PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Caidal Cain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and ponury grabaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Cain
vs
grabaz

190 cm
23
215 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

188 cm
22
205 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Powerful

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Caidal Cain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, ponury grabaz!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Glass and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
grabaz shoots in for a takedown but Cain shows good takedown defense.
Cain wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A combination from Cain does no damage.
Cain scores with a shot to the body.
Cain throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nice body punch from Cain.
grabaz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cain swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cain lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Cain throws a right and a left that grabaz avoids nicely.
grabaz fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
grabaz looks gassed!
Cain cracks grabaz with a good jab.
Cain misses with a two punch combination.
grabaz on the wrong end of a nice hook.
grabaz shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Cain but Cain pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Caidal Cain has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of ponury grabaz.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from grabaz.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cain dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
ponury grabaz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cain connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A lazy left from Cain finds it's target.
Cain misses with a few strikes there.
Cain connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between grabaz's hands.
Cain throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jab by Cain.
Cain's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Cain duly obliges.

It looks like ponury grabaz has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cain scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Cain scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
grabaz is trying desperately to land a takedown but Cain is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for grabaz.
Cain throws a combination. grabaz tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Cain, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cain lands a nice shot to the body.
Cain works over grabaz's head and body with a nice combination.
A right-left combo lands from Cain.
grabaz avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cain lands with an overhand left.
Cain lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but grabaz circles away quickly and effectively.
grabaz takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A right-left combo lands from Cain.
Cain changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Cain moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Cain's corner calls for a 1-2. Cain obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cain throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
grabaz tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Cain swivels and escapes.
Cain dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cain is working the combinations to good effect here.
Cain bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Cain scores with a one two! grabaz had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Caidal Cain is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cain tries to bum rush grabaz with a series of wild strikes but grabaz uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A left lands for Cain.
Cain throws a one two combo.
Cain scores with a crisp jab that stopped grabaz in his tracks.
Cain moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
grabaz tries to clinch there but Cain circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cain throws a right hand that grabaz ducks under and follows up with a left that grabaz also avoids with ease.
grabaz walks into a left hand.
Some wild striking there from Cain.
Cain misses with a wild combination.
Cain scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Cain throws a right hand that grabaz ducks under and follows up with a left that grabaz also avoids with ease.
Cain stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Cain wants it to stay on the feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Danga de danga de dang - Cain scores with a four punch combination!
Cain stalks grabaz and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into grabaz's face. grabaz staggers backwards, shaken.
Cain tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Caidal Cain dominated that round.
The cut man is working on ponury grabaz's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Cain closes the distance and lands a one-two.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from grabaz.
Cain lands a jab.
grabaz takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
grabaz shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
grabaz dives in and grabs Cain's left leg, looking for a takedown. Cain pushes down on grabaz's head and hops out.
Cain misses with a few strikes there.
grabaz is breathing heavily.
A combination from Cain does no damage.
Cain throws a combination. grabaz tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
A right-left combo lands from Cain.
grabaz tries to score a power double leg takedown but Cain sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten grabaz somewhat.
Caidal Cain has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of ponury grabaz.

That's one minute gone in the round.
grabaz has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Cain's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Cain duly obliges.
Cain closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Cain misses with a few strikes there.
Cain keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Cain lands a right hook to the body.
A jab from Cain does it's job there.
grabaz has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Cain throws a right and a left that grabaz avoids nicely.
grabaz dodges the punch combination from Cain.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
No luck for grabaz with that takedown attempt.
grabaz showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cain.
grabaz will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Cain lands with an overhand left.
Cain works grabaz's body with a nice hook.
grabaz blocks a head kick by Cain.
Jab from Cain.
Cain fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
grabaz on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cain's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Cain duly obliges.
A nice combination there by Cain.
Cain lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as grabaz backs up against the cage.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but grabaz might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Cain has got the better of the exchanges.
Cain fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
grabaz throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Cain's waist but Cain gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing grabaz off to one side.
Cain tries to bum rush grabaz with a series of wild strikes but grabaz uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cain misses with a two punch combination.
Cain misses with a wild combination.
grabaz shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Cain scores with a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cain connects with a looping right hand.
grabaz changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Cain tries to avoid it but grabaz manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Cain to the ground. Cain escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
grabaz shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A left and a right from Cain both land. Nice combination.
Caidal Cain is winning the standup battle so far.
grabaz shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Cain pinned against the cage. Cain gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
grabaz takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Cain throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Cain lands with an overhand left.
grabaz takes one to the side of the head.
grabaz shoots in for a double leg but Cain sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Caidal Cain dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on ponury grabaz's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Cain connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Cain with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Cain throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

grabaz moves into range and clinches up with Cain.

grabaz breaks from the clinch.
Cain fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cain lands a jab-cross combination.
grabaz takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Cain keeps the fight on the outside.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cain fails to land with a series of punches.
Cain leaves grabaz with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
grabaz takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cain misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cain scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. grabaz doesn't seem bothered though.
Cain lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
A decent looking cross lands there for Cain.
Cain cracks grabaz with an open hand slap.
Cain works over grabaz's head and body with a nice combination.
grabaz looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Cain is fending him off so far but grabaz persists. Nope, Cain circles away and we're back to standing.
Cain thuds his right hand into grabaz's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Cain throws a good cross that connects.
Cain's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Cain duly obliges.
grabaz takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Cain scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cain lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
grabaz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cain swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cain lands a nice looking body shot.
A nice combination there by Cain.
A left and a right from Cain both land. Nice combination.
grabaz wants to clinch up but Cain keeps it at a distance.
grabaz showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cain.
grabaz fails with a takedown attempt.
Caidal Cain has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of ponury grabaz.
grabaz throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Cain's waist but Cain gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing grabaz off to one side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cain fails to land with a series of punches.
grabaz tries to clinch there but Cain circles away.
The fighters circle momentarily. Cain darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Cain is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that grabaz can do to turn this around?
Cain lands with a right hand.
Cain's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Cain duly obliges.
grabaz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cain swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cain ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

grabaz moves into the clinch.

grabaz breaks from the clinch.
grabaz shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Cain throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cain digs a good body shot into grabaz's ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cain stuffs the takedown attempt from grabaz. grabaz gets slowly back to his feet.
A nice combination there by Cain.
Cain stalks grabaz and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into grabaz's face. grabaz staggers backwards, shaken.
grabaz misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Cain avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cain scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
ponury grabaz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cain slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Cain lands a really nice looking cross but grabaz seems unphased.
grabaz takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Caidal Cain is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
grabaz misses with a double jab
letting Cain counter with a right hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Caidal Cain showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Cain, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 William Gold scores the fight 30:26
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:25
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Caidal Cain!