PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hucklebuck Cassidy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hezekiah Munson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cassidy comes into the arena with It's so easy blaring out of the sound system. Munson is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Showdown. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cassidy
vs
Munson

195 cm
26
275 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

187 cm
23
230 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

[MMABR]: TechNutri - Ensuring the quality

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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hucklebuck Cassidy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hezekiah Munson!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Seu Braga and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Munson drives through with a takedown into guard.
Cassidy trying to control the position.
Munson stopping the sweep attempt from Cassidy.

Cassidy looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Cassidy is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Munson is aware though and is defending well.
Munson wanted to stand there but Cassidy had control of the position.

Munson stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Munson clinches.
Cassidy avoids a wild elbow strike from Munson.
Munson tries to land knees in the clinch but Cassidy avoids the damage to the body.
Munson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cassidy blocks an elbow strike from Munson.
Munson swings wildly with an uppercut but Cassidy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Munson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cassidy is looking to break free of the clinch but Munson has double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Munson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Munson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Munson working aggressively here.
Munson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Hucklebuck Cassidy has been cut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Munson throws an elbow but misses.
Munson lands a damaging elbow.
Munson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cassidy is defending well for now.
Munson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cassidy.
Munson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cassidy is defending well for now.
Munson looking to throw knees to the head but Cassidy is blocking nicely.
Munson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Munson throws an elbow that misses.
Munson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nice elbow from Munson.
A head punch on the inside from Munson fails to land.
Munson missing with knees to the body.
Munson misses with an elbow strike.
Munson throws an elbow that misses.
Munson lands an elbow inside that Cassidy shrugs off.

Hucklebuck Cassidy's cut is getting worse.
Cassidy blocks an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Munson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Munson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Munson tries a knee to the head but Cassidy blocks it.
Munson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cassidy blocks an elbow strike.
Cassidy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Munson struggles to land a body shot inside as Cassidy controls his hands.
Munson pushes off an throws an elbow but Cassidy leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Munson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cassidy blocks an uppercut.
Munson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Munson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cassidy.
Munson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cassidy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Munson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Munson has a couple of punches blocked by Cassidy.
Cassidy blocks the elbow strike.
Munson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cassidy is looking to break free of the clinch but Munson has double underhooks.
Munson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cassidy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Munson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Munson looking to throw knees to the head but Cassidy is blocking nicely.
Munson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Munson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Cassidy is breathing heavily.
Cassidy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Munson has Cassidy pressed against the cage, preventing Cassidy from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Munson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cassidy avoiding damage as Munson throws knees to the body.
Munson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Munson misses with a body punch.
Munson lands a nice elbow.
Munson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cassidy avoids it.
Munson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Munson throws an elbow that misses.
Munson trying to land knees to the body.
Cassidy avoiding damage as Munson throws knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cassidy.
Munson pushes off an throws an elbow but Cassidy leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Munson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Munson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cassidy.
Munson throws an elbow that misses.
Cassidy takes an elbow to the forehead.

Hucklebuck Cassidy's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Cassidy managing to block the knees to the body from Munson.
Cassidy managing to block the knees to the body from Munson.
Cassidy blocks an uppercut.

Cassidy manages to break the clinch.
Cassidy scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Cassidy looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Cassidy wants to get up but he can't break Munson's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Munson has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

Cassidy drops back, looking for a kneebar! Munson looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Munson looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Munson!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hezekiah Munson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hucklebuck Cassidy's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Cassidy blocks an elbow strike.
Munson misses with a body punch.
Munson pushes off an throws an elbow but Cassidy leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Cassidy can't break the clinch.
Munson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cassidy avoids it.
Munson trying to land knees to the body.
Munson throws an elbow but it misses.
Munson misses with an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Munson throws an elbow but misses.
Cassidy blocks the elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice elbow from Munson.
Munson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Munson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cassidy managing to block the knees to the body from Munson.
Cassidy has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Munson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Munson.
Munson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Munson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Cassidy blocks an elbow strike from Munson.
Cassidy managing to block the knees to the body from Munson.
Cassidy takes an elbow to the temple.
Munson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Munson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Munson trying to land knees to the body.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Munson. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Munson misses with a knee to the head.
Cassidy avoids the elbow strike from Munson, against the cage.
Munson lands a nice elbow.
Munson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cassidy dodges an elbow strike from Munson.
Munson lands an elbow inside that Cassidy shrugs off.
Munson lands a damaging elbow.
Cassidy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cassidy blocks an elbow strike from Munson.
Munson tries a knee to the head but Cassidy blocks it.

