PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Shane Gooseman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tigey Maquigregor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Gooseman
vs
Maquigregor

174 cm
27
157 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

170 cm
23
139 lbs
7 - 11 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Shane Gooseman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tigey Maquigregor!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Konstantin Menshow and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maquigregor waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gooseman.

Maquigregor tries to keep at a distance but Gooseman has taken the fight into the clinch.
Gooseman landing knees to the head.
Gooseman misses with a body punch.
Maquigregor wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Maquigregor wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gooseman has him pressed against the cage.
Gooseman using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Maquigregor wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gooseman has him pressed against the cage.
Maquigregor looking to throw knees to the head but Gooseman is blocking nicely.
Maquigregor managing to block the knees to the body from Gooseman.
Gooseman lands with a left to the head.
A knee to the head by Gooseman.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gooseman lands a nice knee to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Maquigregor's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Maquigregor avoiding damage as Gooseman throws knees to the body.
Gooseman looking to throw knees to the head but Maquigregor is blocking nicely.
Gooseman misses with a knee strike.
Gooseman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gooseman tries a knee to the head but Maquigregor blocks it.
Gooseman lands a shoulder strike.
Maquigregor looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gooseman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Maquigregor avoids it.
Gooseman missing with knees to the body.
Gooseman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Maquigregor blocks it with crossed arms.
Maquigregor trying to land knees to the body.
Maquigregor has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gooseman unloads a knee to the mid-section. Maquigregor lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gooseman throws an elbow but it misses.
Gooseman misses with an elbow over the top.
Maquigregor managing to block the knees to the body from Gooseman.
Gooseman tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Maquigregor's elbow.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gooseman.
Maquigregor looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gooseman tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Maquigregor's elbow.
Gooseman has Maquigregor pressed against the cage, preventing Maquigregor from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maquigregor wants to get back to striking at distance but Gooseman won't allow it.
Maquigregor taking a breather.
Gooseman with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gooseman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Maquigregor avoiding damage as Gooseman throws knees to the body.
Gooseman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gooseman pushes Maquigregor back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Maquigregor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gooseman throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Maquigregor breaks the clinch.
Gooseman tries to close the distance and clinch but Maquigregor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Maquigregor looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Maquigregor pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Maquigregor misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Gooseman has managed to clinch.
Gooseman landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Maquigregor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gooseman looking to throw knees to the head but Maquigregor is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Maquigregor breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gooseman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Maquigregor paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Maquigregor misses with a two punch combination.
Maquigregor has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Gooseman is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Maquigregor misses with a series of wild punches.
A combination from Maquigregor does no damage.
Maquigregor looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Gooseman instigates a clinch.
Gooseman prevents Maquigregor from breaking the clinch.
Maquigregor takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gooseman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Maquigregor wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gooseman has him pressed against the cage.
Maquigregor wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gooseman swings wildly with an uppercut but Maquigregor uses good head movement to avoid it.
Maquigregor takes a knee to the side of the body.
Gooseman putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Maquigregor in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Maquigregor on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gooseman throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gooseman throws an elbow that misses.
Maquigregor avoiding damage as Gooseman throws knees to the body.
Maquigregor is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Maquigregor avoids the elbow strike from Gooseman, against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gooseman keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Maquigregor's efforts to push away.
Maquigregor managing to block the knees to the body from Gooseman.
Maquigregor is trying to break the clinch but Gooseman is controlling him.
Maquigregor tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gooseman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gooseman lands a knee to the head.

Maquigregor's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Maquigregor throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Gooseman moves into range and clinches up with Maquigregor.
Knees to the body from Gooseman.
Maquigregor avoiding damage as Gooseman throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shane Gooseman dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Maquigregor misses with a head kick.
Maquigregor throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gooseman tries to clinch but Maquigregor is having none of it.

Gooseman gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gooseman trying to land knees to the body.
Maquigregor blocks a body shot from Gooseman.
Maquigregor avoiding damage as Gooseman throws knees to the body.
Maquigregor tries to circle away but Gooseman has him pinned against the cage.
Gooseman crunches a lovely knee into Maquigregor's ribcage.
Gooseman lands with a left to the head.
Gooseman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Maquigregor tries to circle away but Gooseman has him pinned against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Maquigregor manages to break the clinch.
Gooseman throws out a loose jab but Maquigregor uses good head movement to avoid it.
Some wild striking there from Maquigregor.
Gooseman scores with a decent looking hook.
Gooseman fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Maquigregor tries to keep at a distance but Gooseman has taken the fight into the clinch.
Gooseman landing knees to the head.
Gooseman lands a left hand that snaps the head of Maquigregor backwards.
Maquigregor is looking to control Gooseman's arms but Gooseman gets an underhook and turns him. Now Maquigregor has his back to the cage.
Gooseman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Maquigregor has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gooseman lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Gooseman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Maquigregor avoids it.
Gooseman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Maquigregor is defending well for now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gooseman misses with a knee to the head.
Shane Gooseman has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Gooseman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Maquigregor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Maquigregor avoids the elbow strike from Gooseman, against the cage.
Maquigregor has had enough of the clinch but Gooseman keeps him there for the moment.
Maquigregor is looking to break free of the clinch but Gooseman has double underhooks.

Maquigregor manages to break the clinch.
Shane Gooseman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gooseman tries to clinch up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gooseman fails with an attempt to clinch.
Maquigregor misses with the combination.
Maquigregor misses with a series of wild punches.
Maquigregor closes the distance and lands a one-two.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gooseman wants to clinch up but Maquigregor keeps it at a distance.
Gooseman misses with a few strikes there.
Gooseman throws a right and a left that Maquigregor avoids nicely.
Maquigregor misses with a double jab.
It looked like Gooseman was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Maquigregor.

