PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Daniel McVicar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roger Pontare (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Daniel McVicar has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Daniel McVicar seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

McVicar
vs
Pontare

176 cm
23
155 lbs
4 - 1 - 1

170 cm
25
145 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Daniel McVicar!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Roger Pontare!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McVicar getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Pontare looks for a takedown but McVicar sprawls well.
McVicar shoots and misses

and Pontare counters with a takedown into side control.
Pontare scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at McVicar to see if he's OK.
Pontare has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
McVicar avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Pontare.
McVicar dodges the ground and pound from Pontare.
Pontare lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
McVicar is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Pontare's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Pontare is looking to advance position but McVicar won't allow it.
Pontare seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Pontare is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pontare scoring with strikes to the body and head.
McVicar knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Pontare on the ground.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pontare looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Pontare not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McVicar blocking the ground and pound attempt from Pontare.
Pontare wants to pass the guard but McVicar is defending well.
Pontare sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. McVicar defending well though.
McVicar avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Pontare.
Pontare throwing shots but McVicar is blocking nicely.
McVicar on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if McVicar tries to get out of the position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
McVicar shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

McVicar shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than McVicar was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Pontare wants to control but McVicar is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pontare regains half guard.
McVicar is pressing down on Pontare's thigh, looking to free his foot. Pontare is holding on for now.
Pontare works his way to full guard. Good work.
Pontare seems keen to control McVicar's posture.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pontare 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.

Pontare pushes McVicar off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.

That's four 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.

Pontare looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for McVicar!
Pontare working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Pontare is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Pontare avoids the attempt from McVicar to control.
Pontare lands a nice shot to the head.
McVicar is wriggling around trying to escape.
A nice elbow there by Pontare.
Pontare with shots to the head and body - McVicar looks very uncomfortable down there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pontare throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Pontare looks gassed!
Pontare raining down shots from the mount!
Pontare scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish McVicar?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roger Pontare dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Pontare tries for a takedown but McVicar circles away easily
and McVicar counters with a lovely shot to the body.
McVicar wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
McVicar cracks a nice hook into Pontare's ribs.
Pontare avoids a punch combination nicely.
McVicar lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
McVicar tries to clinch up

and Pontare counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for McVicar!
Pontare scoring with strikes but McVicar is staying in there.
Pontare punishing his opponent with strikes.
McVicar is in a horrible position here. Pontare smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Pontare is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McVicar is desperately trying to improve his position but Pontare has a good base and remains in mount.
Pontare landing shots from mount.
Pontare has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of McVicar's face.
McVicar can't escape the position.
Pontare unloading with bombs!
Pontare lands a big shot there that rocks McVicar but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Pontare cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Roger Pontare has got the better of the ground game so far.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Pontare cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Pontare is in the full mount, landing strikes.
McVicar is in a horrible position here. Pontare smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Pontare unloading with bombs!
McVicar can't escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pontare cracks McVicar with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
McVicar is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
McVicar is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Pontare working the ground and pound effectively.
Pontare working McVicar over with strikes here.
McVicar is in all sorts of trouble here.
Pontare unloads with some shots from mount but McVicar bucks and avoids them well.
Pontare throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
McVicar is bucking up trying to escape but Pontare cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
McVicar tries to hold on but Pontare pushes him away.
Pontare with shots to the head and body - McVicar looks very uncomfortable down there.
Pontare lands a big shot there that rocks McVicar but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
McVicar tries to hold on but Pontare postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pontare landing strikes from the mount and McVicar is in trouble!
Pontare landing strikes from the mount and McVicar is in trouble!
McVicar is desperately trying to improve his position but Pontare has a good base and remains in mount.
Pontare looking to ground and pound but McVicar is blocking nicely.
Pontare thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
McVicar avoids a series of strikes thrown by Pontare.
Pontare avoids the attempt from McVicar to control.
Pontare working the ground and pound effectively.
Pontare misses with a head shot.

That's four 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.
Pontare throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Pontare connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Pontare punching from mount but McVicar doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Pontare throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
McVicar tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Pontare throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Pontare throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Pontare misses with a head shot.
Pontare throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for McVicar because Pontare loaded up on that one.
McVicar is wriggling around trying to escape.
Pontare postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. McVicar looks a forlorn figure.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pontare throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roger Pontare showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

McVicar shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Pontare trying to control from the bottom.
McVicar tries to stand and escape but Pontare is controlling the position.
Pontare trying to hold on to McVicar's head to control him but McVicar postures up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pontare regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from McVicar.
Pontare tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pontare has his hands on McVicar's head, controlling the position.
Pontare looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
McVicar swinging wildly here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Pontare checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Pontare has his takedown stuffed
and McVicar counters with a nice uppercut.
Pontare with a lazy takedown attempt
and McVicar counters with a left to the body.
McVicar lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Pontare backs up against the cage.

