PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Leonard Mcgee (ranked 5249 p4p, 0 weight class) and Baki Hanma (ranked 5477 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Mcgee
vs
Hanma

217 cm
24
140 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

170 cm
21
130 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Leonard Mcgee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Baki Hanma!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hanma is trying hard to land a takedown here. Mcgee sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Mcgee closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Hanma's guard.

Hanma isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Mcgee stacks Hanma on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Mcgee!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hanma wants to control but Mcgee postures up.
Hanma is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Hanma trying to control but Mcgee flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mcgee trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanma tries to roll but Mcgee sticks to his back.
Mcgee biding his time, looking for the opening.
Mcgee trying to control momentarily.
Mcgee is trying to stick to Hanma's back but Hanma is turning into Mcgee. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Mcgee's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Hanma.
Mcgee throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Hanma wants to stand but Mcgee is controlling his posture from full guard.
Hanma trying to control the position from guard on top but Mcgee is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanma landing with the ground and pound.
Hanma stops Mcgee from standing up.

Mcgee manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Mcgee shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Mcgee has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hanma tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Mcgee just stands there and leans against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Hanma's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Mcgee prevents Hanma from breaking the clinch.
Mcgee really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Hanma tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Mcgee just stands there and leans against the cage.
Leonard Mcgee has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Baki Hanma.
Mcgee slows down the pace here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanma jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Mcgee walks away with a smile on his face. Hanma gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Mcgee drives through with a takedown into Hanma's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Mcgee knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hanma on the ground.

Hanma is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Hanma holds on and takes a little breather.

Hanma looking for a guillotine here but Mcgee defends easily.

Hanma throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mcgee stopping the sweep attempt from Hanma.

Hanma is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mcgee stands up over Hanma, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Mcgee gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Hanma to score an easy takedown into full guard.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Mcgee manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
Hanma trying to control the position but instead, Mcgee has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hanma into the cage.
Hanma tries to pull guard but Mcgee won't allow it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mcgee manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Hanma is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Mcgee gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcgee stalling in the clinch.
Hanma is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Mcgee to keep the fight standing.
Leonard Mcgee has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Baki Hanma.
Hanma on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hanma is pushing Mcgee up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Mcgee scores with a nice hook to the head.
Mcgee leaning his opponent against the cage.
Hanma tries to pull guard but Mcgee won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanma wants a takedown but no success here.

Mcgee's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Mcgee gets a clinch.
Hanma looking for a takedown.

Mcgee tightens his grip and picks Hanma up, before dumping him to the ground. Hanma manages to land in guard.
Hanma throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

Hanma has his foot on Mcgee's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Mcgee works his way back into a safe position though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mcgee prevents Hanma from getting back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanma controls Mcgee momentarily but Mcgee frees himself.
Hanma bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Mcgee's guard.

Hanma is breathing heavily.
Mcgee is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Hanma seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Mcgee trying to control the position.
Mcgee looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Hanma pushes down on Mcgee's leg and manages to get into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mcgee strikes from the bottom but Hanma passes into mount!
Mcgee is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hanma can do to turn this around?
Mcgee tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Hanma working Mcgee over with strikes here.
Mcgee can't escape the position.
Mcgee sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Mcgee trying to hold on to Hanma's head to control him but Hanma postures up.
Mcgee is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hanma lands strikes from half guard.

Hanma is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Mcgee sees it coming and defends easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Leonard Mcgee will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Hanma shoots in and bounces Mcgee off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Mcgee is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Mcgee is controlling Hanma's posture.
Hanma controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Hanma is continuing to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mcgee is looking to stand up but Hanma isn't so interested in that idea.
Mcgee has a closed guard, preventing Hanma from standing up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcgee is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Mcgee seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Mcgee doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Hanma is trying hard to land a takedown here. Mcgee sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Mcgee feints a jab promting Hanma to slip. Mcgee then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Hanma slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Mcgee tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hanma swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Mcgee drives through and clinches with Hanma against the cage.
Hanma is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

Mcgee gets control of Hanma's arms and successfully pulls guard. Mcgee will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanma won't allow Mcgee to sweep him here.
Mcgee is looking to sweep but instead, Hanma has passed into half guard.
Hanma trying to control the pace.
Hanma trying to control from half guard but Mcgee is working away.
Hanma thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Mcgee's head.
Mcgee wants to improve his position but Hanma is controlling well.
Mcgee trying to control but Hanma postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanma seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Mcgee does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Mcgee wants to improve his position but Hanma is controlling well.
Mcgee is trying to maintain the position but Hanma is very close to passing his half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hanma controlling the pace.
Mcgee has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Hanma is working away from the top position though.
Hanma trying to control the action but Mcgee is working from the bottom.
Mcgee wants to get back to his feet.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Mcgee wants to clinch up but Hanma keeps it at a distance.
Hanma thinks about the counter body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Mcgee is trying hard to land a takedown here. Hanma sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Hanma scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Hanma is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Mcgee is not content to let Hanma control the position.

Hanma is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Mcgee is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Hanma tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Baki Hanma has got the better of the ground game so far.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Mcgee is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Hanma's leg. Oh but that's left an opportunity for Hanma! He's got an arm triangle... it looks tight! He's rotating and Mcgee has tapped! This one is allllll over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Baki Hanma!