PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Y cage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tomato Can (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). cage comes to the cage accompanied by Don't let me be misunderstood. Tomato Can is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

cage
vs
Can

182 cm
24
167 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

180 cm
25
180 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Hellbent, Inc.
Gold Standard Nutrition

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc
The Red Eye

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Y cage!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tomato Can!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Daniel Franklin and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
cage jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A cross from cage lands.
cage throws out a loose jab but Can uses good head movement to avoid it.
cage ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Can moves away.
cage stuffs the takedown.
Can takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Can shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has cage pinned against the cage. cage gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Can checks the leg kick nicely there.
Can scores with a body shot.
Can with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling cage to score with a decent uppercut.

It looks like Tomato Can has been cut.
cage throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Can bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
cage throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
cage fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Can on the side of the head.
cage looks to throw the jab but Can is out of range.
cage takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Can on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Can throws a series of punches but cage moves out of range.
cage swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A combination from cage does no damage.

Can bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
cage pushes Can away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Can gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

Can is trying to get an arm triangle but cage is defending well.
cage wants to get back to his feet but Can drags him back down.
Can wants to lay and pray for a moment but cage keeps working.
Check out the look on Can's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Can moves into full mount!
Can throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Can trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
cage wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.

Can is going olschool here, as he tries to force cage to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so cage shrugs it off.
cage is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Can lands a big shot there that rocks cage but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
cage's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Can landing shots from mount.
Can won't let cage get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
cage is breathing heavily.

Can with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
cage really wants to buck Can off and get back to his feet.
Can working cage over with strikes here.
Can working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Can can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as cage is looking to escape.
Can lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
cage is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Can trying to control but cage is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
cage avoids a series of strikes thrown by Can.
cage is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.

Can looking for a guillotine from mount but cage is having none of it.
Can thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
cage's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Can lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
cage wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tomato Can dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tomato Can's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

A punch combination from cage misses.
Can checks a low kick from cage.
Can throws a lazy right hand but cage sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
cage scores with a punch to the head.
Can is looking to score with low kicks.
Can checks a low kick from cage.
Can thows a body shot but no joy.
cage pivots, looking for a leg kick but Can is out of range and cage settles back down.
cage throws a body punch but Can moves out of range.
Can misses the shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Can loads up on a big right hand but cage slips the punch.
cage stuffs the takedown attempt from Can. Can gets slowly back to his feet.
cage misses with a straight right.
cage lands an overhand right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
cage looks for the body kick but Can saw that one coming.
cage fakes the leg kick and cracks Can in the body.
cage lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
cage scores with a jab to the head.
Y cage is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Can lands a straight punch to the body, keeping cage at a distance.
cage moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by cage as he connects with a hook.
cage cracks Can with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
cage throws a series of strikes that have Can backpedaling.

Can is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Can fakes high and swings low for a body shot but cage manages to avoid it.
Can misses with a two punch combination.
Can is breathing heavily.
Decent striking displayed by Can there.
cage lands a jab to the nose.
cage scores with a decent looking hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
cage lands a slapping body shot.
cage lands a two punch combo.
Can is still on wobbly legs! Can cage finish him?
cage drops Can with a naaaaasty hook - Can is in real trouble here! cage dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Y cage!
Y cage retains his welterweight title!