Gooseman rushes Maquigregor and presses him up against the cage.
Gooseman lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gooseman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gooseman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Maquigregor avoids it.
Maquigregor blocks an elbow strike from Gooseman.
Maquigregor is trying to break the clinch but Gooseman is controlling him.
Gooseman misses with a body punch.
Gooseman pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gooseman misses with a body punch.
Maquigregor tries to stall but Gooseman uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Maquigregor has had enough of the clinch but Gooseman keeps him there for the moment.
Gooseman misses with a hook to the ribs.

Maquigregor escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gooseman doesn't manage to clinch there - Maquigregor circles away.
Gooseman tries to clinch up but Maquigregor circles away and keeps his distance.
Maquigregor feints the counter takedown.
Maquigregor throws a nice looking combination but Gooseman bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A punch combination from Maquigregor misses.
Gooseman seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Maquigregor throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gooseman.
A combination from Maquigregor does no damage.
Gooseman tries to clinch but Maquigregor is having none of it.
Maquigregor ducks under a wild hook from Gooseman.
Gooseman moves out of range of the body kick.

Gooseman darts in and clinches Maquigregor up against the cage.
Gooseman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Maquigregor can do to turn this around?
Gooseman tries to land a knee to the head but Maquigregor blocks with his arms.
Maquigregor is trying to break free.
Maquigregor wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maquigregor wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gooseman tries to land knees in the clinch but Maquigregor avoids the damage to the body.
Gooseman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Maquigregor avoids it.
Gooseman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Maquigregor has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gooseman tries to land knees in the clinch but Maquigregor avoids the damage to the body.
Gooseman swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gooseman tries to land a knee to the head but Maquigregor blocks with his arms.
Maquigregor missing with knees to the body.
Maquigregor has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gooseman keeps control of Maquigregor as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gooseman looking to throw knees to the head but Maquigregor is blocking nicely.
Gooseman throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Maquigregor wants to break the clinch but can't.
Maquigregor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gooseman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Maquigregor avoids it.
Maquigregor managing to block the knees to the body from Gooseman.

Maquigregor's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shane Gooseman dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Maquigregor misses with a double jab.
Maquigregor fails to land with a series of punches.
Tigey Maquigregor seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Maquigregor misses with a two punch combination.

Gooseman pushes Maquigregor up against the cage in a clinch.
Maquigregor wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gooseman has him pressed against the cage.
Maquigregor tries to circle away but Gooseman has him pinned against the cage.

Maquigregor's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Maquigregor looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Maquigregor avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
As Gooseman backs off Maquigregor throws a huge counter combo but Gooseman manages to avoid it all.

Maquigregor clinches up against the cage.
Gooseman with a knee to the head.
Gooseman connects with a knee to the head.
Gooseman lands with a right to the head.
Gooseman trying to land knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Maquigregor avoiding damage as Gooseman throws knees to the body.
Gooseman misses with a body punch.
Maquigregor looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gooseman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maquigregor blocks a body shot from Gooseman.
Gooseman tries a body shot but Maquigregor blocks it.
Gooseman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Maquigregor.
Gooseman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Maquigregor.
Gooseman keeps control of Maquigregor as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gooseman scores with a hook to the body.
Maquigregor can't break the clinch.
Gooseman keeps control of Maquigregor as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Maquigregor wants to get back to striking at distance but Gooseman won't allow it.
Maquigregor managing to block the knees to the body from Gooseman.
Gooseman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Maquigregor is trying to force a seperation but Gooseman has the dominant position.
Gooseman working Maquigregor over with knees to the body.
Gooseman tries to land knees in the clinch but Maquigregor avoids the damage to the body.
Maquigregor wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gooseman with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maquigregor managing to block the knees to the body from Gooseman.
Maquigregor avoiding damage as Gooseman throws knees to the body.
Maquigregor is trying to break the clinch but Gooseman has him pressed against the cage.
Gooseman missing with knees to the body.
Maquigregor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Maquigregor can't break the clinch.
Gooseman lands a nice shot to the body.
Gooseman throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gooseman throws a knee to the head but misses.
Maquigregor is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Maquigregor is trying to force a seperation but Gooseman has the dominant position.

Maquigregor escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Maquigregor throws a combination. Gooseman tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Maquigregor pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
No joy there for Maquigregor, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maquigregor moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Maquigregor throws a head kick that misses.

Gooseman has closed the distance and engaged Maquigregor in a clinch.
Gooseman looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Gooseman prevents Maquigregor from breaking the clinch.
Gooseman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Maquigregor working hard to break the clinch.
Maquigregor wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gooseman creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Gooseman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Maquigregor blocks it with crossed arms.

Maquigregor breaks the clinch.

Maquigregor moves into the clinch successfully.

Maquigregor pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Maquigregor keeps the fight on the outside.
Gooseman tries to clinch but Maquigregor moves out of range.
Maquigregor lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Gooseman fails in his attempt to clinch.
Maquigregor misses with a wild combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gooseman tries to clinch there but Maquigregor circles away.
Gooseman wants to clinch.
A thudding body kick lands there by Maquigregor!
A head kick misses from Maquigregor.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gooseman tries to clinch but Maquigregor is having none of it.
A head kick misses from Gooseman.
Gooseman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Maquigregor walks into a left hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gooseman looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Maquigregor lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Gooseman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tigey Maquigregor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Shane Gooseman is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Maquigregor lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Tigey Maquigregor.
I think Gooseman has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 29:28
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shane Gooseman!