PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Mackie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Magne Midgard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mackie
vs
Midgard

185 cm
19
205 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

186 cm
24
217 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chris Mackie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Magne Midgard!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Cecil Peabody and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Midgard clinches with his opponent.
Midgard misses with a punch to the body.
Mackie tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mackie.
Midgard tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Midgard escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Mackie drives through and clinches with Midgard against the cage.
Midgard throws an elbow that misses.
Midgard struggles to land a body shot inside as Mackie controls his hands.
Midgard working aggressively here.
Midgard scores a nice knee to the body.
Midgard lands a nice elbow.
Midgard lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Chris Mackie has been cut.
Midgard scores a nice knee to the body.
Midgard cracks Mackie with a nice body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Midgard lands an elbow that stopped Mackie in his tracks for a moment.
Midgard throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mackies head.
Mackie is breathing heavily.
Midgard works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Midgard lands an elbow inside.

Midgard drags the fight down to the ground.
Midgard throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Midgard looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Midgard is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

Midgard is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Midgard pulls Mackie in close to his closed guard and prevents Mackie from doing any damage or advancing position.
Midgard keeping moving, preventing Mackie from controlling successfully.

Mackie drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Midgard dives on top into guard.
Mackie trying to control the position.

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.
Midgard is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Let's hope that Midgard has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

Mackie has an active guard here but Midgard has managed to pass into half guard.
Midgard is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mackie is looking to improve his position.
Midgard passes into side control, despite Mackie's attempt to control the position.

Midgard stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Mackie wants to clinch
and Midgard counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

Midgard has managed to clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Midgard creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Midgard.
Midgard landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Midgard pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Midgard throws a quick inside leg kick.
Mackie takes a kick to the side of the head.

Midgard closes the distance and clinches.
Midgard scores with a shot to the side of Mackie's head.
Midgard lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Midgard lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mackie backwards.
Mackie takes an elbow to the forehead.
Midgard lands a nice elbow.
Midgard landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Midgard lands a knee to the body.
Midgard working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A knee to the head by Midgard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Midgard landing knees to the body.
Mackie takes an elbow to the forehead.
Midgard lands a right hand.
Midgard tries a knee to the head but Mackie blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Magne Midgard dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chris Mackie's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Midgard scores with a nice body kick.
Mackie with a lazy takedown attempt
and Midgard finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.

Midgard rushes Mackie and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A short right from Midgard on the inside.
Midgard crunches a lovely knee into Mackie's ribcage.

Midgard has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Mackie uses from the top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Midgard utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Mackie being controlled here momentarily.
Mackie with a flurry of punches that miss.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Midgard pulls Mackie in close to his closed guard and prevents Mackie from doing any damage or advancing position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mackie throws and elbow that misses. Midgard uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Mackie's guard. Nice move by Midgard!
Midgard has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mackie striking off his back but it's not causing Midgard any problems.

Mackie looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Midgard passes into half guard.
Midgard works his foot free and advances to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Midgard controlling the pace for now.
Mackie wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Midgard biding his time, controlling Mackie.
Mackie wants to escape the position.
Mackie trying to control the position but Midgard manages to sink in the hooks.
Midgard keeps control of the position as Mackie tries to break free.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Midgard keeps control of the position easily here as Mackie tries to buck him off.
Mackie trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Midgard has good solid back control here.
Midgard doesn't have the hooks in and Mackie manages to turn into his guard.
Midgard controlling the position.
Midgard keeping moving, preventing Mackie from controlling successfully.
Midgard 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Mackie is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Mackie trying to control the position from guard on top but Midgard is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mackie looking to sit in guard and control but Midgard gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Mackie working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Midgard has passed into half guard!
Mackie is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Magne Midgard showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Chris Mackie's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Mackie shoots and misses
and Midgard counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Mackie displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Midgard moves into the clinch successfully.
Midgard lands a knee to the head.
Midgard is struggling to control the position.
A hook to the body from Midgard.
Midgard scores with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Midgard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Midgard with a knee to the head.
Midgard unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mackie lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Midgard scores with a nice hook to the head.
Midgard connects with a knee to the head.
Midgard tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A short uppercut from Midgard.
Midgard throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A knee to the head by Midgard.
A nice right hand lands inside from Midgard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Midgard has Mackie pushed against the cage.
Mackie can't get the takedown.
A short uppercut from Midgard.
Midgard gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Midgard breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Chris Mackie is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice body kick from Midgard.
Mackie steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Midgard. That one must have hurt.
Mackie needs to keep his hands up - Midgard had a free shot at his head there.
Midgard scores with a nice body kick.
Midgard misses with a double jab.
Mackie ducks right into an uppercut from Midgard.
Midgard dips to his left and cracks Mackie with an uppercut!
Midgard chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Mackie misses with a takedown
and Midgard counters with a nice kick to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chris Mackie. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mackie misses with a takedown
and Midgard counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice uppercut lands for Midgard. That snapped Mackie's head back.
Magne Midgard seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Midgard moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Midgard scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A nice leg kick lands there from Midgard.
Mackie fails with the takedown
and Midgard counters with a left to the body.

Midgard clinches.
Midgard lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Mackie backwards.
Midgard connects with a knee to the head.
Midgard with a knee to the head.
A short uppercut from Midgard.
Midgard scores with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Midgard landing knees to the head.
Midgard tries a body shot but Mackie blocks it.
Midgard throws an elbow that misses.

Mackie pulls guard effortlessly.

Mackie is looking for a triangle but Midgard pushes his legs off easily.

Mackie looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Midgard has picked Mackie up and slammed him! Mackie can't keep hold of the triangle and Midgard manages to pass to side control!
Mackie sneaks back into half guard.
Midgard perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Mackie tries to get to full guard but Midgard has control of the leg.
Mackie is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Midgard jumps into side control!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mackie tries to improve position but can't.
Mackie is trying to escape the position but Midgard is controlling the position.
Mackie tries to buck Midgard off but Midgard is having none of it.
Midgard is staying tight to Mackie's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Mackie wants to control but Midgard postures up.
Chris Mackie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mackie is looking for a sweep.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mackie regains half guard.
Midgard is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Magne Midgard is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mackie flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Magne Midgard comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Midgard has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight for Magne Midgard!
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight for Magne Midgard!
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight for Magne Midgard!

Magne Midgard wins by unanimous decision!