PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tyler Cage (ranked 562 p4p, 745 weight class) and Jake The Dog (ranked 80 p4p, 107 weight class). The Dog has chosen Meditation Time as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Cage
vs
The Dog

185 cm
35
185
22 - 16 - 1

186 cm
32
195
16 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 22 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tyler Cage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jake The Dog!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Cecil Peabody and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cage waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract The Dog.
The Dog has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from The Dog there as he acknowledges the shot.
Cage wants to slow The Dog down by chopping away at his legs.
Nice defenses there by Cage.
The Dog's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Cage connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! The Dog scrambles back to his feet.
The Dog thows a left - swing and a miss!
The Dog takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The Dog takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Cage displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as The Dog throws out the jab.
A right-left combo lands from Cage.
Cage misses with an uppercut. The Dog saw that one coming.
Cage scores with a jab to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cage lands a nice looking body shot.
The Dog changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The Dog dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cage throws a right hand that The Dog ducks under and follows up with a left that The Dog also avoids with ease.
Cage throws a hook but The Dog blocks it.
Cage takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The Dog lands with a good body shot.
Cage jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The Dog uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cage throws a right hand that misses
and The Dog counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The Dog lands the left hand.
The Dog scores with a punch to the head.
The Dog tests Cage's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cage takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The Dog throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Cage on the side of the head.
The Dog throws a looping overhand right but Cage ducks down to avoid it.
The Dog moves away from the strike by Cage.
Cage lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The Dog uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cage.
Cage pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Dog connects with a nice looking jab.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cage.
The Dog misses with an uppercut.
The fighters circling - The Dog throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cage misses with a hook. The Dog ducked under it nicely.
The Dog looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Cage throws a jab when The Dog was well out of range.
The Dog looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A looping hook to the body misses from The Dog. Cage does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cage lunges at The Dog with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by The Dog's hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cage misses with a looping left.
A nice leg kick from Cage, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cage moves away from the strike by The Dog.
Cage takes a swing at The Dog's ribcage but misses.
Cage cracks a nice hook into The Dog's ribs.
Cage misses with a hook.
The Dog blocks a head kick by Cage.
A big right from The Dog misses.
Cage looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
The crowd cheers as Cage lands an impressive looking overhand right. The Dog doesn't seem phased though.
Cage pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The Dog keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cage.
The Dog misses with a low kick as Cage jumps back.
Cage displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as The Dog throws out the jab.
Nice straight punches there by Cage. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Cage.
The Dog takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Cage throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Cage is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cage misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from The Dog.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cage keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from The Dog.
Cage avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
The Dog slips under a jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Cage misses the target.
Cage loads up on a big right hand but The Dog slips the punch.
The Dog connects with the punch.
The Dog ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cage moves away.
The Dog's jab looks to have found its range, popping Cage under the eye.
Cage uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by The Dog.
The crowd cheers as The Dog lands an impressive looking overhand right. Cage doesn't seem phased though.
The Dog fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cage manages to avoid it.
The Dog loads up on a big right hand but Cage slips the punch.
Cage fires out a quick counter leg kick but The Dog just manages to avoid it.
Cage throws a body shot but no joy.
Cage swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cage scores with a head kick. The Dog tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Cage throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The Dog missing with a left hand there. Cage was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cage looks to land a combination but The Dog avoids it well.
The Dog darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Cage drives through and clinches with The Dog against the cage.
The Dog keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cage's efforts to push away.
The Dog struggles to land a body shot inside as Cage controls his hands.

Cage breaks from the clinch.
Cage throws a hook to the side of The Dog's head but The Dog sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cage ducks under a wild hook from The Dog.
Cage darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The Dog ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cage moves away.
Nice cross by The Dog.
Cage is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
The Dog lands a jab to Cage's midsection.
The Dog uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cage.
The Dog thuds his right hand into Cage's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Cage throws a jab when The Dog was well out of range.
Cage gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cage ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cage tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but The Dog was well out of range. Poor timing from Cage.
The Dog doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
The Dog misses with a looping left.
The Dog lands an overhand right.
The Dog tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cage was well out of range. Poor timing from The Dog.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jake The Dog will probably get the nod.
That's time! Cage's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

The Dog thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cage throwing a counter right hand but The Dog manages to avoid it.
Cage throws an overhand right that lands on The Dog's shoulder, as The Dog tries to avoid the shot.
Tyler Cage seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Dog misses with a low kick.
A slow jab from Cage misses its intended target.
A big right from The Dog misses.
The Dog walks into a straight right hand from Cage.
The Dog misses with a looping right.
A little feinted left hand from Cage on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
The Dog moves away from the strike by Cage.
The Dog appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
The Dog misses with a hook.
Cage with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Cage fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Cage punishes The Dog's body with a nice straight punch.
Cage is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A jab lands there for The Dog.
Cage throws a jab when The Dog was well out of range.
The Dog connects with a nice looking jab.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Cage throws a leg kick but The Dog sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Cage throws a body shot but no joy.
The Dog ducks under a wild hook from Cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Dog on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Cage jabs at The Dog's body.
Nice jab there from Cage.
The Dog lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

The Dog lands a big uppercut and Cage crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Cage looks OK. The Dog waves Cage back to his feet!

Cage is rocked!

It looks like Tyler Cage has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cage throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Oh Cage is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jake The Dog seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The Dog ducks down into range and throws a picture perfect right hook that connects with Cage's jaw. Cage's eyes stare off into space as he falls to the mat, out cold! The Dog does the decent thing and steps back, rather than landing any shots to his unconscious opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jake The Dog!
Jake The Dog decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.