That's two 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.
Munson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Munson misses with an elbow strike.
Cassidy blocks an elbow strike.
Munson trying to land knees to the body.
Munson misses with a knee to the head.
Munson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Munson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cassidy working hard to break the clinch.
Cassidy wants to get back to striking at distance but Munson won't allow it.
Munson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cassidy is defending well for now.
Cassidy is trying to break the clinch but Munson is controlling him.
Cassidy blocks an elbow strike.
Munson keeps control of Cassidy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
With the fighters up against the cage, Munson throws an elbow but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Munson fails to land.
Cassidy blocks an uppercut.
Munson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cassidy's efforts to push away.
Munson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cassidy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Munson misses with a knee strike.
Munson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cassidy.
Munson prevents Cassidy from breaking the clinch.
Munson misses with an elbow over the top.
Cassidy managing to block the knees to the body from Munson.
Cassidy blocks an elbow strike from Munson.
Cassidy has had enough of the clinch but Munson keeps him there for the moment.
Munson throws a head punch that misses.
Cassidy dodges an elbow strike from Munson.
Munson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cassidy.
Cassidy blocks an elbow strike.

Cassidy breaks the clinch.
Cassidy closes the distance looking to clinch
and Munson makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

Munson has closed the distance and engaged Cassidy in a clinch.
Munson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
With the fighters up against the cage, Munson throws an elbow but misses.
Munson throws an elbow that misses.
Munson tries to land knees in the clinch but Cassidy avoids the damage to the body.
Munson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Cassidy's defenses.
Munson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Jeez, Hucklebuck Cassidy's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Munson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Cassidy wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cassidy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cassidy blocks an uppercut.

Cassidy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Munson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cassidy listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Munson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Munson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Nice elbow from Munson.
Munson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cassidy.
Munson throws an elbow but it misses.
Munson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hezekiah Munson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Hucklebuck Cassidy's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Munson decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Munson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cassidy tries to get to full guard but Munson has control of the leg.

Cassidy has one foot on Munson's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Cassidy shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

so Munson counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Munson postures up and lands a big shot to Cassidy's brow.
Munson working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Munson preventing the sweep.
Munson works over Cassidy with some ground and pound from guard.

Cassidy isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Munson stacks Cassidy on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Munson!

Munson decides to stand back up.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Munson throws a head kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Munson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cassidy dodges an elbow strike from Munson.
Munson prevents Cassidy from breaking the clinch.
Cassidy avoids a wild elbow strike from Munson.
Munson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Munson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Munson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cassidy backwards.
Munson throws an elbow but it misses.
Cassidy dodges an elbow strike from Munson.
Munson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cassidy avoids it.
Munson missing with knees to the body.
Munson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Munson misses with a knee to the head.
Munson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cassidy.
Munson pushes off an throws an elbow but Cassidy leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Munson trying to land knees to the body.
Munson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cassidy blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Munson prevents Cassidy from breaking the clinch.
Munson throws an elbow but it misses.
Munson tries a knee to the head but Cassidy blocks it.
Munson throws an elbow but it misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Munson.
Munson throws an elbow that misses.
Cassidy managing to block the knees to the body from Munson.
Munson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cassidy is defending well for now.
Munson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cassidy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Munson has him pressed against the cage.
Cassidy has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Munson pushes off an throws an elbow but Cassidy leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Munson throws an elbow that misses.
Munson trying to land knees to the body.
Munson pushes off an throws an elbow but Cassidy leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Munson has Cassidy pressed against the cage, preventing Cassidy from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Munson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cassidy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Munson trying to land knees to the body.
Cassidy takes an elbow to the temple.
Cassidy blocks an elbow strike from Munson.
Munson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Munson throws an elbow but it misses.
Cassidy managing to block the knees to the body from Munson.
Munson throws a head punch that misses.
Munson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Munson prevents Cassidy from breaking the clinch.
Cassidy is trying to force a seperation but Munson has the dominant position.
Munson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Munson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cassidy blocks it with crossed arms.
Cassidy has had enough of the clinch but Munson keeps him there for the moment.
Cassidy blocks an elbow strike.
Cassidy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cassidy has had enough of the clinch but Munson keeps him there for the moment.
Munson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hezekiah Munson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Cassidy is trying to break the clinch but Munson has him pressed against the cage.
Munson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cassidy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cassidy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cassidy avoids a wild elbow strike from Munson.
Cassidy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hucklebuck Cassidy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cassidy blocks an uppercut.
Munson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cassidy avoids it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hezekiah Munson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Munson 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hezekiah Munson!