PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Leif Cassidy (ranked 4315 p4p, 5190 weight class) and Kai Kara France (ranked 237 p4p, 258 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Cassidy
vs
Kara France

170 cm
26
140
3 - 6 - 0

163 cm
26
130
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Leif Cassidy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kai Kara France!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Santiago Holmes and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cassidy gets a clinch.
Cassidy looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Cassidy looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kara France dodges an elbow strike from Cassidy.
Cassidy creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kara France wants to get back to striking at distance but Cassidy won't allow it.
Kara France dodges an elbow strike from Cassidy.
Cassidy misses with an elbow over the top.
Cassidy keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kara France's efforts to push away.
Cassidy lands an elbow that stopped Kara France in his tracks for a moment.
Kara France wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kara France dodges an elbow strike from Cassidy.
Cassidy prevents Kara France from breaking the clinch.
Cassidy throws an elbow but it misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cassidy just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kara France's brow.
Kara France scores with a nice hook to the head.
Cassidy throws an elbow that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cassidy throws an elbow but it misses.
Kara France blocks an elbow strike from Cassidy.
Kara France is trying to break free.
Kara France wants to get back to striking at distance but Cassidy won't allow it.
Kara France looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cassidy throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cassidy prevents Kara France from breaking the clinch.
Cassidy blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cassidy lands an elbow just above Kara France 's eye.
Cassidy has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Kara France wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cassidy has him pressed against the cage.
Kara France has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kara France dodges an elbow strike from Cassidy.
Cassidy pushes off an throws an elbow but Kara France leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Cassidy looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Still in the clinch, Kara France scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cassidy looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kara France is trying to break the clinch but Cassidy is controlling him.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cassidy throws an elbow but misses.
Cassidy looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Cassidy manages to break the clinch.
Kara France throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cassidy.

Cassidy gets a clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cassidy.
Cassidy lands a nice elbow.
Cassidy pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Cassidy has Kara France pressed against the cage, preventing Kara France from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cassidy pushes off an throws an elbow but Kara France leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kara France is trying to break the clinch but Cassidy is controlling him.
Cassidy misses with an elbow strike.
Kara France is trying to break the clinch but Cassidy has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cassidy misses with an elbow over the top.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cassidy pushes off an throws an elbow but Kara France leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Kara France's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cassidy pushes off an throws an elbow but Kara France leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Cassidy misses with an elbow over the top.
Cassidy lands an elbow inside that Kara France shrugs off.
Cassidy throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kara France can't break the clinch.
Cassidy lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Kai Kara France has been cut.
Kara France has had enough of the clinch but Cassidy keeps him there for the moment.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cassidy.
Cassidy keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kara France's efforts to push away.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cassidy.
Cassidy misses with an elbow strike.
Cassidy lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Cassidy looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kara France is trying to push Cassidy away but Cassidy has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Cassidy pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kara France throws a punch but it's blocked by Cassidy.
Kara France misses with the head strike.
Cassidy lands an elbow inside.
Kara France is trying to break free.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cassidy lands a damaging elbow.
Cassidy lands an elbow that stopped Kara France in his tracks for a moment.
Cassidy creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cassidy throws an elbow that misses.
Cassidy pushes off an throws an elbow but Kara France leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kara France misses with a punch on the inside.
Cassidy throws an elbow that misses.

Cassidy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Kara France gets tackled into the cage by Cassidy. Cassidy maintains the clinch.
Kara France wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kara France misses with some punches.
Kara France blocks the elbow strike.

Kara France breaks the clinch.

Cassidy has Kara France up against the cage in a clinch.
Kara France takes an elbow to the temple.
Kara France is trying to break free.
Cassidy creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kara France's defenses.
Cassidy lands an elbow just above Kara France 's eye.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cassidy looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kara France blocks the elbow strike.
Kara France wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cassidy has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kara France has had enough of the clinch but Cassidy keeps him there for the moment.
Cassidy misses with an elbow strike.
Cassidy throws an elbow that misses.
Cassidy throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cassidy.

