PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Best Ever (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Mcdonald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ever's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Gateways. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Ever
vs
Mcdonald

169 cm
19
141 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

170 cm
19
138 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Dangerous knees
Very strong

Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Best Ever!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Michael Mcdonald!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mcdonald throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Ever moves into the clinch.
Mcdonald tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ever's elbow.
Ever with a knee to the head.

It looks like Michael Mcdonald has been cut.
Ever lands a good knee to the midsection. Mcdonald won't want to take too many of those.
Ever unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Mcdonald looks winded!
Mcdonald throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ever blocks it with crossed arms.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ever tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mcdonald tries to land a knee to the head but Ever blocks with his arms.
Ever tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ever tries to land a knee to the head but Mcdonald blocks with his arms.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ever.
Ever dodges an elbow strike from Mcdonald.
Mcdonald misses with an elbow over the top.
Ever putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mcdonald in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Mcdonald tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ever scores with a knee to the head.
Ever connects with a knee to the head.
Mcdonald managing to block the knees to the body from Ever.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ever tries a knee to the head but Mcdonald blocks it.
Ever looking to throw knees to the head but Mcdonald is blocking nicely.
Ever working Mcdonald over with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Ever.
Ever crunches a lovely knee into Mcdonald's ribcage.
Ever using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ever lands a knee to the body.
Ever swings wildly with an uppercut but Mcdonald uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ever.
Ever missing with knees to the body.
Ever is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ever.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ever obliges.
Mcdonald takes a knee to the side of the body.
Still in the clinch, Ever scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ever with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ever lands a good knee to the midsection. Mcdonald won't want to take too many of those.
Mcdonald on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ever blocks an elbow strike from Mcdonald.
Ever scores with a knee to the head.
Ever lands a knee to the body.
Ever connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mcdonald's face.
Ever scores with a knee to the head.
Mcdonald avoiding damage as Ever throws knees to the body.
Ever with a knee to the head.
Ever looking to throw knees to the head but Mcdonald is blocking nicely.
Ever throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mcdonald blocks it with crossed arms.
Ever lands a knee to the body.
Ever unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ever tries a knee to the head but Mcdonald blocks it.
Ever with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mcdonald takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ever landing knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Ever.
Mcdonald avoiding damage as Ever throws knees to the body.
Ever scores a nice knee to the body.
Ever is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ever lands a nice knee to the body.
Ever using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ever with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ever working Mcdonald over with knees to the body.
Ever misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mcdonald.
Ever unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ever landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ever missing with knees to the body.
Ever lands a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mcdonald misses with a hook from the clinch.
A knee to the head by Ever.
Ever connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mcdonald's face.
Ever scores with a knee to the head.
Ever with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ever misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mcdonald.
Mcdonald wants to stall.
Ever is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mcdonald is defending well for now.
Ever blocks an uppercut.
Ever with a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ever lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Mcdonald.
Ever looking to throw knees to the head but Mcdonald is blocking nicely.
Mcdonald with an attempt at a knee that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Best Ever dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Michael Mcdonald's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Ever ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mcdonald moves away.
Mcdonald takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ever throws a body kick that misses.

Ever rushes Mcdonald and presses him up against the ropes.
Ever managing to block the knees to the body from Mcdonald.
Ever landing knees to the body.
Ever working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ever crunches a lovely knee into Mcdonald's ribcage.
Ever utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ever trying to land knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Ever.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ever landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees to the body from Ever.
Mcdonald is breathing heavily.
Mcdonald takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ever landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ever lands a good knee to the midsection. Mcdonald won't want to take too many of those.
Ever with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ever.
Ever misses with a punch on the inside.
Ever is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Mcdonald takes a knee right on the jaw!
Knees in the clinch landing for Ever.
Knees to the body from Ever.
Ever is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ever misses with a knee strike.
Ever lands a knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ever lands a good knee to the midsection. Mcdonald won't want to take too many of those.
Ever is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mcdonald can do to turn this around?
Ever landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Mcdonald blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ever lands a nice knee to the body.
Ever lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A knee to the head by Ever.
Ever tries to land knees in the clinch but Mcdonald avoids the damage to the body.
Ever is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Mcdonald takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ever landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ever scores a nice knee to the body.
Mcdonald pushes off an throws an elbow but Ever leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ever.
Ever landing knees to the head.
Ever misses with a punch to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ever.
Mcdonald lands a right hand.
Best Ever has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ever gets through Mcdonald's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ever tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mcdonald avoids it.
Ever blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ever scores a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Ever.
Ever throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ever tries to land a knee to the head but Mcdonald blocks with his arms.
Ever lands a nice knee to the body.
Ever lands a knee to the body.
Ever lands a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ever.
Ever landing knees to the body.
Ever tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ever tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mcdonald avoids it.
Ever throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mcdonald throws an elbow that misses.
Mcdonald takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ever obliges.
Ever is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mcdonald is defending well for now.
Ever tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mcdonald's elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ever looking to throw knees to the head but Mcdonald is blocking nicely.
Mcdonald throws an elbow that misses.
Ever connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mcdonald's face.
Ever tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mcdonald avoids it.
Mcdonald blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mcdonald looking to throw knees to the head but Ever is blocking nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mcdonald throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ever tries to land knees in the clinch but Mcdonald avoids the damage to the body.
Ever blocks an elbow strike from Mcdonald.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Best Ever dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Michael Mcdonald's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Ever throws a leg kick but Mcdonald sees it coming and moves out of range.
Ever throws a head kick that misses.

