PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ashadabad Patel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Willy Cody (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ashadabad Patel has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Patel
vs
Cody

187 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

200 cm
23
223 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Ashadabad Patel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Willy Cody!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, William Gold and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Patel scores a takedown into full mount!
Patel controlling from mount.
Patel can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Cody is looking to escape.
Patel controlling his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patel throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Cody tries to hold on but Patel pushes him away.
Patel content just to control the position here.
Patel has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Patel throwing strikes here but Cody is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Patel punching from mount but Cody doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Patel prevents Cody from getting the reversal.
Cody is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Patel controlling from the full mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cody tries to hold on but Patel pushes him away.
Patel content just to control the position here.
Patel seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Cody for as long as he can get away with.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Ashadabad Patel just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Patel will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Patel throws a nice looking combination but Cody bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cody tries to clinch but Patel moves out of range.
Cody scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like Ashadabad Patel has been cut.
Patel throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Cody's waist but Cody gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Patel off to one side.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Willy Cody dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ashadabad Patel's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Patel has a takedown stuffed.
Cody doesn't manage to clinch there - Patel circles away.
Cody tries to close the distance and clinch up but Patel swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Patel circles away from the clinch attempt.
Patel throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ashadabad Patel is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cody tries to close the distance and clinch but Patel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cody throws a head kick that half lands.
Cody tries to clinch up but Patel circles away and keeps his distance.
Cody tries to close the distance and clinch up but Patel swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cody wants to clinch up but Patel keeps it at a distance.
Patel has a takedown stuffed.
Cody tries to close the distance and clinch up but Patel swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Patel tries a head kick but it misses.
Patel throws a body kick that misses.
Cody throws a head kick but Patel moves out of range.
Cody fails in his attempt to clinch.
Patel throws out a leg kick but Cody moves out of range and Patel only half commits.
Patel throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cody moves in looking to clinch but Patel pushes him off.
Patel keeps the fight on the outside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cody doesn't manage to clinch there - Patel circles away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cody looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cody tries to clinch up.
Patel misses with a wild combination.
Patel tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cody moves out of range as Patel throws a body kick.

Cody lands a big head kick that sends Patel tumbling to the mat! Cody takes a step backwards and waves Patel back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Cody wants to clinch.
Cody tries to clinch there but Patel circles away.
Cody tries to clinch but Patel moves out of range.
Patel swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Cody counters with a head kick that drops Patel to the mat! Patel scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!

Patel is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cody doesn't manage to clinch there - Patel circles away.
Cody throws a head kick that misses.
A head kick misses from Patel.
Patel throws a sloppy head kick and Cody moves out of range easily.
Patel avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Patel swats away the attempt to clinch by Cody.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Patel rushes Cody and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Cody connects with a knee to the head.
Cody is trying to break free.
Cody is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cody tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Patel has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Cody is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ashadabad Patel. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Patel breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cody tries to clinch up
and Patel counters with a head kick.
Cody is looking to clinch but Patel is avoiding it.
Cody tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Patel blocks a head kick by Cody.
Patel will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Patel looks for a takedown but Cody sprawls well.
Cody darts in trying to clinch

and Patel counters by clinching up.
Cody wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cody has Patel pressed against the cage, preventing Patel from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Cody pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cody tries to clinch up but Patel circles away and keeps his distance.
Patel fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Cody wants to clinch up but Patel keeps it at a distance.
Willy Cody seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cody throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

Ashadabad Patel's cut is getting worse.
Cody is looking to clinch.
Patel fails in his attempt to clinch.
Patel wants to clinch.

Cody gets a clinch.
Still in the clinch, Cody scores with a nice short uppercut.
Patel trying to land knees to the body.
Patel keeps control of Cody as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cody lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Cody misses with a knee strike.
Cody is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Patel tries to circle away but Cody has him pinned against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Cody's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Patel wants to stall.
Patel is pushing Cody up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cody throws a knee to the head but misses.
Patel has had enough of the clinch but Cody keeps him there for the moment.
Cody is trying to break the clinch but Patel has him pressed against the cage.
Patel wants to break free but Cody has control.
A short right from Cody on the inside.
Patel keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cody's efforts to push away.
Cody scores with a knee to the head.
Cody wants to break free but Patel has control.

Cody breaks the clinch.
Cody moves in looking to clinch but Patel pushes him off.
Cody takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Cody throws a sloppy head kick

and Patel decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Cody's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Patel won't allow Cody to get back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cody bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Patel's guard.
Patel trying to keep a closed guard but Cody is proving a slippery customer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Willy Cody showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ashadabad Patel's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Patel misses with a double jab.

Cody lands a big head kick that sends Patel tumbling to the mat! Cody takes a step backwards and waves Patel back to his feet - he wants the finish!
The fight stays on the outside here - Cody looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cody wants to clinch up but Patel keeps it at a distance.
Cody misses with a head kick.
Patel throws a sloppy head kick
and Cody counters with a big head kick but Patel shrugs it off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cody tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Patel fails to land the takedown.
Patel looks to land a combination but Cody avoids it well.
Cody moves in looking to clinch but Patel pushes him off.
Cody misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Patel throws a series of punches but Cody moves out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cody pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cody tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Patel paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cody slips a jab and a cross from Patel.
Cody tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Patel counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Cody tries to close the distance and clinch up but Patel swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cody displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Patel.
Cody throws a head kick that half lands.
Cody tries to clinch but Patel moves away

and Patel decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Cody's guard.
Patel pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cody is keeping the position for now.
Cody is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Patel is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Cody's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Cody's back!
Ashadabad Patel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cody is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Patel.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patel throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Willy Cody is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cody looking very determined here, making life difficult for Patel.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Cody wants to control his opponent's hands but Patel gets his hands free.
Patel lands punches and elbows.
Patel somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cody rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.

And that's the end of the fight!
Willy Cody comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Cody winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Willy Cody!