard.
McCahon has hold of Tip's hands but Tip slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Tip there.
Q Tip overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Tip moves nicely into side control.
Tip lands a few punches from side control.
Tip landing strikes.
Tip lands a nice forearm strike.
Tip lands a few punches from side control.
Tip working away.
Tip creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Tip working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
McCahon wants to control but Tip postures up.
Tip is putting a hurting on McCahon here, landing some big shots from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tip working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Tip lands a decent elbow from side control.
Tip scoring with punches from side control.
Tip cracks McCahon with a big right hand but McCahon just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Tip passes to full mount! That's big trouble for McCahon!
Tip looking to finish McCahon with some ground and pound. This is bad for McCahon!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McCahon taking shots to the head.
Tip landing punches.
McCahon is looking to improve his position but Tip isn't that keen on the idea.
Tip lands a heavy elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCahon tries to lock up and control but Tip gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Tip scoring with strikes but McCahon is staying in there.
Tip punishing his opponent with strikes.
Tip punishing his opponent with strikes.
McCahon is in all sorts of trouble here.
Tip scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish McCahon?
Tip scoring with strikes but McCahon is staying in there.
Tip landing punches.
Tip cracks McCahon with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Tip in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Tip pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Tip working McCahon over with strikes here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tip with the ground and pound from mount.
Tip is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McCahon can do to turn this around?
Tip looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Tip is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Tip lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Tip unloading with bombs!
Tip won't let McCahon get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Tip putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
McCahon is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tip is in the full mount, landing strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Q Tip dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Tip shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in McCahon's guard.
Tip throwing strikes but missing.
Tip content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Tip in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Tip postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Tip postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
McCahon keeping full guard, as Tip tries to pass.
Tip throws a big right hand that misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tip stands and throws McCahon's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Tip scores with punches from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCahon is looking to reverse the position.
Tip working the body and head with strikes.
McCahon is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
McCahon is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Tip is controlling him well.
Tip scores with punches from side control.
McCahon is trying to improve his position.
Tip working the body and head with strikes.
McCahon takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tip lands some shots froms side control.
McCahon on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Tip looks up at the clock and then as McCahon takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Tip smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Tip working the ground and pound from side control.
Tip cracks McCahon with an elbow. That is naaassty.
McCahon takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Tip scores with punches from side control.
Tip cracks McCahon with a big right hand but McCahon just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Tip landing strikes.
Tip working the head with strikes.
Tip postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCahon is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Tip is controlling him well.
McCahon is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
McCahon wants to get back to his feet.
McCahon takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
McCahon takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Tip lands a decent elbow from side control.
McCahon takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Tip lands a nice forearm strike.
Tip landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tip landing a few strikes.
Tip looks up at the clock and then as McCahon takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Tip smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Tip lands a decent elbow from side control.
McCahon prevents Tip from moving into mount.
McCahon pushes Tip away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Tip gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Tip works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Q Tip is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A lull in the action here as Tip stalls from top position.
Tip has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
Q Tip showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tip, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:25
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:26
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Q Tip!