PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rafael Sehn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rob Canses (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rafael Sehn looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Sehn
vs
Canses

190 cm
21
244 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

189 cm
21
270 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Dangerous GnP
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rafael Sehn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rob Canses!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Daniel Cesar and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sehn doesn't manage to clinch there - Canses circles away.

Canses closes the distance and clinches.
Sehn could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Sehn changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Canses fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Sehn moves in looking to clinch but Canses pushes him off.

Canses closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Canses lands in his opponent's guard.
Canses is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Sehn has momentary wrist control but Canses slips an elbow through the middle.
Canses landing some decent shots from guard.
Sehn is breathing heavily.
Canses slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Canses grinds an elbow into Sehn's temple.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Canses creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Canses grinds an elbow into Sehn's temple.
Canses working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Canses working the body and head with strikes.
Sehn takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sehn taking a bit of punishment here - Canses scoring with strikes.
Canses in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Canses in side control lands a decent elbow.
Sehn taking punishment in the form of punches.
Canses working the head and body with strikes.
Canses working the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Canses lands a nice forearm strike.
Sehn taking punishment in the form of punches.
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!
Canses in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Canses in side control lands a decent elbow.
Sehn taking a bit of punishment here - Canses scoring with strikes.
Canses cracks Sehn with a big right hand but Sehn just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Canses lands a decent elbow from side control.
Canses scoring with punches from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Canses landing a few strikes.
Canses landing a few strikes.
Canses is putting a hurting on Sehn here, landing some big shots from side control.
Canses cracks Sehn with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Canses creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Canses landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Canses working the ground and pound.
Canses landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Canses in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Canses scoring with punches from side control.
Canses scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Sehn to see if he's OK.
Sehn is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Canses's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Canses drops an elbow to the side of Sehn's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Canses working Sehn over with strikes.
Sehn taking some punishment here, with Canses in his half guard.
Canses is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Canses lands strikes from half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Canses connects with a nice short shot to Sehn's temple.
Sehn taking some punishment here, with Canses in his half guard.
Canses trying to pass the guard but Sehn defending well.
Canses scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Canses winds up and cracks Sehn with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Sehn is looking for a sweep. Canses is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Sehn is working hard here to advance position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Canses connects with a nice short shot to Sehn's temple.
Sehn manages to get to full guard.
Canses is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Canses scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Canses's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Canses lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Canses lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Sehn tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Canses working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Canses trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Canses's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Canses scoring with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rob Canses dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Canses shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Sehn's guard.
Canses lands a couple of elbows.
Canses makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Sehn keeping full guard, as Canses tries to pass.
Sehn has momentary wrist control but Canses slips an elbow through the middle.
Sehn throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Canses lands a couple of digs.
Sehn can't keep his opponent in guard - Canses advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Canses working Sehn over with strikes.
Canses scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Canses lands strikes from half guard.
Canses lands strikes from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Canses tries to pass to full mount but Sehn defends it.
Sehn has hold of Canses's hands but Canses slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Canses looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Canses passes to side control.
Canses scoring with punches from side control.
Check out the look on Canses's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Canses lands a nice forearm strike.
Canses working the ground and pound.
Canses lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Sehn down.
Canses lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Sehn down.
Sehn manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Canses misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Sehn is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Canses defends it well.
Canses works his way to full guard. Good work.
Canses throwing short punches from the bottom.
Canses thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Rob Canses has got the better of the ground game so far.
Canses tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Canses throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Canses doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Canses has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Canses fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Sehn avoids it really well and circles away.
Sehn swats away the attempt to clinch by Canses.
Rafael Sehn is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sehn is looking to clinch.
Sehn shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Canses pinned against the cage. Canses gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Canses gets a takedown into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Canses looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Sehn looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Canses lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Canses working Sehn over with strikes.
Ground and pound from Canses.
Sehn won't allow Canses to pass to mount.
Canses takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Sehn moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

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.
Canses thows a big elbow that misses.

Sehn looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Canses passes Sehn's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Sehn on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Canses is nestled in close to Sehn, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Canses lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Canses looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sehn with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Sehn is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Canses scores with a couple of nice shots.
Canses working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Canses lands strikes from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rob Canses showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!

Sehn gets the takedown into side control.
Canses is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Sehn off and has taken his back!
Canses is working the ground and pound. Can Sehn escape?
Can Sehn hold on?! Canses is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Canses. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Sehn is really stuck here.
Canses is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Canses lands a shot to the head.
Sehn grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
Canses landing with strikes.
Sehn covers up after that shot from Canses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Canses lands punches and elbows.
Canses throwing damaging strikes from the back! Sehn could be in trouble here!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Canses connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Sehn to escape the position.
Sehn tries to break free.
Sehn grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
Canses has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Sehn.
Canses is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Sehn. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Canses is trying to stick to Sehn's back but Sehn is turning into Canses. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Canses's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Sehn.
Canses scores with a nice shot.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sehn accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Sehn thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Canses scores with a nice shot.
Canses looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sehn is one step ahead there.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Canses scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Sehn takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Canses landing strikes.
Sehn prevents Canses from improving position.
Canses scoring with punches and elbows.
Sehn taking punishment in the form of punches.
Sehn takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Canses landing a few strikes.
Canses lands some shots froms side control.
Canses cracks Sehn with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Sehn sneaks back into half guard.
Canses trying to pass the guard but Sehn defending well.
Nice strikes from Canses there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Canses working over Sehn with some ground and pound. Sehn looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Canses working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Sehn taking some punishment here, with Canses in his half guard.
Sehn is in trouble now - Canses has advanced to mount!
Canses connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Canses scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Canses scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Sehn?
Canses with shots to the head and body - Sehn looks very uncomfortable down there.
Sehn is in all sorts of trouble here.
Canses scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Sehn?
Canses lands a big shot there that rocks Sehn but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Canses looking to finish Sehn with some ground and pound. This is bad for Sehn!
Canses putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Canses lands with some strikes.
Sehn is working to get back to half guard.
Canses fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Canses with a couple of short strikes.
Canses putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Canses lands with some strikes.
Sehn is in a horrible position here. Canses smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Rafael Sehn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Canses blocks Sehn's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Rob Canses is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Canses lands with some strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rob Canses comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Canses has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 26:30
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 26:30
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rob Canses!