Ever moves into the clinch.
Knees to the body from Ever.
Mcdonald tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Knees to the body from Ever.
Ever tries a knee to the head but Mcdonald blocks it.
Mcdonald misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ever.
Ever landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ever landing knees to the head.
Ever connects with a knee to the head.
Ever lands a knee to the body.
Mcdonald takes a knee to the side of the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A knee to the head by Ever.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ever using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mcdonald has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ever tries to land knees in the clinch but Mcdonald avoids the damage to the body.
Ever with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mcdonald tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ever goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mcdonald missing with knees to the body.
Mcdonald using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ever has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ever crunches a lovely knee into Mcdonald's ribcage.
Ever using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ever lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ever unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ever with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ever tries to land a knee to the head but Mcdonald blocks with his arms.
Mcdonald looking to throw knees to the head but Ever is blocking nicely.
Knees to the body from Ever.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ever landing knees to the body.
Ever throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mcdonald takes a knee right on the jaw!
With the fighters up against the ropes, Mcdonald throws an elbow but misses.
Ever using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ever landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ever putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mcdonald in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ever scores with a nice hook to the head.
Mcdonald blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ever lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ever landing knees to the head.
Ever working Mcdonald over with knees to the body.
Ever avoids a wild elbow strike from Mcdonald.
Mcdonald takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ever blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ever landing knees to the head.
Mcdonald misses with a body punch.
Ever blocking some punches.
Ever lands a good knee to the midsection. Mcdonald won't want to take too many of those.
Ever is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mcdonald is defending well for now.
Ever tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Mcdonald throws an elbow but misses.
Ever using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ever tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mcdonald avoids it.
Ever landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ever tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mcdonald avoids it.
Mcdonald managing to block the knees to the body from Ever.
Mcdonald misses with the head strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ever blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ever doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ever as Mcdonald tries to tie him up.
Ever connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mcdonald's face.
Mcdonald tries a knee to the head but Ever blocks it.
Mcdonald tries to stall but Ever uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ever misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mcdonald.
Mcdonald takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ever obliges.
Ever scores a nice knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ever lands a knee to the body.
Ever trying to land knees to the body.
Ever lands a nice knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Best Ever clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Michael Mcdonald's cut.
That's time! Ever's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Ever clinches up with Mcdonald and pushes him back against the ropes.
Ever avoids a wild elbow strike from Mcdonald.
Ever tries to land knees in the clinch but Mcdonald avoids the damage to the body.
Mcdonald is looking to control Ever's arms but Ever gets an underhook and turns him. Now Mcdonald has his back to the ropes.
Ever misses with the head strike.
Ever blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ever lands a good knee to the midsection. Mcdonald won't want to take too many of those.
Ever lands a good knee to the midsection. Mcdonald won't want to take too many of those.
Ever with a knee to the head.
Ever landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A short right from Ever on the inside.
Mcdonald is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Ever with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ever lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ever landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ever lands a good knee to the midsection. Mcdonald won't want to take too many of those.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcdonald takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ever misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mcdonald.
Ever misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mcdonald.
Ever throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ever blocks an uppercut.
Mcdonald is looking to control Ever's arms but Ever gets an underhook and turns him. Now Mcdonald has his back to the ropes.
Ever lands a knee to the body.
Ever trying to land knees to the body.
Ever looking to throw knees to the head but Mcdonald is blocking nicely.
Ever landing knees to the body.
Ever utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ever scores with a knee to the head.
Ever utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ever scores with a knee to the head.
Ever dodges an elbow strike from Mcdonald.
Mcdonald managing to block the knees to the body from Ever.
Ever missing with knees to the body.
Mcdonald tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ever lands a good knee to the midsection. Mcdonald won't want to take too many of those.
Ever using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ever landing knees to the head.
Ever is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mcdonald is defending well for now.
Mcdonald fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mcdonald blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ever is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ever tries to land knees in the clinch but Mcdonald avoids the damage to the body.
Mcdonald with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ever lands a nice knee to the body.
Ever utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Mcdonald stalls.
Ever misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mcdonald.
Ever scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Mcdonald misses with a knee strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mcdonald.
Ever utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ever misses with a knee strike.
Mcdonald tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ever avoids the elbow strike from Mcdonald, against the ropes.
Ever is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mcdonald is defending well for now.
Ever lands a good knee to the midsection. Mcdonald won't want to take too many of those.
Mcdonald takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mcdonald on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ever lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Mcdonald doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mcdonald managing to block the knees to the body from Ever.
A head punch on the inside from Mcdonald fails to land.
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!
Ever looking to throw knees to the head but Mcdonald is blocking nicely.
Ever tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mcdonald looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ever tries to land knees in the clinch but Mcdonald avoids the damage to the body.
Mcdonald is trying to maintain a safe position but Ever gets an underhook and turns Mcdonald into the ropes.
Ever landing knees to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Best Ever had his way with Michael Mcdonald in that round.
The cut man is working on Michael Mcdonald's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Ever closes the distance and clinches.
Mcdonald on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mcdonald managing to block the knees to the body from Ever.
Mcdonald blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knees to the body from Ever.
Ever is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mcdonald is defending well for now.
Ever misses with a body punch.
Ever crunches a lovely knee into Mcdonald's ribcage.
Ever tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ever unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ever misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mcdonald.
Ever with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
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.
Ever is leaning against Mcdonald and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ever scores with a knee to the head.