That has opened up Kai Kara France's cut even more.
Kara France blocks an elbow strike.
Kara France avoids a wild elbow strike from Cassidy.

Kara France breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Kara France lands a left and a right that sends Cassidy crashing to the canvas! Kara France dives into mount looking to finish!
Cassidy is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Cassidy has worked his way to half guard, taking advantage of Kara France's lack of action.
Kara France wants to take a breather but Cassidy is having none of it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kara France prevents Cassidy from standing back up.

Cassidy manages to create a bit of space in order to work his way back to his feet. Kara France keeps hold of his opponent and drives him back against the cage.
Kara France tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Leif Cassidy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kai Kara France's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Cassidy moves into range and clinches up with Kara France.
Cassidy creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kara France's defenses.
Kara France has had enough of the clinch but Cassidy keeps him there for the moment.
Cassidy lands an elbow just above Kara France 's eye.
Cassidy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kara France can do to turn this around?
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cassidy just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kara France's brow.
Leif Cassidy has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Cassidy misses with an elbow over the top.
Cassidy lands a damaging elbow.
Kara France looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kara France blocks the elbow strike.
Kara France avoids a wild elbow strike from Cassidy.
Kara France has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Cassidy lands an elbow inside.
Kara France wants to break free but Cassidy has control.
Cassidy pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Cassidy comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cassidy keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kara France's efforts to push away.
Cassidy misses with an elbow strike.
Cassidy lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Cassidy lands a damaging elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cassidy lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Kara France escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kara France tries to close the distance and clinch but Cassidy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cassidy fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kara France, pushing him back against the cage.
Kara France is trying to break the clinch but Cassidy has him pressed against the cage.
Kara France swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cassidy lands a nice elbow.
Kara France dodges an elbow strike from Cassidy.
Kara France working hard to break the clinch.
Cassidy keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kara France's efforts to push away.
Kara France avoids a wild elbow strike from Cassidy.
Kara France avoids a wild elbow strike from Cassidy.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cassidy throws an elbow but misses.
Kara France takes an elbow to the temple.

The cut above Kai Kara France's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Kara France wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kara France lands with a short shot to the head.
Kara France is trying to push Cassidy away but Cassidy has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Cassidy pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Cassidy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kara France misses with a looping left.

Cassidy moves into the clinch.
Kara France blocks an elbow strike from Cassidy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kara France scores with a shoulder strike.
Kara France blocks an elbow strike.
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!
Cassidy lands an elbow inside that Kara France shrugs off.
Kara France blocks the elbow strike.
Cassidy misses with an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cassidy throws an elbow but misses.
Cassidy looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kara France avoids the elbow strike from Cassidy, against the cage.
Cassidy lands an elbow inside.
Kara France blocks an elbow strike from Cassidy.
Cassidy throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cassidy throws an elbow that misses.
Cassidy throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cassidy throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kara France wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cassidy pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Cassidy creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kara France's defenses.

Kai Kara France's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Cassidy misses with an elbow over the top.
Kara France dodges an elbow strike from Cassidy.
Cassidy misses with an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cassidy throws an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cassidy just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kara France's brow.
Kara France tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kara France breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Cassidy moves into the clinch.
Cassidy comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kara France wants to get back to striking at distance but Cassidy won't allow it.
Kara France is trying to break the clinch but Cassidy has him pressed against the cage.
Kara France wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kara France scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kara France tries to break the clinch but Cassidy is controlling the position.
Kara France misses with a punch on the inside.
Kara France is looking to break free of the clinch but Cassidy has double underhooks.
Kara France avoids the elbow strike from Cassidy, against the cage.
Cassidy throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kara France is trying to push Cassidy away but Cassidy has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Kara France can't break the clinch.
Kara France wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kara France blocks an elbow strike.
Kara France scores with a shot to the side of Cassidy's head.
Cassidy has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Kara France working hard to break the clinch.
Cassidy lands an elbow inside.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Kai Kara France's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Leif Cassidy!