PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Orange Cassidy (ranked 1926 p4p, 2559 weight class) and Lemmy Kilmeister (ranked 253 p4p, 310 weight class). Kilmeister comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Ace of Spades by - MOTORHEAD kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Cassidy
vs
Kilmeister

171 cm
25
160
4 - 1 - 0

180 cm
25
165
4 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Orange Cassidy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lemmy Kilmeister!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kilmeister throws a combination that misses

and Cassidy counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Kilmeister is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kilmeister keeping moving, preventing Cassidy from controlling successfully.
Cassidy stopping the sweep attempt from Kilmeister.
Cassidy advances to half guard.
Cassidy takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Kilmeister is trying to maintain the position but Cassidy is very close to passing his half guard.
Kilmeister wants to get back to full guard.
Cassidy has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Cassidy passes to full mount!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cassidy controlling from mount.

Cassidy is working for a guillotine from mount but Kilmeister frees his head quite easily.
Cassidy takes Kilmeister's back.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kilmeister is trying to defend against the choke here but Cassidy has an arm under his chin. This one might not last much longer. Cassidy Tightens the hold and Kilmeister taps out furiously! Cassidy displays superior BJJ to win the fight.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Orange Cassidy!