McVicar drives through with a takedown into guard.
Pontare controls McVicar momentarily but McVicar frees himself.
McVicar stays in close to Pontare's body and controls the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McVicar wants to control from the top but Pontare keeps moving.
Pontare has his hands on McVicar's head, controlling the position.
McVicar preventing the sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
McVicar with a flurry of punches that miss.
McVicar being controlled here momentarily.
Pontare looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pontare manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel McVicar clearly takes that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

McVicar tries a head kick but it misses.
McVicar tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Pontare decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in McVicar's guard.
Pontare passes McVicar's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Pontare throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Pontare not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
McVicar is trying to get back to full guard.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Pontare not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McVicar tries to roll over but Pontare keeps him under control.
McVicar won't allow Pontare to pass to mount.
Pontare passes to full mount!
The referee warns McVicar that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
McVicar is bucking up trying to escape but Pontare cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Pontare raining down shots from the mount!
Pontare looking to finish with strikes here!
Pontare lands with some strikes.
McVicar avoids a series of strikes thrown by Pontare.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Pontare cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McVicar holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Pontare tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
McVicar is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Pontare misses with a head shot.
McVicar wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Pontare.
McVicar tries to reverse the position but Pontare maintains control.
Pontare looking to finish McVicar with some ground and pound. This is bad for McVicar!
Pontare prevents McVicar from getting the reversal.
A nice elbow there by Pontare.
Pontare throws some wild stikes that McVicar manages to avoid easily.
McVicar is wriggling around trying to escape.
McVicar avoids a series of strikes thrown by Pontare.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McVicar wants to hold on but Pontare pushes him away.
Pontare breaks from McVicar's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Pontare punching from mount but McVicar doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Pontare scoring with strikes but McVicar is staying in there.
McVicar keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Pontare scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish McVicar?
Pontare thowing shots but they're missing.
Pontare punching from mount but McVicar doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Pontare has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of McVicar's face.
Pontare throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Pontare throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
McVicar tries to hold on but Pontare postures up.

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.
McVicar is looking to improve his position but Pontare isn't that keen on the idea.
Pontare with good strikes from the mount here!
Pontare lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Pontare pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Pontare landing strikes, looking to finish!
Pontare throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Pontare misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Pontare lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Pontare misses with a head shot.
Pontare is in the full mount, landing strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roger Pontare dominated that fourth 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. This is the final round!

McVicar closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Pontare has his takedown stuffed
letting McVicar counter with a right hand.
Pontare doesn't succeed with the takedown
and McVicar counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
McVicar scores with a nice head shot.
McVicar lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
McVicar works over Pontare's head and body with a nice combination.
Pontare shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and McVicar counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Daniel McVicar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roger Pontare.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
McVicar scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pontare misses with a takedown attempt
and McVicar counters with a two punch combo.
McVicar throws a head kick that misses.
Pontare takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Pontare has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from McVicar finds it's way round the side to connect with Pontare's head.
Daniel McVicar is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
McVicar throws a head kick but Pontare moves out of range.
Pontare fails with the takedown
and McVicar counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from McVicar.
Nice shot lands for McVicar.
Pontare shoots and misses
and McVicar counters with a nice body shot.
McVicar with a nice cross.

That's two 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.

Pontare is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in McVicar's half guard.
Pontare lands strikes from half guard.
Pontare lands with a punch from half guard.
Pontare takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Pontare thows a huge punch but McVicar dodges it nicely.
McVicar moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Pontare trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Pontare is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
McVicar looking to hit a scissor sweep but Pontare is one step ahead there.
Pontare tries to free his leg and advance position but McVicar is retaining full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
McVicar throws a sloppy head kick and Pontare moves out of range easily.
McVicar with a poor takedown

so Pontare counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
McVicar pulls Pontare in close to prevent any damage.
Pontare lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Pontare is pushing down on McVicar's leg trying to pass to half guard. McVicar is fighting to maintain full guard but Pontare has managed to sneak the leg through.
Pontare tries to pass to full mount but McVicar defends it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pontare throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Pontare is pressing down on McVicar's thigh, looking to free his foot. McVicar is holding on for now.
McVicar wants to control but Pontare is keeping busy.
Daniel McVicar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pontare throwing shots but McVicar is blocking nicely.
Pontare not landing any meaningful shots this time.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
McVicar stalks Pontare and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Pontare's face. Pontare staggers backwards, shaken.

McVicar looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Pontare holds on and takes a little breather.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Roger Pontare.
I think Pontare 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 46:49
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 47:48
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 46:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roger Pontare!
Roger Pontare is the new featherweight champion!