PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Reginald Cavendish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reginald Cavendish could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Michael James's chin.

Cavendish
vs
James

187 cm
19
185 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

190 cm
22
185 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Reginald Cavendish!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Michael James!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Kenichi Hosakawa and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cavendish with a nice cross.

It looks like Michael James has been cut.
James avoids the head kick by Cavendish.
Cavendish throws a sloppy head kick and James moves out of range easily.
A clash of legs there as James blocks the low kick.
Cavendish throws a series of punches but James moves out of range.

James fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Cavendish sprawls well initially but James persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

James is trying to work for a kimura but Cavendish is defending well.

James is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
James is pressing down on Cavendish's thigh, looking to free his foot. Cavendish is holding on for now.
Cavendish tries to kick James off but James keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

James is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Cavendish doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time James.
James looks gassed!

James seems to be working for a kimura but Cavendish defends the submission attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cavendish manages to escape and get back to his feet!

James gets the takedown into side control.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Cavendish is looking to work his way out of this bad position but James is controlling him well.

James tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Cavendish wants to get back to his feet but James drags him back down.

Cavendish throws James to one side and escapes!
Cavendish lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Cavendish.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cavendish misses with a double jab.
James looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Cavendish is fending him off so far but James persists. Nope, Cavendish circles away and we're back to standing.
Cavendish motions for James to come forward. Cavendish throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
James tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cavendish swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cavendish with a jab.
Cavendish lands a jab to the nose.
Cavendish scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Cavendish lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Cavendish.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cavendish misses with a body shot.
Cavendish looks to land a combination but James avoids it well.
Reginald Cavendish is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

James looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

James wants to work for an arm triangle but Cavendish is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

James is working for a submission of some sort.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

James stands up out of the half guard.

James scores a takedown into full mount!
James pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.

James looking to secure an arm triangle but Cavendish defends it well.
Cavendish is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

James gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!

James looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
James tries to free his leg and advance position but Cavendish is retaining full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

James is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
James pushing down on Cavendish's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
James wants to pass to mount but Cavendish is defending the position.

James is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

James is trying to work for a kimura but Cavendish is defending well.
James tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Cavendish.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cavendish is trying to stand back up but James is controlling him

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

James changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Cavendish looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Michael James will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Michael James's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Cavendish looks to throw the jab but James is out of range.

James takes the fight into the clinch.
James wants a takedown but no success here.

Cavendish breaks the clinch.

James shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. James showed some decent athleticism there.
James trying to pass the guard but Cavendish defending well.
Cavendish wants to get back to his feet.
James trying to mount his opponent but Cavendish defends it.
Cavendish is looking to escape.

Cavendish kicks James off and gets back to his feet.
Reginald Cavendish is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
James closes the distance and clinches up with Cavendish, looking for a takedown. James pushes Cavendish against the ropes but Cavendish circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
James shoots in for a double leg but Cavendish sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Reginald Cavendish has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael James.
An inside leg kick lands from Cavendish.
Cavendish misses with the combination.
James shoots in for a takedown but Cavendish shows good takedown defense.
James shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Cavendish but Cavendish pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Cavendish connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Cavendish misses with the combination.
James lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
James shoots for a takedown but Cavendish saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Cavendish lands a body shot.
James looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Cavendish.
James tries to clinch but Cavendish is having none of it.
James closes this distance looking for a takedown but Cavendish circles away.
Cavendish fails to land with a series of punches.
James shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Cavendish pinned against the cage. Cavendish gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
James fails to land the takedown.
James looks for a takedown but Cavendish sprawls well.
James shoots for a takedown but Cavendish saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Cavendish rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but James moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nice sprawl there from Cavendish as James shoots in.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
James shoots in but Cavendish avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Cavendish listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Cavendish misses with a straight left.

James clinches up with Cavendish and pushes him back against the ropes.
Cavendish is trying to break the clinch but James has him pressed against the ropes.
Cavendish wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cavendish swings wildly with an uppercut but James uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cavendish prevents the takedown attempt.

James escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
James changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Cavendish tries to avoid it but James manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Cavendish to the ground. Cavendish escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
James fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Cavendish misses with a combination

and James counters with a takedown into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
James prevents Cavendish from escaping the position.

James tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no James has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
James tries to move into full mount but can't pass Cavendish's legs.

James working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Cavendish wants to get back to his feet.

James tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no James has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael James showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Michael James's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

James shoots for a takedown but Cavendish saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Cavendish has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
James looks for a takedown but Cavendish sprawls well.
James staying out of range there.
Cavendish will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
James shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Cavendish but Cavendish pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Reginald Cavendish has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael James.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cavendish throws a sloppy head kick and James moves out of range easily.
Cavendish fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but James is out of range.
Cavendish lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.

James changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Cavendish looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Cavendish is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, James asserts his dominance and retains side control.

James looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

James in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Cavendish is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Michael James!