Mcdonald is rocked!
Mcdonald managing to block the knees to the body from Ever.
Mcdonald is still on wobbly legs! Can Ever finish him?

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ever.
Ever unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ever connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mcdonald's face.
Ever throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mcdonald blocks it with crossed arms.
Mcdonald using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ever has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ever misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mcdonald.
Ever lands a nice knee to the body.
Ever landing knees to the head.
Ever misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mcdonald.
Mcdonald seems to have recovered his senses.
Mcdonald misses with a punch on the inside.
Mcdonald throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ever lands a nice knee to the body.
Ever utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ever connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mcdonald's face.
Michael Mcdonald has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ever is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mcdonald is defending well for now.
Ever trying to land knees to the body.
Ever using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Mcdonald trying to land knees to the body.
Ever dodges an elbow strike from Mcdonald.
Ever connects with a knee to the head.
Ever tries a knee to the head but Mcdonald blocks it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mcdonald using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ever has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ever utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ever unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mcdonald lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ever unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ever lands a knee to the head.
Ever looking to throw knees to the head but Mcdonald is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mcdonald misses with some punches.
Ever dodges an elbow strike from Mcdonald.
Mcdonald can't find room to land a body shot as Ever controls the action.
Ever misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ever tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mcdonald avoids it.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Mcdonald throws an elbow but misses.
Ever blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ever unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ever connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mcdonald's face.
Ever unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ever landing knees to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ever.
Mcdonald takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ever lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ever is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ever landing knees to the body.
Mcdonald can't find room to land a body shot as Ever controls the action.
Ever crunches a lovely knee into Mcdonald's ribcage.
Mcdonald throws an elbow that misses.
Ever tries a body shot but Mcdonald blocks it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ever landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ever lands a knee to the body.
Ever with a knee to the head.
Mcdonald goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ever landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ever lands a nice knee to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ever working Mcdonald over with knees to the body.
Mcdonald tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ever avoids it.
Mcdonald takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ever with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Best Ever showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ever has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 50:45
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 50:45
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 50:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Best Ever!
Best Ever retains his bantamweight title!
Best Ever spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.